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dr_rat posted:Hasn't he openly mentioned he's part of, or a contractor for the Australian department of defense? Never openly, he's very cautious about his privacy, but yeah, he's somewhere in that sphere. Even back in his Dominions 5 days, which is what he was mostly doing as a youtuber before the war, there were hints that he was not just an armchair wargaming nerd. He made a name for himself in the Dom5 community with some astonishing wins over much, much more experienced players, not through a greater understanding of the game mechanics, but through exceptional diplomatic plays and beautiful logistics and operations management in a game where those things are punishingly difficult. Perun's Nazca series is a master-class in strategy game play.
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May 28, 2023 20:50
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Well as an Aussie I'm really hoping he's working for our DOD than I must say.
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May 28, 2023 20:53
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https://twitter.com/RandySF45/status/1662906986491674624freep posted:DETROIT (AP) — Police in Michigan say a woman vandalized two Detroit-area religious centers in hopes people would blame a Ukrainian militia. Some really bizarre stuff happening in Detroit. Lots of Eastern European immigrants live there, especially Polish.
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May 28, 2023 21:07
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:https://twitter.com/RandySF45/status/1662906986491674624 Somewhat on that topic, I wonder what things are like in areas of the US that are heavily Russian and Ukrainian? Is there any noticeable tensions?
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May 28, 2023 22:31
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Charliegrs posted:My guess is she was steeped in pro Russia propaganda during those 2 years in Serbia. But she also must be mentally ill. She has to be majorly mentally ill to even entertain the idea that people would blame a Ukrainian militia that is currently in Ukraine for arson in Michigan.
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May 28, 2023 22:42
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Charliegrs posted:My guess is she was steeped in pro Russia propaganda during those 2 years in Serbia. But she also must be mentally ill. Most of the Russian nationals I know studiously avoid the topic like the plague, though a friend of mine decided they weren’t going to send their kid back to Russia for the summer to stay with family this year. Now the Chinese expats whoa Nelly are they hard on the ‘Biden warmonger why doesn’t he force them to negotiate for peace both sides commit atrocities’ train.
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May 28, 2023 22:49
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Oracle posted:Most of the Russian nationals I know studiously avoid the topic like the plague, though a friend of mine decided they weren’t going to send their kid back to Russia for the summer to stay with family this year. I'd love to have a clearer sense of the media ecosystem that Chinese expats are operating in. I know that the government places an emphasis on surveillance and control over expats, so that presumably includes a parallel propaganda apparatus.
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May 28, 2023 23:29
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All of the Russian stores and restaurants around here have at least a "we stand with Ukraine" sign on their door or in their window. There's one Russian market which does not and has a lot of Imperial Russia flags around the store but no Z stuff or anything. All these places do a lot of business with the general public and also eastern European expats other than Russians.
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May 28, 2023 23:45
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Discendo Vox posted:I'd love to have a clearer sense of the media ecosystem that Chinese expats are operating in. I know that the government places an emphasis on surveillance and control over expats, so that presumably includes a parallel propaganda apparatus. Lots of sharing of news links on WeChat and such, probably doesn’t help that most news in Mandarin is coming from or filtered through the state.
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May 29, 2023 00:46
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Charliegrs posted:Somewhat on that topic, I wonder what things are like in areas of the US that are heavily Russian and Ukrainian? Is there any noticeable tensions?
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May 29, 2023 01:10
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Grape posted:Do you actually honestly seriously believe Ukraine is encouraging Orthodox jihad it's only fair after all those years when Muscovy declared that all non-Muscovite orthodoxy was invalid and forced migrants to get baptized again
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May 29, 2023 01:25
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:https://twitter.com/RandySF45/status/1662906986491674624 Huh, this actually hit the news a few weeks ago. The Detroit Free Press article had some details; it's paywalled but here's an archived version. https://archive.is/8e7fo Ms. Nord had some bylines at MintPress, whatever that is, and got signal boosts from Max Blumenthal. There's a darkly humorous line in there we she states "I'm trying to do as many hate crimes as possible."
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May 29, 2023 01:56
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Here my wife's best friend is ukrainian. Like speaking of orthodoxy, we all go here https://stbasilneworleans.org/quote:As a multi-ethnic, Orthodox Christian parish, we welcome persons of all walks of life. Our members come from across the world including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, Ethiopia, Greece, and the United States. About half of our members are cradle Orthodox while the other half are local converts from Roman Catholicism or Protestantism. and they aren't really exaggerating, it's extremely chill and dare I say, christlike. Particularly given how mentioning NORCC classes, people will assume it's more russian propaganda being spewed and no, not really, it's just teaching little kids poo poo about russian language or borscht recipes or so on. My niece in law is about to finally gtfo Russia for the summer and do this one https://norcc.coursestorm.com/category/russian-food-culinary The only actual ethnic tension I've seen outside a handful of old angry vova lovers was from a polish dude pissed off at my wife's best friend for being a ukrainian that associates with russians. Fair I guess, if anyone has legit reasons to be angry at russians by default, poles are up there
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May 29, 2023 01:59
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Agronox posted:Ms. Nord had some bylines at MintPress, whatever that is, and got signal boosts from Max Blumenthal. Mintpress is a proxy for a whole bunch of authoritarian regimes; it came up a lot in the Venezuela thread as a source promoting Maduro regime materials initially developed through TeleSUR, and serves as a major mediator of Syrian and Russian propaganda. edit: some older 2018 interviews refer to her as the cofounder of Geopolitics Alert, which went inactive in 2021 and seems to have focused on pro-Erdogan and Syria messaging. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 02:09 on May 29, 2023 |
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May 29, 2023 02:00
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She has another website too.
