Philosopher - ethics, politics, music | Slowly writing a book on Isaiah Berlin | Born in USSR, home is London | Living with ME since 2003. youtube.com/vladvexler (main channel) youtube.com/vladvexlerchat (chat channel) youtube.com/@vladvexlerphilosophyhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mrheys4a422u9 things in Putin's mind, as Ukraine dismantles Wildberries (1) Putin thinks Ukraine is trying to destabilise him politically through its war on Russian soil.25 Jul 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrheys4a422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mrg6eg5d4s2j9 things in Putin's mind, as Ukraine dismantles Wildberries https://open.substack.com/pub/vladvexler/p/9-things-in-putins-mind-as-ukraine?r=34v0k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web24 Jul 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrg6eg5d4s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mrg2onugdc2lhttps://youtu.be/G994vmCTYNc?is=004etyWOYk99YNn124 Jul 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrg2onugdc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mrd6gibb6s2bhttps://youtu.be/3Yuk7w2XX8Y?si=XbOj42PkKd7bqs5w23 Jul 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd6gibb6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mr7rv7zcas2lRussia's colonial depoliticisation -22 Jul 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7rv7zcas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mr7p5etqnk2hBeen asked ten times on YouTube in the last 24 hours - what will it take to destabilise the Putin regime, if Ukraine’s current war on Russian soil won’t do that?22 Jul 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7p5etqnk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mr6nyrhpqs2yThe Ethics of Ukraine’s Attacks on Russian Soil https://open.substack.com/pub/vladvexler/p/the-ethics-of-ukraines-attacks-on?r=34v0k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web21 Jul 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6nyrhpqs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mr6maikhz22vhttps://youtu.be/TCeKB8NgE68?si=9gXlspH_c6O7KJjK21 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6maikhz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mr647sl4es2nMost mean comments online are a form of self-hated.21 Jul 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr647sl4es2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqzmiesx6s2zHalf time show was empty and dark. An algorithmic blur of surfaces, emotional emptiness, consumerism - a facade obscuring darker time to come.19 Jul 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzmiesx6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqwvbh3o2k2ahttps://youtu.be/0x5JaWza-FQ?si=UB3wyihW1WMUvHM718 Jul 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwvbh3o2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqry2iv5ck2ohttps://youtu.be/TNKNWgDP_PU?si=bRbNmxsn9P9D2bcB16 Jul 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqry2iv5ck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqpop4tifc2nThe manager lost this match for England. I wonder if he will think it’s a decision that didn’t work out but could have done. But even if that’s true, the cause of the defeat is Argentina’s quality and, on the England side, centrally, the decision of the manager. 1/315 Jul 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpop4tifc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqmzhzamoc2ohttps://youtu.be/kzhC5eyKOWU?si=HjkW0lF_jrP2eLQu14 Jul 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmzhzamoc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqeeo3ycy22cPrepping for my wedding today - first task as long covid and ME patient, stabilise to get into wheelchair and breathe.11 Jul 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeeo3ycy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mqcuub42722rRussia’s break up is something we have to prepare for, as one possible outcome among others in this half century. But apart from that, it is a non-issue for our policy toward Russia as there is no actionable way of increasing or decreasing the odds of this outcome.10 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcuub42722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mq2pcuscyc27There is nobody like Farage in U.K. politics. He’s irresponsible, post-truth, and a danger to institutions. But nobody connects with people like he does, nobody plays victim as well as him, nobody taps into distrust like he does, nobody moves from defence to attack like he does.07 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2pcuscyc27https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mq22opjax22b07 Jul 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq22opjax22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpyttxwzqc23https://youtu.be/o-Lj17F7AWc?si=sQ9gYV3pTvjYqsQ906 Jul 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyttxwzqc23https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpw5p6sryc2xlast min Q&A - Qs about our informational environment, personal and non personal Qs https://www.youtube.com/live/_oNqytxEroA?si=mMp4vE51dbpdInSt05 Jul 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw5p6sryc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mptvmqm7cc2r“The United States is particularly hospitable to illusion." Alasdair MacIntyre04 Jul 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptvmqm7cc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mptnfqyz3c2rhttps://youtu.be/5ik-ZPiC9N4?si=_jrTQBb26wp86NFO04 Jul 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptnfqyz3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpr2dq42l22yIn a neoliberal culture people read and watch and listen like consumers. They judge books, articles, videos according to whether they give them what they already know and like. Everything becomes a service.03 Jul 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr2dq42l22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpoh462z5s2mhttps://youtu.be/tMW9SzS6Q9s?si=BsE-5BIIcwVxXKPp02 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoh462z5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpj7f2bxo22yMy experience as a YouTuber with 1/4 million humans subscribing to me is that our capacity to listen has been so badly hit by this, social media.30 Jun 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj7f2bxo22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpha3lenzs2jPutin has teleprompter disaster in speech to address fuel and Crimea crisis29 Jun 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpha3lenzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mph54j2aac2shttps://youtu.be/s_qrAF9pyNM?si=85wg1asKREVPH_xU29 Jun 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph54j2aac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpgrxqnwck2rIt’s often said that Putin couldn’t possibly attack the Baltics Because he has nothing to gain from invading a NATO country. This confuses two things. Putin may have little to gain from invading a Baltic country.29 Jun 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgrxqnwck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpdlo62lhk2qR.G. Colingwood writing in 1938 on the awfulness of the Daily Mail28 Jun 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpdlo62lhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mpdk5fbp522ePutin is not in a good moment of moment in the war - I will be talking about it - https://www.youtube.com/live/w3A6Uznx7lQ?si=2KCj6X15xjV9IGhl28 Jun 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpdk5fbp522e