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You’re conflating accountability as a principle with a specific way to achieve the accountability.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
You’re conflating accountability as a principle with a specific way to achieve the accountability.
It’s a _slice_ of the lived experience.
Most of the data gets lost during the aggregation.
Most of the data gets lost during the aggregation.
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s a _slice_ of the lived experience.
Most of the data gets lost during the aggregation.
Most of the data gets lost during the aggregation.
Politics is about rationalizing voter’s feelings: you need to meet them where they are, accept their feelings and then you can persuade.
And the easiest way to loose the elections is to discard voters feelings.
That’s why “affordability” and “inflation” work and charts with median salary don’t.
And the easiest way to loose the elections is to discard voters feelings.
That’s why “affordability” and “inflation” work and charts with median salary don’t.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Politics is about rationalizing voter’s feelings: you need to meet them where they are, accept their feelings and then you can persuade.
And the easiest way to loose the elections is to discard voters feelings.
That’s why “affordability” and “inflation” work and charts with median salary don’t.
And the easiest way to loose the elections is to discard voters feelings.
That’s why “affordability” and “inflation” work and charts with median salary don’t.
Interesting.
But Tallinn could be an outlier here. USSR did not have much respect to the local governments and usually just incorporated all the suburbs into the city to make management easier.
But Tallinn could be an outlier here. USSR did not have much respect to the local governments and usually just incorporated all the suburbs into the city to make management easier.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Interesting.
But Tallinn could be an outlier here. USSR did not have much respect to the local governments and usually just incorporated all the suburbs into the city to make management easier.
But Tallinn could be an outlier here. USSR did not have much respect to the local governments and usually just incorporated all the suburbs into the city to make management easier.
And that’s totally justifies Putin’s violation of Russian-Ukrainian Border Treaty of 2003 that Putin signed himself!
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
And that’s totally justifies Putin’s violation of Russian-Ukrainian Border Treaty of 2003 that Putin signed himself!
I was born and raised in USSR and I can confirm that Tom’s takes on this subject are fairly accurate.
What’s more important- he’s one among like 0.1% who actually knows the topic. Other 99.9% who have opinions in fact have no clue at all.
What’s more important- he’s one among like 0.1% who actually knows the topic. Other 99.9% who have opinions in fact have no clue at all.
August 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I was born and raised in USSR and I can confirm that Tom’s takes on this subject are fairly accurate.
What’s more important- he’s one among like 0.1% who actually knows the topic. Other 99.9% who have opinions in fact have no clue at all.
What’s more important- he’s one among like 0.1% who actually knows the topic. Other 99.9% who have opinions in fact have no clue at all.
Actually they were quite ineffective and sometimes did a lot of collateral damage by sensationalizing things. But the law is still very bad, so it’s a lose-lose situation 🫤
July 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Actually they were quite ineffective and sometimes did a lot of collateral damage by sensationalizing things. But the law is still very bad, so it’s a lose-lose situation 🫤
That’s Degenerative AI
“You can make your robot go to the gym and exercise for you 10 hours a day!”
“You can make your robot go to the gym and exercise for you 10 hours a day!”
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
That’s Degenerative AI
“You can make your robot go to the gym and exercise for you 10 hours a day!”
“You can make your robot go to the gym and exercise for you 10 hours a day!”
Generative AI is great at imitating form but it cannot make new content.
Music, especially pop is much more about form than content.
Music, especially pop is much more about form than content.
July 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Generative AI is great at imitating form but it cannot make new content.
Music, especially pop is much more about form than content.
Music, especially pop is much more about form than content.
We greatly underestimate how much people “beliefs” are not true beliefs, but parroting of their environment. Like saying things just to signal you are part of the group.
June 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We greatly underestimate how much people “beliefs” are not true beliefs, but parroting of their environment. Like saying things just to signal you are part of the group.
Just for the record: while this wasn’t the root cause of empty shells, USSR was still bad at running grocery stores.
June 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just for the record: while this wasn’t the root cause of empty shells, USSR was still bad at running grocery stores.
“Russophobia” is a very special word,
kind of Kremlinspeak you would normally hear from Russian “diplomats”.
Something from Nebenzya vocabulary.
kind of Kremlinspeak you would normally hear from Russian “diplomats”.
Something from Nebenzya vocabulary.
