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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

In Peru, the jailing of former leaders is unofficial policy.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

I hope China lands the Ukraine rebuilding contract.

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The Irish rate of AI adoption is similar to the Irish per capita GDP: just because a Silicon Valley giant has an office there for tax purposes that represents their EU operations, it doesn't mean much for the average Mick.

Based on those numbers, Ireland would be some ginger Wakanda where everyone drives a Tesla and has Google Glass on their head. In reality, it's more like East Anglia.

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Enemies within the gates.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

#BananaRepublic

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Looking at the first map, why is Croatia not included? Sanader's dealings are pretty notorious across the EU unfortunately

Also Israel, if we can consider Netanyahu a former leader in a way...

Am I missing something?

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

Why didn’t Venezuela make the diaspora list? Should be next to Syria.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

Who owns OpenAI, anyway? Despite partnership with Microsoft, the non-profit OpenAI is still the sole controlling shareholder of the for-profit entity, according to Weakipedia. Who's running / funding the non-profit?

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The gall of the Trump indictment to say that he tried to suppress the hush money until after the campaign given the full court press from the CNN/MSNBC NATSEC Brigade on the Hunter Biden laptop was rich as fuck. It takes a special kind of corrupt dysfunction to turn Donald Trump AND Vladimir Putin into sympathetic figures, so I suppose I salute the administration for their truly historical hypocrisy.

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Apr 5, 2023·edited Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

Almost all of the framing of the Trump issue is completely illogical. It's pointless to consider whether it's good or bad as it was inevitable at some point. His antagonists were bound to do it as it is their role in walking through a historic script.

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Hmm, Ireland has a huge diaspora and for some reason really into AI.

It seems to me Ireland really wants to get rid of its people

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

I don't know anything about the Balkans other than what I have learned at FbF. That said, as a map autist I've always been impressed at how Croatia manspreads over the Adriatic coastline. Might make for an interesting FbF entry on how that came to be.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Niccolo Soldo

I like how they just assume they can just rebuild Ukraine. Like it's a done deal.

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To show that the case is a travesty, all one needs to cite is Pelosi's careless admission:

"Trump will have to prove he is innocent."

True justice calls for the prosecution proving he is guilty.

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