Technology

The Fine Print

Technology plays an absolutely crucial role in the war in Ukraine but at what cost?

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Conflict AI

There’s no question that Clearview AI is truly being used for good in Ukraine, however, what happens when the war is over?

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Ukraine

Life on the other side

Kyiv is a city of contrasts, and nothing illustrates this more than living on the right bank of the Dnipro river, (west side), versus the left bank, (east side).

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Culture Wars

Ukrainians know that Putin’s terrible war is an attempt to extinguish their cultural heritage so the only way they can preserve it is to fight.

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The Piano Man

Kyiv has been the cultural capital of Ukraine for over a thousand years and you can see the evidence everywhere.

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Guilty Pleasures

On the surface, Kyivans seem to be living a normal life, but scratch a little below and you’ll find wartime guilt weighing heavily on everyone. 

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Aww..

Life is about living, and to me, that means meeting other people and sharing your life with them. Maybe that’s why I’ve found it easy to stay in Kyiv for over a year during wartime.

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A Bursa Wedding

Wartime weddings are yet another reason why the Ukrainians are fighting for their right to party anywhere, anytime in a free and independent Ukraine. 

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Technology

Bomb Threat!

In the wee hours of Monday morning, I was jolted awake by a knock on my hotel room door by a staff member announcing an anonymous bomb threat!

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Ukraine

An American in U-Krane

If Tom, your typical conservative, gun-toting Texan can come to Kyiv you can too, and if you do you, will understand why Ukraine is one of “us”.

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