Gorazd Prah

Career coach. Critical citizen. Curious community collaborator.

[Novica Mihajlović @NovicaMihajlo]

Ko najboljši župan v vesolju potarna, da je škoda milijona za referendum, se mi pred očmi prikaže bazen za 70 milijonov.

[Saniya Sayed @Ssaniya_]

It feels like a quick recap of 2,000 years of history crammed into a few weeks:

- The Pope and the King are squabbling
- Persia is fighting its existential war
- (New) Rome has a mad king
- There’s a naval blockade
- There’s bloodshed around Jerusalem
- The Ottomans are flexing
- Small Arab states are squabbling with
each other
- Hungary has just overthrown its ruler

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I’ll say one thing -- this whole idea of “we are surrounded by enemies, everyone owes us, we’ve always been cheated and robbed, and now we must take back what is rightfully ours” is a very, very dangerous thing.

It’s great for irresponsible demagogues and populists to quickly score political points by feeding on mass resentment and sowing division.

This idea of “they are our enemies and everything is their fault” is incredibly easy to sell and very tempting to buy, because it seems to offer simple answers to very complex problems.

But history shows quite well that this kind of populist revanchism has never led anyone to anything good.

Nowhere and never does the ordinary hard-working person benefit from it -- the only winner is the shameless populist, the demagogue, the liar, and the hypocrite who presents himself as a messiah for the masses and feeds off anger, the thirst for revenge, hostility, and human stupidity.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@vanfranco @MIBPivac Zaj greš čez most še v lodn, ne samo f kino.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@PeterSusnik @ZigaTurk @SrcuV Lahko ga ne marate, krasti mu vseeno ne smete.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@ZigaTurk @Libertarec @8Marec Ne le kraja, ne le laž. Direktna kršitev 33. člena, najsvetejše ustavne vsebine za desnico. OK, eni desničarji so kradli (saj ni prvič). Jutri grem na patentni urad s citati Žige Turka. Saj bodo pravilno citirani, po APA standardu.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@peterjancic @Trkaj @rravnikarNOV25 In ker je uporabljena tudi slika iz filma, ne le besedilo knjiga/scenarija, so okradli tudi ustvarjalce filma.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@peterjancic @Trkaj @rravnikarNOV25 Ne. Avtorju je kršena pravica do razpolaganja s svojo stvaritvijo oz. lastnino, ki je tudi vir njegovega dohodka. Pa polna usta so vas sicer tega. Ni bila parafraza. Bil je neposreden citat brez navedbe avtorja in brez njegovega soglasja. Skratka: tatvina.

[Novica Mihajlović @NovicaMihajlo]

Malo stvari me zabava bolj kot ljudje, ki v bivši Jugi vidijo vse najslabše, se pa zmehčajo ob ideji za ponovno uvedbo obrambnih vsebin v srednje šole. Streljanje, čiščenje, sestavljanje in razstavljanje puške in igračkanje z bombami jih čisto razneži. :)

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@slozeleznice @kizidor Človek se pritožuje nad zamudo vlaka med Črnučami in Kamnikom, vi mu razlagate o avtobusu med Črnučami in LJ.

[Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani]

Litmus test in politics:

Can you imagine a good and reasonable person taking an opposite side of yours?

If not, you have a brainrot, because there are plenty and plenty of such people. What you need, is a few weeks of farm labor with no access to the internet.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Note that Putin has not appeared in public since November 7, and Russian state propaganda is actively replaying archival footage of his less recent appearances.

Meanwhile, Western-supplied Ukrainian missiles are striking military targets on Russian territory, and the Kremlin's useful idiots on social media are once again howling about a "WWIII," while Putin seems to have vanished.

This is precisely what happens to Russia every time things go badly. Inept appeasers always assume that Putin "will respond reciprocally." They think he'll flash his homoerotic bare torso and show the world what a macho strongman he is.

Instead, every time, what happens is exactly what you would expect when a cocky street thug gets a solid punch in the face and lands on his ass.

Putin retreats and disappears from the public eye to avoid being associated with humiliation and weakness. Later, he does everything he can to pretend nothing special happened, appearing on TV to open honey fairs or similar trivial events.

This happened when the Russian army was routed near Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson.

This is what happened after the sinking of the Black Sea Fleet flagship, after drone strikes on the Kremlin, and initially after the Wagner mutiny. Our cocky big guy tsar tucks his tail between his legs and slinks away as soon as he takes a gut punch.

And this is exactly what escalation managers stubbornly refuse to see and understand.

You do not "escalate" the war by helping Ukraine. You escalate it when you make it clear to the cowardly thug that you are weak, that you fear him, and that you want to appease him—when you signal that you would rather let Ukraine bleed out than allow Putin to be driven into retreat.

That's why we still have this terrible war.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

At the end of The Empire Strikes Back the rebels are desolate. Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. Luke Skywalker has been defeated in battle by Darth Vader, losing a hand in the process. The Emperor's victory was total.... until the Jedi returned.

Not sure what made me think of that.

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

🐣🐥🐤

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

… bo pripéljal s 16-min zamudo.

O-pravi-čujemo se in pro-símo za razumevanje. 🙄

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

15 let nazaj pa ni (pred)videl tega problema?

[Matej Lahovnik @LahovnikMatej]

Teš je v 2022 plačal za CO2 kupone 102 mio, v 2023 201 mio, ocena za 2024 je 238 mio, kar bo v 3 letih neverjetnih 541 milijonov le za CO2 kupone! Komu in za kaj gre ta denar?! Nakup CO2 kuponov stane dvakrat več kot je strošek proizvodnje premoga.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I must say that what Joe Biden has done is truly outstanding, regardless of one’s opinion on him.

Stepping aside and putting his country over himself, refraining from holding power (the most additive drug in all of history) with his stone cold fingers, making a decision to leave when he formally never had to.

That’s impressive.

Frankly, I didn’t believe the old man would find the strength to do it.

But it appears that Joe has enough honor and respect to his own legacy to do what is right, and this deserves great respect, truly.

Only the ones who are able to cede power voluntarily truly deserve having it.

[The Nation @thenation]

This election isn’t just about Joe Biden’s ego and the satisfaction he’ll get from proving his nay-sayers wrong. The election—as Biden on his better days knows—is about the future of American democracy.
https://t.co/hpMElg9lbS

[Sebastjan ₳rtič 📎 @vanfranco]

@artic_ernest @had Lažnivec. Če si kdaj kje sedel v kakem volilnem odboru bi lahko vedel, da volišče ne dobi toliko glasovnic kot je vpisanih volilnih upravičencev ker:

1. Udeležba nikoli ni bila 100%
2. Izvzamejo se predčasne, volitve na domu in po pošti.

V kateri komisiji si sodeloval? Ha ha

[Gorazd Prah @gorazdprah]

@BojanPozar @strankaSD Komplimente z veseljem sprejmem. Zavoljo resnice pa pojasnilo, da je kritizirani način vodenja precej starejši od @tfajon; ona je žal njegova zadnja žrtev. Občutki pa morda varajo 😉.