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Architect, urbanist, free software & open data advocate. Math, reading, swimming, cycling & chess. Known to go months without seeing the inside of a car.

Location: Usually here, sometimes there, rarely en route.

Dayjob: Architect, mainly Hospitals

What Peter Thiel Saw In Jeffrey Epstein "Both believed that civilization was collapsing and that democratic norms were failing. And both did their part to help bring about these apocalyptic fantasies." "Both men saw crypto as a weapon." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffre...
What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein

In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy.

The Nation

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that the greatest threat posed by Russia is that it is gaining more at the negotiating table than it has achieved on the battlefield.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/02/15/8021139/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Kallas

EU foreign policy chief: Russia gains more at negotiating table than on battlefield

ЄС: Росія ставить нереалістичні вимоги й має компенсувати збитки Україні — Каллас

Ukrainska Pravda

I'm trying to connect undergrad technical writing students with opportunities to gain experience.

I'd like to find open source projects that need help with documentation: writing the docs, editing the docs, converting the docs (like from latex to HTML, from nroff to markdown, etc), … things like that.

Please reply here!

*I may include these suggestions in an article

#NineYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

February 14, 2017 – The day after Michael Flynn resigned, FBI Director James Comey reported Donald Trump requested a private meeting to “talk about Mike Flynn.”

Trump told Comey that Flynn had misled Mike Pence about his conversations with Russian representatives, but that Flynn was “a good guy.”

Trump said he hoped Comey could “let this go.”

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

The Swiss government has ended its contract with American analytics company Palantir, after federal agencies in the country rejected Palantir at least nine times over seven years. The reason? Security concerns that should make other countries think carefully:

- Risk of US intelligence gaining access to sensitive data
- Potential loss of national sovereignty
- Dependence upon foreign specialists in crisis situations

Swiss authorities won't touch their software with a bargepole.

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@lauren @sbenting exactly right

See also: Self-driving cars. If they are so great, why do all the Self-driving car manufacturers/operators seek limitations on their liability?

@sbenting I'll add that is one reason I consider agentic AI to be such a travesty. Google saying in essence, no matter how badly Gemini screws you over, we take no responsibility for anything. Criminal.
Russia's snowmobile troops did everything by the book—the book was written before drones

Snowmobiles aren't necessarily bad assault vehicles. But to avoid detection by thermal drones, they need heat-trapping camouflage.

Euromaidan Press

“We are f—”: 10 Ukrainians with drones wipe out two NATO battalions in war game

Estonia’s Hedgehog 2025 exercise used Ukraine’s Delta system for the first time on NATO soil.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/nato-exercise-reveals-alliance-cant-survive-ukraine-style-drone-warfare/

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #NATO #battalions #Hedgehog2025 #Estonia #warfare #drones #army #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

“We are f—”: 10 Ukrainians with drones wipe out two NATO battalions in war game - Euromaidan Press

Ukrainian drone team wiped out two NATO battalions in a day during Estonia's Hedgehog 2025 exercise, exposing the alliance's drone warfare gap.

Euromaidan Press
Russia seeks to normalize relations with U.S., curb support for Ukraine - ISW

The Kremlin continues to employ a dual rhetorical strategy, combining economic proposals with implicit military threats, while simultaneously trying to normalize U.S.-Russia relations and restrain Washington's support for Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

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