Anatoly Karlin 🧲💯 (@akarlin)

Statistics on the biographies of 75 of Russia's leading aviation specialists who worked with Igor Sikorsky after 1914: * 1 died in WW1 combat * 25 died between 1917-1924 * 32 emigrated * 8 subsequently repressed under Stalin Only 9/75 had a minimally "normal" life. ...

📜 DISCUSSION - CRYPTO UPDATE For the first time this cycle I am seriously considering divesting of most of my crypto. This has not been a great cycle for me (cucked by Ethereum; near zero gains), but it is what it is. Total Tech Right genocide = Trump's other based and powerful ideas on tariffs, a...

Regarding DOWNVOTES 👎 - I don't think they're good or bad or even cringe by default; it all depends on the audience. They work great on high Openness, high IQ forums to filter out the riff-raff. The classic example would be LessWrong, which also has strong basal commitments to rationality and impre...

A reality check - while the fall of Assad is yet another ritual humiliation for Russia, its impact is modest. MENA is a decidedly secondary theater for Russia. It didn't invest much of its own money there (one reason along with extreme corruption and political risk that Syria stagnated and hollowed...

Durov Arrest comments 1. Global messaging apps with serious privacy commitments should block Europe and UK. It will at the least be amusing to see Breton have to start railing against VPNs like some tinpot dictator....

Kamala's public speaking advice: If you care more about imparting what you know than about how you look doing so, then the latter takes care of itself. I don't recall ever hearing anything so practically useful from Trump or really most politicians. ...

Repulsive beady-eyed freak. ...

🧵 Why I Think Kamala Wins 🥥🌴 (1) Biden left behind a solid legacy on economy, crime, and foreign policy. (2) Framing: Policewoman vs. convicted felon. (3) Trump is the old geezer now. (4) Republicans alienate women with abortion and open misogyny. Link to blog post 👇...

Brief comment on @TheOmniLiberal right-wing cancelation drama: I am not a fan of his Tweeting, and know nothing of his live streaming (between the two, I'd rather play video games than look at other men playing them). However: (1) His obnoxious comments about the killed pro-Trumpist are obviously...