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I invest in and help startups, raise 3 boys and a dog and get progressively worse writing these short blurbs as I get older. Lemonadestand.ee
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Negotiating with and LLM - what could go wrong, right? Fascinating notes from the MIT AI negotiation competition by Taivo Pungas. www.taivo.ai/negotiating-...

Time line cleanser. Cloud forest dome in Gardens by the Bay in Singapore is amazing.

It's not the purchase cost, it's the maintainance and operation costs that are significant. F-35, Gripen, and Rafale cost roughly the same 80-100 million. But, compare annual maintenance and operation costs: F-35: 6-8 million per plane Rafale: 5-6 milion per plane Gripen: 1 million per plane

Nailed it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Between this and the Zelenskyy bullying today, I think it is completely fair to regard the Trump regime as pro-Putin.

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Bittersweet for old Skype peeps. But as @zilmer.bsky.social said: “What took them so long?”

Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.

Severance is next on my "series to watch" list and if it's half as good as this 8 hour audioscape then it'll be a treat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...

The premise of American foreign policy to Ukraine, today, is one of grievance. It is worth patiently considering the proposals. They reveal little about Ukraine, but much about America in February 2025. snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...

Should Aiships make a comeback? Hell yes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBg...

Cord-cutters, The Baltic Sea edition

I'm investor in 3 defence + 3 space startups. Something I didn't imagine 5 years ago but here we are. It's taken too long for the ecosystem to wake up but at least it's cooking now. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

No better ad for Estonia's this year's song than calls to be banned from entry. Song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6aJ... (I love the Italian comments)

Spring, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania. www.eater.com/2016/5/13/11...

Not long ago European investors avoided defence tech like the plague. Now specialist funds are emerging to back it. But what will the sector look like when the war in Ukraine ends? @annesraders.bsky.social of @sifted.eu reports the views of SmartCap's CEO Sille Pettai sifted.eu/articles/sma...

There’s been a lot of discussion recently about an end to the war here in Ukraine. As an American living in Ukraine, I’ve been baffled by both the substance and tone of much of that discussion. It seems like some basic facts are being forgotten or ignored. 1/n

Wow! #beatbox youtube.com/shorts/FsY1J...

where are things headed with the usa and russia meeting in riyadh? i break it down for @gzeromedia.com

Headline of the day. But also crying-emoji…

It's one thing to know the history of Europe, but it's really fascinating to see it on an interactive map. And also how my hometown of Bruneck has stayed in exactly the same place, but the borders around it have changed over time.

Ukraine has a lot to offer to China in return for security—rebuilding, ports, agricultural produce. There will be those in Europe who will support this. This gambit could be called a "Kissinger", splitting the US and EU as Kissinger split the Soviet Union and China. landsbergis.com/china-could-...

🐕❄️🌲 perfect couple hours on Saturday

Let Darwinism rule. Remove the warning labels next!

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Evgeny Popov says that Trump is doing Moscow's job by ripping apart the Western world — whipsawing right through it, the way Russia always wanted to. Popov says that it's truly amazing. youtu.be/JG29upm5HPE

US Democrats still seem to believe there will be next free and fair election…

Drop the “billion”. Just $9.74. It’s cleaner.

I guess it's too much to hope that he'd reply with "Great, just tell your guys to stop and you get your wish". Clownshow 🤡 Trump Says Putin Told Him He 'Wants to See People Stop Dying' in Russia-Ukraine War

Baltics 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 no longer tied to terrorist state 🇷🇺electric grid. As @runnel.bsky.social said “pancakes made with non-Russian electricity taste better”.

Early morning #karmarun at Techchill 2025 in Riga. Always hard to get out on the third day of the conference so early but super worth it.

🇪🇪 Eestis tõsiselt usutakse, et tehisaru baasmudelite loojad ei ole juba kõike kättesaadavat eestikeelset sisu kokku kahmanud?

Would you go to a phone-free show? Graham Dugoni invented Yondr pouches—which magnetically lock up phones during events like concerts and at schools—to encourage people to live more in the moment and wrestle our attention back from tech companies. @karaswisher.bsky.social

The list is quite long: the Algerians the French, the Americans the British, Finns the Russians, the Poles the Russians, down to even the Estonians defeating the Russians (and Germans) in 1918. There seems to be secondary theme here too. WHO do the smaller ones so often have to fight?

Over the top (or is it) and yet clarifying view of what's happening in the US. "US as a third world country"