kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

@guenther

Don't bother, it's all "your pain is bigger than mine" in different combinations. Background: cemeteries were closed during lockdown for everyone but Kaczyński obviously did not care and visited his mother's tomb - apparently because he's not "everyone". That's what Kazik sings: that allegedly his pain must be somehow more important than everyone else's.

@guenther

Apparently it was published on the Polish Radio website for a week or so when it got lots of votes but nobody really cared about it, until they removed it in panic 😂 Right now it's classic Streisand effect in action, copies are everywhere - official version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9LzNtpjhV0 has 3,221,841 views

@freemo

Probably only available in Georgian restaurants as a snack - since I moved to UK I've never seen it sold anywhere.

@freemo

Have you tried ayran (Turkish/Bulgarian yoghurt)? Another great invention of these countries!

Also as I've seen you like beef jerky, you'd definitely love basturma, a Georgian recipe for dried beef with a thick layer of awesome spices.

И есть тоже по-русски 🇷🇺

Джулиан Саймон "Неисчерпаемый ресурс (The Ultimate Resource)"

https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=4D598C72E29C6C6109B4B19DEB3BB2FE

If you're looking for a fat facts-filled book on environment and economy, that is in addition slightly optimistic - this one is available in full for free.

Julian Simon "The Ultimate Resource II: People, Materials, and Environment" (1998)

http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Ultimate_Resource/

For convenience you might prefer the PDF version

https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=5222531522477C18CF5BDA3286176ECB

@cowanon @freemo

NOW THATS ,BULLSHIT I KNOW IM ,MUCH BETTER THAN, THEIR ARE !!!

@dmk @bhaugen

That's precisely why I wrote "if 3000 deaths is acceptable" 🤷 We're now moving here from a simple "more vs less deaths" comparison (which can be resolved based on facts) to a debate on managing risks, which cannot be resolved simply based on facts as it involves personal preferences and sentiments of large groups of people.

"Three Russian billionaires lead the list of wealthiest UK citizens"

@dmk @bhaugen

Now, based on the above data can you honestly argue "yes, Sweden did a correct policy decision"?

I would say, if these 3000 extra deaths are socially acceptable in a high-income society like Sweden, then probably yes.

Otherwise it's the data that quite clearly demonstrates other Nordic countries were right and Sweden was wrong.

@dmk @bhaugen

Fortunately, this is just one static graph but we can play with live data on https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer

First graph is total confirmed cases - do you see an outlier?

Second graph is per capita - do you see an outlier?

Third graph is tests performed - because I was wondering maybe Sweden was testing more than others.

@dmk @bhaugen

> Sweden is compared to countries which have very low death rates

With this I disagree - COVID-19 epidemiology seems to be quite region-specific, possibly due to transport and cultural patterns. So the best way to compare specific policy decisions seems to be compare similar countries.

> Guess which country has the most people

Look at the graph. Does population of Denmark, Finland etc currently decline? It's not about the scale of the chart, it's about the trend.

@guenther

The station (Polskie Radio Program 3 or "Trójka" in short) is a niche one but also a cult one: it's been always targeting intellectual circles, had their cult presenters who worked there for >40 years and was allowed slightly more - like playing Western music - even during communism.

Since PiS has taken control they kicked 50 people from the Polish Radio and replaced them by right-wing pro-government bloggers.

@guenther

There was a song contest and Kazik hit the first place - and then somebody noticed what the song is about and was it was immediately deleted.

Then after another day they said the contest was falsified.

Then a number of radio presenters from that station quit in protest and bands announced they boycott.

The problem is that once you take control over judiciary and media, you can't do significant reforms even if you want. Or even if you desperately need them because your economy is crumbling.

You're effectively a hostage of the people you lifted to power, all those anonymous officials who were placed in privileged position just by their political affiliation rather than merit.

Now, whether it's good for the countries is another question. Putin took the country with skyrocketing oil prices... and nobody cared about social and economic reforms as the money was trickling down.

Poland's economy is now also blooming now which conveniently serves as a proof that PiS "is doing everything right".

A massive scandal in #poland these days 🇵🇱 Polish state radio deleted a song by a popular artist (Kazik) as they realized it's critical to the ruling party. As result lots of artist boycotted them, shitstorm in social media etc.

What people don't understand is the ruling PiS party simply doesn't care. If you want to know what happens next, look at Russia in 2000's 🇷🇺 and Hungary in 2010's 🇭🇺 . They did not care as they took control over the judiciary and media as they had popular support.

@BlmngGrdn @rf

Немцы к сожалению зомбированы поколением анти-атомных активистов 60-70х годов. То есть у них этот страх перед атомной технологией на подсознательном увоне и никакие рациональные аргументы не работают. Ирония в том, что эти движения контролировались КГБ которое тем способом пыталось избавить от американских ракет в Германии. Это не получилось, но получилось до смерти напугать потенцияльных клиентов Росатома 🤦‍♂️