#(southwest finland)

[unteriors]

Suopelto, Loimaa, Southwest Finland.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

That post that was like “imagining your blorbo doing something you do” was so real, every time I go to a place or do a thing in the midst of it I’m like “Wow, this is so awesome. Now time to imagine what would happen if My Guys were doing this thing too!”

[city-flag-tournament]

✯ Round 1 ✯ Match 101 ✯

The current flag of Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

Propaganda:

None

vs.

The current flag of Monterey, California, United States

Propaganda:

None

Tournament Policies: ✯ Choose the flag that's more meaningful to you! ✯ Be respectful of place names and cultural symbols in your commentary! ✯ If you want to submit propaganda, you may do so at the submission form linked in the pinned post. It will only be included if it is submitted before the next post with that flag is drafted and will be included in all subsequent posts the flag is featured in.

[reasonsforhope]

Where can I find Free Palestine protests and Ceasefire protests?

A super international and continually updated list of actions can be found at Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network's:

Calendar of Resistance for Palestine 2024

They list events by date, then alphabetically by country, then by city - and it's common for them to have dozens of actions listed for a single date, especially on the weekends.

The United States especially often has 40+ events on a single day, especially on the weekends.

Events are posted with links to the event info posted by whoever's hosting the vast majority of the time.

Look blow the read-more for a list of many of the countries that have been on this protest calendar, in alphabetical order, since I know so many websites/lists of actions are country-specific

*Obviously this isn't the only good source of listings for protest events - there are many others. This is by far the biggest/most international roundup I've found, though, so I started with this. If you know another good place for finding ceasefire protests/events, please feel free to add it in the notes, bc I'm planning to put a bigger roundup together once I find enough other sites

Countries that Samidoun has listed/does list protests for include (in alphabetical order):

North America:

United States

Canada

Mexico

Puerto Rico (listed separately in anti-colonial solidarity)

Hawai'i (listed separately in anti-colonial solidarity)

Europe:

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

England

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Romania

Scotland

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Wales

SWANA Region (Southwest Asia/North Africa)*:

Bahrain

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Palestine

Tunisia

Turkiye (Turkey)

*Samidoun notes that "We know that these events are mainly international and that the Arab people are marching everywhere for Palestine – we will be honored to add more Arab events whenever we are informed!"

Asia:

Bangladesh

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

South Korea

Africa:

Kenya

Mauritius

Nigeria

South Africa

Tanzania

Tunisia

*Duplicating North African countries (well, Tunisia) here from the SWANA list btw

South America:

Brazil

Colombia

Chile

Peru

Venezuela

Australia and Oceania:

Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Australia

[assignedmale]

Hei kaikki! I was given the honor to be Paimio Pride's 2024 patron. Paimio is a lovely town of Southwest Finland, with an active and energetic LGBTQIA+ community. Here is my patronage statement :

"Throughout Europe and the world, the state of LGBTQIA+ rights is worrisome. The rise of populism and fascism has direct repercussions on our lives. In this context, the safety and sense of belonging that our local communities provide is crucial. That's why I am honoured to be Paimio Pride's patron for 2024. Everyone deserves access to a supportive environment and to see how their own community shows up for them. May diversity be celebrated in every corner of Paimio!"

Hyvää Pride-viikkoa, Paimio! Sophie

[whencyclopedia]

Birka

Birka, located on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important trading center and strongly fortified town in the Viking Age which flourished from the 8th through the 10th centuries CE. Along with the town of Hedeby which is located in present-day Denmark, Birka was the most important Viking trading center in Europe. Due to its prime location on Lake Mälaren, which provided sailing access to the Baltic Sea through the Södertälje Canal, Birka attained great wealth as a mercantile settlement and entrepôt with extensive trading ties to Western Europe, Scandinavia, the Slavic and Byzantine east, as well as the Arab World. Birka was also the location where the Frankish missionary St. Ansgar (801-865 CE) first introduced the Swedes to Christianity c. 829-831 CE. UNESCO recognized Birka's importance in early medieval European history, declaring its archaeological site a World Heritage Site in 1993 CE, together with the neighboring site of Hovgården on the island of Adelsö.

Geography & Early History

Birka is located on the Swedish island of Björkö, which sits about 35 km (22 miles) to the southwest of the Viking town Sigtuna and 30 km (19 miles) west of Stockholm. In the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE), Lake Mälaren functioned as a bay adjacent to the Baltic Sea, and Birka was thus perfectly positioned near the northern long-distance trade routes that ran between the British Isles, Western Europe, the Kievan Rus, the Byzantine Empire, and the Abbasid Caliphate.

