Joost

Ex-@StgMiraMedia @OpenSociety @CEU but that's a while ago. Originally studied E-European history. Love elections, maps, charts. Also on Bluesky, better there.

[Joost @almodozo]

@BlackMortadella @nick_kapur https://t.co/l2k1Y2xdd1

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Gift article link here: https://t.co/jSaQHUPLrT

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@Xwitter1Drew @magyarpeterMP None of this refutes what he said, though? He didn't say Fidesz was at an all time low, or that it's polling lower than the left/liberal opposition did previously. He said Tisza is polling higher than any other party has done since 1990. Is that false?

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Armenian politics is on another level

https://t.co/uQv6O2rjXH

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From: https://t.co/uQv6O2rjXH

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"Renewed invasion" being the right wording. Those who pretend this is just Russia responding to some speculative "NATO expansionism" studiously ignore that Russia already invaded Ukraine 7 years ago because it couldn't countenance closer EU ties either.

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Those who deflect blame for Russia's invasion by arguing that NATO "provoked" Putin and he was driven by legitimate security concerns, face the problem that Russia's initial aggression was sparked by Ukraine's approach to the EU, not NATO. Putin again literally admitted this:

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@johannes_wachs @Szabadsag1956 I want a civil, strong *and* prosperous Armenia! Now what?

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@BabyAlchian @HistoryBoomer @mattyglesias Sounds bad

All the people in the replies who actually live or lived there say it's a good experience. Apparently sacrificing a few square feet to get better light isn't a bad deal.

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@BabyAlchian @HistoryBoomer @mattyglesias And Carl pointed out that those "weird puzzle-piece-shaped buildings" optimize the opportunity for every room to have decent windows

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@annakatherines_ George Soros funded a university and an archive (among many, many other things), doesn't that count?

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@mattyglesias I see that the common denominator in the replies here is that everyone who actually lived there disagrees with you because they liked or loved it.

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@BabyAlchian @HistoryBoomer @mattyglesias Is it, though? I've been in pre-1980s apartments that had entirely windowless bedrooms and found them grim. That's why they introduced various regulations (depending on country) against windowless rooms in new builds and rental properties.

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@47roninRaf "Groen is "extremer" links dan het VB "extreem" rechts is."

In hun eigen ogen ("waar plaatsen kiezers zichzelf").

Dat radicaal-rechtse kiezers heel hard volhouden dat ze niet radicaal zijn is interessant maar niet heel verbazend, en vertelt ons verder niet heel erg veel.

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@VolodyaTretyak C. Before the war, when we still lived in Hungary, we were going to go on a trip to Uzhgorod and into the Carpathian Mountains. I'd love to do that after all, when the war is over.

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@motivatedjoy @DarthSquig @cornu__copia In the post you're replying to, he literally states that neither he nor OP is saying "you do not have any regional diversity".

Your first sentence? "There’s a lot of regional diversity".

Then you say he's "belittling" you... after you told him "I can tell you know nothing" 🤷‍♂️

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@jennyirelan @Americanvalues @cornu__copia You guys talking about food and buildings appear to be studiously ignoring pretty much everything OP actually wrote about

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@CoreyLeander @johngfriedman @sfmcguire79 I do remember when MOOCs were briefly supposed to pose an acute challenge to the university model.

Don't think this is comparable though...

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@John_A_Held @sfmcguire79 But obviously that's a scenario you'll only find in an elite segment of today's higher education landscape...

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@John_A_Held @sfmcguire79 I guess the benefits of group work would be harder to emulate in Claude than 1:1 interactions with a professor. A small group of talented, motivated students bouncing ideas around and challenging each other's conclusions: you can't get that multidirectionality at home with AI.

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Rare moments in East-European politics: that time the Party of Communists of Moldova tried welding together its hammer and sickle and the EU stars (via @CristianCantir)