Sarka Baxova
@sarkabaxova.bsky.social
Exile from Twitterverse
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
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Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
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Biological female gives biological male her trophy and assures him that he is a winner.
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Biological female gives biological male her trophy and assures him that he is a winner.
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With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
Shchedryk - YouTube
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December 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
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A simple way to help reduce obesity and stroke?
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Circadian-informed modeling predicts regional variation in obesity and stroke outcomes under different permanent US time policies | PNAS
Seasonal changes in time policy, such as switching between Standard Time (SDT) and
Daylight Saving Time (DST), have been adopted by many countries,...
www.pnas.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A simple way to help reduce obesity and stroke?
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband, Siarhei has been released from a Belarusian prison
She entered politics after his arrest
She had no contact with him for several years
x.com/Tsihanouskay...
She entered politics after his arrest
She had no contact with him for several years
x.com/Tsihanouskay...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on X: "My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart. Thank you, 🇺🇸 @POTUS, @SPE_Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, @StateDept & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts. We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released. https://t.co/MhngqBHFq3" / X
My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart. Thank you, 🇺🇸 @POTUS, @SPE_Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, @StateDept & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts. We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released. https://t.co/MhngqBHFq3
x.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband, Siarhei has been released from a Belarusian prison
She entered politics after his arrest
She had no contact with him for several years
x.com/Tsihanouskay...
She entered politics after his arrest
She had no contact with him for several years
x.com/Tsihanouskay...
"Large language models do not, cannot, and will not “understand” anything at all. They are not emotionally intelligent or smart in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works
Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Large language models do not, cannot, and will not “understand” anything at all. They are not emotionally intelligent or smart in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”
May 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”
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the british didn’t understand what brexit meant for their economy.
but they wanted it, they voted for it, and they’ve gotten it.
now it’s the americans’ turn.
but they wanted it, they voted for it, and they’ve gotten it.
now it’s the americans’ turn.
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
the british didn’t understand what brexit meant for their economy.
but they wanted it, they voted for it, and they’ve gotten it.
now it’s the americans’ turn.
but they wanted it, they voted for it, and they’ve gotten it.
now it’s the americans’ turn.
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Disordered discourse doesn’t just distort conversatio, it distorts governance.
And when institutions internalise unreality, authoritarianism doesn’t need a coup, it walks in through the front door. And in America's case, sells you Tesla's from the White House lawn.
And when institutions internalise unreality, authoritarianism doesn’t need a coup, it walks in through the front door. And in America's case, sells you Tesla's from the White House lawn.
March 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Disordered discourse doesn’t just distort conversatio, it distorts governance.
And when institutions internalise unreality, authoritarianism doesn’t need a coup, it walks in through the front door. And in America's case, sells you Tesla's from the White House lawn.
And when institutions internalise unreality, authoritarianism doesn’t need a coup, it walks in through the front door. And in America's case, sells you Tesla's from the White House lawn.
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🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
"Pokud má někdo pocit, že vyhrál, protože odolal dezinformacím, zatímco všichni ti „hloupí“ lidé kolem něj jim podlehli, můžete ho ujistit, že slaví Pyrrhovo vítězství."
Dezinformační kampaně jsou jedy s dvojím účinkem. Ty první pocítíme ve volbách. Ty druhé v mezilidském neporozumění. Boje probíhají v rodinách, firmách, učebnách. Přesekávají pouta, která mění dav v komunitu. A nebuďme na pochybách: je to záměr.
Chtějí nás rozhádat, aby nám mohli panovat
Válku proti dezinformacím můžeme vyhrát jen všichni spolu
rspkt.cz
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Pokud má někdo pocit, že vyhrál, protože odolal dezinformacím, zatímco všichni ti „hloupí“ lidé kolem něj jim podlehli, můžete ho ujistit, že slaví Pyrrhovo vítězství."
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February 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Ten years ago today the Russian opposition politician & fierce Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge opposite Red Square.
February 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Ten years ago today the Russian opposition politician & fierce Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge opposite Red Square.
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this, at least, is clear: "Trump is genuinely bored of the war. He doesn’t understand it. He doesn’t know why it started. He doesn’t know how to stop it. He wants to change the channel and watch something else."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
this, at least, is clear: "Trump is genuinely bored of the war. He doesn’t understand it. He doesn’t know why it started. He doesn’t know how to stop it. He wants to change the channel and watch something else."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"It is a truism of international history, as well as simple common sense, that if you are not at the table then you are on the menu"
My thoughts on the Russian-American talks on Ukraine, without Ukraine. The simplest interpretation of the available facts is that the Americans are using Russian violence to try to exploit Ukraine.
snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...
snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...
Peace or Partition?
Russians and Americans speak about Ukraine, without Ukrainians
snyder.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"It is a truism of international history, as well as simple common sense, that if you are not at the table then you are on the menu"
If...
"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
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February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If...
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Even by her own blisteringly brilliant standards, this may conclude with Marina Hyde’s best punchline yet. Enjoy 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde
If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Even by her own blisteringly brilliant standards, this may conclude with Marina Hyde’s best punchline yet. Enjoy 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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In 2025, we are heading back to the law of the jungle.
A world where the strongest do what they can, while the weakest are condemned to suffer what they must.
Here are the Top 10 risks 🧵⤵️
#TopRisks2025
A world where the strongest do what they can, while the weakest are condemned to suffer what they must.
Here are the Top 10 risks 🧵⤵️
#TopRisks2025
January 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 2025, we are heading back to the law of the jungle.
A world where the strongest do what they can, while the weakest are condemned to suffer what they must.
Here are the Top 10 risks 🧵⤵️
#TopRisks2025
A world where the strongest do what they can, while the weakest are condemned to suffer what they must.
Here are the Top 10 risks 🧵⤵️
#TopRisks2025