GD claims that the restructuring of #education is needed "to save money" -- this turns out to be simply & demonstrably untrue.
More evidence that it is really nihilistic totalitarianism that it's driving what goes on. Adrian Novak breaks it down for Ganatleba. ganatleba.substack.com/p/the-cost-s...
possibly -- but that gets close to a policeman saying "I shot him without warning, since I doubt he would have stopped running away."
(Big caveat: of course, we do not know most facts as of yet.)
There is still the ethical principle of "military necessity" & proportionality. Here, warning the Iranian ship to return to foreign harbor would likely have demobilized it.
There is, as it stands, no plausible ethical case for the sinking.
You might need a new account to de link from your previous activity, but you can pay with crypto, as others pointed out.
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If you are interested in the future of Georgia, this $6.5bn project will have *generational* impact. It's really worth paying close attention.
why is Eagle Hills so risky as a project? Its lack of transparency creates lots of backchannels for shady deals, also on residency & golden passports.
This Substack follows story, also looking at EH in other countries. Really worth subscribing to.
open.substack.com/pub/unaccoun...
It's so utterly deranged, it has all the foreboding of a catastrophic spiral.
100 signatories from Germany, more than 80 from US and UK, and representation all across, to Bulgaria, Estonia, and many others more. This really means a lot.
Find more in our latest for Ganatleba, also with a link to join in.
hundreds of scholars from around world expressed their solidarity with Ilia State University #Georgia. I have often been critical of a residual few who collaborate w perpetrators, but real story is how many colleagues are *entirely* clear in their values. More than open.substack.com/pub/ganatleb...
At some point, the people left last not have enough authority to negotiate some kind of peace // surrender, and then the most likely scenario is either they stagger on, or the country falling apart, not some deus ex machina.
Yes. I worry they will be busy talking to each other rather than to the Georgian people.
If they coordinate to truly look credible, sure.
Very similar in Georgia. Dissident mindset, instead of politics.
And this...
Let's see. I don't see quite enough yet that speaks to the people they haven't reached in the past, but that they made this step is definitely much much better than going around in circles.
Interesting to read this from Georgia, though of course contexts vastly different (and now Imedi anyway on the ropes, making it different again).
I think it's the terrorism. As in grabbing German citizens in the Emirates/Dubai, executing them.
No one much likes this kind of uncertain venture but no need to spend political capital against it.
In its own way that shows how jagged the borders & connections are.
Iran feels both close and far from Georgia -- would be a very long trip on the road, but AZE border anyway closed for years, long day from Yerevan.
In other ways, shortest distance from border to border would be 170-ish km, across Armenia, along the Turkish side. Shorter than most ppl assume.
Why is Eagle Hills such a terrible project for Georgia and Georgians?
This article puts some of the key pieces on this together, based on how little the project delivered elsewhere. #Georgia
Will be curious to watch the people who have attacked others with such abandon play the victim for a bit.
the "Labor Market Study" presented as a justification for drastic restructuring & unconstitutional assault on higher education is a charade and does not meet minimum standards of evidence -- we take a closer look for Ganatleba #education #Georgia open.substack.com/pub/ganatleb...
And did so on Estonian Independence Day -- of course also expressing my support for Ambassador Marge Mardisalu-Kaher, though I guess I won't be invited in for a chat.
while superficially attractive to many, this will likely informalize more employment; make Georgia less attractive to many international students; create opportunities for corruption.
Fully in line with destructive assault of GD all around.
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Oh, most of them are really great & friendly.
Legit stray dogs that are vaccinated (esp against rabies), neutered, etc have that here, and it tells people that they're probably ok to approach. For us it's a common sight.
This dog has it totally worked out! #Tbilisi #AirportDog #3am
Well worth a read. A slightly more whacky version of Putin’s Russkiy Mir worldview. And evocative what’s happening in the US under Trump.
He's explained this plausibly, as JE was a donor to Harvard and was at events. This was before conviction, too. There is really no indication that this was a substantial connection, unlike with others.
Congratulations!!!
I do not think I am promising too much if I say that this story will blow your mind -- how esoteric numerology with bizarro claims about Aryan, Chaldeans and Mesopotamia gives you a surprisingly accurate insight of how to understand #Georgia today.
open.substack.com/pub/ganatleb...