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May 29, 2023 04:47
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Risky click of the day.
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May 29, 2023 05:40
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Whatever that is, it appears to now be down. Looks like it was a personal writing site based on the wayback machine, but the only dates recorded for it from that resource start on the 19th.
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May 29, 2023 05:44
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Chalks posted:The holy war part is a little creepy, but what ever gets the job done I guess. It's incredible to live in a time where participants in a war release trailers for their upcoming offensives. https://twitter.com/UnseenOps/status/1661499544297717762
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May 29, 2023 09:33
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Another day of incredibly stupid bullshit https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1663100775004876800?t=au2gd-j3vWALhuZkzfJ7lw&s=19
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May 29, 2023 09:37
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Charliegrs posted:Somewhat on that topic, I wonder what things are like in areas of the US that are heavily Russian and Ukrainian? Is there any noticeable tensions? My family background is Ukrainian & Polish, and I grew up around tons of Russian speaking people who came from everywhere from Serbia to Moldova to Moscow to Kazakhstan & Polish folks. Plenty from Belarus. I live in the Midwest US. We all played together growing up. The TLDR of my entire community of people whom I know (easily in the thousands if I include Facebook), has been that almost every one of them has been supportive of Ukraine, universally. Including those who are native Russian speakers and everyone who isn't. These are even the same people that believe Russian/Trump propaganda&hate crimes, anti lgbtq or in groups trying to force religion into public schools, etc. It's explicitly aligned in support for Ukraine regardless. That was at the start of the war though, and plenty still have Ukraine support Facebook profiles etc but don't post much about the war lately.
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May 29, 2023 10:09
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Charliegrs posted:My guess is she was steeped in pro Russia propaganda during those 2 years in Serbia. But she also must be mentally ill. I know you said US, but given how overwhelmingly american this thread is, I'll contribute my experience from Poland. Russians here mostly trying to lay low, none of them I know want to go back to Russia. One colleage of mine changed companies to go to another country in the EU where he felt a bit more secure with his immigration status, he told me "I can't allow my daughter to grow up there [russia], they'll turn her into a monster." All of them I know are against the war, despise Putin, etc, but worry about anti-russian sentiment. Lots and lots and lots of ukrainian folks in Warsaw now, 50/50 my cab driver is ukrainian on any given day (pretty common before the war, too) and if you just go out walking in the city you'll hear a lot of UA. Comte de Saint-Germain fucked around with this message at 10:51 on May 29, 2023 |
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May 29, 2023 10:46
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There was a video recently of a Russian woman in an American suburb who put up 'Bakhmut is ours. Thank you, Wagner ZV' in Russian on her garage door. That attracted some Ukrainians who convinced her to remove it. Later yet, someone slashed her tyres and painted the car blue and yellow. Haven't seen anything on the same level in the US. Outside of America, Germany is probably the place where altercations between Ukrainian refugees and Russian war supporters happen the most. For a variety of reasons, a relatively large amount Russian Germans from Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as a lot of Russian-speaking Eastern Europeans in general who moved to Germany in the 90s were sucked into the AfD/Russian propaganda bubble.
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May 29, 2023 11:21
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fatherboxx posted:Another day of incredibly stupid bullshit Looks like Mr. Little Ladybugs can't travel to Russia now. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1663137874567413760
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May 29, 2023 12:05
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This is likely at least partially motivated by the Putin arrest warrant, as Russia is utterly addicted to tit-fot-tat. Every perceived slight or hostile act has to be met with an 'equal and opposite' reaction, to domestically and internationally prove Russia's strength and that it is on 'equal footing' with the West, constantly 'holding its own'. The thing is though, the actual substance of its tit-for-tat responses usually just highlight Russia's complete weakness and inability to respond to Western actions in any comparable way. Who the gently caress cares if they issue an arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham? Come back when you have the balls to issue one for Biden or Macron. Add to that the fact it's only applicable in Russia, which highlights Russia's international isolation and weakness, whereas the ICC one which was international, which means Putin actually has to factor it in to some extent, ruling him out of being able to visit quite a few countries (and even more so in the case of that Children's Commissioner or whatever her name was). I doubt Graham gives a poo poo about being unable to visit Russia. I doubt anyone really does.
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May 29, 2023 14:15
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Medusa is reporting that a Russian textbook with a chapter on the war in Ukraine is being published. https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/2...collective-west quote:Russia’s history textbook for students in 10th and 11th grade will now include a chapter on the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Journalists from the news outlet Sota received photographs of the textbook from a teacher in Arkhangelsk. I've never seen near contemporary history in the US, but we always had old rear end textbooks. Wonder if any school would actually end up using these and if they would have to get updated when the conflict ends.
