skells @skells@qoto.org

On Russian society's susceptibility to top down control post-USSR

https://youtu.be/rY_XyEVHK5M Dud (~Russian Joe Rogan) interviews Russian international relations expert and philologist, Russian democracy and the war form a big part of the conversation. Interview takes place in Athens, echoes of Thucydides

Don't be deceived by Dud, he's wicked sharp in his questions

Russia is more complex than Twitter/CIA would have you believe

internet people argue over who's sources are more credible in Russo-Ukrainian War

hmm

can we really trust the Normans to make an unbiased tapestry

and then there's this sorry mess

look at these mean bastards

USD PoW

"we would be glad to hear the the US does not plan to hide such superfluous nuclear weapons in a warehouse or, as the saying goes, under the pillow. I'm sure we would all rise and acknowledge the importance of such a declaration..."

Putin, Munich 2007