Work on technology –- co-founder of RivalSense.co and Heppia.com. Care about music, friends, democracy, and books.https://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3mzaybnld7k2ePatrick Stewart sketch: what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA01 Nov 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzaybnld7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3myzatlwyxs2a"Demokrātija nevar pastāvēt, ja valsts finansējums tiek izmantots, lai pieklusinātu kritiku un vājinātu neatkarīgu organizāciju un mediju balsi." https://nvo.lv/oranzais-bridinajums-sif-sadalisana-apdraud-nvo-un-mediju-neatkaribu/29 Oct 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzatlwyxs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3myuyyf6wss23"The White House and the Kremlin have also discussed a broader deal to relax sanctions on potash fertilisers and export them through Baltic ports — a move that would require the EU to lift sanctions." [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuyyf6wss23https://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3my4umwwo4c2cIs American democracy safe? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxU52hf4gq818 Oct 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4umwwo4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3mxygzswgy22fPremjers dalās ar bildi, kur kāds ir ielicis viņa citātu, "The Handmaid's Tale" grāmatas vāku un ieteikumu to izlasīt. Laikam uztver kā komplimentu.16 Oct 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxygzswgy22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/martinsvaivars.bsky.social/post/3mxqdgkoq522yI am reading "The Nerd Reich" by @gilduran.com right now -- a solid book, sketching out the weird transition of techies from libertarianism to fascist-adjacent ideas. Unfortunately have seen this in my own work -- it is easy to become radicalized in engineering/startup forums, podcasts, communities. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2026 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:widzdcbhol2j5gn6oz2bbrdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxqdgkoq522y