Sami Niemelä
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Sami Niemelä
@saminiemela.bsky.social
Head of Design at In Parallel and a MBA student.

Previously: Co-founder @Nordkapp, board of directors @ixda, mid 00's @nokia design alumni. also 👉🏼 @samin Th/IG

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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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free speech baby
January 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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January 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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if i was really hungry this wouldn't stop me
January 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Just canceled my Spotify Premium and moving onto Apple Music instead.

This as a last screen feels passive aggressive. Yeah, no, this relationship went sour some time ago.
January 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
LA is one of my favorite cities in the world. I have fond memories visiting ArtCenter campuses in Pasadena. Really loved the vibe. Would have loved to visit JPL next door.

My heart goes out to everyone affected by the wildfires. Stay safe, and let’s hope for the best.
January 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So this is the place, after all. Hi.
January 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hard follow for Dan, friends
Dan, it's Sam Altman again and I'm in trouble.

In the race to build AGI for all, I'm falling behind.

I know you've supported me before, but I need to know if you're with me now.

Will you share at least 10 more gigabytes of personal training data?

With stakes this high, we have to win.
Democrat donation texts but it's Sam Altman begging for more of your data so he can birth his AGI
November 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Time to exit stealth — this is what I have been part of as Hesd of Design since last April. We are on a mission to address one of the biggest challenges organizations face: turning a strategic visions into real, impactful results in real time, and all the time.
November 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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"Documents detailing one scheme Apple has backed through a conservation fund show that the majority of the newly planted trees are chopped down to be sold as timber in little more than a decade"

Unsurprisingly, Apple's "carbon neutral" watch is landing them in hot water:

www.ft.com/content/9039...
Apple’s ‘carbon neutral’ claims come under scrutiny
iPhone maker flags credentials of its latest Watch products as EU seeks to clamp down on ‘greenwashing’
www.ft.com
October 24, 2023 at 7:53 AM
When you run a workshop after a bad night’s sleep and use ”Limited Language Model” to describe LLMs #freudianslip 😅
October 24, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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Palestiinalaisten aktiviteetit eivät kestä päivänvaloa mutta ei se silti oikeuta kansanmurhaan Israelin puolelta.
October 20, 2023 at 10:37 AM
So here’s a funny story from a week ago. I got interviewed by one of the major newspapers about a school prank I made 29 years ago.

As it turns out, the prank was discovered just a week ago 😄Here’s how it went down: 1/x
October 20, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Copy/Paste but change what the bunny is holding.

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/ >🥐

Le bunny is hungry
Copy/Paste but change what the bunny is holding.

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/ >🥃

Pupulla ollut rankka viikko.
Copy/Paste but change what the bunny is holding.

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( •_•)
/ >🍭
October 19, 2023 at 8:36 PM
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Six months after leaving Twitter…not a lot has changed for NPR. My latest: niemanreports.org/articles/npr...
October 11, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Still for a few hours, Pinkbike and GT Bicycles are streaming their amazing documentary of the origins of freeride mountain biking, for free. Do watch it.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/nothings-for-free-the-history-of-freeride-mountain-biking-free-stream.html
August 5, 2023 at 9:19 AM
Definitely chaotic good. Also, hi Peter 👋🏼
August 1, 2023 at 7:10 AM
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The idea of Biden doing a presidential briefing to discuss the existence of aliens is like an SNL skit that someone would write in 1994. It’s unfathomable that we might actually get to see it.
July 27, 2023 at 6:06 AM
Whew. What a week.

First the new research about ocean currents. Then the possible Korean room temperature super conductor, and finally… aliens.

And it’s thursday.
July 27, 2023 at 6:47 AM
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Elon Musk’s master plan is to turn Elon or Musk into a verb that means “Wasted $40B”. For example, “I think Toyota just Eloned… or Musked.” Either work.
July 25, 2023 at 7:51 PM
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Having 15,000 followers on Tw*tter but 20 (?) on here makes me feel like a cab driver who was a doctor in their home country that got politically destabilized by the CIA.
July 4, 2023 at 12:24 AM
Hello world 2.0
July 7, 2023 at 5:49 AM