Firesteel amulets from the Museum of Lund. In 1880 Johan Alfred Göth wrote that in rural Småland, it was said that sheet lightning was caused by Freyja striking Her firesteel to check on the rye.
Firesteel amulets from the Museum of Lund. In 1880 Johan Alfred Göth wrote that in rural Småland, it was said that sheet lightning was caused by Freyja striking Her firesteel to check on the rye.
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts. This provided opportunity to their linked entities to offload their shares at higher prices and make significant profits at the cost of unsuspecting retail investors. "We as Ukrainians believe that the truth is on our side, whether it's truth that you're proclaiming about the war and everything else, why would you want to hide it?," he said. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback.
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