Although Danish and Norwegian Vikings sailed westwards towards the British Isles, Iceland, and Western Europe from the 8th-11th centuries CE, Swedish Vikings sailed eastwards, trading and raiding their neighbors in what is present-day Finland and Estonia as well as the Slavic Wends who inhabited what is now present-day eastern Germany. By the 800s CE, Swedish Vikings had managed to navigate their ships through the rivers of what is now Russia and Ukraine, penetrating as far as the Byzantine Empire and Abbasid Caliphate via the Dnieper, Don, and Volga Rivers. They brought back furs, silks, iron artifacts, and other luxury goods to Birka, which they then sold to merchants from Hedeby and Western Europe. The wealth that traversed the Baltic Sea also helped encourage Birka's founding at some point between c. 750-800 CE. As one of the earliest Viking trading hubs and one which generated (and, in turn, spread) tremendous wealth, Birka can be viewed as a catalyst for social and economic development in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, becoming part of a larger network of trading centers which sprung up across the region.

There had been an earlier trading center on the island of Helgö, which is located about 8 km (5 miles) to Birka's southeast, and it is probable that both Helgö and the area in and around Birka became inhabited sometime around c. 400 CE. The name “Birka” might mean "marketplace" or "place of commerce", although its location on the island of Björkö ("birch island") fosters the idea of a connection with the Old Norse word bjǫrk, meaning "birch tree". It is likely that the Swedish kings who ruled from the nearby island of Adelsö – this is where the royal residence of Hovgården was located – oversaw or took some part in Birka's founding and the organization of economic activities on the island of Björkö. Birka, located in proximity to the royal court, was protected by royal charters as the town greatly enriched royal and noble coffers.

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[flagwars]

Finland City Flag Wars: Round 1, Bracket 8

[torillatavataan]

Finland used to have the “speak softly and carry a big stick” approach to Russia, which meant that official rhetoric was cautious but at the same time Finland maintained high defence capability mainly directed at a potential threat from Russia.

The threat perception has been indeed very consistent and even in the “optimistic years” in the early 2000’s, the possibility of armed attack (by Russia) against Finland was never completely excluded in Finnish government’s foreign, security and defence policy reports.

Since Finland’s policy was to keep quiet about the threat analysis and not to make noise about the preparedness policy either, this has come as a surprise to many outside of Finland now that the country has been in the focus of unusual attention due to the NATO accession.

In 2007, Finland’s then-defence minister Jyri Häkämies said in a speech during a visit in D.C. that given Finland’s geographical location, the 3 main security challenges are Russia, Russia and Russia.

It was typical for the Finnish public discourse on Russia that the statement by Häkämies caused a scandal, not because there was disagreement on what he said, but because it wasn’t politically correct to say it out loud.

But below the surface, the threat perception has been quite well and alive. E.g. the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) used to call the enemy “the yellow state”, but somehow the enemy always came from the east (or as the joke goes: if it comes from the west, it’s flanking).

Another anecdote: I always struggle to remember the names of ordinal directions in Finnish (southwest, northeast etc) because they have weird, unintuitive names. An FDF officer once told me “just call it the threat direction (southeast), then everyone knows what you mean”.

P.S. last year, Finland’s threat analysis increased to 5x Russia.

In a speech [on 22 August 2022], Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto outlined 5 reasons why Finland is joining NATO: 1. Russia 2. Russia 3. Russia 4. Russia 5. Russia

[nullnvoid911]

Firefighters of the Southwest Finland Rescue Department during an exercise.

V-S pelastuslaitos, April 12, 2018

[soffiisims]

Happy Independence Day 🇫🇮!

In my legacy, we're not there yet. Not almost in 600 years, to be exact 😅 (I hope one day, we get there)

In 1310s, where we are in my legacy at the moment, Finland was part of Kingdom of Sweden and was called Österland (engl. Eastland, fin. Itämaa). The name Finland might have come from the Old English word finna, which was used to describe Scandinavian people at the time. Or that is one theory. The name might have come from Sweden too, from the words finlonti or finlandi. But the name Finland and Finn has been used as early as the 1200s. But it's quite certain, that it's not Finnish origin, because at that time, Finnish language didn't have the letter f. (To be exact, Finnish language didn't exist yet as a literary or standard language until 1500s. But anyway the letter was not in the spoken language either.)

