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News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are mine

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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 9020 πŸ” 2002 πŸ’¬ 245 πŸ“Œ 127
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Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate The Caribbean island of CuraΓ§ao has no natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a prestigious Swiss refinery come from the island? The evidence points to their origin in con...

The Caribbean island of CuraΓ§ao has no natural gold deposits, but tons of gold refined at a prestigious Swiss refinery come from the island. Their origin is traced to conflict areas in Venezuela. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

06.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

RUSSIA GETS:
-Higher oil prices
-Reduced US economic pressure
-Bogged down US military
-Air defense assets not sent to Ukraine

US GETS:
-Indefinite war in pursuit of undefined outcome
-Weaker economy
-Frayed international partnerships
-Combat deaths

06.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 7

Worse than the worst War on Terror drone strikes. By innocents killed, worse than multiple of the worst drone strike errors combined.

06.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 882 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 5

do they have an app? is it too late for apps

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hopefully it's just the communications interrupted

05.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

they're saying it's not funny but listen it's not for everyone

05.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Pachelbel's Chicken
Pachelbel's Chicken YouTube video by TwoSetViolin

coming to terms with the fact that AI can probably replace me but some guys are going to be OK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOf...

05.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fragments of a Stalin statue, dismantled and dumped in a pond in the 1950s, resurfaced several years ago in a small Urals town following work on a nearby dam

Fragments of a Stalin statue, dismantled and dumped in a pond in the 1950s, resurfaced several years ago in a small Urals town following work on a nearby dam

A happy March 5 to all who celebrate

05.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about starting a thread on r/dubai to see if anyone wants to re-read Gravity's Rainbow with me

05.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

03.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!

03.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. A little louder than usual this weekend

03.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

theonion.com/anyone-else-...

02.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the happiest of mondays to Peter Svidler and everyone who plays chess

02.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed…Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
β€”President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

02.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

02.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 2911 πŸ” 963 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 30

they didn't, and it's not

01.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"no fog of war, no technology tree, no random map"

28.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(sorry) I'm usually good about alt text: this is a screen grab from twitter where someone asks SpaceX's AI Grok about a chess position and it misunderstands where multiple pieces are located.

the AI equivalent of some guy leaning in way too close to your game and whispering: I see a move you can do

28.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing here is investment advice but if you're thinking about the SpaceX/Twitter/Grok IPO at a planned $1.75 trillion valuation, I've got some thoughts on how you can model the shape and depth of the first settlement on Mars

28.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chuck Schumer: β€˜The American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iran’ WASHINGTONβ€”In a pointed critique of President Trump’s foreign policy leadership, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated to members of the press Thursday that β€œthe American people deserve a presid...

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28.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 6720 πŸ” 1515 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 81

scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe?

AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe

10.01.2024 14:09 πŸ‘ 9791 πŸ” 2028 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 61

our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor

28.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 5844 πŸ” 1130 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 29

There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things

28.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 7268 πŸ” 1360 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 26

running a bunch of jazz clubs sounds like a pretty good idea. didn't occur to me as one of the options

27.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ChessFam - Find OTB Chess Tournaments Near You Finally, a simple way to find over-the-board chess tournaments. Browse upcoming tournaments, register online, and get updates that actually matter.

NEW THING

chessfam.com

26.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The world's latest FIDE Master: 10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan πŸ‘πŸ€―

26.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

cursed statue. like all statues of peter, actually

26.02.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there's a new trend among young people called "microliving" they close their eyes for a few seconds and experience a rich and fulfilling life from start to finish in their minds. birth. friendship. love. heartbreak. joy. loss. grief. death. but how does this affect their productivity at work

25.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 3272 πŸ” 707 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 22