Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine

[Pocket]

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

Just legalize piracy and let the masses figure it out.

В России легализуют пиратов

Власти обсуждают отмену ответственности за использование нелицензированного ПО

www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog

Implying most Russians ever bought their games legit in the first place. The big reason Steam has regional pricing is so they can sell dirt-cheap and try to compete with piracy in countries like Russia and Brazil where it was already the norm.

That said, being locked out of the official servers and not being able to flood them with hackers anymore is more what I had in mind when I said that, and congratulations Russia, if that wasn't already guaranteed to happen, you sure made sure it will now.

 

[Dekafox]

Looks like Digital Iron Curtain is going to happen regardless.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500553480548892679

*edit*
Found a translation and it seems aimed more at moving all government resources to be fully self-contained inside Russia, so they're not chopping the cord yet, but it still reads like that's what they're preparing for, no matter who does it. The first part is mostly securing accounts and removing foreign code, but they also cover moving all resources to the .ru domain and to DNS servers inside Russia.

Just found out about this too - boo, Hasbro.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500659135930638343

Though the timeline shows it wasn't a recent change, it was Hasbro guessing in the 90s, and then never fixing their mistake:
https://medium.com/letter-from-away/russia-ukraine-and-the-game-of-risk-b24470be1401

 

[Pale Rider]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500880735556755462

 

[Wheelimus]

I imagine a few of those companies continued business in Russia is more of a hostage situation than corporate greed. Keep working with a gun to your head and all.

 

[Dekafox]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500894304402874383

 

[Wheelimus]

No link because it's buried in a CNN live update feed but the Ruble crashed even harder. As of a couple hours ago trading at 155 to 1 dollar. So it's worth less than a cent now.

Enjoy this invasion Russia as you drag the entire world into a recession. All to occupy poor Ukraine. Such idiots.

 

[wonko the sane?]

I'm actually rooting for a recession cause I'm one of the AMC apes, but that's something else entirely...

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Guess I'd better get my "eat the rich" knife sharpened and ready.

 

[RichardT519]

With our luck, Putin will reach nuclear-level desperation on April 1, when nobody would believe reports that the missiles were coming.

 

[Nevermore]

That cynical jackass seriously offered to allow for the evacution of civilians... but only to Russia and Belarus.

Obviously his plan is to use the footage as "evidence" that Ukrainians are fleeing from their own government.

 

[Dekafox]

That cynical jackass seriously offered to allow for the evacution of civilians... but only to Russia and Belarus.

Obviously his plan is to use the footage as "evidence" that Ukrainians are fleeing from their own government.

It gets worse... according to the Red Cross those evacuation routes were also fully mined.

 

[wonko the sane?]

He's also shelled every other path they negotiated: so there's no reason to believe any of those refugees (even the ones who MADE IT to russia or belarus.) wouldn't just be outright murdered on arrival.

 

[Paladin]

United Nations advises staff against using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine

Email on communications policy reminds worker of responsibility to ‘be impartial’

www.irishtimes.com

in case you thought the UN actually mattered.

 

[Wheelimus]

I present - Ukrainian soldiers playing checkers with Molotov Cocktails. Because they someone had to be even more badass.

Ukrainian Soldiers Play Grimmest Board Game Ever As They Wait For Russians

Troops used Molotov cocktails instead of checkers pieces.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Ungnome]

United Nations advises staff against using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine

Email on communications policy reminds worker of responsibility to ‘be impartial’

www.irishtimes.com

in case you thought the UN actually mattered.

What's the difference between a military offensive and a war exactly? Two nations are fighting each other using lethal weapons sanctioned by their respective governments, that's war, always has been(police actions and the like are STILL war, it's stupid when the US tries to use such semantics, it's just as stupid when Russia does)..On top of that, one nation has moved its troops into the others sovereign territory, a textbook definition of an invasion.... Russia does not need to be appeased on this. Frankly, when this is all over I feel Russia should be removed from the human rights council and probably the security council as well until Putin is replaced.(I know Russia has special status in the UN charter, so doing any of that is problematic)

 

[Wheelimus]

It's a war. Call it a war. Hug the UN.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

It's not a war because Russia is part of the UN and it might make them cry.

 

[wonko the sane?]

And why is russia still part of the UN? They violated international law when they invaded a sovereign nation without provocation, then they committed war crimes. Hell, they way treat their OWN citizens should merit massive scrutiny and at the very least probationary status.

 

[Teufel]

Vaccines shouldn't be used as leverage (especially over a symbolic UN vote with no teeth of all huggin' things)

Link

One country's decision to abstain from condemning Russia has now cost it a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.

On Wednesday, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and demanding immediate withdrawal, with 141 out of the 193 members nations voting in favor of the resolution. Five nations voted against it, including Russia itself, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, and Eritrea. The remaining 35 countries abstained from the vote.

Among the abstaining members was the South Asian country of Bangladesh. As a result of that decision, Lithuania reversed a previous decision from earlier in the week to send over 440,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh, according to a report from Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT). This was confirmed to LRT by a spokesperson for Lithuanian prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė.

 

[Dekafox]

And why is russia still part of the UN? They violated international law when they invaded a sovereign nation without provocation, then they committed war crimes. Hell, they way treat their OWN citizens should merit massive scrutiny and at the very least probationary status.

Because they were written into the bones of the thing - or technically, the USSR was. Not sure how it was decided to give Russia all the previous USSR privileges in the UN, but maybe there is a loophole there, depending on how that was done. Honestly, I wonder if it would be a good idea to strip the Veto power from all the countries that have it...

Otherwise, I'd point to Babylon 5 as a fictional example of this sort of thing(Russians = Centauri, Ukrainians = Narn). It's mean to be a place where countries can talk out their differences peacefully, but it can't really do anything on its own. And that last bit was on purpose after the failure of the League of Nations or whatever it was called post-WW1. But the idea is that if you boot them out, then there's no venue to talk peacefully, leaving no reason for the kicked-out to not go all-out.