Finland in Finnish is called Suomi. Origins of that name are also in the dark. Some say it has something to do with swamps, because the word "suo" means swamp in Finnish. Again, just a theory.

Back in the middle ages Suomi meant geographicly only southern or southwest part of Finland. All in all, Finland meant the area, where Finnish speaking people lived.

Anyway, sorry about the info dump 😅 (or theory dump)

Thank you for my old and new followers! I couldn't imagine that so many of you might be interested my little simblr! 🥹 I'm so grateful of all of you! 🫶🏻 And I hope you keep enjoying our little history trip!

Have a great day!

Pssst! Here's a sneak peek to the future, maybe you can guess who is in this picture 👀

Resources: Aalto, Ilari. Matkaopas keskiajan Suomeen. Atena Kustannus, 2015. p.15—18.

MacPherson, Amy. Mysterious origins of Finland's true name. BBC, 2018.

[unbearable-lightness-of-ink]

yo it occurred to me to crowdsource this: I am planning to visit Scandinavia in the next year for a couple of weeks. I've never been there. where should I go and what should I see/do?

i'll have about a week and need to end it by travelling (by train probs through Denmark) to the southwest of the Netherlands so I don't know that I can see All The Countries. So if you have thoughts about which to prioritise among Norway, Finland, and Sweden pitch your opinions please! I have no idea how to plan this.

(reblogs to get more opinions appreciated)

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Our non-marine heroine Karleeen McQueen

You know what, you already know lots of stuff about Ahti II, I’m now going to tell you about Karleeen the spidergirl, Ahti’s best friend and the protagonist of a story I’m writing! A quick information sheet:

(+ Art reference)

Karleeen (with three e’s)… well, who doesn’t know about Karleeen! Probably not by looks, but you could read all about her on the papers some years back. It’s been a while, you'd hardly recognise her if you saw her now! Especially among the other jolly beachgoers, joggers, shoppers and summertime tourists; Karleeen lives in Naantali after all, with her single father on the coast of southwest Finland. In the summer it's busy, in the winter it's very quiet, all year round it's a very appropriate place for Karleeen, she thinks.

Now in her mid-teens (the Sirpaverse “starting point” is 2021), Karleeen is a most open and jolly girl! She loves socialising and chats with just about anybody she has a chance to interact with for more than five minutes. She’s always planning outings and looking to spend time with her best friends, too! She enjoys being silly, making wordplay and coming up with puns with ridiculous set-ups. Karleeen is a sensitive soul, she feels all of her emotions very strongly and shows them strongly, too. She sometimes has trouble regulating her emotional reactions and has a tendency to spiral. It's very difficult for Karleeen to lie, her feelings will be very clear from her facial expressions and body language no matter how hard she may pretend to feel otherwise. Not that she'd even lie! It would make her feel too bad.

Karleeen has loved nothing more her whole life than making "thingamajigs" — you know, machines, things that move, little inventions! It's so fascinating to her, how pieces that are little more than scrap on their own weave together into intricate creations that are far more than the sum of their parts. When she was a young kid she'd make things out of twigs and rocks and rope, but in her teens she's now moved onto more sophisticated methods, legos and actual robot-building sets. She's also dipping her toes into coding, so far it seems fun and it offers an additional medium for making things (only digitally this time). Karleeen would love to study mechanical engineering when she's old enough to go to a university, but it'll be a while until then! Besides for robotics Karleeen enjoys hiking in the outdoors, climbing trees, basking, collecting fun and/or useless trinkets of various kinds and strawberry-themed items, playing platformers and action-adventure games and doodling.

Karleeen’s a smart girl, but she struggles a lot with languages. Or, well, don’t let me entirely misrepresent her: she does have the achievement of knowing some ASL signs. Still, Finnish is the only language she speaks fluently and it’s her own mother tongue! She can’t quite get anything else stuck to her brain, speaking Swedish or Surish or even simple English feels like a chore. Like stated above Karleeen’s body language is very clear, one of the more common actions Karleeen does when she’s nervous, scared or sad is holding her hands and arms close to her chest.

Karleeen's favourite genre of music is classical, but she can't listen to it casually because it makes her very emotional. She likes pop, rock and soundtracks when it comes to just playing music in the car or with friends. Her favourite animals are elephants, and her favourite fish is the electric eel. Her favourite meal is minute beef steak with seasoned butter and chanterelles, but her actual favorite singular food item in general and favourite snack is wild strawberries. Her favourite drink is tap water. Her favourite flower is fireweed.

