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≈ ≠ = 🧡 Ultrarunning, science & critical thinking ⚛ Taught critical thinking & decision-making to 15'000+ people, 100+ events since 2010 🚀 Day job managing marketing strategy in finance & tech 🏃 Running trails & mountains world over.

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Post image 05.11.2025 08:08 — 👍 46    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

BTW ja Rinkēvičs šo neizdarītu šodien, tad Mieriņa kā turpmāko dienu prezidenta pienākumu izpildītāja varētu likumu arī izsludināt.

03.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

Pamatojoties uz Latvijas Republikas Satversmes 71. pantu, prasu likuma “Par izstāšanos no Eiropas Padomes Konvencijas par vardarbības pret sievietēm un vardarbības ģimenē novēršanu un apkarošanu” (likumprojekta Nr. 1058/Lp14) otrreizēju caurlūkošanu.

03.11.2025 14:55 — 👍 84    🔁 12    💬 5    📌 4

🐟 🥗 🍷 Vai te ir kāds Vidusjūras diētas sekotājs, vai pazīstiet tādu?

Meklēju Vidusjūras diētas sekotāju, kurš būtu gatavs izteikties publiski 🤞 #BlueSkySpēks

30.06.2025 11:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tas nelaiž mani vaļā. Šodienas paciens. Kungs, tiek izmeklēts sakarā ar prostatas audzēju. CT izmeklējuma laikā konstatē citu, visdrīzāk - primāru, audzēju plaušā un jaunveidojumu taisajā zarnā. Diezgan sūdaina situācija pati par sevi, bet tad, konsultējoties ar kolēģiem, darbojos tālāk. ⬇️

26.06.2025 17:46 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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@mistralai.bsky.social CEO @arthurmensch.bsky.social announces Magistral, an upcoming multi language reasoning model at London Tech Week.
Supposedly highly capable at reasoning across coding, maths, and multiple large European languages. 🚀
🧐 Benchmarks in the studio!

10.06.2025 09:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Gaza worse than hell on Earth, Red Cross chief tells BBC as aid centres close for day - live updates The president of the ICRC tells the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen Palestinians have been stripped of human dignity.

Unprecedentedly strong intervention by ICRC. “Palestinians, she says, have been stripped of human dignity. International humanitarian law is being hollowed out. What is happening in Gaza, she says, surpasses any acceptable legal, moral and humane standard” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

04.06.2025 11:07 — 👍 420    🔁 250    💬 2    📌 14

Vai pareizi saprotu @knabgovlv.bsky.social: žurnālista raksts, kas eksponē iespējamus likumpārkāpumus, ir priekšvēlēšanu aģitācija?
No kā izriet, ka priekšvēlēšanu laikā politiķis varētu darīt jebkādu šmuci. Jo mediji nedrīkst par to rakstīt.
Padomājiet ar galvu. Un cieniet Latvijas likumus, lūdzu.

21.05.2025 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‼️Esam saņēmuši KNAB prasību skaidrot, kāpēc pētījumos par gaidāmajām pašvaldību vēlēšanām pievērsāmies tikai trīs pilsētām.

KNAB vēlas zināt, kurš pieņem lēmumus rakstu veidošanā un kurš par to maksā.

Pieprasījums ir iejaukšanās redakcionālajā darbā un grauj preses brīvību.

19.05.2025 13:24 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 2

"Russia Has Started Losing the War in Ukraine"
The narrative is finally changing. It was always clear Russia would lose the war. Now it is also being said by analysts.

19.05.2025 13:02 — 👍 263    🔁 84    💬 7    📌 0
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Golubevu par mirušās Aizsilnieces nopelšanu izslēdz no "Jaunās Vienotības" To, ka vīrietis izslēgts no partijas, aģentūrai LETA apstiprinājusi arī politiskā spēka komunikācijas vadītāja Agnese Rozentāle.

Aizsilniecei bija/ir mega fanu pulks. Daudzi viņai jūtas pateicīgi.
Taču ar zinātnes noliegšanu, covid dezinformāciju, homeopātijas reklamēšanu un savējo interešu aizstāvniecību viņa nodarīja neizmērojamu ļaunumu sabiedrības veselībai Latvijā. www.delfi.lv/193/politics...
@lastguru.net

19.05.2025 16:50 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Varbūt "KNAB neredz" rodas no tā, ka jātērē resursi šādu pēc būtības nepieņemamu pieprasījumu rakstīšanai medijiem? Laikam jāatbild ar lekciju par to, ko nozīmē redakcionāla neatkarība, un principu, ka valsts iestāde nevar prasīt informāciju, ko var dabūt mūsu mājas lapā, t.i.,publiski pieejama.

