Attached: 2 images Glad to see that the Russians were able to experience the joy of Chinese capitalism for themselves over the holidays. And what better way to establish new products and new brands than dumping cheap goods on the market, while putting Russian businesses and traders out of business...
This is not about ownership of the platform, but about largest sellers on it.
As far as ownership is concerned, it's certainly a Ruskiy Mir saga, as this comment from Kadyrov (yes, he's also involved) illustrates: https://meduza.io/amp/en/feature/2024/10/10/in-first-public-comments-on-wildberries-shooting-kadyrov-declares-blood-feud-against-federal-lawmakers-who-he-claims-ordered-his-murder
Hi folks! And now for @tochnyi.info's (slightly delayed) monthly coverage of the slow-motion crash of Russia's piggy bank, the so-called NWF. Of course, the decembers numbers were highly expected. Let's see what they reveal.
It is a process that started before the war, but has accelerated now
We have a lot to learn from how the Indo-Pacific region has created bilateral and multilateral frameworks of cooperation which are just now being replicated in Central and Eastern Europe.
>By comparison to the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea states lacked strong multilateral structures for cooperation. The North and Baltic Sea got the Joint Expeditionary Force led by the UK, though now all 10 of its members are also NATO members, while Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey failed at creating a NATO flotilla in the Black Sea after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
>The military dialogue formats within ASEAN, including cyber military valences as well, are also interesting for observers from the wider Black Sea region. In fact, the more we study the region, the more potential we find in regionally developed models on everything from industrial cooperation to common space asset utilisation for disaster management.
>Too many speak of balancing between US and Chinese economic interests, and not enough speak about economic partnerships without geopolitical baggage. This is something that the Black Sea region and the Indo-Pacific can offer to each other, in addition to the obvious advantages such as market access.
>There are commercial and investment niches where cross-border exchanges by national actors can have a significant economic and secondary impact. One of these is cybersecurity and digitalisation, both regions featuring strong start-up scenes with important midsized companies that could, with appropriate encouragement, expand into the other region. Yet, one visits growing regional events in South-East Asia such as CyberDSA in Kuala Lumpur and no Eastern Europeans are present (and very few Europeans for that matter, unlike Americans or Chinese).
Greece continues to bury 78% of its trash in landfills, recycles very little – just 17% – and uses a very small amount of trash to generate energy.
>Moreover, municipalities who were supposed to pay a sort of fine to the national recycling agency, EOAN, owe a staggering amount and were excused from paying these fines this year after a near-revolt.
Josip Dabro apologized for his actions which he called “the result of a moment of thoughtlessness.”
In it Josip Dabei is shown shooting in the air from a car.
I suspect a significant number of politicians in the region have done something similar, but not many would be willing to resign over it.
China is a destination I'm certainly not interested in, but I guess one could consider it as a hub to Japan or Korea. I guess Southeast Asian destinations are still better reachable from Istanbul.
23 Posts, 2 Following, 4 Followers · Civil.ge is a project by the UN Association of Georgia, delivering news and analysis since 2001. Inofficial automated account. Maintained by @mapto@masto.bg
This is an automated account posting everything from their RSS feed.
Given the few sources of news from the Caucasus, I thought this is an important voice to have.
The past year in Georgia has been marked by an unprecedented number of physical and verbal attacks on the opposition, CSOs and media representatives, and activists. The ruling Georgian Dream party has subjected the active part of the Georgian society to systematic repression, carried out both by off...
With it Belgrade claims part of Istanbul's role as a transport hub of the region. Now there's a direct connection to China from the heart of the Balkan peninsula.
Bulgaria has extended an offer to North Macedonia, presenting a draft agreement for the construction and operation of the Corridor 8 border railway tunnel. The document, sent by Bulgaria’s government, suggests that both countries make clear commitments regarding the tunnel's construction.
The two countries previously have exchanged accusations for the delays in construction. North Macedonia's Mickosky has argued that his country has other priorities, even if funding is expected to come from the EU.
Yes, and that's why this organisation was called internal
Chernobyl's radiation is invisible. Everyone in Ruskiy Mir goes (or dreams of going) to the Black Sea in summer and could see and smell the mazut being thrown out all over the beach for the decades to come.
On top of that, tell the average conspiracy theorist that this was not part of a grand real estate speculation...
Two weeks ago he claimed that the spill is "smaller than what they thought"
Two weeks ago he claimed the spill is "smaller than they thought".
