Gatis Gailis
@gatisgailis.id.lv
Latvian. Liberal. Care for Ukraine. CEO of Veset.
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The partial Black Sea ceasefire negotiated by the US for Russia and Ukraine has already been violated by Russia. Trump has brought back a new version of the mineral deal and wrote in so many poison pill provisions that Ukraine will be forced to reject the deal.
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Russia Breaks Ceasefire and Demands Sanctions Be Lifted
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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March 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The partial Black Sea ceasefire negotiated by the US for Russia and Ukraine has already been violated by Russia. Trump has brought back a new version of the mineral deal and wrote in so many poison pill provisions that Ukraine will be forced to reject the deal.
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"[..] as the historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1963: ‘The right-winger needs his Communists badly, and is pathetically reluctant to give them up.’"
It's taken less than a month for the self-serving prognostications of ‘heterodox’ intellectuals to collapse under the weight of their own contradictions. On the 'western civilisation' grifters www.forthedeskdrawer.com/p/destroying...
Destroying the West in order to save it
When all reform leads to revolution
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February 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"[..] as the historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1963: ‘The right-winger needs his Communists badly, and is pathetically reluctant to give them up.’"
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#Enough Malcolm Nance Has Reached His Limit on Ukraine youtu.be/2rECBqdu92k?... via @YouTube
Malcolm Nance Has Reached His Limit on Ukraine
YouTube video by Malcolm Nance
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February 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#Enough Malcolm Nance Has Reached His Limit on Ukraine youtu.be/2rECBqdu92k?... via @YouTube
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A must-read thread on Ukraine
This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A must-read thread on Ukraine
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Huge amounts of training data for military AI are generated in Ukraine. Video from 15.000 drones on the frontline is captured and stored, amounting to 2 million hours of battlefield footage since the war started. But there is a catch. Or two. 🧵 1/17
Ukraine collects vast war data trove to train AI models
As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield.
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Huge amounts of training data for military AI are generated in Ukraine. Video from 15.000 drones on the frontline is captured and stored, amounting to 2 million hours of battlefield footage since the war started. But there is a catch. Or two. 🧵 1/17
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❗️For the first time! 🇺🇦Ukraine carried out an attack without infantry, using only robotic systems, - ISW.
▪️This happened near the village of Liptsy, north of Kharkiv;
▪️This happened near the village of Liptsy, north of Kharkiv;
December 21, 2024 at 7:29 AM
❗️For the first time! 🇺🇦Ukraine carried out an attack without infantry, using only robotic systems, - ISW.
▪️This happened near the village of Liptsy, north of Kharkiv;
▪️This happened near the village of Liptsy, north of Kharkiv;
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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced that the U.S. would deliver hundreds of thousands of additional artillery shells, thousands of missiles & hundreds of armoured vehicles to Ukraine by mid-January 2025.
December 6, 2024 at 10:33 AM
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced that the U.S. would deliver hundreds of thousands of additional artillery shells, thousands of missiles & hundreds of armoured vehicles to Ukraine by mid-January 2025.
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My minimum definition of Ukraine's victory has made it to the European Commission's press review (https://buff.ly/4g13NI2) through a piece in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten (https://buff.ly/41nTQQy) that discussed my arguments. 1/5
December 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
My minimum definition of Ukraine's victory has made it to the European Commission's press review (https://buff.ly/4g13NI2) through a piece in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten (https://buff.ly/41nTQQy) that discussed my arguments. 1/5
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This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
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Idk how many “gotta hand it to Zizek”s I got left in me
November 28, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Idk how many “gotta hand it to Zizek”s I got left in me
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🤝 "The US and allies are completing the process of allocating $50 billion to Ukraine at the expense of frozen Russian assets," - Blinken
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
🤝 "The US and allies are completing the process of allocating $50 billion to Ukraine at the expense of frozen Russian assets," - Blinken
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The guys are so exhausted they don't even mind the impacts
November 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
The guys are so exhausted they don't even mind the impacts
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The NATO Parliamentary Assembly has called for Ukraine to be provided with medium-range missiles.
These could be ballistic missiles with a range of 1,000-5,500 km, including Tomahawk missiles, which can strike at the enemy's strategic depth.
These could be ballistic missiles with a range of 1,000-5,500 km, including Tomahawk missiles, which can strike at the enemy's strategic depth.
November 26, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly has called for Ukraine to be provided with medium-range missiles.
These could be ballistic missiles with a range of 1,000-5,500 km, including Tomahawk missiles, which can strike at the enemy's strategic depth.
These could be ballistic missiles with a range of 1,000-5,500 km, including Tomahawk missiles, which can strike at the enemy's strategic depth.
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On countering threats from Russia and supporting Ukraine with #NATO Allies in conversation with @BBCRadio4 Johny Dymond.
Latvia🇱🇻 has raised readiness, increased defense investments and will allocate 3.5% of GDP to defence.
From 9’30 minute:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Latvia🇱🇻 has raised readiness, increased defense investments and will allocate 3.5% of GDP to defence.
