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Telsa Cola
Aug 19, 2011

No... this is all wrong... this whole operation has just gone completely sidewaysface

the popes toes posted:

OK. I'm starting to reevaluate. If the gopniks can't get their Adidas poo poo, maybe there will be trouble at home.

If the supply issue rumors we heard are true, along with the rumors around what Chinese exports they were able to get then yeah the Russian civilian sector is rapidly approaching the find out portion of gently caress around and find out.

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Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

the popes toes posted:

OK. I'm starting to reevaluate. If the gopniks can't get their Adidas poo poo, maybe there will be trouble at home.

Plastic surgeons have also already run out of breast implants. I don't think you can substitute that with a potato.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Nenonen posted:

Plastic surgeons have also already run out of breast implants. I don't think you can substitute that with a potato.

I beg to differ. :colbert:

Xae
Jan 19, 2005

Heck Yes! Loam! posted:

I'll never understand the phenomenon of 'The peaceful path is to allow Ukraine to fall under Russian occupation.'

Do they think Russia wouldn't have killed tens of thousands just because? Do the Ukrainians not get agency?

Is it the Neville chamberlain thing all over again, or do all these people honestly believe the Russian propaganda or that the US is always evil therefore opposition is always the moral choice?

It is really loving creepy and unsettling how many people pretend to think this way ot actually think this way.

Imagine your only goal in life is attention and validation for being a Big Thinker on Twitter.

You run your mouth off about some poo poo and then reality comes and proves you wrong.


Option 1: Admit you were wrong about a lot of poo poo and aren't nearly as smart as you thought you were.

Option 2: Double down. Obviously there is this vast conspiracy involving millions of people and the deaths of thousand just so you would be wrong on Twitter.

nutri_void
Apr 18, 2015

I shall devour your soul.
Grimey Drawer

cinci zoo sniper posted:

I beg to differ. :colbert:

A true Slav can replace anything with some potatoes

Sekenr
Dec 12, 2013




Telsa Cola posted:

China does not have the technological or industrial expertise and infrastructure to replace many of the western exports or parts needed for Russia to run certain industries. An example of something that came up very quickly was medical and dental equipment and prosthethics.

If there is like 2 providers for specific parts for chemical manufacturing and both providers are German or French or whatever China is not going to be able to spin up production fast enough for said parts, if at all.

My IT friends tell me that the most important thing is that Taiwanese factory that makes microchips. They literally do not produce microprocessors inside Russia. Even the crappy Elbrus processors that ru media was so proud of (and even Sberbank refused elbrus based servers) has russian designed architecture but were physically produced in Taiwan. To build this industry inside Russia will take at least a few years provided free acces to high tech imports which they dont have at the moment. There is a of course China but recent chip shortages it will likely be focused on filling internal demand first, biggest external buyers second and Russia third.

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009

nutri_void posted:

A true Slav can replace anything with some potatoes

TIL Lukashenko is the only true Slav.

Somaen
Nov 19, 2007

by vyelkin
Didn't manage to find the original on AFP so kind of wary of the numbers but lol if true. Decades spent trying to create an energy noose unraveling very quickly because grandpa spent two years in a bunker hiding from covid and human contact and went insane watching his own propagandist clowns repeating his own bullshit about ukraine

https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-slashes-energy-reliance-on-russia/6552575.html

quote:

BERLIN — Germany said Sunday it has made progress in sharply reducing its reliance on Russian energy, a strategic shift Europe's biggest economy has embarked on since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Russian supplies now make up 12 percent of Germany's oil imports compared to 35 percent previously, the economy ministry said in a statement.

Coal from Russia has also been slashed to eight percent compared to 45 percent of Germany's purchases previously.

Dependence on gas remains substantial, but Europe's biggest economy had also reduced its Russian sources to 35 percent of the total compared to 55 percent before Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

The government had in March laid out plans to halve oil imports from Russia by June and to end coal deliveries by the autumn.

Germany is also expected to be able to largely wean itself off Russian gas in mid-2024.

"All these steps that we have taken require an enormous effect from all players and they also mean costs that are being felt by the economy and consumers," said Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

"But they are necessary if we no longer want to be blackmailed by Russia," he stressed.