I think the font for Slavs can't be right. How about using BukyVede?
With Bulgarians it's enough telling them that those ignorant Westerners can't distinguish between Greeks and Thracians. Something similar could work with Romanian about Dacians. With Serbs I don't see this working - it would mean they are Macedonian, and I don't see how they could swallow that.
Институциите все още не правят достатъчно, за да намалят до минимум щетите, причинени от катастрофа на танкер в Черно море и разлив на мазут. Това изтъкна руският президент Владимир Путин на среща с Министерския съвет. „Според информацията, която получавам, стигам до извода, че всичко, което се прав
By any count, Bulgaria is among the 6 affected countries from the oil spill. Bulgarian maritime.bg remained silent for 30 days. They broke their silence with a report on Putin being upset that the cleanup is not efficient. Whose responsibility is it, comrade Putin?
Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, said the country remained united against external Russian influence as she joined pro-EU protests in the western city of Zugdidi.
Even if she left office without confrontation,... >Zurabishvili says she remains the legitimate Georgian president despite being replaced by former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili on December 29 by a new electoral college controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party.
More of the same then... not great, not terrible. :P
Massive oil slick, caused by Russian tankers, threatens wildlife, spreads to shores across the region
>Marine mammals are not exempt from the crisis. In the northeastern Black Sea, an alarming rise in dolphin mortality has been reported. While experts are investigating whether the deaths are directly related to oil exposure, they also point to other potential factors, including toxic ship discharges, missile strikes, and infectious disease outbreaks.
>The oil slick, already reaching the western Crimean coast, continues to spread toward Odesa and potentially beyond to the shores of Türkiye, Georgia, and Romania. The spill’s impact is not limited to marine life. Experts caution that fish and shellfish from the affected areas may contain toxic substances, posing risks to local fisheries and food safety.
>“This is the largest oil spill in Black Sea history in terms of both volume and area affected,” said Dr. Pavlo Goldin of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of the far-right pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party, said on January 9 that North Macedonia and the Ukrainian part of Southern ...
Fortunately, this retard (nicknamed Kopeikin after the Russian coins that he is known to receive) does not have the means to do it.
>Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of the far-right pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party, said on January 9 that North Macedonia and the Ukrainian part of Southern Bessarabia should be added to Bulgaria. > >Kostadinov compared his aims to the statement by US president-elect Donald Trump that he wants to annex the Panama Canal and Canada.
Find out more about the disinformation landscape in Croatia.
While this does not prove anything, it is an indication of the background before the elections. >Over the past year, we have recorded an increasing presence of synthetic or digitally altered disinformation aimed at financial fraud or stealing personal data. Most commonly, these are synthetic or digitally altered videos, made with the assistance of generative AI tools, which present the likings of journalists, politicians, or scientists trying to convince citizens to buy stocks, bitcoins, or some miracle cure. Besides scams, the only detected cases of AI-generated content involving political figures were humorous and satirical audio and video clips. There were no appearances of AI-generated disinformation intended to malignantly influence the election process. One political party created an “AI politician” for the parliamentary elections campaign, as an educational tool to highlight the dangers of AI.
Thanks for sharing this. If anyone needs it, I found a version of the article in English: https://gong.hr/en/2025/01/10/research-on-milanovics-bots-has-serious-shortcomings/
Then it's just me thinking that a "scientist" is better than "populist" :) I did read it in the light of this comparison.
I'm quite convinced that "part of the problem" is that unlike the 20th century, people are empowered now. Even in the West, rights movements were exceptions before. The norm was that decisions were taken by a political class and people got to follow them on TV.
Now we have discussions like this one, populist parties established in politics, foreign and business actors trying to meddle with internal politics. The last one is happening because people's opinions matter. And we find out (maybe we knew it, maybe not) that the majority of people are short-sighted egoists that are actually continuously making decisions against their own interests.
Thank you for this, I hadn't read Matei Visniec before. It does sound very convincing.
And while we are on it, here's another thinker from the wider region that speaks of related topics (even if in the 90s) and lived in France: https://www.kairospresse.be/interview-of-daniel-mermet-with-cornelius-castoriadis/
If you don't have time to read all, consider at least the part about pseudo-democracy.
Georgian citizens are being urged to participate in a nationwide strike on Jan. 15 to demand the release of detained protestors and to call for new elections, Protest 24 posted on Facebook.
With protests becoming daily life,the hope is that a national strike would squeeze the government into new elections.