From 9’30 minute:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM
On countering threats from Russia and supporting Ukraine with #NATO Allies in conversation with @BBCRadio4 Johny Dymond.
Latvia🇱🇻 has raised readiness, increased defense investments and will allocate 3.5% of GDP to defence.
From 9’30 minute:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Latvia🇱🇻 has raised readiness, increased defense investments and will allocate 3.5% of GDP to defence.
From 9’30 minute:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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"Why die for Ukraine? It is not worth risking World War III and nuclear armageddon. Just give Russia everything they want."
Cowards in America right now are repeating history without even knowing it.
Cowards in America right now are repeating history without even knowing it.
November 25, 2024 at 5:52 AM
"Why die for Ukraine? It is not worth risking World War III and nuclear armageddon. Just give Russia everything they want."
Cowards in America right now are repeating history without even knowing it.
Cowards in America right now are repeating history without even knowing it.
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50K followers on BlueSky. Thank you very much and welcome to all new followers 🥳
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November 24, 2024 at 8:53 AM
50K followers on BlueSky. Thank you very much and welcome to all new followers 🥳
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Here is the next part in my discussion with Pyotr Kurzin. Join our conversation if you have an interest!
@pyotrkurzin.bsky.social
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How A Trump Comeback Could Surprisingly Benefit Europe | @JakeBroe
YouTube video by Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics
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November 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Here is the next part in my discussion with Pyotr Kurzin. Join our conversation if you have an interest!
@pyotrkurzin.bsky.social
youtu.be/X1E1vyuYwmg?...
@pyotrkurzin.bsky.social
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This belief runs extremely deep. An app using the microphone is or not is verifiable! And yet even having written the literal book on auditing iOS apps *and* with the source code in hand, I could not convince people Facebook was not constantly listening to them. I promise, it doesn't need to.
Most people believe their devices spy on them to serve them contextual ads - despite no evidence showing that's the case. My latest for @newscientist.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
Majority of people believe their devices spy on them to serve up ads
There is no evidence that advertisers use covert recordings of conversations to target people with adverts, an accusation widely denied by the industry, and yet this belief persists
www.newscientist.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This belief runs extremely deep. An app using the microphone is or not is verifiable! And yet even having written the literal book on auditing iOS apps *and* with the source code in hand, I could not convince people Facebook was not constantly listening to them. I promise, it doesn't need to.
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Donald Trump's re-election as US President will transform the Russia-Ukraine War and the relationship with NATO. However, it will go further, but also reshaping how the EU/Europe outside of NATO engages on transatlantic relations with the USA.
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Donald Trump's re-election as US President will transform the Russia-Ukraine War and the relationship with NATO. However, it will go further, but also reshaping how the EU/Europe outside of NATO engages on transatlantic relations with the USA.
youtube.com/watch?v=X1E1...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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Donald Trump's re-election as US President will transform the Russia-Ukraine War and the relationship with NATO. However, it will go further, but also reshaping how the EU/Europe outside of NATO engages on transatlantic relations with the USA.
youtube.com/watch?v=X1E1...
Donald Trump's re-election as US President will transform the Russia-Ukraine War and the relationship with NATO. However, it will go further, but also reshaping how the EU/Europe outside of NATO engages on transatlantic relations with the USA.
youtube.com/watch?v=X1E1...
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“Sky Fortress” is a Ukrainian system of thousands of microphones, listening for the distinctive sounds of Russian low-flying UAVs such as the Shared.
They are networked to machine-learning processing nodes, that can send a truck with a .50 cal. gun to an intercept point.
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They are networked to machine-learning processing nodes, that can send a truck with a .50 cal. gun to an intercept point.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:20 PM
“Sky Fortress” is a Ukrainian system of thousands of microphones, listening for the distinctive sounds of Russian low-flying UAVs such as the Shared.
They are networked to machine-learning processing nodes, that can send a truck with a .50 cal. gun to an intercept point.
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They are networked to machine-learning processing nodes, that can send a truck with a .50 cal. gun to an intercept point.
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Sharing this blocklist again. I'm doing semiregular roundups to add to this list of transphobes, "here to see libs cry" types, and racists. Feel free to tag me to add people to block. Hit "subscribe" and then choose "block" to block all in 2 clicks!
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November 21, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Sharing this blocklist again. I'm doing semiregular roundups to add to this list of transphobes, "here to see libs cry" types, and racists. Feel free to tag me to add people to block. Hit "subscribe" and then choose "block" to block all in 2 clicks!
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A Ukrainian General Staff source reports that Ukraine controls 800 square kilometers in the Kursk operational zone, down from 1,300 at its peak. For four months, Russia has failed to reclaim the area, suffering heavy losses and deploying North Korean troops in a desperate attempt to clear it.
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
A Ukrainian General Staff source reports that Ukraine controls 800 square kilometers in the Kursk operational zone, down from 1,300 at its peak. For four months, Russia has failed to reclaim the area, suffering heavy losses and deploying North Korean troops in a desperate attempt to clear it.
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In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running companies like Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives.
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November 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running companies like Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives.
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