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#RunMichelRun 10/2026:
A new feeble attempt at running. :) This time I tried to run in the park in the late afternoon/evening. I felt slow (and I *was* slow)*, there were too many people and bicycles and dogs etc., my pace was uneven, my allergies went skyhigh and I had trouble breathing, etc. At least I tried! :))
10.5 km in 1:29 (8:25/km)
P.S. Also I met a dog who was probably 5x times faster than me, and some cool teen cyclists-jumpers.

Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Jun 15

Jun 15

Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

This is not a drill.

If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Jun 15

"The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."
🎵 This guitar cover of the Terminator II theme struck a chord with me today, do listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQc7cBCaXGI 🎵
I got transported back to the year 1991 when I emerged from the movie theater, shaken to the bottom of my soul...
#LifeOfMichel

Terminator - Judgment Day | Classical Guitar

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Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Jun 10

#RunMichelRun 👟 09/2026:
5.4 km in 1:35 (18:00/km)
This was an attempt at a "run" in the mountains, in a new area, trying to find my way from Boyana and up. Nothing went as planned! I almost got lost, incline was often more than 30 degrees, and it was too hot. At some point I just turned around and tried to find my way back. Now I enjoy some rest on the terrace at home, reading a book about... running [The Lost Art Of Running]. :-)
(Note: Saw a glimpse of the TV tower but didn't even get close.)

Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺May 5

I have just re-watched The Dark Knight (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/) together with my wife today -- 18 years later! and also my daughter (she watched it with us now for the first time). Such a powerful movie! I admit I saw it with different eyes this time. This ain't Tim Burton, this was Christopher Nolan... the movie was dark. Dark but good.
#LifeOfMichel

The Dark Knight (2008) ⭐ 9.0 | Action, Crime, Drama

2h 32m | PG-13

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Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Apr 14

Just tired of news and everything... 😶

Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Apr 13

Daniel Pomarède Apr 13

NASA astronaut Christina Koch hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha.

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

https://flic.kr/p/2s7aCi3

#Artemis #ChristinaKoch #Orion #spacecraft #orionspacecraft #space #science #news #NASA #astrodon #photography #Artemis2

Michel Bozgounov 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Apr 13

Cory Doctorow Apr 13

I'm worried about AI psychosis. Specifically, I'm worried about the psychosis that makes "capital allocators" spend *$1.4T* on the money-losingest technology in human history, in pursuit of a bizarre fantasy that if we teach the word-guessing program enough words, it will take all the jobs.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/13/always-great/#our-nhs