Congrats!

I think it just makes sense not to be subject to US law when you're not based there

And all of this tech works very well btw + has way better data protection standards than US tech. I should have thought of it before tbh but why should my data be subject to US laws? Makes no sense. Of course some things are difficult to give up, but feeling good about my decision!

I'm still mostly going to be focusing on the Iraq war, but it's 'nice' when real world events confirm historical precedents

Btw this class is super-interesting, what a wonderful opportunity to re-visit some of the things I learned pre-university and seeing the great newish works on all of these topics. Very eye-opening!

Now of course the truth was that both the Spanish and the British were the baddies. But I had no idea that basically I was being taught kind of geopolitical propaganda that had made its way into the consciousness of Brits and British historiography, something that continues to this day

I saw you cited me! Thanks!

I gave it a bit of a go here bsky.app/profile/chri...

I'm not sure how to find a way out of this impasse and Polish-Ukrainian relations are at their weakest point since the invasion. It's actually rather sad that when the conflict eventually ends, the 2 countries which were seemingly on such good terms will be potentially uncomfortable neighbours/ends

Just to underline, I don't just blame the Poles for this (although this is clear populist nationalist politicking from Nawrocki). Ukraine has been at times tonally deaf to Polish concerns and counted on complete support in a lackadaisical fashion. In addition, there are issues which need resolution