Paweł Paczkowski
@paczkowski.bsky.social
“Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run but, it will never make you less afraid.”
Harriet Lerner
Harriet Lerner
January 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
“Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run but, it will never make you less afraid.”
Harriet Lerner
Harriet Lerner
“It is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable so you avoid doing or saying the thing that will evoke fear and other difficult emotions.”
January 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
“It is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable so you avoid doing or saying the thing that will evoke fear and other difficult emotions.”
“Given the choice the American people always support strong and wrong versus weak and right.” Gavin Newsom
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“Given the choice the American people always support strong and wrong versus weak and right.” Gavin Newsom
“Generative AI is a technology that works well enough for users to become dependent, but not consistently enough to be truly dependable.”
June 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“Generative AI is a technology that works well enough for users to become dependent, but not consistently enough to be truly dependable.”
We would not. LLMs only repeat things they’ve seen. At any given moment, they can’t go beyond the current state of programming. They don’t learn from the code they produce, if you feed it back in, quality quickly degrades. So they need real programmers writing code not seen before to keep advancing.
June 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We would not. LLMs only repeat things they’ve seen. At any given moment, they can’t go beyond the current state of programming. They don’t learn from the code they produce, if you feed it back in, quality quickly degrades. So they need real programmers writing code not seen before to keep advancing.
“Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. And spirituality is for people who’ve been through hell.”
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. And spirituality is for people who’ve been through hell.”
She haven’t read it. Someone pays her to go against it.
June 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
She haven’t read it. Someone pays her to go against it.
We are constantly evolving - either learning or unlearning, improving our skills or losing them, maintaining habits or letting them slip away. The game is infinite and it doesn’t have a pause button.
May 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We are constantly evolving - either learning or unlearning, improving our skills or losing them, maintaining habits or letting them slip away. The game is infinite and it doesn’t have a pause button.
4/9 This media narrative helped secure Putin’s popularity and, ultimately, his election as president in 2000. However, Berezovsky underestimated Putin’s determination to centralize power.
April 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
4/9 This media narrative helped secure Putin’s popularity and, ultimately, his election as president in 2000. However, Berezovsky underestimated Putin’s determination to centralize power.
3/9 Berezovsky’s media holdings, particularly ORT (now Channel One Russia), were instrumental in crafting Putin’s public image. ORT portrayed Putin as a decisive, competent leader capable of restoring order to a country plagued by economic turmoil and regional instability.
April 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
3/9 Berezovsky’s media holdings, particularly ORT (now Channel One Russia), were instrumental in crafting Putin’s public image. ORT portrayed Putin as a decisive, competent leader capable of restoring order to a country plagued by economic turmoil and regional instability.
2/9 His support for Putin stemmed from a belief that the then-relatively unknown politician could stabilize Russia while allowing the oligarchs to retain their economic and political privileges.
April 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
2/9 His support for Putin stemmed from a belief that the then-relatively unknown politician could stabilize Russia while allowing the oligarchs to retain their economic and political privileges.
Same person suggested injecting bleach to treat COVID. But he is certainly an expert in economy.
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Same person suggested injecting bleach to treat COVID. But he is certainly an expert in economy.
I don’t know if he has the authority to change it. I do see that he has the power to change it, and he does not hesitate for a second to exercise it.
February 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I don’t know if he has the authority to change it. I do see that he has the power to change it, and he does not hesitate for a second to exercise it.
They fully understand what’s happening and wholeheartedly support it. In their view, it’s a good thing—that’s their perspective. Whether we see it as flawed or even degenerate is irrelevant. What matters is that this perspective exists and currently dominates. This is reality.
February 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They fully understand what’s happening and wholeheartedly support it. In their view, it’s a good thing—that’s their perspective. Whether we see it as flawed or even degenerate is irrelevant. What matters is that this perspective exists and currently dominates. This is reality.
The majority of Republicans are still aligned with even the most radical ideas.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The majority of Republicans are still aligned with even the most radical ideas.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
They rejected it again. Zelensky is not afraid to stand up to bullies.
February 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
They rejected it again. Zelensky is not afraid to stand up to bullies.
"So often, we try to play the hand we wish we had instead of the hand we are dealt" Emmanuel Acho
November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
"So often, we try to play the hand we wish we had instead of the hand we are dealt" Emmanuel Acho
Alienating critics of your enemies? Smart.
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Alienating critics of your enemies? Smart.
This is why globalization is so important. One visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau potentially could have saved them from eventually becoming fascists.
November 20, 2024 at 8:21 PM
This is why globalization is so important. One visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau potentially could have saved them from eventually becoming fascists.
Remember who made room for him to become the speaker? Matt Gaetz and Hakeem Jeffries.
November 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Remember who made room for him to become the speaker? Matt Gaetz and Hakeem Jeffries.
Democrats should learn to distinguish the lesser of two evils. McCarthy was better.
November 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Democrats should learn to distinguish the lesser of two evils. McCarthy was better.
Khodorkovsky answers why, Guriev and Triesman answer how en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_Di...
Spin Dictators - Wikipedia
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November 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Khodorkovsky answers why, Guriev and Triesman answer how en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_Di...
How are you dealing with armies of trolls and fully autonomous AI accounts?
November 15, 2024 at 7:37 PM
How are you dealing with armies of trolls and fully autonomous AI accounts?