Two-three weeks ago (May 24th) I also had an opinion piece published in Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest Finnish newspaper. I haven't submitted opinion pieces to HS for years, but now there was an interesting discussion going on in the newpaper (and also on other forums in Finland) about the role of science in society. I have much more to say on the subject, and there are a lot of forums where to discuss this further, but I have to see when there is enough time to polish the ideas into clear enough shape.

In addition to these published pieces I have been writing a bit for myself only, all kinds of free-flow thinking and scratch pieces. I haven't done much of this type of writing for years, but now there has been a demand for this as well. I think this type of writing is a nice way of cleaning up the rubbish from between the ears. Just letting the words come without minding what they are helps a lot in finding the right words later when there is real writing to be done.