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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Oleg's Ramblings</title><link>https://amerikrainian.com/</link><description>Thoughts, hopes, wishes... anything goes!</description><atom:link href="https://amerikrainian.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Contents © 2025 &lt;a href="mailto:olegjpittman@gmail.com"&gt;Oleg Pittman&lt;/a&gt; </copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:23:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NVGT: An Arguable Step Back Into History</title><link>https://amerikrainian.com/posts/nvgt-an-arguable-step-back-into-history/</link><dc:creator>Oleg Pittman</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”–William Blake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Some background&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have been debating writing this for a couple reasons. Is anyone going to read this? Is anyone going to listen? Is anyone going to care? Yet, fascinatingly enough, I found myself repeating the same arguments to a multitude of people. I found myself sounding like a broken record. This suggests, amongst other things, that people just might be interested in what I have to say… or that I really should get a life and stop caring, one of the two.&lt;/p&gt;
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