I became a U.S. citizen while voluntarily serving as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. The America I know and love did not elect a narcissistic, vile, lying, vulgar, braggart as president. And yet here we are. America contains multitudes.
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Kolya @kolyavt.bsky.social
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Kolya @kolyavt.bsky.social
@KolyaV
Vermont resident since 2007
Katılım Mayıs 2008
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@Scholars_Stage @entirelyuseles @b_nishanov Putin’s “I am sore I was not treated equally” resentful attitude predates by many years his pre-invasion articles about Ukraine.
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Well he doesn’t emphasize the sovereignty end—or rather the conflation of economic sovereignty with national security.
, but in particular I am not sure any of this is more “true” than those big giant essays on Ukrainian history, which seem more important IMHO to his actual thinking than “I am sore I was not treated equally.”
But I do not follow Russia this closely so I could be wrong on that second point.
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This does not feel like the proper interpretation to me.
It matters that he is in front of a BRICS audience, and his answers seems tailor made for that audience, whose concerns about developmental sovereignty are intense and oft expressed.
Bakhti Nishanov@b_nishanov
Putin, thrown off balance by Steve’s tremendous question, actually tells the truth about why he is waging a war against Ukraine. He essentially says he is lashing out at Ukraine because he felt he was slighted by the west. He course corrects to make it about national security. But that’s the truth. This is not about NATO. Putin felt slighted and is taking it out on Ukraine. He is saying so himself.
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@TheDissenterYT @psmaldino Just heard this. Excellent. (Btw, Ricardo, I hope you join Bluesky.)
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New episode (1008), with Dr. Paul Smaldino (@psmaldino), about his book Modeling Social Behavior: Mathematical and Agent-Based Models of Social Dynamics and Cultural Evolution. #CognitiveScience #culture #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/7Ue6pqGpHss
Podcast: bit.ly/4dS9mqB
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@emubrigadier @RG_Horvath Yes. Frankly, I don’t know if it’s worth it to engage with such a bad faith and small-minded interlocutor.
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Robert has so much patience.
Robert Horvath@RG_Horvath
It's a sign of our disjointed, disinformed times that I've been asked by a serious scholar for proof that @navalny 'actually tried to fight against the war' and was 'not of imperialist views.' The proof is out there. It's not hard to find. And it's irrefutable. 1/15
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Kolya @kolyavt.bsky.social retweetledi
Man sits by me on train.
MAN: Loads of psychopaths around here
ME: Really?
MAN: Loads mate
ME: How'd you know?
MAN: There's signs aren't there?
ME: I guess?
MAN: I love them
(47 minutes of awkward silence.)
Man leaves train, he has a bike. I realise he was saying 'cycle paths'.
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@Scholars_Stage “Be kind” makes huge demands. It demands bravery, courage. Our failures of kindness are all too often failures of courage.
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@Scholars_Stage But kindness is a key part of goodness. (There is no “either be kind or be good.”)
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Kolya @kolyavt.bsky.social retweetledi
For those who wonder how the election could still considered close, it may be useful to recall this 2016 David Sedaris portrait of undecided voters in that year's election.
CALL TO ACTIVISM@CalltoActivism
Can someone please tell me how the hell this race is tied?
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@NickArvin @KolyaV Hmm. Now I think I'm going to put together a proposal.
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@HMittelmark Bummer. I guess it's critical mass issue. But twitter is becoming more and more unpleasant to wade through. Btw, speaking of your tweets, have you ever thought of compiling a "best of Howard" collection? It would be a delight to hold a book with so much wit.
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@KolyaV Sort of. I still look in most days, but I haven't posted in a while.
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@TheDissenterYT An excellent episode. Impressed by Rex Welshon's lucidity.
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New episode (974), with Dr. Robert Welshon about his great book, Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality: A Guide. #Nietzsche #Philosophy
YouTube: youtu.be/elopBfSkat0
Podcast: bit.ly/3WKG3kp
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UPDATE
Hi, everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I'm feeling a bit better now, and I'm about to start recording more interviews this week.
I'll start a bit slower at the beginning, but then hopefully I'll pick up my usual pace.
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Finally reached the point where I can cross the street in London without the fear that a car will suddenly appear out of a direction we don't have in the US.
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@UmlandAndreas @DrRadchenko @vkaramurza Solzhenitsyn's meeting with Putin was deeply disappointing and it's a stain on his legacy, but it is definitely wrong to think he would've supported the war.
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@DrRadchenko I admire @vkaramurza whose mentioning of Solzhenitsyn was, however, inapt. Solzhenitsyn's pan-Russianism and antiliberalism are feeding the war. His meetings with Putin legitimized & rehabilitated the former KGB officer. The press conference was unhelpful & alienated Ukrainians.
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With that press-conference in Bonn Kara-Murza emerged as the clear leader of the Russian opposition. You don’t have to agree with all that he said (I found myself questioning some propositions) to acknowledge that this here is a man of great moral authority and personal integrity, someone with a deep, philosophical, historically-informed understanding of the present moment.
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@mrsahuquillo Pay wall. Maria, vivo en Vermont. Hay alguna manera de leer tu articulo sobre Vavilova sin estar suscrito? Me encantaria leerlo.
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La espía Elena Vavilova, encubierta como una “aburrida mamá de Boston”, inspiró The Americans.
La pillaron junto a su esposo.
Putin les recibió con honores en Moscú. Les dijo q aún tenían “años por delante” para hacer algo “interesante y útil” por Rusia👇🏼
elpais.com/cultura/2021-0…
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La pareja de espías rusos Dultsev, parte del intercambio con Rusia desde Eslovenia, se hacían pasar por argentinos y hablaban entre ellos y con sus dos hijos pequeños *en español*.
Los niños supieron que son rusos en el avión a Moscú. Putin les saludó con un “Buenas noches”
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@CarlSchreck @ichbinilya Yes, yes. MH17 was indeed a watershed moment. They could've admitted it was a tragic mistake--such things happen in war. Brazen, dishonorable, and, frankly, unnecessary lying. How could any of them talk of honor?
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@ichbinilya The brazen lying & wink-wink denials are basically state information policy now. Crimea/MH17 were the watershed moments, IMO, and it's snowballed since then. Simonyan is a master practitioner (see: Skripal poisoners interview, suggestion that Navalny's blood sugar was just low).
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They always do this. Like with the little green men in Crimea. They lie, tell you they’re not lying, and then years later matter-of-factly admit they lied, without a shred of self-consciousness.
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@RusiaSeMueve Bien dicho. Un hombre de principios y valentia.
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En el minuto 01:07 Vladimir Kara-Murza habla con su familia.
Un hombre bueno libre.
Ani Chkhikvadze@achkhikvadze
So glad for all of them. While the others I had high hopes for, I was worried I would not see Kara Murza again, but he is coming back! Incredible. ❤️ For everyone else in Russian prisons, I have no doubt, this evil will one day collapse too.
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