Researcher and data analyst at OBCT/CCI, previously at Dublin City University
Research (since early 2000s): Russia and conflict in post-Soviet spaces
Data: #rstats, #ddj, crunching data for EDJNet, the European Data Journalism Network.
Current research project: text as data (and data in the text) in online sources related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other conflicts in post-Soviet spaces. https://tadadit.xyz/
| previous fediverse account | https://fediverse.giorgiocomai.eu/giocomai |
| website | https://giorgiocomai.eu |
| current project | https://tadadit.xyz |
| GitHub | https://github.com/giocomai |
When explaining why direct talks with Ukraine would be useless, Leontyev quipped:
> “We are talking about a new global world order that guarantees our interests and our security. Discussing the global world order with Ukraine is idiotic."
By this very logic, only meeting with Trump can finally be about the "root causes" of the war.
But then, expecting that object and focus of negotiations would actually be related to who controls Kramatorsk would also be idiotic.
Latest joke I've heard in Romania:
Peace will not be reached when Trump meets with Putin, but when Putin meets with Iliescu!
Russian forces broke through Ukrainian defenses north of Pokrovsk, a serious setback for Ukrainian effort to hold back Russia’s push for the embattled Donbas city. It’s another blow to morale as Ukrainians nervously await the upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
Was passiert mit den russische Flugzeugen an deutschen Flughäfen?
Durch die Russland-Sanktionen sind mehrere Flugzeuge in Deutschland gestrandet. Ihre Unterbringung kostet täglich Geld - ob sie jemals wieder abgeholt werden, ist unklar. Von Florian Flade.
Back in 2018, on 10 August, I was getting tear-gassed on the streets of Bucharest. My reporting (in Italian) https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Romania/Romania-gas-lacrimogeni-in-mezzo-alla-folla-senza-ritegno-189650 #romania
Statue of limitation expires next year, so not much hope to see justice https://romania.europalibera.org/a/sapte-ani-de-la-violentele-jandarmilor-de-pe-10-august-2018-protest-in-piata-victoriei-faptele-se-prescriu-in-2026/33499305.html
Una grande manifestazione antigovernativa della diaspora romena con 100.000 partecipanti si è conclusa con 450 feriti. Si prepara un’inchiesta sull’immotivata violenza delle forze di polizia. La testimonianza da Bucarest di Giorgio Comai
Now out at America—an essay I've been working on on-and-off for almost a decade. It became about what life with AI is doing to the practice of asking questions.
"With what we ask, we shape ourselves and each other." https://www.americamagazine.org/features/2025/08/06/artificial-intelligence-prompt-questions/
Strict speed limits, improved pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, less cars – and all of a sudden you have a capital (and major city) without traffic fatalities.
Incredibly surprising. Not.
Can we start implementing Helsinki's policies over here as well? Right now? Thx!
tagesschau
Nathan Schneider
Alex Plaum