(Nowhere else to really mention this but Karleeen is also asexual and biromantic, it took a long while for her to figure out because her relationship with having human connections is rather complicated and unusual but she’s comfortable in that identity and doesn’t really overthink it, she has a lot of love in her heart for so many things so it’s only natural she would have a lot of love for many people too, she thinks)

[city-flag-tournament]

✯ Round 3 ✯ Match 28 ✯

The current flag of Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

Propaganda:

None

vs.

The current flag of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation

Propaganda:

Cutest bear ever

Tournament Policies: ✯ Choose the flag that's more meaningful to you! ✯ Be respectful of place names and cultural symbols in your commentary! ✯ If you want to submit propaganda, you may do so at the submission form linked in the pinned post. It will only be included if it is submitted before the next post with that flag is drafted and will be included in all subsequent posts the flag is featured in.

[beardedmrbean]

Finland is seeing college-educated people out of work in sectors where joblessness hasn't been typical, reports Kauppalehti.

The business daily said academic unemployment is nearing a ten-year high, with some 47,000 university graduates now job searching.

The economic slowdown is particularly hitting the technology and construction sectors. At the end of last year, ten percent of architect union members were drawing unemployment benefits.

KL also noted that even the IT services sector is sluggish, which is highly unusual.

Last week news emerged that PhD holders were struggling to find employment. There are currently 1,400 unemployed PhDs in Finland, two-thirds of whom are classed as long-term unemployed.

Snooping private records

Individuals' information in Finland is relatively easy to come by legally — the country is renowned for its tax data transparency, after all.

Hufvudtsdabladet, however, reports on curious dental hygienists who accessed patient records without a legitimate reason.

A Helsinki City dental hygienist accessed the records of over 2,000 individuals without authorisation. Another four dental care staff looked up the information of some 1,000 people.

All those involved in the unauthorised access have been dismissed, according to the paper.

Warming winters

This week has seen reports of föhn winds warming conditions in Finland to such an extent that snow cover will melt completely in large parts of the southwest and west of the country.

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus says temperatures will reach seven degrees Celsius in the south on Thursday while remaining well above freezing elsewhere in the country.

Finnish winters are seeing variable conditions. Last year, temperatures in Finland were on average 3.4 degrees warmer than in the pre-industrial era, with 2024 being the fourth warmest year on record.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.5

Holidays

Adlai Stevenson Day (Illinois)

Aerial Victory Day

Angel Conwell Day (South Carolina)

Antigone Asteroid Day

Belle Starr Day

Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day (Tanzania)

Cheongwoldaeboreum (Folk Festival; North Korea)

Crown Princess Mary Day (Denmark)

Disaster Day

Family Leave Bill Day

Georgia Arts Day (Georgia)

Hank Aaron Day

International Clash Day

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

Lailatul Quadr (Night of Power)

Longest War Day (3rd Punic War ended in 1985 after 2,131 years)

Move Hollywood and Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day

National Fart Day (a.k.a. Did You Fart? Day)

National Red Solo Cup (Toby Keith)

National Shower with a Friend Day

National Tinnitus Awareness Day

National Weatherperson's Day (f.k.a. Weatherman's Day)

Othroktide (Elder Scrolls)

Pikachu Day

Robert “Bobbie” Peel Day (UK)

Runeberg Day (Finland)

Trayvon Martin Day

Unity Day (Burundi)

Waitangi Dildo Incident Day (New Zealand)

Wiffle Ball Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bartender’s Cup

Chocolate Fondue Day

National Rosé Day (Australia; New Zealand)

World Nutella Day

Nature Celebrations

California Western Monarch Day

Fern Day (Lovely; Korean Birth Flowers)

Lichen Day (French Republic)

Primrose Day (Primula acaulis)

Western Monarch Day

World Animal Reiki Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Arkazja (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Constitution Day (Mexico)

Liberation Day (From the Alberoni Occupation; San Marino)

1st Wednesday in February

Book Direct Day [1st Wednesday]

Empire State Building Run Up Day [1st Wednesday]

Global School Play Day [1st Wednesday]

Hump Day [Every Wednesday]

National Girls and Women in Sports Day [1st Wednesday]

National Signing Day (College Football) [1st Wednesday]

