Mikko Meriläinen
Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
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- "Mikäli nuorten aktiivista kansalaisuutta halutaan tukea, on välttämätöntä ottaa huomioon, että sosiaalinen media on sen keskeinen osa." Kiitos tästä, Meri Kulmala & @mapeltola.bsky.social!
- At the airport, about to head to Bergen, Norway for a three month visit to the University of Bergen's Center for Digital Narrative. So excited! Also, with the temperature currently at -19 here in Helsinki, Bergen will essentially feel like spring.
- I've been listening to Coffin Moon by @keithrosson.bsky.social for a couple of days now, and boy oh boy if this isn't the best horror book I've encountered in years, and some of my favourite vampire fiction ever. Excellent narration by Pete Cross to boot!
- "Not for them a judge or jury or indeed a crime at all/ Being Irish means they're guilty, so they're guilty one and all" Resonates quite a bit, watching the news from the US.
- I genuinely often wonder how much of all of the debate on young people's social media and smartphone use is driven by their parents' and other adults' hangoverish regrets over not being able to regulate their own use, spending days fighting and looking for clout on Twitter and blaming the algorithm.
