Edward's new Telegram channel & other exciting things
Announcements, etc.
Greetings internet friends,
We have decided to launch a Telegram channel. It is called “Edward Slavsquat.” You can join it here. All are welcome.
There are already too many Telegram channels and so naturally we feel a bit guilty about creating our own. But we need a place where we can dump links and observations.
This blog represents a small fraction of our Russia-related research. Without exaggeration, we have about 25 documents on our Desktop that look like this:
Anyway. Click here for a good time: https://t.me/edwardslavsquat
Private chat for those who provide ruble-support
Paying subscribers (either through Substack or PayPal) are invited to join Edward’s VIP Telegram chat. You can request a link to this channel by emailing us at riley (dot) waggaman (at) gmail (dot) com. Recently the conversation has focused around tacos and trains.
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New commenting guidelines
It is always interesting to read thoughtful comments. It is less interesting to read bizarre insult-hurling.
Overall, comments on this blog are always a pleasure to read—even when we don’t agree with everything being said. Different perspectives: that’s okay, actually.
“It takes all kinds to make a world,” observed Jaroslav Hašek. He was referring to Bohemian prostitutes but that is neither here nor there. The point is: people are different and view the world in different ways.
You can disagree with people. But please refrain from unnecessary and uncouth scurrility. When commenters start flaming each other, unprovoked and without any good reason, it sort of ruins the mood. Why even waste time spewing bile at some random stranger on the internet? It’s sort of weird.
Let’s try to keep things civil and lighthearted.
Thank you kindly and take care,
—Riley
Thanks. In the past several months I've been censored, blocked or banned without warning by several non-conformist, fringe, anti-empire / anti-clotshot personalities online, without me having posted any ad hominem, or even being sarcastic.
We're apparently living during a new Fall of Rome... but 'the freedom movement' looks less like the early Christian communities, and more like the People's Front of Judea vs. Judean People's Front.
Thanks, Edward - I'll follow you on Telegram and not under my pen name but under my real name. I'm sure you'll easily recognize who that is from the style of my comments. As my wife once told me reading comments under one article "look, this guy writes just like you, but, wait a minute, it is you!" )))
Word of warning, I'm sure you are aware, but Telegram is a troll ridden place, and not just trolls but nasty and stupid people. I'm not sure if you have a person to monitor your comment section to purge the nastiest of trolls, but this needs to be communicated to Substack subscribers not familiar with Telegram, from respectful and overall friendly ambience they could get exposed to a very acidic environment.