Wacky Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Website Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Wheat Beer Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Wilderness Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Winter Walk Day (Canada) [1st Wednesday]

World Read Aloud Day [1st Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 5 (1st Week of February)

US Snow Sculpting Week (thru 2.9)

Festivals Beginning February 5, 2025

Festival Astropolis (Brest, France) [thru 2.9]

Food Processing Expo (Sacramento, California) [thru 2.6]

Southern Farm Show (Raleigh, North Carolina) [thru 2.7]

Southwest Michigan Horticultural Days (Benton Harbor, Michigan) [thru 2.6]

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 8 (Yi-Si)

Day Pillar: Wood Snake

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Balance Day (平 Ping) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: None Known

Secular Saints Days

Herman Charles Bosman (Literature)

C. E. Brock (Art)

William S. Burroughs (Literature)

Henfil (Art)

H.R. Giger (Art)

Christopher Guest (Entertainment)

Robert Hofstader (Science)

B.S. Johnson (Literature)

Al Kooper (Music)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (Entertainment)

Laura Linney (Entertainment)

Bob Marley (Music)

Charlotte Rempling (Entertainment)

Carl Spitzweg (Art)

Roger Staubach (Sports)

Cory Wells (Music)

David Wiesner (Art)

Festivals Beginning February 5, 2024

Carnival of Oruro (Oruro, Bolivia) [thru 2.14]

New Mexico Chile Conference (Las Cruces, New Mexico) [thru 2.5]

Order of Venus Mob-Chella Mardia Gras Ball (Mobile, Alabama)

Ridgefield Restaurant Week (Ridgefield, Connecticut) [thru 2.11]

Whale Fiesta (San Pedro, California)

Feast Days

Abraamius, Bishop of Arbela (Christian; Martyr)

Adelaide of Vilich (or Bellich; a.k.a. Alice; Christian; Saint)

Agatha of Sicily (Christian; Saint)

Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church USA)

Avitus of Vienne (Christian; Saint)

Benedict Arnold Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint) 

Bertulf (a.k.a. Bertulph; Bertoul of Renty; Christian; Saint)

Day of the Serpent (Pagan)

Doodle Day (Pastafarian)

The Fornacalia (Goddess of Furnaces) [until 17th]

The Goat (Muppetism)

Indractus and Dominica (Christian; Martyrs)

Ingenuinus (Jenewein; Christian; Saint)

Jeanne de Valois (Christian; Martyr)

Lantern Festival (China) [15th Day of Chinese New Year]

Martyrs of Japan (Christian; 25 Martyrs, 1597)

Martyrs of Pontus (Christian; Martyrs)

Nones of February (Ancient Rome)

Philip of Jesus (Christian; Saint)

Pirate Garb Day (Pastafarian)

Ragged Young Man, Shaggy Filly & Freckle-Legged Girl Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Roger Williams (Baptist & Episcopal Church USA)

Sacred Maiden Ia Day (Everyday Wicca)

Scopas (Positivist; Saint)

Triodion begins (Eastern Orthodox Christian) [70 Days before Easter]

Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Anglican Church in Japan)

Vasant Panchami (Hinduism)

Vodalus (a.k.a. Voel; Christian; Saint)

Weatherperson’s Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Wyrd’s Day (Celtic Goddess of Fortune Telling)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

The Furies Bring Calamity Day (Ancient Greece)

Lucky Day (Philippines) [9 of 71]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The ABC of Hand Tools (Disney Cartoon; 1946)

The Adventures of Hardrock Dome #2 (Paramount-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1919)

Alice in Wonderland in Paris (Animated Film; 1966)

Back Alley Oproar (Blue Ribbon Hit Parade Cartoon; 1955)

Bear Country (Disney Documentary Short; 1953)

Be Mice to Cats (Noveltoons Cartoons; 1960)

Big Cheese Boris or I’d Rather Be Rat (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 96; 1961)

Blue Monday (Captain & the Kids MGM Cartoon; 1938)

The Book Shop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Boris Makes His Move or The Miceman Cometh (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 95; 1961)

Chew-Chew Baby (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1945)

The County Fair (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Crazy Heart (Film; 2010)

Daisy-Head Mayzie (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1995)

Doctor Bluebird (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

Donald’s Diary (Donald Duck Disney Cartoon; 1953)

An Education (Film; 2010)

Epitaph for a Spy: A Spy Thriller, by Eric Ambler (Novel; 1938)

