Итак, в это солнечное тёплое, чтобы не сказать жаркое, утро (а других у нас, прямо скажем, почти что и не бывает), я встретил девушку в шубе, так что сейчас — идеальный момент, чтобы рассказать вам: 20 декабря в славном городе Вена открывается — та-дам! — книжный магазин «Бабель. Вена», во что лично я пока не могу поверить. В общем, волнуюсь, желаю успеха и, надеюсь, скоро доеду. А вы, кто там, бегите в новенький магазинчик — начиная с 20-го! Как вам новость?!
Вот тут телеграм. Вот тут инстаграм. Пора по сто грамм(ов).
Итак, в это солнечное тёплое, чтобы не сказать жаркое, утро (а других у нас, прямо скажем, почти что и не бывает), я встретил девушку в шубе, так что сейчас — идеальный момент, чтобы рассказать вам: 20 декабря в славном городе Вена открывается — та-дам! — книжный магазин «Бабель. Вена», во что лично я пока не могу поверить. В общем, волнуюсь, желаю успеха и, надеюсь, скоро доеду. А вы, кто там, бегите в новенький магазинчик — начиная с 20-го! Как вам новость?!
Вот тут телеграм. Вот тут инстаграм. Пора по сто грамм(ов).
Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. There was another possible development: Reuters also reported that Ukraine said that Belarus could soon join the invasion of Ukraine. However, the AFP, citing a Pentagon official, said the U.S. hasn’t yet seen evidence that Belarusian troops are in Ukraine.
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