Finland, please don't move back down the list of cool government agencies. You were doing so well.

I just got a letter in Finnish that's confusing enough for wax_jism that she doesn't understand it, and she didn't even translate it bit by bit for me, so basically we have no idea what's going on. Apparently I'm eligible for every kind of social security except health benefits and I can have a social security card, unless I actually am eligible for some health beneifts or something, and there's no further explanation of what I can and can't have, why, or where to find out about it. We need to wait until she has another free day and go there in person.

music and statistics: a winning combination

Look, I got a lastfm account! I've had a lot of fun refreshing the profile page constantly, obsessively monitoring the favourite artist rankings and attempting to correct them ("I don't like Jewel more than Kokia! I must remove all trace of her from my playlist until this is rectified!"), and marking my favourite tracks with a little red heart. ♥ Apparently you can also use it to like, listen to streaming music from your collection, your friends, and "similar artists". Or something.

people keep dying in immigration detention

Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands. Reminds me of the case a year or so ago when a mother taking her baby (with a visa) for an emergency medical procedure in Hawaii was detained and the baby died. There's accounts of other similar cases and links to other information there.