Featuring the Saint, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1931) [Saint #5]

Felix the Cat in the Oily Bird (Felix the Cat Cartoon; 1928)

Flower in the Hat or The Rose Bowler (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 201; 1963)

The General (Film; 1927)

Glad Rags to Riches (Film; 1933)

Hail, Caesar! (Film; 2016)

Hansel and Gretel (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Heart of Gold, by Neil Young (Song; 1972)

He Dood It Again (Super Mouse Cartoon; 1943)

Instant Replay, by The Monks (Album; 1969)

Lego Masters (UK TV Series; 2022)

Loaded Weapon (Film; 1993)

Love My Life Away, by Gene Pitney (Song; 1961)

Modern Times (Silent Film; 1936)

Mother and Child Reunion, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)

Mr. Fuller Pep: He Does Some Quick Moving (Powers Cartoon; 1917)

Mucho Loco (WB MM Cartoon; 1966)

No Deposit, No Return (Film; 1976)

Otello, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1887)

Patton (Film; 1970)

Peter Pan (Animated Disney Film; 1953)

Pipe Dreams (Happy Harmonies MGM Cartoon; 1938)

Porky at the Crocadero (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Presto Change-O (Blue Ribbon Hit Parade Cartoon; 1949)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Film; 2016)

Private 1st Class Norakuro (Norakuro Cartoon; 1935)

Puddy the Pup in the Bookshop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Robin Hood, Jr. (Willie Whopper MGM Cartoon; 1934)

RoboCop (Orion Stop Motion Cartoon; 1988)

The Robot (Fleischer Talkartoon Cartoon; 1932)

Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (WB Animated Film; 2019)

She’s Having a Baby (Film; 1988)

The Sidewalks of New York (Fleischer Screen Song Cartoon; 1929)

A Single Man (Film; 2010)

A Snitch in Time or The Finking Man’s Thilter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 202; 1963)

Southern Exposure (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1934)

The Spector (Oregon Newspaper; 1846) [1st in Oregon]

String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, by Arnold Schoenberg (String Quartet; 1907)

Sunday in New York (Film; 1964)

Tau Zero, by Poul Anderson (Novel; 1970)

Tito’s Guitar (Columbia Favorites Cartoon; 1953)

Topsy Turkey (Phantasies Cartoon; 1948)

Travelaugh (Pathé Review; 1921)

Tuxedo Junction, recorded by Glenn Miller (Song; 1940)

Two Happy Amigos (Disney Animated TV Special; 1960)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Film; 1988)

Up, by Cardi B (Song; 2021)

Ups ’n’ Downs (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

The Wandering Earth (Film; 2019)

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches, by Erwin Schrödinger (Philosophy Book; 1944)

Why Adam Walked the Floor (Tony Sarg’s Almanac Cartoon; 1922)

Zoo-Illogical Studies (Keen Cartoon; 1917)

Today’s Name Days

Agatha, Albuin (Austria)

Agata, Dobrila, Goran, Jagoda (Croatia)

Dobromila (Czech Republic)

Agathe (Denmark)

Aet, Agaate, Aita, Ita, Iti (Estonia)

Asser (Finland)

Agathe (France)

Agathe, Albuin (Germany)

Agathe, Agathi (Greece)

Ágota, Ingrid (Hungary)

Agata (Italy)

Agate, Agra, Ardis, Selga, Silga (Latvia)

Agota, Birutė, Gaudvinas, Ilona (Lithuania)

Agate, Ågot (Norway)

Adelajda, Aga, Agata, Albin, Izydor, Jakub, Jan, Justynian, Paweł, Piotr, Strzeżysława (Poland)

Agata (Romania)

Agáta (Slovakia)

Ágata, Águeda, Felipe (Spain)

Agata, Agda (Sweden)

Agatha (Ukraine)

Agatha, Chanel, Chanelle, Chantel, Phoenix, Shantel (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Leo Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 36 of 2025; 329 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 3 of Week 6 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 16 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 8 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 28 Tubah 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Poplar (Feb 4-8) [Day 2 of 5]

Hebrew: 7 Shevat 5785

Islamic: 6 Sha’ban 1446

Julian: 23 January 2025

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 8 Homer (2nd Month) [Scopas)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 47 of 90)

SUn Calendar: 6 Gray; Sixthday [6 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of February

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 17 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 22 of 29)

Schmidt Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 11 of 27)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 17 of 28)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 18 of 28)

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