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How a new technique invented by Renaissance Venetian artists eventually led to modernism, and why modernism is so sticky even though most people hate it.
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If Zelensky Is So Corrupt, Why Can’t Anyone Buy Him? 🇺🇦
I just realized something almost hilarious if it wasn’t very obvious and also real about the whole anti-Zelensky narrative.
For years we have been told that Zelensky is corrupt, illegitimate, a puppet, a billionaire thief, some CIA creation, whatever version happens to be useful that day. And yet somehow Putin, Trump, oligarchs, billionaires and the entire anti-Ukraine political machine still cannot control him.
Think about that contradiction.
Zelensky was elected in 2019 with about 73% of the runoff vote. Ukraine has not held another presidential election because elections are suspended under martial law during Russia’s invasion, something Zelensky has said could change if conditions allow a safe and legal vote. Meanwhile Trump, Elon and others are now openly calling for Ukraine to replace him after Zelensky refused demands to stop attacking Russian energy infrastructure and bend over to them.
And this is where their own propaganda stops making sense. If Zelensky were really as spectacularly corrupt as they claim, why wouldn’t somebody have bought him years ago?
Putin has all the money. Russian oligarchs have money. Western billionaires have money. Elon has more money than all of them. Trump has political power. There are people with enormous financial and geopolitical interests who would benefit from a Ukrainian president willing to make the right deal for them.
If Zelensky were really nothing but a corrupt opportunist, the easiest path imaginable would have been to take the money, make peace with Putin on Putin’s terms, protect himself, become insanely wealthy, powerful and live comfortably ruling the Ukraine and the area as a probably richest dictator on earth.
Instead, Russia invaded, Zelensky stayed, Ukraine kept fighting, and years later these people are still trying to pressure him, discredit him, replace him and convince everyone that he is somehow the problem.
Trump and Elon has now publicly called for Ukraine to get a new president after Zelensky resisted pressure over Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries. Their relationship has deteriorated sharply precisely because Zelensky has continued pursuing policies Washington told him to stop.
So maybe the reason so many powerful men seem absolutely fucking obsessed with Zelensky is much simpler than all the conspiracy theories.
Maybe they hate him because they cannot break him.
Maybe they hate him because they cannot buy him.
Maybe they are simply jealous of him and his amazing courage and integrity.?
And maybe nothing drives men obsessed with power more insane than another man they cannot control.
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Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
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Get ready for the unfolding of a Russian propaganda operation, carried out with the aid of the White House, in the battered town of Oleshky. From @ZarinaZabrisky, who has been reporting from Kherson, just across the river, since 2023
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So grateful for this by the great American patriot @KoriSchake
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Varování, tento text není pro nikoho, kdo má pocit, že ta jeho "parta" teď svádí boj o demokracii. Sepsal jsem trochu frustraci z nekonečné kulturní války, ve kterou se proměnila politika. Těžší otázka je, jak z toho ven?
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Я очень долго откладывал знакомство с программным текстом моего любимого блогера Скотта Александера и группы менее известных или вовсе неизвестных мне товарищей AI 2027 с прогнозом о развитии искусственного интеллекта, считая, что его прочтение будет серьёзной интеллектуальной работой, требующей существенных затрат времени и ресурсов мозга. Я ошибался. Можно было его не откладывать. Лучше было вовсе его не читать. После этого текста моё уважение к Александеру упало настолько низко, что я не знаю, сможет ли оно когда-нибудь вернуться. Вероятно, не сможет, поскольку упало оно не из-за того, что текст показался мне глупым. Нет, он не глупый, главный его недостаток гораздо хуже, чем глупость.
Читайте мои рецензии сентября 2026
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EXCLUSIVE: A Russian biker with links to Moscow’s sabotage chief has been revealed as the suspected mastermind of a bomb plot in the heart of Europe.
A joint investigation by The Telegraph and Welt am Sonntag, both part of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, found that Oleg Levushkin is believed to have planned a failed attempt to plant explosives at Germany’s Leipzig-Halle airport ⤵️
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It's common knowledge that "almost all men are stronger than almost all women" but did you know that almost all men are more tolerant than almost all women?
If you're a libertarian, a male communist will be more tolerant of your views than a female libertarian.
RT @jbetlach: Další ohromující záběry z letu FlyDubai.
„Máme teroristu pod kontrolou. Míříme na přistání.“
Neuvěřitelné záběry z letu Fly…
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Защитники животных в городе Принц Джордж в западной Канаде спасли ворон, получивших передозировку опиатов, нажравшись чего-то в районе города, где собираются наркоманы. Воронам дали лекарство, которым лечат передоз у людей, и это им помогло. То, что у ворон передоз, защитники животных поняли по симптомам: вороны лежали на земле раскинув крылья и не двигаясь, но были при этом живыми.
и ещё 9 новостей конца света в открытом выпуске
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From a pop science mag:
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin reduce the amount of bottom-up brain activity flowing into a network associated with self-reflection. These altered trajectories of brain signals occur consistently across humans and mice.
I never knew that mice are so introspective.
LIVE: SpaceX launches Starship test flight
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Власти Марокко обвиняют правительство Испании в том, что оно тормозит депортацию на родину нелегальных иммигрантов, проникших в Сеуту.
И ещё 9 новостей конца света в открытом выпуске
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TYL of Einstein Chacha, Uncle Einstein, a cult Indian hero who took part in a huge street brawl, got filmed and photoed and immediately became an Internet meme.
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Dead bodies lie on the streets of Kyiv once again, and a market is on fire after another russian terrorist attack.
Russia isn't shy to kill Ukrainians in broad daylight, during busy evenings, or burn us in our beds at night. They are openly terrorizing us every single day now.
"of the 236 countries and territories on the planet, 219 have a clear negative trend in fertility. Of the remaining 17, I’d say the trend is negative as well in probably 16, although statistical methods have a hard time picking it up for one reason or another. The remaining one? Israel"
Here's why:
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Yesterday, I told you Mexico’s total fertility rate is at 1.2. Today, let me remind you that Argentina’s total fertility rate is at 1.05: screenshot from the Argentine statistical agency below. Yes, 1.05. Argentina, in 2014, was at 2.3: a drop of more than 50% in a decade.
And before you tell me “it’s Milei’s/the Peronists’/Leo Messi’s fault,” remember the following: of the 236 countries and territories on the planet, 219 have a clear negative trend in fertility. Of the remaining 17, I’d say the trend is negative as well in probably 16, although statistical methods have a hard time picking it up for one reason or another. The remaining one? Israel.
So, if you think fertility is going down in your country because of some country-specific reason X, well, you might want to think twice.
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CRINKS appears to be alive and delivering.
