Also: good things are good not because somebody said they were good, but because good things produce good outcomes.

That is why fascism will lose.

It seems to me that geopolitics is a lot like interpersonal relationships - and whatever makes a person likeable or admirable is what makes a country be so too.

This is one of the reasons why I stopped arguing with far-right supporters: after a certain number of exchanges you stop thinking about the topic at hand, but rather begin to attempt to pin-point the exact cognitive deficiency that they hold.

Oh, what a beautiful pendant. I want one such as this one.

I watched a documentary on this. The gist of it is that, apparently, the immigrants are scary and violent, while daddy T is a big and strong protector figure.

In Lithuania too. We had a week-long protest against government capture of LRT.

Which brings me to a point: even state media can be taken by nefarious actors. I think we need journalistic cooperatives.

I am conflicted on this from the perspective of the Baltics: while your argument is valid, we already hold a monumental number of them.

And unlike many other forms of immigration, the Russians came explicitly as part of a colonial project with an emphasis on the attempt to erase local culture.

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We should make a museum of "ancient tech", which is populated by exhibits of German offices.

40ish years, hmmm... I think I notice a pattern. I wonder what happened back then 🤔

Which makes me wonder, in whose interests is it to publish such articles?

If Chomsky was ever a hero, then people were not paying attention.

“Kate, why do you care about the Olympics, Eurovision, and things like that, you’re at war!”

Yes, I care. I care that my country is represented in the arts and in sports, that it takes part in cultural debates. I care that it is seen. And I care deeply that never again should a nation with such a

We appreciate your work. ❤️

Every good deed - whether big or small - contributes to the greatness of our world.

I must admit: watching how Europe, having learned from its painful lessons of the XXth century, showed strength and unity with perfect execution during the Greenland debacle was quite cathartic.

This is a common perception, but it is not true: Trump follows through with everything that he says, if nothing stops him. Just ask experts such as Anne Applebaum or look at Project 2025 to-do list.

The only reason he backed down on Greenland for now is because Europe showed muscle.

When Project 2025 first came out, I thought "that is too outrageous; nobody would ever do that. And if they tried, no way would they manage to do it in 4 years."

Lo and behold, recently I checked the 1 year mark: more than 50% of it was already accomplished.

When they tell you who they are, trust.

It is easy to lose faith in the political process given how many powerful people have been implicated in the E-files.

So it is refreshing to know that not everyone is part of the clique.

Stoltenberg has been tasked to write a report on NB8 security and defense. I do not think that the NB8 would ask him to do this if he was no trustworthy.

My favorite model for proper conduct is "the 24 strengths of character" from the founders of positive psychology.

I find it to be a useful heuristic.

Honestly, given the things that have been uncovered in the E-files series, these two are the same thing. The people in the files have shown no love for democracy and are quite open about their plans for it.

Perhaps we could be sarcastic by being better than them? By welcoming them with a wink, "we will be happy to accommodate the many British citizens into our towns ☺️"

I have heard that this whole anti-Polish sentiment goes back to the times of the Teutonic Order where they had to foment propaganda in order to justify their colonialism. This sentiment was later adopted by Austria and Russia as well. From there it spread around the Western world.

Are they not planning to pass SAVE Act in the night before midterms to effectively ban married women from voting?

"After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum."

This is something that I have noticed: reading your posts gives me hope every time.

I figured that was a trait of a good general. And I suspect it is a trait of a good warrior too, in general.

Curious about Switzerland: if Kraut's video on nuclear weapons is to be believed, then decades ago the Swiss announced that they are a month away from having a nuke and... that was it.

The Nazis love being feared and hate being mocked.

This is why we need more Jojo Rabbits in the media landscape.

A lot of media portrays the Nazis as these intimidating and efficient warriors.

Yet apparently firsthand witnesses said that they were extremely stupid buffoons.

...which, given the present-day examples, is not hard to imagine.