kravietz 🦇
@kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy
Information security consultant in UK and EU, entrepreneur. Education in chemical engineering, supporter of #nuclear and #renewables. Born in #Poland, fluent […]
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Average interaction between #venezuela and compassionate Westerners on Twitter today 😄
* 🇻🇪 I can’t even cry because it doesn’t feel real
* 🇺🇸 Sorry for the loss of your leader this is a very terrible day for venezuela
* 🇻🇪 Mátate [kill yourself]
* […]
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* 🇻🇪 I can’t even cry because it doesn’t feel real
* 🇺🇸 Sorry for the loss of your leader this is a very terrible day for venezuela
* 🇻🇪 Mátate [kill yourself]
* […]
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January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Average interaction between #venezuela and compassionate Westerners on Twitter today 😄
* 🇻🇪 I can’t even cry because it doesn’t feel real
* 🇺🇸 Sorry for the loss of your leader this is a very terrible day for venezuela
* 🇻🇪 Mátate [kill yourself]
* […]
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* 🇻🇪 I can’t even cry because it doesn’t feel real
* 🇺🇸 Sorry for the loss of your leader this is a very terrible day for venezuela
* 🇻🇪 Mátate [kill yourself]
* […]
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Meanwhile, this is what #china army media have published on 31 December 2025. China Army Bugle is “Official press account of China’s armed forces” on YT.
Today China condemned US capture of Maduro, says these are ‘hegemonic acts’ that ‘seriously violate […]
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Today China condemned US capture of Maduro, says these are ‘hegemonic acts’ that ‘seriously violate […]
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January 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Meanwhile, this is what #china army media have published on 31 December 2025. China Army Bugle is “Official press account of China’s armed forces” on YT.
Today China condemned US capture of Maduro, says these are ‘hegemonic acts’ that ‘seriously violate […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
Today China condemned US capture of Maduro, says these are ‘hegemonic acts’ that ‘seriously violate […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
In completely unrelated news… “Greece arrests five over cocaine trafficking on ship from #venezuela to Europe”
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/greece-arrests-five-over-cocaine-trafficking-ship-venezuela-europe-2025-12-15/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/greece-arrests-five-over-cocaine-trafficking-ship-venezuela-europe-2025-12-15/
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
In completely unrelated news… “Greece arrests five over cocaine trafficking on ship from #venezuela to Europe”
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/greece-arrests-five-over-cocaine-trafficking-ship-venezuela-europe-2025-12-15/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/greece-arrests-five-over-cocaine-trafficking-ship-venezuela-europe-2025-12-15/
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on #russia (Andrew Chakhoyan)
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
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January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on #russia (Andrew Chakhoyan)
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
#Hungary – citing “national security,” Orbán’s government denied public information request by journalist Szabolcs Panyi’s for agreements signed with Maduro in #Venezuela (including oil & gas) 2 years ago.
Today’s mentions of FM Péter Szijjártó’s meeting […]
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Today’s mentions of FM Péter Szijjártó’s meeting […]
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January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
#Hungary – citing “national security,” Orbán’s government denied public information request by journalist Szabolcs Panyi’s for agreements signed with Maduro in #Venezuela (including oil & gas) 2 years ago.
Today’s mentions of FM Péter Szijjártó’s meeting […]
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Today’s mentions of FM Péter Szijjártó’s meeting […]
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Today’s #tass statement:
> The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it will make a statement on Venezuela in the near future.
Maria Zakharova bingo:
* ‘a drastic violation of sacred international law’
* ‘the US action only confirms that international law does not work’
* ‘we call on the […]
> The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it will make a statement on Venezuela in the near future.
Maria Zakharova bingo:
* ‘a drastic violation of sacred international law’
* ‘the US action only confirms that international law does not work’
* ‘we call on the […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Today’s #tass statement:
> The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it will make a statement on Venezuela in the near future.
Maria Zakharova bingo:
* ‘a drastic violation of sacred international law’
* ‘the US action only confirms that international law does not work’
* ‘we call on the […]
> The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it will make a statement on Venezuela in the near future.
Maria Zakharova bingo:
* ‘a drastic violation of sacred international law’
* ‘the US action only confirms that international law does not work’
* ‘we call on the […]
Official US travel guidance for #russia sounds very consistent with #witkoff fables about “incredible investment opportunities” 🤔
> “The risk of harassment or wrongful detention by Russian security officials.”
> “Be ready for the possibility of detention for an unknown amount of time, possibly […]
> “The risk of harassment or wrongful detention by Russian security officials.”
