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Tom from Somewhere

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Economist by trade.

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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 1h
Heh, a pretty good prediction. What do you think will happen in 2027?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Why no Hegel? 🥲
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Very good reminder why people who claim that "this is not our war" are wrong.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seen it, it is indeed beautiful.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Old enough to remember that before smartphones you would have a dedicated notebook for addresses and telephone numbers.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"being a big pro Ukraine guy and getting mad at Radosław Sikorski for not being enough of a Russia hawk" Unironically based.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've read "Sahel Putinland" by accident 🙈
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To be fair, my guess is that history will remember Yeltsin slightly better than putin.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
RFK is like a commandos unit with bio weapons.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You're joking, but trump is like a looney tool character from a c&c game.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Never forget to mention that Ritter is a convicted child sexual abuser. Twice convicted.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I thought you like supporters of russian fascism.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Given how smart these folks are, Ai may be genuinely super-intelligent for them 🤣
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also, I'm pretty sure the post-2004 migration from the new member states was way bigger than the one from the 2014 refugee crisis.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Definitive".
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Dr Evil Gives Peace Sign
ALT: Dr Evil Gives Peace Sign
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I like the politically incorrect comment 🤣
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Did I just had a stroke, or am I reading what I'm reading?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We live in a world where we're putting our hopes on lill' Marco Rubio 🫩
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm stealing. 😍
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
...like russians say spasiba, whereas in Ukrainian its дякую, similar to our dziękuję. Hundreds of examples like this, which told me just how culturally close our nations are, despite the recent clashes about the history. I hope this is what we will build our relationship upon.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I never learned (I suck at learning languages), but after 2022 I started to listen to a lot of ukrainian music, and then translating the lyrics. What struck me is how similar Ukrainian is to my native Polish, in contrast to Russian (i had it 3 decades ago in school), in terms of everyday words...
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is this is why Elmo was never invited to the island?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's like saying Germany didn't do imperialism, cause in 1871 they didn't have colonies, checkmate, loberal shill. 🤦
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is exactly correct. I'd also add that people forget that academics don't just do science (stupid ideas like racism should in theory be screened by the peer review process), but also manage people and teach students. Racist professor is just a menace to a lot of ppl under his power.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So you're saying that russia is entitled to run the foreign policy of other eastern European countries?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'll help you. Imagine someone would tell you that all wars end with negotiations, so Palestinians should start negotiating with Israel. Do you get it now?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Don't forget about the "postdoc limbo", tenure tracks are rare nowadays. PhD students are highly incentivized to work on whatever is the "fashionable fashion" risk less projects right now, instead of trying to develop into what really interests them or could be a long run breakthrough.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Drink one for me, and cheers from Poland! 🫡
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Poland has both paid parental leave and sth called 800+, ie 800 PLN (approximately 186 EUR) monthly payment per child. What is this guy talking about?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Is this why Stalin refused soviet airfields to help allied planes to airdrop supplies to bleeding Warsaw?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Dear REMD, there's no "Ukrainian soft target list". What do you think of Pavel Gubarev, Igor Girkin or Denis Pushilin? romea.cz/en/world/spe...
romea.cz
Speaking of Nazis, the Donetsk leader of pro-Russian separatists honored a Russian soldier with Nazi symbols on his uniform for his role in Mariupol - Romea.cz - Everything about Roma in one place
The leader of the self-proclaimed, unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, has been photographed awarding military decorations to a
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
So you are a REMD after all. Fun fact: there is no fascist government in Ukraine. Russia sent fascist mercenaries to Ukraine in 2014, though, what's your take on Pavel Gubarev and Igor Girkin? And I still don't know, was Putin's goal in Feb 2022 to wreck Ukraine?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Did you go fight in Palestine? Otherwise you shouldn't support them. So you're saying russia is winning cause putin wrecked Ukraine? Was that his goal in Feb 2022?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Like you went to help Palestine? Or are you a REMD yourself? Anyway, when will putin conquer the remainder of the four oblasts he "annexed" four bloody years ago?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Wow, so youre saying that putin with his reckless decision screwed over both russia and Ukraine? Btw, if Ukraine is in a demographic death spiral, when will russia achieve its stated war goal of crossing Dnipro and taking Kherson? What about Kharkiv and Kyiv?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I mean, that guy should read a book about the eastern Europe during WW2.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Indeed, russia cornered itself in an unwinable war against the west while slowly observing its great power status turned into that if a Chinese proxy.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Is the implying that Milo Y and Ben Shapiro were liberals? 🤣
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
My guess is that this is indeed the main motivation for these strikes.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
He blocked me after I asked him twice whether he can point to any serious peace deal putin is proposing 🙃
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh really Ukraine is running out of steam? When will Kharkiv fall? And again, can you point to any serious peace proposal by russia? Cause they're the ones who don't want a ceasefire for two years now. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/russia...
turkiyetoday.com
Russia rejects ceasefire 'simply for sake of peace talks' in Ukraine: Lavrov - Türkiye Today
Lavrov said Russia will not accept Ukraine ceasefire just to hold talks, rejecting temporary solutions and outside ultimatums
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
You got triggered by me pointing to your false claim that all wars end with peace negotiations? Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is another counter example. Do you think that Iran should negotiate with the US cause all wars end with peace negotiations? Should Palestine negotiate a deal with Israel?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Also, aren't farmers in the USA famously rich people with loads of land? It's not the 16th century in feudal France anymore, where farmers is a starved to death poor person with 10 feet squared of land.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"every war ends in a peace deal" famously many wars do not end with a peace deal, like both the World Wars. Also, your argument could be used to tell Iranians that they should just agree on peace terms of trump. I mean every war ends with a peace deal, no?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Are you suggesting that ukraine back in September 2022 had a magic wand and could have make peace despite putin being unwilling to make any deal and in fact escalating by starting a mobilization? You do understand that there's no peace until russia agrees to one?
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do you have any source on putin offering a serious peace deal in August/September 22, or did you just made that up? Btw, I think you should rehearse your russian propaganda talking points, that lie is usually about the Istanbul talks from April 22.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Btw, the current system means that the public expenditures on the Healthcare system in the usa are the highest among the developed nations 🤷
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I think what also confuses people outside of the USA is that in your 2-party system, Democratic party has to broad, encompassing everything on the left from moderate market liberals. People like Bernie and HRC wouldn't share primaries in eg Europe.
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Good luck!
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Tom from Somewhere @tomfromsomewhere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Ok, I need some that have minimum overhead and is based in Poland. 🫡
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