Watching the Russian stock market in "freefall" or "over the cliff" with a friend here in Latvia. This is compared to Musk's recent valuation of over trillion dollars recently for selling some of the stocks he held over a year ago.

Overall, until legal restraints for this tech are in place, I absolutely concur. If there were such a good way to do it, this has been kicked around in the EU/Latvia where sustainable hydroelectic energy already co-exists with plentiful water.

hopefully can contribute to the discussion, since I worked with language acquisition teaching and education. Didn't know the answer but looked around with a bias towards 15 yr. old Brit.s Quick summary: equal but different according to lexicon learned.

meawhile in the center of Paris, right near the Louvre yesterday

one of the good movies that passed me by ! thnx - will check out:) the 'ole dichotomy in unity of meaninglessness /meaning Buddhists called it codependent arising - suchness , if i got it right one of the best things learned from philosophy ? when to stop thinking Latvian spring, for yr👀

even liars can tell the truth: important research on the use of psychedelics for therapy has been proceeding in Europe and the rest of the world. But we can't expect America to catch up soon

When Latvia was under our Madam President Viķaa-Freiberga, we joined the EU and NATO. We still have universal healthcare, and my sons attended high-quality affordable education institutions. need I say more?

Filing is earning over the minimum is required. Which is onerous for most experts and emigrants. For U.S. citizens living abroad, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) allows you to exclude up to $132,900 of foreign-earned income from U.S. federal income taxes for the tax year 2026.

One could almost predict that the next group of the "thalidomide babies" will soon be here.

Nope. while in NATO , early 80s it was about being ready to go as assault forces, ready to "kill a Commie for mommy"; I served 350 km away from where Putin was having his fun making The Lives of Others suffer. diplomatic efforts & grass roots attitudes were different www.imdb.com/title/tt0405...

I did too. it's important that we provide our experience and understanding to our younger citizens when/if we can . IMHO, simply being online and helping the general consensus of "We the People" is important however seemingly insignificant

A pet peave of mine is how statistical information or randomness is treated, as explicated in Taleb's black Swan theory. Particularly under the epistemological portion in this entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_s...

My silent secret initiation was as a much younger third child listening in the back of a station wagon to my grandmother & mom talking candidly when they didn't know I wasn't asleep. This was in the 60s the discussion topic was about using contraception defensively. thank you for sharing.

you sound skeptical like what I met here in Latvia after Soviet rule in '92. Yet somehow most showed up to elect a less corrupt democratic governmen. I'm skeptical about your skepticism

is an American living in Latvia, I can share and you might be interested in how this center exists to oppose the propaganda and hybrid warfare. people are jubilant that Orban lost the election on Sunday stratcomcoe.org

wow, I wish you all would be in the European Union now with those prices and then got universal healthcare and payment if you're qualified to go to the university. Oops that's me an American who moved here not you

I brought my own beer during the early 90s and settled upon Lagers and Pilners. Fortunately I live in Lafayette where the German beer making has existed since the 1300s so the Reinheitsgebot ( classical beer recipe) still can be found. On tap

the usually shy songbird from the countryside in Latvia stood still in the morning sun and let me create his portrait

...by Piet Hein, Danish polymath, who joined the Resistance during Nazi occupation. This is taken from his famous "Gruks"

Moved to Latvia from the US in '01 for my family seeking this pragmatic approach. It's laid out in Norway : universal health care . This is what everyone is aiming for in a democracy

not to inaccurately relativize things, and to keep in mind that America relies heavily on auto transport for most commodities...these are the prices I recently calculated here in a democratic NATO country with universal healthcare and public transportation

this. thanks! in the countryside of Latvia, it will be used - as you go to sleep , our new day has begun

while we watch the official communications, a younger generation but savvy communicator shared this with me, dripping with sarcasm

1/2 When we learned about different forms of government in school, the difference between just and unjust, good and evil, and history one thing was evident. When more sudden funding goes to a new governmental armed force after years of appeal for educational resources, something is off.

I am looking into the veracity of this picture - anyone know about it?

We keep it simple - from the country where the first historical account of a Christmas tree comes from - pagan Latvians who were forcibly converted during the Northern Crusades . Thus a tree with offerings prayers and wishes in a tree once the sun is shinjng more again - Priecīgus ziemassvētkus !

"If the state delivers fairly and transparently, citizens do not need elaborate stories to make sense of adversity. The cheapest inoculation against cognitive subversion in the form of conspiracy theories is the mundane, cumulative work of getting government right." - Dr.Berziņš

As an educator, this checks out. Educational outcomes like in Finland should be what we're all aiming for