>Georgian citizens are being urged to participate in a nationwide strike on Jan. 15 to demand the release of detained protestors and to call for new elections, Protest 24 posted on Facebook. > >The strike, organized by Protest 24, will begin at 3 p.m. and last for three hours, with businesses and employees halting work during this time. > >Organizers aim to highlight the potential consequences of political isolation, such as economic stagnation, unemployment, and poverty.
Croatian researchers have uncovered indications of a pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign utilising a large bot network ahead of the presidential run-off in Croatia.
>The accounts posting pro-Milanović content were diverse, posting in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Serbian and Croatian. They appeared to mobilise in two waves: following Milanović’s first-place finish in the first round of voting and after his statements opposing potential Croatian involvement in the Ukraine War.
>Researchers also analysed news media relating to the presidential runoff and found that several Kremlin propaganda outlets and Kremlin-aligned media outlets in other countries took a favourable stance toward Milanović .
>The English website of Al Mayadeen, widely recognised as a Hezbollah-affiliated platform, published two articles falsely asserting that Milanović had won the first round of elections which were further amplified by bot accounts. > >Croatian and regional fringe outlets previously flagged for peddling disinformation about the war in Ukraine have also promoted Milanović, including Epoha, Projekt Velebit, and Maxportal.hr, researchers found.
The Associated Press does paint Primorac in better colours https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-populist-and-the-scientist-croatia-s-presidential-candidates/ar-BB1rcsvl
I can only admire how well informed you are and put my hope with your optimism.
This recently mapped Bronze Age fortress is just one among hundreds.
>The half-buried Bronze Age ruins of Dmanisis Gora perch on a windswept promontory a few kilometers away from a cave where Homo erectus (or a close relative) lived 1.8 million years ago. Deep, steep-sided gorges run along two sides of the promontory, and sometime between 1500 and 1000 BCE, people stacked boulders into a double layer of high, thick walls to block off the end of the plateau from the plains to the west. Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings. > >Outside the walls lay a more sprawling, less densely packed settlement, sheltered by another wall to the west. That outer wall was as high and wide as the inner ones, and it stretched a full kilometer from the edge of one gorge to the edge of the other. Between the walls, homes and other buildings formed small compounds with open space between them. Fenced fields, animal pens, and graves dotted the area.
Well, it seems that the territory in question later became what is known as the Mexican Cession of 1848.
My problem is I'm Bulgarian and even though the few night lines are the best of BDZ (Bulgarian rail) they are still appalling.
We have 5 countries with no night rail whatsoever and Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro with worse networks than in the 20th century.
Unfortunately they are not going away if people just skip voting. Anyway , I have nothing better to suggest :(
Thanks for pointing out the broken link.
A group of Bulgarian cybersecurity experts, known as BG Elves, has revealed that the Russian Federation has spent 69 million euros to fund a large-scale propaganda and interference campaign targeting Bulgaria and Romania. According to BG Elves, the funds were channeled through small, difficult-to-de...
This is old news, but it didn't get shared here one month ago, and has relevance not only for the involved 4 countries in the region, but for the world.
It is probably the Cambridge Analytica of Russia. And is almost certainly only one of many such networks.
I've been using path 3 and it was fine for me. I even adapted the docker-pyinstaller to also compile Mac-native binaries.
The thing is that in your case the users would still need to run front-end and back-end. Unless you want to implement some browser-starting logic (which is a pain to do multiplatform), this will be up to them ans that's one click too many to start.
As far as I can tell you have such a problem with path 1 as well.
I don't know it, but if it supports transparent textures, you could try something like this: https://animium.com/2008/08/lowpoly-trees. The basic idea (not exactly what's in the link) is that each branch is a texture on a plane facing your camera - clearly works only if camera angle doesn't change. Depending on engine performance and distance from objects, you could simplify down to having 3-4 layers per tree. I'd call this something along the lines of "lowpoly parallax trees". I've seen it working very neatly in a top-down third-person demo of Blender Game Engine a while ago.
A neat way of producing these could be getting a hipoly model of a tree and culling sliced renders of its branches.
Of course, if you don't have things behind the tree, or the tree moving, you don't need parallax at all and could bake the whole tree on a small surface.
A lot of decisions depend on the exact affordances of the game.
It's a million dollar question, isn't it. I'd think you'll need to consider having baked textures as an option.
What engine are you using? That makes a big difference.