> “Be ready for the possibility of detention for an unknown amount of time, possibly […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Thank you for this excellent summary, I’ve translated the original PDF into English and Polish for the benefit of those who can’t speak French.
Direct download to original in French here […]
Direct download to original in French here […]
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Thank you for this excellent summary, I’ve translated the original PDF into English and Polish for the benefit of those who can’t speak French.
Direct download to original in French here […]
Direct download to original in French here […]
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Some very interesting polling results in this @grandcontinent.bsky.social survey of 9 EU countries
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Eurobazooka (décembre 2025) | Le Grand Continent
legrandcontinent.eu
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Some very interesting polling results in this @grandcontinent.bsky.social survey of 9 EU countries
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legrandcontinent.eu/fr/eurobazoo...
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Wyszłam na balkon zajarać, as one does - słuchamy, nie oceniamy - i jak mnie wiater nie zdmuchnął nazad do mieszkania to szok panie.
Ale ja nie o tym, ja o moim ulubionym nowym słowie, otóż padały śniegodeszcze różne ostatnie kilka dni, a temperatura poniekąd oddychała - to się podnosiła, to […]
Ale ja nie o tym, ja o moim ulubionym nowym słowie, otóż padały śniegodeszcze różne ostatnie kilka dni, a temperatura poniekąd oddychała - to się podnosiła, to […]
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hear-me.social
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Wyszłam na balkon zajarać, as one does - słuchamy, nie oceniamy - i jak mnie wiater nie zdmuchnął nazad do mieszkania to szok panie.
Ale ja nie o tym, ja o moim ulubionym nowym słowie, otóż padały śniegodeszcze różne ostatnie kilka dni, a temperatura poniekąd oddychała - to się podnosiła, to […]
Ale ja nie o tym, ja o moim ulubionym nowym słowie, otóż padały śniegodeszcze różne ostatnie kilka dni, a temperatura poniekąd oddychała - to się podnosiła, to […]
#germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his New Year’s address: **We are seeing more and more clearly that Russia’s actions were and remain part of a plan aimed at all of Europe.**
* Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a direct threat to Europe’s freedom and security;
* Germany faces daily […]
* Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a direct threat to Europe’s freedom and security;
* Germany faces daily […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
#germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his New Year’s address: **We are seeing more and more clearly that Russia’s actions were and remain part of a plan aimed at all of Europe.**
* Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a direct threat to Europe’s freedom and security;
* Germany faces daily […]
* Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a direct threat to Europe’s freedom and security;
* Germany faces daily […]
How #russia exposes… Russia’s own lies, episode 524. Yesterday, Russian media reported on an attack by Ukrainian drones on a café in Khorly in the occupied #kherson region, where allegedly ‘24 civilians celebrating the New Year’ were killed.
The case was […]
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The case was […]
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January 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM
How #russia exposes… Russia’s own lies, episode 524. Yesterday, Russian media reported on an attack by Ukrainian drones on a café in Khorly in the occupied #kherson region, where allegedly ‘24 civilians celebrating the New Year’ were killed.
The case was […]
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The case was […]
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A long read about the insides of Trump policy on #ukraine and #russia - this is probably the most intriguing fragment:
> But in secret, the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military, with his blessing, supercharged a Ukrainian campaign of drone strikes on Russian oil facilities and […]
> But in secret, the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military, with his blessing, supercharged a Ukrainian campaign of drone strikes on Russian oil facilities and […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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@mayintoronto
Here's a meme that I just saw, May:
Here's a meme that I just saw, May:
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@mayintoronto
Here's a meme that I just saw, May:
Here's a meme that I just saw, May:
And now #ukraine HUR announced that Denis “White Rex” Kapustin, head of “Russian Volunteer Corps” is actually alive and the whole story of his killing was a sophisticated operation to stop #russia ordered assassination attempt for which they paid $500k […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In the context of cloud computing and data storage dependency on US providers someone asked me on LinkedIn the following question (we also touched the, ahem, Trumps attitude to written laws):
> what’s the risk for global companies that regularly offshore data operations to employees in […]
> what’s the risk for global companies that regularly offshore data operations to employees in […]
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agora.echelon.pl
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
In the context of cloud computing and data storage dependency on US providers someone asked me on LinkedIn the following question (we also touched the, ahem, Trumps attitude to written laws):
> what’s the risk for global companies that regularly offshore data operations to employees in […]
> what’s the risk for global companies that regularly offshore data operations to employees in […]
@eunews
@eunews
This news is circulating on social media but it’s not quite accurate, as I’ve covered this largely already in November with some technical details:
https://krvtz.net/posts/how-eu-digital-cash-might-look-like.html
Most notably, the EU Digital Cash website does not mention […]
@eunews
This news is circulating on social media but it’s not quite accurate, as I’ve covered this largely already in November with some technical details:
https://krvtz.net/posts/how-eu-digital-cash-might-look-like.html
Most notably, the EU Digital Cash website does not mention […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
@eunews
@eunews
This news is circulating on social media but it’s not quite accurate, as I’ve covered this largely already in November with some technical details:
https://krvtz.net/posts/how-eu-digital-cash-might-look-like.html
Most notably, the EU Digital Cash website does not mention […]
@eunews
This news is circulating on social media but it’s not quite accurate, as I’ve covered this largely already in November with some technical details:
https://krvtz.net/posts/how-eu-digital-cash-might-look-like.html
Most notably, the EU Digital Cash website does not mention […]
Case study in the misery of #geopolitics - elsewhere I mentioned the ongoing #iran riots[^1], to which a classic comment guy replied “ah yes, Muricans and Jews meddling!”
