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@catfitzRussian translator, Eurasia, Internet tech & ideologies. Cat/clowder. https://t.co/A9L99t1LbC My book on Snowden: https://t.co/Vx57S1ay4z Words in my head
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"Russia’s armed forces have recruited hundreds of Yemeni men to fight in Ukraine, brought by a shadowy trafficking operation that highlights the growing links between Moscow and the Houthi rebel group." archive.ph/UNnCC#selectio…
If Russia gets to send Houthis to Ukraine, HUR gets to send Abu Tow to Kursk. It’s only fair.
A new military conflict has erupted in Syria, during which Russian Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel have already been killed, and their equipment, weapons, and vehicles have been captured. t.me/c/1154166453/1…
The other day, I was giving a ride to an Azov guy I know. And he was like: "Sometimes, I find myself praying that the next shell comes for me and delivers me from this hell on earth. Sometimes, Russians on comms don't get it why we laugh as we repel their meat grinder…
The man once cleared out 5 MG nests by himself. He also led a brigade in Panama, served on the staff of the 82nd during the gulf war, was at the pentagon when it was hit on 9/11, and has experience in Europe.
I guess this isn't the worse but the "special envoy to Ukraine" should be...the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
Today I posted the video below about having lived in Ukraine now for 1000 days. Having served in a variety of positions: Journalist, Civilian Government, Military , I thought I’d make a thread of 20 random facts about my first 1000 days of war. Check out the thread 👇
The smarter of the newsmedia liberals knew she was a weak candidate. Some said so on the TL, some only said so in DMs. Most went along with her because she was “inevitable.” But fam she was only inevitable bc you were complacent fatalists unwilling to rock the boat of Stupid
I now know that @thegridkid must NOT use chatGPT to make his Spelling Bees at @nytimes If you ask Jippity to help you cheat on the puzzles, he stalls out. He can't do it. He might come up with...3 words you had already. Due to "tokenization" apparently.
Thanks for the tip @beesolved ! Hand up: There’s definitely a word in today’s puzzle that falls well outside my normal editing thresholds. Simply an oversight that it made its way into today’s word list. Apologies to the #hivemind, especially those who chase 👑🐝 status daily!
Butter theft has become a major problem in Moscow. In one store “they’re nicking butter big-time… sometimes 10-15 packs per hour go missing”.
Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia
Karin Karlekar, director, Writers at Risk to @penamerica: “PEN America strongly denounces the arrest of novelist Boualem Sansal and urges Algerian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Free speech is essential to a thriving society."
Sorry, but lowering the draft age to 18 for the sake of getting more manpower while partners still spend months and years weighing the risks of escalation with every single weapon and equipment type that Ukraine begs for does not seem to look like a good long-term strategy.
Trans women are women, but they have demonstrably stronger bodies. You wd think then every team wd want one to win! Like you'd back Kenyans in marathons and Russians in chess. Except trans are seen as a way to make other women *lose*. And be *beaten*. As they already are by men.
The Achilles Heel of this movement has always been that Strangio's claim isn't true. They tried to work around this problem by corrupting medical and scientific authorities to lie on their behalf -- the terrifying ease with which they succeeded in this does not change the…
White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle Russia - @AP How do you like it? It's a call to farther destruction of the country and dying of the nation.
WSJ columnist @PeggyNoonanNYC had refused to meet Trump for eight years: “I had a feeling that up close he would be charming and funny—and that it would mess with my swing as an observer.” After finally meeting him a couple weeks ago, she told herself: “Honey, your intuition was…
It's genuinely odd for a sitting US senator to be this wrong about such an important foreign policy issue.
The United States has sent $211 BILLION of your tax dollars to Ukraine, 4X as much as the rest of the world COMBINED.
Lots of people braver than me, like Jesse and Katie, @helenlewis at the Atlantic, and Azeen Ghorayshi at the NYTimes, have opened the door to more honest discussion. Here’s the full article… 4/x nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/…
This is some healthy pushback against years of one-note conversations on trans issues (“you’re either with us or you are pure evil”). A lot of people have faced over the top harassment for stating widely held views like allowing trans women in competitive sports is unfair. 1/
1) If you believe no one should defend the free speech rights of people you say are bigots, you shouldn't donate to either organization, because we both know that's not true. 2) The idea that we only defend power shows you haven't done your homework and that you don’t even know…
Why not give it to the ACLU? They have a better track record than you. You defend bigotry and power. They defend speech, DEI (even outside of Florida), and people's rights. They fight for people that look like me. You fight for people that hate me.
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