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May 29, 2023 16:55
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Tigey posted:This is likely at least partially motivated by the Putin arrest warrant, as Russia is utterly addicted to tit-fot-tat. Every perceived slight or hostile act has to be met with an 'equal and opposite' reaction, to domestically and internationally prove Russia's strength and that it is on 'equal footing' with the West, constantly 'holding its own'. So Bald and Bankrupt is a legit sex pest, but he was one of the only English language channels making ANYTHING even approaching complimentary of visiting Russia or Russian culture. They booted his rear end out for mentioning that invading Ukraine was wrong. Russia constantly makes themselves the most unfriendly industrialized country on Earth and then gets super defensive that no one seems to respect them.
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May 29, 2023 16:57
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There's always Graham Phillips. As far as I know he's still in LNR held territory.
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May 29, 2023 17:59
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WarpedLichen posted:Medusa is reporting that a Russian textbook with a chapter on the war in Ukraine is being published. Just look at Florida currently. It's not about a war, but Florida's textbooks are rewriting civil rights as polite disagreements that white people graciously bestowed upon minorities.
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May 29, 2023 18:29
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ummel posted:Just look at Florida currently. It's not about a war, but Florida's textbooks are rewriting civil rights as polite disagreements that white people graciously bestowed upon minorities. Wife is a teacher. It’s uh… bleak.
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May 29, 2023 22:40
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Some really bizarre stuff happening in Detroit. Lots of Eastern European immigrants live there, especially Polish. A fair bit of Ukrainians too. As told by family, a lot of them came seeking jobs at the auto companies when many left Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917-1921. (Same could be said about most of the immigrants in the area that came over between 1900 and WWII, honestly) My wife is Ukrainian/Lithuanian who had both sets of great grandparents come over at the same time Paywalled link: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/03/michigan-has-the-9th-most-residents-with-ukrainian-ancestry-in-the-us.html
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May 29, 2023 22:46
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fatherboxx posted:Another day of incredibly stupid bullshit Just for the record, I and many fellow Americans fully endorse throwing Lindsey Graham into Lubyanka. So your tit-for-tat kinda backfired here, Vladi.
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May 30, 2023 01:22
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Charliegrs posted:Somewhat on that topic, I wonder what things are like in areas of the US that are heavily Russian and Ukrainian? Is there any noticeable tensions? It's very difficult to separate any tension that might arise from that vs. tensions of domestic origin since one party is very pro-intervention and one party has a very anti-intervention wing. The far right of the Republicans essentially mirror Russian propaganda so any pro-Russian views fall into that.
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May 30, 2023 01:37
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Just for the record, I and many fellow Americans fully endorse throwing Lindsey Graham into Lubyanka. So your tit-for-tat kinda backfired here, Vladi. Did you know that the Lubyanka is the tallest building in Moscow? You can see Siberia from the basement.
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May 30, 2023 05:36
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Atreiden posted:get over yourself buddy, the fact you didn't like their word choice and had to tell everyone is just silly. Please assume good faith in this thread. If it is clear and obvious that you are dealing with a troll, then report it and move on edit: As interesting as the battle between textbooks in Florida and common sense might be, this is not the place for that debate. Rigel fucked around with this message at 06:53 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 06:50
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following another concerted terror strike against kyiv, ukraine is sending a pleasant good morning response to moscow https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/1663398514477658112 https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1663413883053195264 ed: apparently a significant size attack fleet. a bunch shot down, but two got through to targets within the MKAD: https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1663472769265287168 --- unrelated tangential personal anecdote fluff: russian tourists in regions that typically have russian tourists very much do not discuss current events or ask americans about their opinions of them. central asian locals do! Qtotonibudinibudet fucked around with this message at 10:52 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 07:10
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:following another concerted terror strike against kyiv, ukraine is sending a pleasant good morning response to moscow Not surprised considering budanov already promised a quick response to the drone attacks on kyiv. https://twitter.com/OlgaBazova/status/1663432247867785216 Willo567 fucked around with this message at 11:17 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 11:08
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where do you even find that poo poo
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May 30, 2023 11:24
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Willo567 posted:Not surprised considering budanov already promised a quick response to the drone attacks on kyiv. Cool november 2022 regdate account here https://twitter.com/OlgaBazova/status/1662303777951457281?t=Zthr2IlZJ1AwnxgunThoDg&s=19 Dont bring this garbage into this thread FYI it takes more than couple hours to prepare a long range drone mission or a missile strike fatherboxx fucked around with this message at 11:28 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 11:25
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Just want to mention the weird sticker on one of the downed drones. https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1663454936258977792 Ani Lorak is a popular Ukrainian singer, who currently lives in Russia and is under sanctions in Ukraine since October last year. It's obviously a meme referencing her weak public response to the invasion, but a meme that only someone from Ukraine would employ, I imagine. E: https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1663431175292043264 Paladinus fucked around with this message at 13:36 on May 30, 2023 |
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fatherboxx posted:Cool november 2022 regdate account here Sorry, I didn't realize the account I posted was doing weird conspiracy poo poo.
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