One of the most surprising findings was the prevalence of Slovak-language pro-Kremlin propaganda in Czechia, and Moldovans who all hated Péter Magyar. Conclusion: Russia used old botnets but didn't bother to change the profiles
Carlo Ginzburg (1939–2026). The Cheese and the Worms about the beliefs and thoughts of the 16th century Italian miller, Domenico Scandella aka Menocchio is one of the most fascinating non-fiction books I've ever read.
Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.
Three years ago, russia destroyed the Kakhovka Dam.
The flood badly damaged Polina Raiko’s painted house in occupied Oleshky.
She began painting at 69 and turned her home into art.
The video shows a reconstruction of the house, created for the Ukraine WOW exhibition.
For #WorldOceansDay today, stunning colour lithographs from William Saville-Kent's The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893), created from the author's original watercolour sketches: publicdomainreview.org/collection/i...
"Everyone used the system to pay out their own clients. Orbán’s Fidesz merely enlarged it to industrial scale, centralized it, and poured its own distinctive, foul-smelling ideological sauce over it."
by Sándor Jászberényi
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È stato una delle figure più influenti del Novecento, ha cambiato il modo di guardare al passato attraverso le vicende di persone comuni e delle culture locali
Rellie (another one, The Oracle) had never heard the Hendrix story. But Robert Plant used to drink in one of Borth’s pubs, he has a house nearby. Also Nik Turner from Hawkwind lived in West Wales. Imagine the supergroup getting together at the county show
Juicy! which former pop stars are living in Aber? I will tell a close family member who also lives there, and who did sound at the Citadel in St Helens for yonks and has therefore met all former pop stars known to humankind
Oh and Mike Oldfield lived round those parts too and once outed himself at his local pub. Nobody had ever heard of him
I have! They are great. Hadn't heard the Hendrix in Borth story before.
Monday 1 June, in English, in-person and online: "At the event, researchers will present, for the first time, findings that analyze the coordinated dissemination of Russian narratives in the V4 countries regarding the war in Ukraine."
www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/event/r...
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
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At the event, researchers will present, for the first time, findings that analyze the coordinated dissemination of Russian narratives in the V4 countries regarding the war in Ukraine.
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
