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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Can I do one more Lebedev?”

Paul Caruana Galizia, @edcaesar.bsky.social & @oliverbullough.bsky.social trade anecdotes on Lord of Siberia Evgeny Lebedev: his diets, hobbies, bugbears. Stories of oligarchy must reach a wide audience, says Galizia. To draw people in, start with the absurd. #ZEG2025

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 14

“We relied so heavily on USAID — but every protein bar distributed had to have a US flag? Unshackle us. We’re done. Maybe it’s cleansing time. Either way, now we diversify. And bring in people who are actually interested in the aid, not the PR.”
Seema Jilani on the future of aid at #ZEG2025

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 14

Giorgi Gigashvili took us through how classical music is a powerful voice of resilience and defiance for Georgia’s future — where art meets activism. #ZEG2025 #KeysOfDefiance #MusicAsResistance

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Discomfort can be productive.”
Dr. Erzsébet Barát on why true solidarity means resisting the urge for easy answers and instead learning to live with the discomfort of ambiguity, vulnerability, and difference in the fight against the patriarchy. #ZEG2025

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Truth is the friction, the gravity, that allows you to stand up. When there is no truth, the best spectacle wins.”
Yale historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social‬, joining #ZEG2025 online, on why truth is democracy’s foundation.

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Not all minds are captured in this country.”
@irmadimitradze.bsky.social on the fight for press freedom in Georgia and why it matters far beyond its borders, in conversation with @mariaressa.bsky.social, @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, and @jodieginsberg.bsky.social at #ZEG2025.

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Privacy is the foundation of your ability to craft who you are,” Christopher Wylie on why you should think twice before handing over your data. From "The Elephant in the Algorithm" convo with @aiannucci.bsky.social, Adam Pincus & @alixdunn.com. #ZEG2025

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 13

“In Haiti, people are looking for ‘glory days’ — and the glory days [back then] was a dictatorship.”
Garry Pierre-Pierre on how authoritarian nostalgia is weaponized at a #ZEG2025 panel alongside @antelava.bsky.social‬ and Jillian Green, moderated by @julieposetti.bsky.social‬ .

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Matt Abrams @mattabrams.org · Mar 23

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How Democracies Die: The Script for a Three-Act Play | annotated by Matt

In Trump’s America, the plot is starting to seem all too familiar

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · Mar 24

Excellent piece by @antelava.bsky.social

"And so, when friends ask me 'what do we do,' I tell them: Look to those who’ve been there before. Democracy isn’t saved through grand gestures, but through thousands of small acts of courage."

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Mar 26

"Empires collapse from the margins—but they're also built from them. No one knows this better than Putin,” writes @antelava.bsky.social This 2024 piece on Georgia’s elections is key to understanding today’s political crisis. Read for context:

From the Margins to Power: Georgia’s Elections and the Kremlin’s Empire - Coda Story

Georgia’s Elections, the Kremlin’s Empire, and Lessons for U.S. Democracy

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Mar 22

Looking for something to do this weekend ? Join us for this conversation. I can’t wait! www.eventbrite.com/e/coda-conve...

Coda Conversations: The Playbook

From Global Patterns to America's New Reality: A Virtual Global Journalism Event in Partnership with ZEG Fest

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Mar 19

Can you guess which Kremlin-linked oligarch is trying to buy RFE/RL? Sign up to our weekly @codastory.bsky.social newsletter to find out

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Mar 18

In Oligarchy this week, the number of registered UK companies is down. A baby step towards corporate transparency, given how many shell companies litter the registry, writes @OliverBullough.bsky.social

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Mar 18

"The path from democracy to autocracy isn't marked by tanks in the streets but by the slow erosion of norms." A powerful perspective from Andrey Babitskiy who's seen this movie before — and knows how it ends.

The Shadow Puppet: A Russian's Warning about Trump - Coda Story

The US president is not a Kremlin asset. But Americans beware, he and Vladimir Putin are different expressions of the same worldview

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Feb 28

That’s right. NYT suggesting that this was accidental is ridiculous

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Feb 28

Vance blew up that meeting on purpose

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Feb 28

More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Feb 26

While Western governments spent billions on fact-checking, they missed the bigger picture. Putin tapped into genuine grievances about Western hypocrisy. @antelava.bsky.social on how the West lost a war it thought it had won decades ago.

How the West lost the war it thought it had won - Coda Story

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has reason to celebrate. He has scripted a new ending to the Cold War by exploiting the gap between Western democratic ideals…

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Eva Cukier @evacukier.bsky.social · Feb 28

Must read, and a big look in the mirror, by Coda Story’s @antelava.bsky.social

Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Feb 28

4/4 To understand the context behind today’s extraordinary diplomatic confrontation: www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...

How the West lost the war it thought it had won - Coda Story

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has reason to celebrate. He has scripted a new ending to the Cold War by exploiting the gap between Western democratic ideals a...

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Jan 17

Every headline has a history, every crisis has a pattern. Our Sunday Read newsletter from @codastory.bsky.social (and me) doesn't just tell you what happened this week - it connects it to the stories and patterns we've been tracking for years. Join us: www.codastory.com/newsletters/

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · Jan 16

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Mr. Zuckerberg was amenable. He signaled to Mr. Miller and his colleagues, including other senior Trump advisers, that he would do nothing to obstruct the Trump agenda, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation. Mr. Zuckerberg said he would instead focus solely on building tech products.

Mr. Zuckerberg blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for Facebook’s culture, according to one of the people with knowledge of the meeting. He said new guidelines and a series of layoffs amounted to a reset and that more changes were coming.

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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · Jan 14

"It's not admitting defeat in the war on disinformation. I think he's declaring victory." The great @antelava.bsky.social is my guest The Kicker, talking about Meta's fact-checking change, Trump, and what journalism can hope to achieve in the year ahead podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Coda’s Natalia Antelava on Meta, Trump, and How Journalism Can Survive 2025

Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 01/14/2025 · 30m

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jan 14

Silicon Valley has designed a world in which truth is optional, equity is expendable, and facts are toxic waste. Our Editor-in-Chief @antelava.bsky.social on Meta's latest moves and what they reveal about Big Tech's real mission

The death of truth was by design - Coda Story

Meta and Musk reveal Silicon Valley's real mission: turning truth into a commodity

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jan 14

NEW: "The Death of Truth Was By Design"

Meta kills fact-checking and DEI initiatives in the same week. @antelava.bsky.social on why this isn't just about Trump's return - it's about tech's successful power grab 🧵

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