A message from "The Rock"to The Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Douglas Johnson filmed a message to Lieutenant Colonel Yurii Harkavyy,callsign "The Rock",commander of the Ukrainian 425th Assault Regiment
He also wished strength&success for all the Defenders in the 425th Regiment
Slava Ukraini!
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SCMP: "The European Union has been urged by the EU’s official think tank to weaponise its giant market to draw concessions from China, whose economic fragility is making it increasingly reliant on rich export markets."
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Xi has one hell of dilemma. On one hand it's now obvious that economic growth depends on larger domestic consumption on other hand he wants Taiwan badly and conditions are spectaculary good for military action (except that this will be very bad for domestic consumption)
And now he’s ritually humiliating Inter Miami by announcing the next war.
"The Transitive Strongman"
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Reizēm ar draugiem runājam par to, cik nenormāli gudra lieta Latvijā ir gan vienas personas partiju ziedojumu griesti, gan neļaušana ziedot juridiskām personām. Paldies visiem, kuri savā laikā cīnījās par šo.
since the U.S. and Israeli strikes are framed as "targeted operations against terrorist infrastructure," rather than a full-scale invasion, the Kremlin interprets this as a case that does not fall under the collective defense provisions.
Plāns jau ir, tikai atbilstošs demences mocīta sociopāta spējām. Kā piemēru var minēt ieviestos tarifus, lai stiprinātu rūpniecibu ASV (pēc tam katru mēnesi ražošana ASV sāka zaudēt darbavietas). Bet muļķiem dažreiz arī veicas.
Domāju, ka Trampam nav pat vidēja termiņa plāna (jēdzīga). Manuprāt, ir 3 ceļi kā situācija var attīstīties - 1. Varu pārņem demokrātiskāk, sekulārāk noskaņota opozīcija (vislabākais un arī mazāk ticamais scenārijs, 2. Režīms izdzīvo un paliek vēl riebīgāks, 3. Ilgstoša nestabilitāte, pilsoņu karš
"We ask that the leaders of the business world in the US--some of whom it has been our privilege to teach--speak out now, act now, in defense of democracy....[T]here is no conflict between their responsibilities as CEO and their responsibilities as citizens. The cost of silence is incalculable."
Interesanti kāpēc LLM modeļi nevienā no daudzajiem scenārijiem nekad neizvēlējās deeskalācijas ceļu? Kaut kā tas nevairo uzticēšanos šiem.
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Šodien pirmā diena šogad, kad tāds var kaut kur tikt pa ietvēm.
Man ir diezgan daudz jāsaskaras ar pašvaldības un valsts iestādēm un man ir priekšstats, ka tur liela daļa nereti strādā virs 8st. dienā , bet tādi, kas neko nedara, bet tikai muld ir liels retums. Varbūt, ka ir kādas amatpersonas, kuras tiešām neko nedara, bet tad vajag konkrēti norādīt.
Good Economist piece on Merz tough China trip.
"For not only has China’s market begun to dry up for Germany, big chunks of German industry now regard China as a direct threat to their interests.."
With a favourite chart of Setser and mine. China's net car exports now dwarf even peak Germany.
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China already has several dark factories (robots only) Humanoid robots cost 5 figure number, this is territory where business owners won't think twice if performance against human worker is 1:1. I guess many first attempts will fail, but competition is fierce and winners will take a lot, very lot.
This stunning video convinced me that : 1) Progress in humanoid robotics is very fast 2) If robots can perform this, they will do all kinds of simple jobs soon. If the robots take 10 - 20% slice of current workforce (simple jobs) then this will have immense impact.
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Redzēju nesen Gundegas Evelones rakstā tika lietots "aģence".
Russians do have patience threshold against state power. It is very high, but when it brakes, then bloodhed is brutal. Numerous examples throughout history.
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:
Svaigs skatījums no attālākas perspektīvas. Eiropai gan vēl krietni jāiespringst
Ja interesē noturības un civilās aizsardzības tēmas no kopienu un NVO perspektīvas, 25.02.aicinu uz pasākumu, kur ar pieredzi dalīsies poļi, lietuvieši, ukraiņi, patirpināšu atbildīgās institūcijas. Dalībnieki no 10 valstīm, tulkojums būs. Programma un pieteikšanās lapas.lv un FB eventā.
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
There must be a bunch of fans in the fan shed. I suspect there will be a big BLOW OUT.
Ukrainian Defenders have shared photos from before and during Russia’s war against #Ukraine.
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Why would anyone expect strong US dollar, if US is on trajectory to Civil war as soon as this year or to be ruled by imbecile king who don't know how to use %? And there's even no serious political discussion debt burden management.
IMHO to be on top in China means neverending, brutal power struggles with highest stakes. Only one from many, many thousands gets to the top. And after all that ofcourse he is afraid.
Uz trīs gadiem'atņemt "tiesības ieņemt valsts amatpersonas amatu uz trim gadiem" nav nopietni. Vajag krietni garāku termiņu, ja valsts nopietni uztver valsts noslēpuma saglabāšanu.
Varbūt "pašiniciatīva"?
