How Hard Do You Have to Push Yourself to Get Stronger?
Here’s how to find the right effort level for a strength workout.
Many trainers and athletes have long believed that lifting to failure is the best way to build muscle. But recent research has challenged that idea.
03.05.2025 15:50
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The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard for How to Be Happy
Tips from experts, astronauts and Cher on finding bliss.
Over the years, our reporter has gathered useful, surprising kernels of advice from all sorts of people — including scientists, professors, nurses, astronauts and even Cher — about how to be happy. Here are the best takeaways about how to live a good, fulfilling life.
03.05.2025 17:51
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Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire
President Volodymyr Zelensky called the proposal a “theatrical show” and said such a short truce would not bolster negotiations for a lasting peace.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Ukraine will not adhere to a three-day cease-fire proposed by Russia, saying such a short truce would not help in negotiations for a lasting peace.
03.05.2025 18:45
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✍️Energy Security in the Baltics: Perceptions in the Midst of the Russia-Ukraine War
Read the latest Research Report by @leonhartwell.bsky.social and Agne Rakstyte on perceptions on energy in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania amidst the Russia-Ukraine war.
⬇️Read Here
www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...
01.05.2025 13:45
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How the EU Can Help Serbia’s Protesters
As student-led protests continue to rock Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian grip is facing its most serious challenge yet.
“So long as the protests continue [in Serbia] and this momentum grows, the EU has a unique opportunity to repair its institutional legitimacy in the Balkans.” Alba Alizoti & @leonhartwell.bsky.social
03.05.2025 18:30
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How the EU Can Help Serbia’s Protesters
As student-led protests continue to rock Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian grip is facing its most serious challenge yet.
How the EU Can Help Serbia’s Protesters | "As student-led protests continue to rock Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian grip is facing its most serious challenge yet." Alba Alizoti and @leonhartwell.bsky.social
02.05.2025 14:04
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How the EU Can Help Serbia’s Protesters
As student-led protests continue to rock Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian grip is facing its most serious challenge yet.
✊ Student-led protests in Serbia are challenging Vučić’s grip on power. In our latest piece, Alba Alizoti and I argue it’s time for the EU to stand with them — and show it means what it says on democracy.
📖 Read here: cepa.org/article/how-...
#Serbia #EU #Protests #Democracy
@cepa.org
01.05.2025 17:19
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Energy Security in the Baltics: Perceptions in the Midst of the Russia-Ukraine War
research report
Together with Agnė Rakštytė, I explore how Baltic people perceive energy security amidst the Russia-Ukraine war.
Key insights: strong support for renewables, but scepticism toward gov’t energy plans.
📝 Read more: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...
#EnergySecurity @lseideas.bsky.social @cepa.org
01.05.2025 08:00
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The death of fact-checking is a global crisis | The Citizen
The far-right’s campaign against fact-checking has global consequences. If South Africa doesn’t act, disinformation will undermine democracy.
“Fact-checking is not about censorship – it’s about protecting the integrity of public discourse. Without it, propaganda and misinformation will thrive, science will suffer, and democracies will weaken.” @leonhartwell.bsky.social
27.03.2025 18:30
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The death of fact-checking is a global crisis | The Citizen
The far-right’s campaign against fact-checking has global consequences. If South Africa doesn’t act, disinformation will undermine democracy.
My latest article: The far-right’s war on fact-checking in the U.S. has global consequences. As Silicon Valley retreats & AI fuels #disinformation, democracy—including in South Africa—is at risk. The fight for truth has never been more urgent.
🔗 Read here: www.citizen.co.za/news/opinion...
25.03.2025 05:30
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Stagnimi në dialog sprovon BE-në
🎙️ I spoke with Radio Free Europe about the new EU envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, Peter Sørensen, and the mediation process.
🔑 Mutual recognition must be the cornerstone of this dialogue. ‘Normalization’ is too vague—clear goals drive real progress. www.evropaelire.org/a/stagnimi-i...
24.03.2025 08:29
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"It was a deliberate signal to both domestic and international audiences that he was not taking orders from the United States,” @leonhartwell.bsky.social on Putin’s questions regarding the ceasefire.
19.03.2025 12:30
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Ukraine Ceasefire Deal — What Does it Mean?
CEPA Fellows explain the US-Ukraine agreement on a ceasefire. The Trump administration says, “the ball is in Moscow’s court.”
“Putin has shown time and again that Russia does not truly want peace with Ukraine, and history is littered with broken promises toward that country.” @leonhartwell.bsky.social
18.03.2025 20:00
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Putin dons military uniform, demands "buffer zone" ahead of peace talks
Vladimir Putin was dressed in military camouflage as he visited a command post in Russia's Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.
“Putin has shown time and again that Russia does not truly want peace with Ukraine, and history is littered with broken promises toward that country.” @leonhartwell.bsky.social
17.03.2025 18:30
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Putin dons military uniform, demands "buffer zone" ahead of peace talks
Vladimir Putin was dressed in military camouflage as he visited a command post in Russia's Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.
“Putin has shown time and again that Russia does not truly want peace with Ukraine, and history is littered with broken promises toward that country." @leonhartwell.bsky.social
14.03.2025 15:30
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14.03.2025 09:42
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Ukraine Ceasefire Deal — What Does it Mean?
CEPA Fellows explain the US-Ukraine agreement on a ceasefire. The Trump administration says, “the ball is in Moscow’s court.”
#Ukraine is under immense pressure to appease the Trump administration—hence its acceptance of the ceasefire. But diplomacy is not The Apprentice —it is not a reality show where deals can be made on impulse and consequences are mere afterthoughts. cepa.org/article/ukra...
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12.03.2025 16:30
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Ukraine readies for make-or-break Saudi showdown with Trump team
A Ukrainian official told Newsweek that there is hope for an improvement in ties between Kyiv and Washington.
Trump’s team wields sticks against Ukraine, the victim, while offering carrots to #Russia, the aggressor. Meanwhile, a durable peace remains elusive.
What happens next could reshape the war.
Read more: www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russ...
@newsweek.com @lseideas.bsky.social
11.03.2025 12:43
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"If Zelenskyy makes a deal under current conditions and where he gives away all these territories to Russia, he will not be able to go back to Ukraine and sell this deal because the Ukrainian public will be against it." @leonhartwell.bsky.social
05.03.2025 16:50
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Can Peace Prevail | Ukraine's Roadmap For Peace ?
YouTube video by THE GEOSTRATA
Honored to join the Geostrata panel, Can Peace Prevail: #Ukraine’s Roadmap for Peace? I argued that while an agreement is theoretically possible, no mediator can currently broker a deal that will lead to sustainable peace.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokd...
@lseideas.bsky.social
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25.02.2025 14:26
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Three Decades of Democracy in South Africa and Lithuania - Part 2
YouTube video by Intersections of Oppression
I had the privilege of joining a panel at the University of Johannesburg, co-organized with the Embassy of Lithuania, to discuss how false narratives & digital manipulation undermine democracy & security.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyHS...
@lseideas.bsky.social @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social
24.02.2025 09:05
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On narratives and fairytales: Serbia’s authoritarian leader’s playbook - New Eastern Europe
The student protests that have shaken Serbian society in the wake of the Novi Sad disaster have led to symbolic government changes.
“In Vučić’s playbook, the truth is malleable, and reality is something to be authored and performed. To understand his strategy, one must first turn to the tools of fiction—characters, plots, and, above all, the power of a compelling story.” @leonhartwell.bsky.social
19.02.2025 19:30
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