Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine I am trying to make sense of the war effort by following the Russian propaganda; thus, I have focused on the available — at times obscure — sources of our adversaries. From RIA-Novosti to various obscure bloggers reporting the “successes” of the…

Oftentimes, exaggerated metaphors make us lose perspective, relevance, and, even, meaning. But don’t make this mistake while watching Severance. If you haven’t -yet- heard about this great show you can read an introduction here: If I May Suggest: ‘Severance’ on Apple TV+ ‘The Office,’ but terrifyingmedium.com Rest assured that this show is well worth your time. At first appearance, the show has…

A guide to optimizing website speed for getting 100% performance ranking. — Last week’s article: How to top Google rankings by optimizing your site’s speed 7 crucial steps that you have to take towards delivering the fastest possible experience to your visitors.medium.com It was curated by Medium and generated quite a lot of feedback from friends. Some of you said that what I suggested was not that trivial/easy for you to do by yourselves and asked if there was an easier way to achieve such a score. …

7 crucial steps that you have to take in delivering the fastest possible experience to your visitors. Apart from quality, connectedness, and relevance of content, speed is one of the most crucial factors in the Google page rank. I just refurbished the site of a friend, who happens to be…

September 2nd, 2021 marks the first anniversary of the death of Professor David Graeber — one of the most important anthropological thinkers of our time. Graeber’s 2017 work “Bullshit jobs” got a lot of traction before the pandemic. Yet, many had to experience the pandemic to concede to its validity: He titled his book “Bullshit jobs” because the productivity benefits of automation have not led to a 15-hour workweek, as predicted by economist John Maynard…

So, the West’s direct presence in Afghanistan has failed to modernize it. Our failure to communicate a glocal flavor of capitalism and women’s equality can be paralleled with the Soviets’ failure to establish their version of communism and equality. In the previous article, a NATO security contractor near Kabul for…

Imagine yourself feeling safer in the wheels or the sides of a plane about to take off! Imagine the rivalry between you and your threat! The enormity of the crimes (to be) committed by both sides. As the days went by -and my sentiment subsided- I realized that I had…

Reentry-related aphorisms taken from the whole story that deals with Death, Reentry, Space and Work … He: One cannot fully cover one domain by omitting the other. I mean, you cannot talk about Reentry without mentioning Death, Work, and Space and vice versa! Reentry presupposes a space where you re-enter, requires…

Death-related aphorisms taken from the whole story that deals with Death, Reentry, Space and Work On the occasion of Jerry’s death, I was checking my archive to share a couple of artifacts with Jeanne and Scotty. A mail came from Medium on an authors challenge on the topics of Reentry…