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Jaakko Husa
@husajaakko.bsky.social
Professor. Comparative law/legal languages/legal history/constitutional studies/law & globalisation. Academic "humour". Posts indicate satire, perplexity or whatever. Opinions are my own, unfortunately.
I enjoy writing and getting my stuff published, but in most times it feels like shouting into the void.
I don't consider myself narrow-minded, but if a fellow tram passenger sitting next to me soils their pants, I change seats. Today, I did that.
Some say that Yorkshire terrier is a judgmental goblin who acts as the master of the household and treats humans as servants. That may be true. But Yorkie is also a wonderful pet, a loyal friend, and a lovable furry creature.
My reaction when they suggest teaching the whole course online.
Dismissive Simon Pegg
Alt: Man says decisively "No fucking way"
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They: "How does it feel to be a comparative law scholar?" Me: "Well..."
Today we had a seminar with brilliant professor Marlene Wind (Copenhagen) on Nordic constitutionalism. We had also time to see a bit of Helsinki.
I took Covid vaccinations back in the day and now my car battery is dead in 2026. I guess the dimwits were right about the side effects after all.
Publisher: "Our house style requires you to use endnotes." Me:
Miyazaki: Insult to Life Itself
Alt: Miyazaki says "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself"
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Hopefully my next book will flop as spectacularly as Nolan's The Odyssey.
Endnote is a footnote designed by non-legal scholars. — me
Oh, to be a young legal scholar and have all the footnotes ahead of me.
First meeting of the Global Governance Law Research Seminar today. Here we go again...
deep breath
Alt: man takes a deep breath
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Making the last revisions to your paper after two reviewer rounds.
The Revenant: Leonardo Di Caprio's Painful Crawl
Alt: Scene from the movie The Revenant: half-dead Leonardo Di Caprio is painfully crawling forward
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I flew back to Helsinki from Singapore last night and did not sleep at all. Flight landed at 06.00 o'clock and I arrived to my faculty office at 09.00. Commitment or madness? I am not sure.
Well, this is...mad, but I like it. Changi airport massive waterfall.
I have now been a month in Singapore and one of the great wonders I have encountered is this: Eduroam has worked perfectly the whole time!!!
Stone lion guarding at the entrance of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
So, I got an email from a dubious looking publisher. "Dear Assoc. Prof., Szabados I hope this email finds you well." Well, I have no idea who this Szabados is but this message did not find me well.
A terrible personal disaster nearly unfolded in Singapore. I almost tripped over an iced coffee someone had dropped on the street. To keep my balance, I had to make a quick corrective move, and in doing so, I pulled my hamstring. Oh, the tragedy!
I just me the Dutch street theatre group Close-Act's glowing stilt-walking creatures while they were roaming in the streets. of Singapore. Impressive!
Three layers of Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. Clarke Quay, a 19th-century commercial dock with shophouses. Towering modern skyscrapers and commercial complexes on the background.
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Finally I managed to get a photo of the whole city, although only as a scale model in the Singapore City Gallery.
