Money is a technology.
Recent events—the protests in Canada and the war in Ukraine, and in cyberspace—have shown that our current monetary tech is an instrument for political power, and it has reminded us that politically neutral money is necessary for democratic societies. …
Ukraine has submitted its application against Russia to the ICJ. Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression. We request an urgent decision ordering Russia to cease military activity now and expect trials to start next week.
Russia’s foreign minister Lavrov said negotiations can begin once Russia “restores democratic order” in Ukraine.
As Russian troops neared Kyiv, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko was asked to respond.
He had a pretty clear answer.
Ok, after years of warnings were ignored and hearing "Garry, you were right!" all damn day today, I'll repeat what I said in 2014: Stop telling me I was right and listen to what I'm saying now. My recommendations follow: 1/5
The story for how Halo came about resulted from months and months of failed attempts and perseverance, but the discovery was more nuanced than this and involved @feministPLT and @str4d too! I've tried to use my experience as a lesson for how to discover stuff.
A thread. 1/n