The reliance of Europe's biggest economy on Russian energy has been exposed as an Achilles' heel as Western allies scramble to penalize Vladimir Putin for his attack on Ukraine.

The export giant has since been racing to find alternative energy suppliers to replace Russian contracts.

Risky Bisquick
Jan 18, 2008

PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.



Buglord
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520692009480372225
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1520782988061118464
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1520741656219299843
https://twitter.com/xxNB65/status/1520663353395486725

:siren: A reminder the large scale invasion of UA was preceeded by hacking attempts against it's institutions :siren:
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1520765768950034432

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009
https://twitter.com/mariamposts/status/1518944588832153602

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013





The song is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_War and the flag is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Banner_(Soviet_Union), if you wonder.

Mr. Apollo
Nov 8, 2000

Speaking of Melitopol, the Russians stole a bunch of John Deere farm equipment and shipped it to Russia only to find out that John Deere remotely locked all the equipment.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicles-ukraine-disabled-melitopol-intl/index.html

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Mr. Apollo posted:

Speaking of Melitopol, the Russians stole a bunch of John Deere farm equipment and shipped it to Russia only to find out that John Deere remotely locked all the equipment.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicles-ukraine-disabled-melitopol-intl/index.html

This is incredibly ironic, if you know the context of Ukrainian hackers being the go-to provider for John Deere tractor jailbreaking services in Eastern Europe.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware

Edit:

https://twitter.com/girkingirkin/status/1520783410909876226

Kursk bridge.

Edit 2: To no one’s surprise, Ukraine has announced transition to NATO weapons systems. https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-nato-weapons-upgrade-transition-announced-50238381.html

cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 19:32 on May 1, 2022

VideoGameVet
May 14, 2005

It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion. It is by the juice of Java that pedaling acquires speed, the teeth acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion.
https://twitter.com/progbullwark/status/1520814347727028226

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




That is an incredibly wild claim, as of yet.

evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

double post

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




evil_bunnY posted:

double post

Your previous post was 3 days ago, are you sure?

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

I think this is still crossable by trains, you just have to go maximum speed.

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


Nenonen posted:

I think this is still crossable by trains, you just have to go maximum speed.

There's a mod for that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAahBoEqgHQ

FishBulbia
Dec 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1520283309540089857?s=20&t=2X837Dxgs_jXJ78EWu6JrQ

good to see europe returning to its artistic traditions

evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

cinci zoo sniper posted:

Your previous post was 3 days ago, are you sure?
I posted the same tweet as a couple posts above me, expressing the same doubts you did. There was no added value so I yoinked it.

notwithoutmyanus
Mar 17, 2009

I'd wonder if this was known, given https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-04-22/qiwi-announces-changes-to-the-board-of-directors

bloomberg posted:

NICOSIA, Cyprus, April 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIWI plc (NASDAQ and MOEX:
QIWI) (“QIWI” or the “Company”), a leading provider of cutting-edge payment
and financial services in Russia and the CIS, today announced that Elena
Titova has resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, with effect from 20
April, 2022.

Ms. Elena Titova has served as our independent director since June 2019 and
acted as a Chairperson of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Audit
Committee, and Member of the Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




:nms: quoted tweet has vehicles getting blown up

https://twitter.com/nrg8000/status/1520834893064065024

In a case of bad OPSEC, Russian propaganda shows Ukrainian forces advanced further than anything my go-to maps source was aware of.

evil_bunnY posted:

I posted the same tweet as a couple posts above me, expressing the same doubts you did. There was no added value so I yoinked it.

Ah, I see. I wondered if you edited something after just posting it in a different thread.

DeeplyConcerned
Apr 29, 2008

I can fit 3 whole bud light cans now, ask me how!

Atreiden posted:

Wild if true, The Ukrainians killed another General, so still one dead Russian General per week.

https://twitter.com/mattia_n/status/1520480474845663232

Yikes, talk about your drinking problems. Either that or chalk up one rosy-cheeked russian.

FishBulbia
Dec 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/Caucasuswar/status/1520795991468818437

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1520766944328224769

Kchama
Jul 25, 2007

the white hand posted:

Chomsky's point was that Trump is the only US politician "of stature" who is doing it. I think we're so used to hearing our own State Department include poison pills like preconditions in its statements about negotiations (in any theater) that the anodyne nature of a truly neutral, pro-negotiation statement can be arresting.

