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Jan 25 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My family is all from Ukraine. Grandparents lived there their whole life until old age. I was born in Moscow, and speak only Russian.

The idea the US army needs to send men and weapons to defend a line drawn by Soviet leaders is crazy to me.
The borders of Ukraine, as a country or as a province, have changed many times, and pretty recently.

At the end of the day, this is for the countries to sort out. Or should be.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_hi…
I get that some in USG don't like Russia. They just want Russia to lose, at everything. I get that impulse. Not sure I see a deeper justification here.
I know people who are vehement Ukrainian nationalists. I respect that. My family is overwhelmingly pro-Ukraine.

Hopefully the regional interests come to a solution, peacefully.

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A bunch of Uber drivers with third tier STEM PhD's wouldn't be the end of the world.

I think they also added language on improved conditions for business owners.

Generally a fan. Immigration policy never going to be executed perfectly, and by disinterested paper pushers.
O1 has always been a flexible but mysterious program. Our family got it -- but easy since my father was physics professor at Tier 1 university.

Had Russian friends who got it through chess -- GM/IM pretty easy -- you have international titles.
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