SARAJEVO: AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLDS
The experience of Sarajevo lies in the hazard of the questions asked and the answers received in the surroundings I found myself in. The following narratives on Sarajevo are the resulting outcome - my mere impressions with a little bit of context from the past to make the present more comprehensible.
WAR IN UKRAINE: KREMLIN'S PLAYBOOK FOR DUMMIES
A humble effort to assemble, in a concise manner, a tiny part of the Kremlin’s Playbook. One shall be wary of getting into the traps of what has been assiduously developed and refined over decades by con liberators.
DECODING LITHUANIA: A TINY COUNTRY WITH REMINISCENCES OF GREATNESS
To my humble understanding, Lithuania and most notably Lithuanians can be comprehended through two major pillars: (1) a long history of statehood and (2) collective trauma unleashed by 50 years of Soviet occupation.
TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS SCHEDULER
If there is one non-negotiable time of the year, it is Christmas. Yet, this piece is not about moral know-alls, nor about the global circumstances we find ourselves in. Instead, it may serve as both (1) a potential tool to plan your so-much-craved future getaways and (2) a trick to extract and save data at regular intervals from open sources without lifting a finger, ou presque.
RANDOM PARISIAN RIDES OR HIDALGO.PY
The aim of this piece is two-fold: (1) to provide you with a glimpse into the unbearable Parisian on-road conduct and (2) to show you how open bike data can be exploited to code some cool, yet as some would argue, useless stuff.
LIVING WITHOUT THE GENERAL THEORY
Quantifying complex human interactions, converting mechanisms of the society into equations, filling models with data, perhaps all disposable information, and ultimately deriving causalities, and of utmost importance - factual wisdom - it was all assumed to establish « The General Theory ».
ELECTIONS IN BELARUS: 97% TO MAKE THE REALM CRUMBLE
Against all odds, political dynamics are radically shifting in « Europe’s last dictatorship », perhaps for the very first time since a quarter of a century as the country heads towards a presidential election on August 9th.