Also I have another question: Why does the 'West'/Ukraine have to be the ones without preconditions? Does Chomsky, or you, believe that Russia hasn't had any preconditions? There were negotiations going like crazy until the very start of the war and they all died for the same reason they haven't worked out so far: Russia's preconditions.

Rapulum_Dei
Sep 7, 2009

Kchama posted:

Also I have another question: Why does the 'West'/Ukraine have to be the ones without preconditions? Does Chomsky, or you, believe that Russia hasn't had any preconditions? There were negotiations going like crazy until the very start of the war and they all died for the same reason they haven't worked out so far: Russia's preconditions.

I believe it’s because it’s NATOs fault and Russia is only defending itself by invading, shelling murdering, raping and erasing Ukraine.

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good

does russia have an equivalent of the nfpa that tracks annual fire losses? i'd be really curious to see historical data on russian large loss fires to see what the baseline even is

the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004

Poland on offering security guarantees to Ukraine: We will not shirk our responsibility (Jakub Kumoch, the presidential minister and head of the International Policy Office)

- We will not shirk our responsibilities and I can assure you: there will be no support for any peace agreement that would hand Ukraine over to Russia. There is no place for a Chamberlain.

- If a peace agreement is to be reached, we are only interested in one that guarantees the territorial integrity of Ukraine and its independence. And only one that the Ukrainians agree to.

- The Russians would like the guarantees to be a repeat of Budapest, and Ukraine and would additionally recognize the loss of Crimea and Donbas. As you have rightly pointed out, this is ridiculous. At the beginning, they also demanded the disarmament of Ukraine, but it is arrogant to demand the disarmament of the state whose army crushed a large part of Russian forces in a land clash.

- It is Russia that is to be afraid, have dilemmas, and wonder where is the red line beyond which NATO will enter. There is no point in reassuring her.

https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadom...8&s=BoxNewsImg6

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




GhostofJohnMuir posted:

does russia have an equivalent of the nfpa that tracks annual fire losses? i'd be really curious to see historical data on russian large loss fires to see what the baseline even is

Searching around for a few minutes, it seems that the ministry of emergency situations does collect and sometimes publish that data, but it’s too late in the day for me to bother figuring out if there’s a tidy databank to make an effort post from - besides, we are rather unlikely to have 2022 data in the same form, even just for Q1 and with political motivations disregarded.

Bel Shazar
Sep 14, 2012

cinci zoo sniper posted:

Your previous post was 3 days ago, are you sure?

Internet explorer users, mirite?

davecrazy
Nov 25, 2004

I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.
https://twitter.com/toialerts/status/1520864901144539136?s=21&t=CPyIDZtMnvrzCEvDUBZzBw

Galaxy brain.

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009
I see the "denazifiers" are going for a one-drop rule of being Jewish? (Rumors count variety).

Bashez
Jul 19, 2004

:10bux:

cinci zoo sniper posted:

:nms: quoted tweet has vehicles getting blown up

In a case of bad OPSEC, Russian propaganda shows Ukrainian forces advanced further than anything my go-to maps source was aware of.

Ah, I see. I wondered if you edited something after just posting it in a different thread.

Do you know what the ukrainians are firing here?

alex314
Nov 22, 2007

Bashez posted:

Do you know what the ukrainians are firing here?
If you're talking about the drone footage it's Ukrainians being fired upon.
Looks like mortar, with a truck and a car parked in the woods.

Comstar
Apr 20, 2007

Are you happy now?
https://twitter.com/InnaSovsun/status/1520838878155976704?s=20&t=bZYXP63FxE6Tw5gPLBdszQ


There is nothing I can say.

the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004


I prefer not to believe this. Not because it is propaganda, even if true, but because I'd like to believe there are limits on the depravity to which I imagine sane people can descend, even if I'm pretending to myself about it. So no. Not believing it.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Yeah that's just too cartoonishly hosed up for me to even process. That's enough for me today.

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the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004

Any German or Hungarian goons able to comment?
https://twitter.com/vtchakarova/status/1520851193991512064?cxt=HHwWgIC-4cyGk5sqAAAA

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