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Posts by Tõnu Runnel

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LOL😆

So you understand, Russia first reported that they occupied Mala Tokmachka somewhere in October 2025, and since then, almost every week they report that they have occupied it.

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Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X
Because we get asked a lot.

The Technological Republic, in brief.

1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation.

2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible.

3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public.

4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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Can you imagine? ​

You're driving down a country road.

You see spheres that appear to be moving.

Why? What could it be?

You get closer.

You look.

A flock of chickens are out here like bubble boy

(I googled how to safely let my chickens have suprrvised free range outside w/o hawk kills)

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20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo

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See on hard coded

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Suht kindel.

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Vaibkoodin Claudes eesti keeles. See annab ootamatuid ettevaateid tulevikku. Masin proovib just serverit seadistada (ei edene) ja ütles selle käigus nüüd "Tapan nad koos kõigi lastega."

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Odesa…

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Looks like a real post by Trump. But it also looks insane.

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Yet another reason for 47 to withdraw us from NATO. As we’re all well aware he only takes orders from either Putin or Netanyahu.

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What Viktor Orbán’s Opponents Sacrificed to Beat Him Hungary offers lessons in defeating right-wing populists.

"The rallying behind Péter Magyar, who just defeated Viktor Orbán, "would be like an ex-MAGA Republican named Peter American winning the Democratic nomination with the endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene."" theatln.tc/PH8PvJfP

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Hoo, lahe. Võtaks ühe siili.

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🐒

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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

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Mu FB seinal on kitsas ja hõre, aga pidev dialup ühendus kinnise osakonnaga.

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EESTI HELLO KITTY

Madis Ots tegi Stellaga sarja Pesakonna kotte ja aksessuaare, üks lahedam kui teine.

Telliskivi poes ja veebis saab lähemalt uurida.

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Veider kogemus ajastul, mil inimesed on 10 aastat endale brexiteid, trumpe ja muhkkatku hääletamas käinud. Oma kodumaa põhjalikult kotti pistnud autoritaarne riigijuht saab vabadel valimistel lüüa ja tunnistab avalikult kaotust.

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Vance really did pope Orban.

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Viktor Orban has spent 16 years tilting Hungary’s electoral system in his favour. But our analysis shows that he may still be beaten when Hungarians head to the polls econ.st/4sX0zMi

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saw someone use grok today to correct the pope

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Eesti tanklad on eilset Hormuzi täis. Tänane Hormuz ei jõua meile.

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Nad lubasid üritada jah

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Trumpi värskeim taco + vene nafta suurpõlengud viimastel nädalatel => Putinil nüüd jälle rahamured.

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Mulle meeldib coop. Lähed viimasesse külla kuskil maanurgas, ja – Coop.

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Coop on ulme. See tähendab Eesti Tarbijate Ühistu on ulme. Ostis soomlaste Prisma poed ära üle Eesti.

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Keeleauhind.

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No one is allowed to say they didn’t vote for this. You voted for a vulgar, narcissistic, incompetent, mentally ill, bigoted, unfit, incompetent, maleficent person to run the United States of America. You knew exactly what you were doing. Stop pretending.

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Last night in the Russian port of Novorossiysk, there was a rather vivid staging of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

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It is deeply ironic that Europe's most blatant traitors dare to name their faction "Patriots for Europe."

Taking orders from Russia while claiming to defend European sovereignty is a sick joke.

They are fooling way too many

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Vale lipu lõikus jaitsakamennaja daroogal.

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