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An economy on the rocks: how Russia lost 30 years and what to do

17 May 2026 4 minute read 4 comments Ship Shard $0.01

Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/af21RSIefiV4hqKS "Even an enemy wouldn't do that!" An economy in ruins: why we have become a country of couriers and how to break this circle. This publication is based on an analysis of data from 2026, repor...

Digital Exodus: How Russia is Losing its IT Future

17 May 2026 11 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard $0.01

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/afzsWFF-On7b0KGV "The Last Byte: Chronicles of the Digital Exodus." A one-way ticket for IT. May 2026 was the month when Moscow finally turned into the ruins of a digital empire. Not the ruins o...

Russians are preparing for the worst, because they no longer expect the best.

16 May 2026 5 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard $0.03

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ad_f_IUyT2yYFG66 The future is not determined solely by poll numbers. It is created by our actions here and now. According to surveys from the CSP "Platforma" + "OnIn", "Map of Faith and Hope",...

Two voices in the void: Nigmatulin and Bonya on the crisis in Russia

16 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard $0.05

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aeC_eAJQnG44gA36 Two voices, one alarm. We have reached a situation where the Kremlin publicly reacts to Victoria Boni's appeal, but does not comment on Dmitry Muratov's speeches or Robert Nigma...

The Silicon Summit

15 May 2026 4 minute read 1 comment Learn With Hatty $0.45

If you were looking for a sign that the line between Big Tech and Big Government has officially evaporated, look no further than the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport this week. As Air Force One touched down for the high-stakes May 2026...

Behind Enemy Lines: The Story Of Basher 52

14 May 2026 5 minute read 3 comments Investigator515 $0.11

This shootdown would involve an intensive manhunt and eventually, a Hollywood movie. In this previous article, we explored the downing of Vega-31, an American F-117 Nighthawk that would be lost during NATO operations. This would not be the only aircr...

Lineages of Memory: Bisceglia, Casillo, Coppola — Fragments of Southern Identity Across Time.

13 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro $0.10

  In the architecture of Italian surnames, every name is a coordinate. A signal. A fragment of geography turned into identity. Within the deeper southern strata of Italy—between Puglia, Campania, and the expanding diaspora of the Mediterranean world...

One-way ticket: why the Russian IT business stopped "tolerating" and began evacuation

12 May 2026 9 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard $0.01

Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/afzT2cORJlFGmx-G "Finished off in a month." Why are even those who held out until the last, taking IT teams away from Russia with their families? May 2026. I just talked to a team leader I know from the Mosco...

They break illusions

12 May 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard $0.03

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aeE8-ztE4GM3--33 4 films that break illusions. Documentaries, after which you can not dismiss. AFTER THAT, ROMANCE DIES. The list is as dark as possible — without heroes, without hope, without i...

The 500-Year History of Sound Money and Why Bitcoin Matters Now

12 May 2026 22 minute read 0 comments Heath Muchena $0.04

Gold held value for 5,000 years. The silver denarius held for 300 years before Rome debased it into collapse. Bitcoin is 16 years old and algorithmically uncorruptible. Here is why.  SUMMARY: Five hundred years of monetary history produce one consist...