Process mining enthusiast who is interested in how patterns appear in life. Fascinated but despondent about the current political landscape.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined August 2010
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George Varv retweeted
The most famous person I've ever spoken to? I sat next to Richard Feynman on a plane once, and we chatted. In fact, more than once. And I had dinner with him several thousand times. And I spent a few months inside his wife's womb.
George Varv retweeted
When the RNC announced their strategy for midterms was lots of Trump, I said at the time I thought it was a mistake. Nothing that has happened since then convinces me that I was wrong. Worst tour idea since The Rolling Stones hired the Hells Angels for concert security in 1969.
George Varv retweeted
Why does Trump always say “nobody knows this” about shit that’s common knowledge?
George Varv retweeted
What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work.
My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.
George Varv retweeted
💥 Russian $4.5 million T-90M tank destroyed with three $500 Ukrainian drones.
This is why drone warfare is changing everything.
George Varv retweeted
Maybe, because after all of the investigations found absolutely no evidence of substantial cheating, you should stop being irrationally angry and realize that the majority of Americans strongly oppose Republican economic, domestic, and foreign, policies? Maybe, it’s YOU?!
George Varv retweeted
As his policies bankrupt them, Trump-supporting farmers fully embrace socialism. But only if it’s for them.
George Varv retweeted
饿到喝尿吃树皮的俄军士兵，投降乌克兰反倒活了下来。
一段从前线流出来的审讯现场，94名俄军战俘排成一排报数。
队伍里走出来一个军官。
胸前挂着伤，自报家门是第3步兵营的少校马纳姆科夫。
他面对镜头开口第一句，直接控诉自己的后方指挥官。
战斗最紧张的时候，长官自己先乘车撤了。
临走前把电台关死，扔下一句“就地组织环形防御，死守”。
电台一掐，后方就把这几十号人当成了耗材。
阵地上断水断粮整整一个半月。
几十个人趴在泥地里舔雨水积成的水坑，水坑干了就喝自己的尿。
身边一个战友严重脱水，活活死在战壕里。
饿极了怎么办？
剥树皮嚼，拔地里的野草，摘路边的荨麻在野战炉子上煮成水充饥。
三个受了重伤的士兵，连一块止血纱布和止痛药都拿不到，在旁边拖到断气。
按俄军内部的战前宣传，投降乌克兰会遭到非人折磨。
结果这帮被逼到绝境的残兵，在乌军第3突击旅阵地前举了白旗。
乌克兰军医进场，立刻给伤员做清创。
少校脑壳里嵌着的弹片、肋侧扎进去的碎铁块，当场取了出来，送去卧床休息。
吃上了热饭，喝上了干净水。
马纳姆科夫在镜头前苦笑了一下：
“整整一个半月，我第一次吃上一顿饱饭，居然是在战俘营里。”
善待战俘除了人道原则，背后有一套极其现实的利益驱动。
镜头后方，乌克兰士兵一句话点透了关键：
这批人是换回自家兄弟最好的筹码。
死战俘换不回自己人，只有活着的、治好伤的俄军军官和士兵，才能在谈判桌上按人头把被俘乌军换回家。
更深层的影响在战场之外。
这94个人亲眼看到长官把他们当炮灰扔在绝境，也亲身体验了对面的战俘营给他们治伤发饭。
这些战俘一旦被交换回国，他们亲口说出的每一个细节，都会在俄军基层私下传开。
保障战俘活下来，不仅是为了人道和换俘，也是在用肉眼可见的事实瓦解对手的抵抗意志。
George Varv retweeted
Trump swaggered into Georgia right before the midterms, breathlessly announcing a huge new Audi factory, a massive win for the state he claimed. Here's the receipt: Audi had absolutely no such announcement, no plans to build a plant in Georgia, and no knowledge of this supposed commitment. This wasn't just campaign exaggeration; it was a bald-faced fabrication, invented out of thin air just days before an election, banking on voters not checking if a major international corporation actually agreed to a multi-billion dollar investment during a political rally. It perfectly illustrates how quickly reality gets benched for a headline grab, promising prosperity that only exists in a speech bubble, all while the people who supposedly value "truth" never question the actual facts. thehill.com/homenews/state-w…
George Varv retweeted
This is very funny but I should tell people that it MIGHT be fake
I wouldn't want to mislead anyone...
