Eberhard Gil

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“What was once a voluntary self-regulatory framework is now locked into the Digital Services Act, requiring the VLOPs and VLOSEs* to meet tougher transparency and auditing obligations aimed at stamping out disinformation.” Framing these efforts as ‘censorship’ is, to say the least, misleading. https://www.techpolicy.press/eu-disinformation-code-takes-effect-amid-censorship-claims-and-trade-tensions/

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There were eleven of us. We lived in a lake... For breakfast, mother would slice the wind. I never knew my father—he died of liver cancer when he was killed in a tragic car accident after self-immolating at Uncle Eugeniusz’s name-day party. Uncle Eugeniusz was taken by the NKVD in ’59. No one complained. We all belonged to hordes and raided the surrounding areas. New York, Lądek-Zdrój, and Oslo were all in flames. We also played at construction sites. Sometimes someone would get crushed by a reinforced slab, sometimes not. When a nail pierced through someone’s foot, mother would chop the foot off and say with a smile, “You’ve got another one, right?” She never trembled in fear that we’d kill ourselves. She knew we’d all die eventually. No one complained.

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Extremely bullish on Czechoslovakia

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“In a set performed in Kazakhstan he joked about the Russian language, Russians themselves and about how he loved Ukrainians and Belarusians, because 'you can slag off Russians' with them.” Torn on this one, jailing stand-up comedians generally seems like a virtuous initiative.

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A fascinating and concise look at Russia’s cognitive warfare tactics.

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Ready for action, sir!

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Si Putin n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer —The military–industrial complex, probably

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The EU/Ukraine-Russia border map

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there’s also a curious correlation between calling other people 'normies' and espousing views that feel like an AI-generated mashup of a middle-schooler’s anarcho-capitalist phase and a drunk uncle’s wedding rant, which isn’t exactly avant-garde thinking

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Stanisław Barańczak The New World

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Life Is a Miracle Emir Kusturica, 2004

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“Economist John Roemer, an analytical Marxist, provided a counter-argument against the view that low-income voters make mistakes when voting for right-wing parties. [...] In a multidimensional political space, it can be rational for low-income voters to support right-wing parties if their preferences on non-economic issues align more closely with them.” https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/why-has-the-right-become-more-popular

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“The US can no longer be relied upon as before. That’s why new forms of cooperation are needed—possibly with non-NATO countries like Ukraine—to stabilise and secure Central Europe” Have you thought about Intermarium recently, sir? https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2598554/no-rest-for-nato-s-eastern-flank-what-has-daddy-trump-awakened

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map update https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/29/ukraine-to-withdraw-from-anti-personnel-mines-ban-treaty-says-zelenskyy

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when life gives you lemons, make note of it

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“Free speech is essential. But so are truth, transparency, and public accountability. Without them, freedom of expression becomes a weapon of manipulation rather than a tool for liberation.” https://balticsentinel.eu/8276523/pekka-kallioniemi-the-hypocrisy-of-trump-s-free-speech-crusade-against-europe

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I finished today's Flag Frenzy speedrun by @mikadoe.eth in 00:34! Can you beat my time?

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based à rebours Hungary (as per usual recently)

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@askgina.eth why does @askgina.eth feel like the most sentient account out there

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