The problem here a complete and rather arrogant blindness of this Western (but also […]
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The problem here a complete and rather arrogant blindness of this Western (but also […]
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January 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Case study in the misery of #geopolitics - elsewhere I mentioned the ongoing #iran riots[^1], to which a classic comment guy replied “ah yes, Muricans and Jews meddling!”
The problem here a complete and rather arrogant blindness of this Western (but also […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
The problem here a complete and rather arrogant blindness of this Western (but also […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
On 30 December 2013 thousands of #euromaidan participants in #ukraine kept a minute of silence to commemorate the 31 victims of an terrorist attack in #russia #volgograd - they did it purely out of compassion towards what they genuinely believed was a […]
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December 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
On 30 December 2013 thousands of #euromaidan participants in #ukraine kept a minute of silence to commemorate the 31 victims of an terrorist attack in #russia #volgograd - they did it purely out of compassion towards what they genuinely believed was a […]
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#trump just shared this article:
**Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace**
> But here’s the rub: The drone strike likely never happened. Zelensky vigorously denied it. Peskov said the Russians could provide no evidence, and urged the press to “take the […]
**Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace**
> But here’s the rub: The drone strike likely never happened. Zelensky vigorously denied it. Peskov said the Russians could provide no evidence, and urged the press to “take the […]
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agora.echelon.pl
December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#trump just shared this article:
**Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace**
> But here’s the rub: The drone strike likely never happened. Zelensky vigorously denied it. Peskov said the Russians could provide no evidence, and urged the press to “take the […]
**Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace**
> But here’s the rub: The drone strike likely never happened. Zelensky vigorously denied it. Peskov said the Russians could provide no evidence, and urged the press to “take the […]
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Właśnie wróciłem z peregrynacji okolicznych pól i kilka razy natknąłem się na sarny, czy to solo, czy w grupach.
Nie wspominałbym o tym, gdyby nie fakt, że one - te sarny - lekce sobie ważyły eksplozje dookoła.
Jak kwiaty lotosu na tafli jeziora, pardon my French.
Nie wspominałbym o tym, gdyby nie fakt, że one - te sarny - lekce sobie ważyły eksplozje dookoła.
Jak kwiaty lotosu na tafli jeziora, pardon my French.
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Właśnie wróciłem z peregrynacji okolicznych pól i kilka razy natknąłem się na sarny, czy to solo, czy w grupach.
Nie wspominałbym o tym, gdyby nie fakt, że one - te sarny - lekce sobie ważyły eksplozje dookoła.
Jak kwiaty lotosu na tafli jeziora, pardon my French.
Nie wspominałbym o tym, gdyby nie fakt, że one - te sarny - lekce sobie ważyły eksplozje dookoła.
Jak kwiaty lotosu na tafli jeziora, pardon my French.
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Ok, so here is a working 40KB language model for Z80. It mght be a good occasion to put the tech under the microscope and understand it through and through.
https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai
https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai
Show HN: Z80-μLM, a 'Conversational AI' That Fits in 40KB
Comments
github.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Ok, so here is a working 40KB language model for Z80. It mght be a good occasion to put the tech under the microscope and understand it through and through.
https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai
https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai
A nice interactive map of #ukraine hits on #russia fuel industry targets:
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/25983296/
Non-interactive sample screenshot attached as a teaser 😉
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/25983296/
Non-interactive sample screenshot attached as a teaser 😉
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A nice interactive map of #ukraine hits on #russia fuel industry targets:
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/25983296/
Non-interactive sample screenshot attached as a teaser 😉
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/25983296/
Non-interactive sample screenshot attached as a teaser 😉