Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine

[Rhinox]

So with Facebook blocked and Russia left with few options to pay their 'for hire' trolls and voices, just how quieter has it gotten in right wing circles? I assume Tucker is still doing his lord and master's work, but how many others have gone quiet or completely recanted their pro putin bullshit?

 

[Anonymous X]

One of my girlfriend’s former colleagues (who’s since left the UK due to Brexit) drove to Berlin station yesterday to take in some of the Ukrainian refugees arriving into Germany by train. Proud of her for doing that.

 

[LiamA]

I have a question. Are any comic companies doing special comics about this situation and donating the money to the Ukrainian refugees?

 

[Nevermore]

So with Facebook blocked and Russia left with few options to pay their 'for hire' trolls and voices, just how quieter has it gotten in right wing circles? I assume Tucker is still doing his lord and master's work, but how many others have gone quiet or completely recanted their pro putin bullshit?

Pence condemns Republican Putin 'apologists' in speech to RNC donors | CNN Politics

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday condemned Republican "apologists" who have used positive language to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine, according to a source who was in the room as Pence spoke to top GOP donors.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Rust]

So with Facebook blocked and Russia left with few options to pay their 'for hire' trolls and voices, just how quieter has it gotten in right wing circles? I assume Tucker is still doing his lord and master's work, but how many others have gone quiet or completely recanted their pro putin bullshit?

I can't find it right off hand, but someone had a metric of the top trending Tweets the day before the Invasion and the day after Russia shut down Twitter. Prior it was a bunch of Ben Sharpio and right wing morons. Afterwards it was Occupy Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, etc. Ben Sharpio was still on the list too but he was literally the only representative and I imagine people retweet his stuff the same way you slowly drive by the scene of a car wreck.

 

[Nevermore]

Hey, remember when the most important news in the world was a dangerous pandemic? Good times.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Could the world focus on one disaster at a time for a while? Instead of having a pandemic, the spiraling climate crisis, late-stage capitalism's slow but inevitable collapse, and a madman on the verge of starting World War Three, plus probably at least three or four more I can't remember right now, all at the same time? I can't even keep up with which apocalypse is going to finish us off anymore and it's more than a little exhausting.

 

[Nevermore]

Russia is tightening its grip on Ukraine nuclear plant, says U.N. watchdog

Russian forces that seized Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have now placed staff running the facility under their command and restricted communications with the outside world, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.

www.reuters.com

‘Grave concern’ as Ukraine Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under Russian orders

International Atomic Energy Agency says Russian military orders of staff at nuclear plant violate international safety protocols

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pale Rider]

Hey, remember when the most important news in the world was a dangerous pandemic? Good times.

I wonder if the Russian army is vaccinated or if we're going to start hearing stories about how they're being devastated by covid infections.

 

[Dekafox]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500384569782112258

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500197460626624513

And a thread with the translation here:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500301348780199937

 

[Nevermore]

Man. Imagine Putin does press the red button, and it turns out none of Russia's nuclear missiles are working.

 

[wonko the sane?]

The dude might be slapping it hourly right now: if none of his nukes WORK, then we never know they don't work. Plus, military intelligence works against use in this case. We HAVE to assume they still all work as expected because even if someone from the insides leaks the failure of them: we wouldn't believe them anyway. It's nuclear warfare you literally cannot take the chance that their infrastructure has failed so spectacularly.

 

[Ungnome]

I've often wondered that myself. Putin surrounded himself with corrupt officials who tell him what he wants to hear and skim a good chunk of the nations budget into their own pockets. If the equipment they are using in Ukraine is any indication, there's a good chance their nuclear arsenal is in similar shape.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

The problem is that it only takes one working missile to start a war.

 

[Ironbite4]

No it doesn't. Just takes an explosion.

Ironbite-and an idiot at the helm.

 

[Wheelimus]

I have no doubt that Russia has starved it's people enough to keep most of their nukes working. Anything else is wishful thinking.

 

[wonko the sane?]

As an aside: there is no chance of a nuclear strike... unless putin really has gone absolutely insane.

He can't nuke ukraine; not only because he wants it, it'll poison russia and the ukraine; both literally and politically. He can't nuke anyone else without starting a war he literally cannot win, and cannot finish. Any talk about nuclear weapons is just a dick waving bluff.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

And yet nobody can afford to take the chance of calling the bluff, because there are no second chances with a nuke. We all know it'd be madness to use them, but what if he IS that mad?

 

[wonko the sane?]

Then we hope there are rational and intelligent people in his command chain whom aren't interested in dying to atomic hellfire.

Worked during the cold war.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Yeah, cut them off from Steam and the masses will have nothing left to grief but the rich.

Reportedly, the Russian government has found a solution to that.

Just legalize piracy and let the masses figure it out.

According to the plan, to support Russian information technologies, a compulsory licensing mechanism is proposed for software, databases and topologies for integrated circuits. They may be subject to Art. 1360 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (according to it, the government of the Russian Federation has the right "in case of emergency" to decide on the use of an invention, utility model or industrial design without the consent of the patent owner). The authorities also propose to abolish criminal and administrative liability for the use of software unlicensed in the Russian Federation, "belonging to a copyright holder from countries that have supported the sanctions."

[...]

Apparently, the idea is to compulsorily license and put into circulation foreign software without any remuneration to the copyright holder if he supported sanctions against the Russian Federation, Alexandra Orekhovich, director of legal initiatives at the Internet Initiatives Development Fund, explained.

В России легализуют пиратов

Власти обсуждают отмену ответственности за использование нелицензированного ПО

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