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The war recruitment in Russia through the eyes of a common citizen

My little story is nowhere near the atrocities of the war between Ukraine and Russia. But I wanted to share some dilemmas of war recruitment I currently face being a citizen of Russia outside the country. So they introduced an electronic database of citizens who are bound to the military

AI and the human being

AI is a total freedom of logics. It can perfectly describe everything logical. But it lacks something that humans have. We tend to view robots aspiring to be a human beings. But they lack this very basic awareness and spontaneity, which makes us humans. Which can not be constructed or

Astrology and quantum physics

Astrology is popular among many people who found certain value in it. Although it was not proved to be valid by the major science. In particular it is not certain how distant planets can affect regular peoples lives. So it was “disproved” many times by scientists according to the Wikipedia.

In search of place

I’m a citizen of Russia living in Montenegro at the moment. I left Russia 2 years ago, went to Turkey, and then other Balkan countries. I don’t feel Russia as my home anymore. But getting a new home is a challenge. I have no ability to withdraw my

Montenegro mobile internet tip

Among the proposed mobile operators in Montenegro, I tried to use one. Seems like all of them have the same offer, so I just took the office that had no turn. Being a tourist I paid 15 EUR and got 500GB for 30 days. It is a very good offer

About garbage in Montenegro

Herceg Novi, Montenegro. You can find some garbage recycling possibilities out there. There are many regular containers. Every 200 meters or so. Some kind of a communal organisation called “Cistoca” is taking care of the garbage around the town. Often you can find a special cell for the paper products

Pics from Serbia

Some pictures taken around Belgrade and Čačak. Color ones from Olympus PEN EE2, Kodak smth 200. B&W ones from Agat 18k, Ilford HP5Plus 400.

Into zazen

I've visited a 2 days silent retreat. It was at my friend's place somewhere in the forest near Çaçak, Serbia. I've never been there, and never attended any meditation retreat. So I haven't expected anything, rather than spending some time in silence

Do animals think?

Just wanted to share this documentary with some non Russian readers out there. There was a director Felix Sobolev in the Soviet Union. A guy of a Ukranian origin who used to work in Kiev. He made this movie around 1970. It is called "Do animals think?". There

What is freedom today?

The quality vs quantity is a fundamental problem of the current society. As Dane Rudhyar was stressing in his 1970 book: «Our entire Western society today has become pervaded by the doctrine that quantitative measurement can solve practically all problems — not only social and personal problems but also the problem