human-computer interacton x product innovation CTO @doorboost, graduate of @nyutandon he/him
NYC - Yerevan - Berlin
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Today marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we honor the 1.5 million Armenians murdered by the Ottoman Empire across modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Armenia, we must refuse to let history repeat itself.
In 2020, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2023, Azerbaijan expelled over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, continuing the genocidal campaign that had begun over 100 years prior.
On this day of remembrance, we reaffirm the right of the Armenian people — and all people — to freedom, safety, and self-determination.
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The EU should pursue deeper strategic engagement in the altered geopolitical landscape of the South Caucasus after Azerbaijan recaptured the Nagorno Karabakh. That’s the core argument of my new
@EU_ISS brief. You'll find it here: iss.europa.eu/content/after-….
A short summary thread:
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The @sama-is-out press release hints IMO that they sacked Altman because he was running OpenAI too much like a startup and too little like a non-profit. Brockman stepping down from the board (or just from being chairman?) seems to tell the same story.
openai.com/blog/openai-annou…
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NASA's FIRMS fire monitoring map showing hotspots inside #Armenia's border, coinciding with areas targeted by #Azerbaijan. The map for 14 September appears a bit less compared to the previous, first day of military operations.
Map and data source: @NASA
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Talking with a few exhausted soldiers in Bakhmut, just back from the frontlines. "We don't have any new weapons here, new forces, nothing," says one of them. Another, who fought in 2014: "I'm expected to fight a tank with my Kalashnikov. We're just cannon fodder. We're fucked."
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We and Our Mountains review – absurdist Armenian satire thumbs its nose at Soviet Russia theguardian.com/film/2022/ma…
A generation of activist European and else youth may be radicalized towards a massive war towards the east as these #RussianWarCrimes saturate their feeds. imo idk
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The sheer amount of executed civilians by the Russian army north of Kyiv recalls exactly one thing: the zachistki, or 'cleansing operations', in Chechnya in 1999-2000+. Times change, the Russian army stays the same. – at Armenia
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Hi, I'm Armen Aramyan, founding editor of @doxajournal, and I've spent the last 12 months under house arrest due to a criminal investigation. My colleagues and I face up to 3 years in a Russian prison for a short video that we recorded in January 2021. Here's our story. THREAD 🧵
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Something I've noticed over the past week or so here: almost every Ukrainian I spoke to has made it clear that they blame not only Putin, but the average Russian as much (or more) for this war. The view is: we overthrew our corrupt government, and they accept their murderous one. – at Ukraine
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Armenia must be the only country in the world with “nationalists” who actually want to abolish the nation
youtube.com/watch?v=julpE0SG…
So smart, watch it. lading donated with supplies, painting them green, and sending them to Ukraine. #SlavaUkraine
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It is wonderful that the world is stepping up to support Ukrainians. And I hope everyone responds just as passionately when atrocities are perpetrated against people in Asia, the Middle East, or Africa. I know Armenians would have loved some more support last year.
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