15.05.2025 09:01 — 👍 36    🔁 8    💬 13    📌 5
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Just your regular metro ad in Stockholm: “Now we have close to 600 soldiers in Latvia - For freedom’s sake”

07.05.2025 07:07 — 👍 222    🔁 41    💬 6    📌 9
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“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

22.04.2025 13:16 — 👍 6046    🔁 1420    💬 124    📌 80
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and yet they come to Europe and lecture everyone on free speech

14.04.2025 06:30 — 👍 6361    🔁 1455    💬 463    📌 166
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Our leader this week is 👊🇺🇸🔥. "It’s hard to know which is more unsettling: that the leader of the free world could spout complete drivel about its most successful and admired economy. Or the fact that on April 2nd, spurred on by his delusions ... " www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

04.04.2025 11:53 — 👍 335    🔁 65    💬 19    📌 5

Witkoff's repeating of Kremlin lies about "russian-speakers" wanting to "join Russia" is truly chilling. This is nothing less than carte blanche for Putin's genocidal imperialism. Hearing Americans talk like this should be an electric shock for Europe, not a wakeup call.

22.03.2025 09:08 — 👍 2165    🔁 777    💬 89    📌 42
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The disturbing bit isn’t that he thinks or posts this—that’s unsurprising. He's a regular RT columnist. It’s that this is what the director of national intelligence is consuming. This is the person she amplified just yesterday. This is the worldview what will be shaping the assessments she oversees

18.03.2025 16:14 — 👍 519    🔁 155    💬 11    📌 11

1) Kā noteikt robežu starp: viņam ir veselīgs ego, pašnoteikšanās VS. viņš ir narciss?
2) Kā būšana vienīgajam bērnam korelē ar būšanu narcisam (hipotēze: biežāk?) Kas vēl?
3) Ar kādām metodēm/rīcībām iespējams narcisam likt kļūt empātiskākam? Sevišķi interesē darba vidē.

18.03.2025 09:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I hadn't realised just how comic the partisan division in consumer expectations data is over time. It's actually slightly amazing that this can average out to something useful. (University of Michigan index, Red = GOP, Blue = Dems)

17.03.2025 21:55 — 👍 44    🔁 15    💬 8    📌 3
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Trump to meet controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor for St. Patrick’s Day The former mixed martial arts champ — recently found civilly liable in Ireland for raping a Dublin woman — brings his anti-immigration message to the White House.

Conor McGregor, the mixed martial arts fighter recently found civilly liable for rape back in his native Ireland, is a St. Patrick’s Day guest of honor at the White House.

17.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 382    🔁 180    💬 174    📌 140

Last 24hrs, I think:
- Director of national intel says Trump & Putin “very good friends and very focused on how we can strengthen … shared objectives”
- Trump openly talks about “dividing up certain assets” (i.e. Ukraine)
- Trump considering recognising Crimea as part of Russia

17.03.2025 21:41 — 👍 315    🔁 89    💬 20    📌 8
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have been partially successful in holding the ceasefire proposal hostage as part of his efforts to extract preemptive concessions from US President Donald Trump in negotiations to end the war. (1/2) isw.pub/UkrWar031725

17.03.2025 23:43 — 👍 236    🔁 62    💬 6    📌 15
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The US Director of National Intelligence reposting a Russian propagandist in Malaysia posting lies that track Kremlin propaganda about an organization that has been a beacon of light to people around the world since 1942. We are entering a very dark place.

17.03.2025 12:04 — 👍 10916    🔁 4056    💬 623    📌 298

Highly authoritarian behaviour to deport lawful residents for saying & doing things that don’t violate the law. The same powers could be abused to target a wide range of politically dissenting voices with a chilling effect on free speech.

11.03.2025 17:53 — 👍 216    🔁 56    💬 6    📌 2
benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

11.03.2025 22:04 — 👍 26417    🔁 9658    💬 1074    📌 1151
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This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically.
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )

11.03.2025 21:01 — 👍 2918    🔁 879    💬 95    📌 118

Trump's administration has been tougher on Romania to release Andrew Tate (3 phone calls exerting pressure) than they have on Russia (zero pressure).

10.03.2025 19:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fascinating data and visualisations on the impact Covid had across all aspects of our lives.

10.03.2025 09:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after savage torture and extreme emaciation in Russian captivity The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia’s torture prisons on occupied territory

Russian authorities abduct Ukrainian journalist, torture her for months w electrocution until she dies in custody, weighing less than 30kg. #russianwarcrimes

khpg.org/en/160881447...

09.03.2025 22:33 — 👍 2019    🔁 1157    💬 92    📌 138

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