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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻
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Environmental economist 🇳🇿 | via 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 from 🇺🇦
2 year anniversary. I bet some coauthors think we gave up on it.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
After the attack
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thousands of academics and students in New Zealand and Australia are poised to lose access to Elsevier journals next year

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#Birds at Tahuna Torea
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This makes my head explode
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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💔As a result of russias attack on Kyiv during the night; 1 person has died, and at least 15 are injured, including a 10 year old child and a pregnant woman.

🔺Podilskyi district: a residential building hit.

🔺Dniprovskiy district: 2 residential buildings & several private houses was hit.
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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💔 This morning, after massively attacking Kyiv, russia hit a food market in Odesa region with a strike drone killing 2 people & injuring 10, including a child.

People gathering to buy food on a Friday morning, murdered, simply for being Ukrainians.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Reporter: Mr. Editor! The public has found out we were sitting on info about Trump and Epstein for years! We offered excuses, but they accuse us of circling the wagons!

Editor: Hmm...Let's do a puff piece defending a reporter who did something incredibly unethical.
what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Russian strikes devastated #Ukraine’s power grids this weekend, blocking access to heating in winter conditions for millions.

Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever.

Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...
Donate for Ukraine - Winter and Power - AI for Good Foundation
Winter is the most challenging time in Ukraine: Russian attacks damage power supply, leaving vulnerable populations in the dark, cold and vulnerable.
ai4good.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Russian strike on a church in Dnipropetrovsk region. Its dome caught fire.

Thankfully, no one was injured.

Russia has destroyed or damaged hundreds of churches in Ukraine while claiming it "protects" the Orthodox faith.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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In a targeted overnight strike, Russian drones hit a symbol of Ukraine's green energy future. The "Clear Energy" combined heat and power plant, built in 2016, was the nation's first major biomass facility.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"U.S. to supply cotton to Uzbekistan" 🫢

Luxon should learn from President Mirziyoyev and broker a deal to buy milk and lamb from the US

kun.uz/en/news/2025...
U.S. to supply cotton to Uzbekistan
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick held talks in Washington, focusing on expanding cooperation in agriculture. According to reports, initial agree...
kun.uz
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
You too, Adobe Acrobat?
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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❗️During the night, the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 415/503 🇷🇺Russian air targets

Shot down/launched:

▪️406/458 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera type (drones of other types)
▪️?/25 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles
▪️?/10 Iskander-K cruise missiles
▪️?/7 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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❗️Approximate route of 🇷🇺Russian drones and missiles tonight during attack on 🇺🇦Ukraine
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Meanwhile, another russian UAV hit 9-storey residential building in Dnipro, destroying apartments from 4th to 6th storeys
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states"

www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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A warehouse with many “Shaheds” and UAV launch sites exploded in Donetsk last night, reported commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi. He said it was the result of a months-long intelligence operation successfully executed overnight.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM