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Russian Bots and Subconscious Warfare in the 21st Century

3 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZvlMDjDkgRuJL2tA In this post, I want to talk about the influence of Russian bot farms on Western democracies. Well, and not only Western ones. Let's talk about AI bots and Russian propaganda. I...

Tariffs are discriminatory and paid by consumers (you)

3 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR During his first term, Donald Trump raised tariffs and renegotiated trade agreements to "protect" US industries. For a potential second term, he has proposed a universal tariff on all US imports (10%-20%) and even steeper tariffs on Chinese go...

What The Tech?! Refrigeration

2 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Industrial cooling helped change the way we store and transport food In a world with uber eats, imported fruit and the ability to eat things that are out of season, it’s easy to forget some of the infrastructure that’s essential for allowing this to...

Temple of knowledge

2 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Zv0NRN-FCnG3Mnuz Oxford Natural History Museum. At the entrance to the museum, visitors are greeted by Aristotle. It seems that if you walk around the entire museum, you can get an education in...

The End of Meme Coins: Why Investors Should Focus on Projects with Real Value

2 Oct 2024 2 minute read 16 comments Cryptonator`s

The world of cryptocurrency has always been characterized by both innovation and speculation. Among the most speculative assets are meme coins – cryptocurrencies with little to no underlying utility, created primarily for entertainment or as internet...

Briefing For A Descent Into Hell

2 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The descent into Hell is easy."Virgil   Attention shoppers.  The recruitment office for the Department of Death will be closed until further notice.  Nude shoplifters have been apprehended in the fruit aisle.  A snake and a woman have been charged w...

Christian Democrats, the far-right and anti-Muslim communication in Sweden

1 Oct 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

The following text is based on my recent article for the green-alternative-liberal paper Tidningen Syre (Newspaper Oxygen)   The Christian Democrats have long opposed liberal and progressive values, particularly during the 1970s. Back then, the party...

Meanwhile in Ladakh

1 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR: Ladakh, now a Union Territory of India without a legislature, faces rising demands for statehood and democratic representation. Local communities are uniting to seek statehood and constitutional safeguards to protect their land, culture, and...

Navigating Life When You Are Young With Chronic Illnesses Part Six

30 Sep 2024 23 minute read 1 comment Cje95

Preparing to Move While others may love the idea of moving and taking a jump into the unknown... I absolutely unequivocally HATE moving. Everything about it sucks from the packing to the unpacking and all the spets in between. While I would have a ro...

Challenging the Fabric of American Democracy?

30 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments naykdhodlr

  It should come as no surprise to anyone with their ‘ear pressed to the ground’; the state of United States federal politics has, since the turn of the Century, and especially since the election of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, devolved to l...