Jack Dean

there should be a goulash based fast food chain. like there's just a few pots of very hearty hungarian stew plus a few other magyar basics to go with it and you can get a big bowl of it for like $5

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Very interested to see the academic work that emerges from this - especially from sociology and anthropology of health. Given the extent to which normal ChatGPT hallucinates and invents, this could be horrifying.

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning. After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20mins milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

9. Western states are rightly focused on both conventional military and ‘grey zone’ threats from Russia, but they need to start taking political interference much more seriously than some of them have done to date.

7. Europe’s security depends on Europe – a wider Europe.

In a year of continued turmoil in CEE, it is a genuine pleasure to see Sandu getting recognition.

There is much more that can be said, but short-form only allows for a limited extent. I will update semi-frequently on here with any further important developments as the situation progresses, but I would be open to discussing this long-form should the possibility arise.

An underexplored angle is that this represents an easy 'in' for foreign influence campaigns. What better way to sow distrust in a NATO and EU member than to build upon pre-existing concerns that have now been validated from within the system itself?

Another night, another set of protests in Romania calling for judicial reform. In the following thread, I am going to provide brief summary of how we have got here, and of where some of these slogans have been seen before

The great irony of this story is it relates to an AI ethics guide.

Jakub's thread is a great discussion of the complex phenomenon of Polish migration, and how the recent viral story stands up to closer examination.

This is a reminder, if it were ever needed, that this isn't just Ukraine's war. If the ever increasing number of drone incursions isn't proof enough, this should be. European security, both militarily and economically, is at stake. It will be a long winter for Europe's east.

Energy integration and economic integration are inherently tied, and this has the potential to have a massive impact on Moldova's journey towards Europe and the EU. It will also do no harm to Romanian-Moldovan relations, which will be a key part of any future integration

Away from Bucharest, which I'll keep updating, it is worth looking at Chișinău. With the heavy Russian bombardment of Ukraine, and the strikes on the power grid, much of Moldova was left reliant on emergency power supply from Romania over the last 24hrs.