June 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“Russophobia” is a very special word,
kind of Kremlinspeak you would normally hear from Russian “diplomats”.
Something from Nebenzya vocabulary.
kind of Kremlinspeak you would normally hear from Russian “diplomats”.
Something from Nebenzya vocabulary.
In Italy it was €10 for 1.5 hour/120 km trip.
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
In Italy it was €10 for 1.5 hour/120 km trip.
Назва компанії чомусь закреслена в заголовку але легко читається у першому ж рядку текста. 🙂
May 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Назва компанії чомусь закреслена в заголовку але легко читається у першому ж рядку текста. 🙂
WHY on Earth they always look so weird!!??
April 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
WHY on Earth they always look so weird!!??
The bigger problem is that Navalny made the same mistake: he was always pretending he just fights corruption even when Russia became a full-blown fascist state.
March 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The bigger problem is that Navalny made the same mistake: he was always pretending he just fights corruption even when Russia became a full-blown fascist state.
“Trump calculated” is an oxymoron.
These two words just don’t go together.
These two words just don’t go together.
March 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Trump calculated” is an oxymoron.
These two words just don’t go together.
These two words just don’t go together.
I know this place and it exists until the next tsunami.
It’s almost at the sea level at the end of a 3 mile sand strip with only one way out.
Oh, and they have “Tsunami evacuation route” signs to remind that it’s possible.
It’s almost at the sea level at the end of a 3 mile sand strip with only one way out.
Oh, and they have “Tsunami evacuation route” signs to remind that it’s possible.
January 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I know this place and it exists until the next tsunami.
It’s almost at the sea level at the end of a 3 mile sand strip with only one way out.
Oh, and they have “Tsunami evacuation route” signs to remind that it’s possible.
It’s almost at the sea level at the end of a 3 mile sand strip with only one way out.
Oh, and they have “Tsunami evacuation route” signs to remind that it’s possible.
Empathy: “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another”
If voters feel bad about the economy you need to meet them where they are. Trying to convince them with numbers that the economy is actually good is a lack of empathy.
If voters feel bad about the economy you need to meet them where they are. Trying to convince them with numbers that the economy is actually good is a lack of empathy.
November 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Empathy: “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another”
If voters feel bad about the economy you need to meet them where they are. Trying to convince them with numbers that the economy is actually good is a lack of empathy.
If voters feel bad about the economy you need to meet them where they are. Trying to convince them with numbers that the economy is actually good is a lack of empathy.
“Voting for peace” is clearly just a rationalization.
You cannot argue with feelings, they will come up with even crazier explanation.
I guess Trump is a personification of their anger against the “rigged” system, because the only real thing about Trump is anger.
You cannot argue with feelings, they will come up with even crazier explanation.
I guess Trump is a personification of their anger against the “rigged” system, because the only real thing about Trump is anger.
November 24, 2024 at 10:58 PM
“Voting for peace” is clearly just a rationalization.
You cannot argue with feelings, they will come up with even crazier explanation.
I guess Trump is a personification of their anger against the “rigged” system, because the only real thing about Trump is anger.
You cannot argue with feelings, they will come up with even crazier explanation.
I guess Trump is a personification of their anger against the “rigged” system, because the only real thing about Trump is anger.
Media don’t know how to cover sociopaths. They have exactly the same issue with covering Trump.
November 22, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Media don’t know how to cover sociopaths. They have exactly the same issue with covering Trump.
Listen, the verbal promise that was NOT given to the prez of another country allows you to violate the treaties you’ve signed yourself (2003 Russia-Ukraine Treaty)
November 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Listen, the verbal promise that was NOT given to the prez of another country allows you to violate the treaties you’ve signed yourself (2003 Russia-Ukraine Treaty)
This trend had started at least in 1980s
Social media may have accelerated it, but it’s not the root cause
Social media may have accelerated it, but it’s not the root cause
November 16, 2024 at 7:06 AM
This trend had started at least in 1980s
Social media may have accelerated it, but it’s not the root cause
Social media may have accelerated it, but it’s not the root cause
“Just asking questions” is a known manipulation technique: people have more trust in their own conclusions. So instead of giving them the answer directly you’re “just asking questions” that imply the desired answer.
November 15, 2024 at 8:30 PM
“Just asking questions” is a known manipulation technique: people have more trust in their own conclusions. So instead of giving them the answer directly you’re “just asking questions” that imply the desired answer.