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Interesting news and conjecture out of Poland. Apparently Poland was completely sidelined by the EU. Polish PM’s call for an extraordinary EU summit in Belarus was dismissed as arrogant, especially in light of the ongoing breaches of the rule of law in the country. Tikhanovskaya’s exit was negotiated by Lithuanian PM, who has visited Belarus a month ago and is reported to be on talking terms with Luka, under the auspices of the US, who don’t want the situation in Belarus to change drastically. By all indications, Lithuania’s in the drivers sear for the EU on this one.
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Things picked up much earlier today. Looks like mostly women out protesting in white with flowers, OMON seems to be at a loss what to do. Edit: just as I wrote this... https://twitter.com/tadeuszgiczan/status/1293540275730755584?s=21 https://twitter.com/positivehater1/status/1293551590016724998?s=21 Mokotow fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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Aug 12, 2020 15:10
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My favorite today in this gloom. Guy gets released by crowd, women in white surround riot cops and shower them with flowers. https://twitter.com/romanvillaitaly/status/1293591256300490760?s=21
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Aug 12, 2020 17:53
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:I also understand sonic weapons were going to be used or are being used. Does anyone know if this is the case? I have not seen a single image out of hundreds I’ve seen in the last 4 days that would indicate anything of the sort.
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Aug 12, 2020 22:09
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Lots of factories, including MA3, have walked out today. Protesters out on the street basically since before noon. EU ambassadors laid flowers on the spot where a protester was killed. Evening convoy of anti-riot troops, as every day, is making its way into Minsk.
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Aug 13, 2020 13:55
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Women getting released from the torture jail in Minsk atm. A line of ambulances is going in and out of the prison. Some mire or less likely conjecture flowing around. Reportedly, there are around 30 bodies in morgues in Minsk. Riot police and military have been reported to be leaving the city. In less likeLy gossip, there are rumors of a military coup (thus the release of prisoners) and movement of military forces to the russian border,
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Aug 13, 2020 22:42
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Workers marching on government buildings now, live feeds available from Belsat and Euronews. https://twitter.com/euronews/status/1294266503035064322?s=21 Mokotow fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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Aug 14, 2020 14:39
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Sekenr posted:I might be jaded as gently caress and hope to god I'm wrong but current rally in front of parliament is way too nice and peaceful to be true and for monster such as Luka. Internet is now off and the clown car parade is on the way.
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Aug 14, 2020 16:15
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Sekenr posted:According to motolko channel, they are actually leaving the Independance square vicinity as of 10 minutes ago. Something fucky about it. Seems like some internal struggle maybe?
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Aug 14, 2020 16:58
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Topograhically, Belarus is a far better position to start a conflict than russians current borders. If russia were to continue to cause insurrection in Ukraine the dniper would become the new border, However with Belarus under absolute control the dniper is a non-issue for any future conflicts. Remember we're not talking about a conflict today, or tomorrow, or this year. The pieces are being placed for the next grand war of mobility. When will that happen? Unknown. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
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Aug 14, 2020 21:34
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Perfection. https://twitter.com/tadeuszgiczan/status/1294334174275481600?s=21
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Aug 14, 2020 21:39
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Sekenr, why are you here and not getting in on the hot night stall chai action. https://twitter.com/blxckmosquito/status/1294370786900422662?s=21
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Aug 14, 2020 21:57
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Sekenr posted:
Paladinus is ok, he just posted before you. https://twitter.com/pravdagaste/status/1294382983156322305?s=21 Mokotow fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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Aug 14, 2020 22:18
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Good read before tomorrow: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/women-belarus-take-protests-into-their-own-hands . There’s a funeral noon local time for the first victim, then what’s shaping to be the biggest demonstration yet.
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Aug 14, 2020 22:41
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Yikes
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Aug 15, 2020 10:43
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920) It’s the anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw today, one of the few outright victories in Polish history, and a modern one against a major power. Just had some jets zoom over my house.
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Aug 15, 2020 11:16
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There’s a super upsetting photo from AP from the murder of the protester Aleksandr Taraykovsky in Minsk, and apparently there’ll be a video released soon. The man was outright executed in the street.
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Aug 15, 2020 14:22
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There’s a march planned to the factory during Luka’s visit. I can’t see him going forward with it.
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Aug 15, 2020 16:10
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State TV is on board. https://twitter.com/tadeuszgiczan/status/1294655201064955904?s=21
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Aug 15, 2020 16:26
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OMON has now arrived at the state TV building. This is the first showing for them since the street beatings stopped.
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Aug 15, 2020 18:31
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Grape posted:He's like a malfunctioning robot, rapidly and randomly shifting between his "gently caress RUSSIA" and "LOVE YOU RUSSIA" modes. Various accounts I read on him indicate he’s this ratty, shifty dude that’ll always do anything to get ahead and save his skin, first and foremost.
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Aug 15, 2020 18:54
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Nexta just posted a good primer on the Russia/Belarus thing:quote:10 REASONS WHY THERE WILL NOT BE AN INVASION OF RUSSIA https://twitter.com/rprose/status/1294706324937281537?s=21 Mokotow fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Aug 15, 2020 |
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Aug 15, 2020 19:38
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It’s a person getting killed, you mind NSWing it?
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Aug 15, 2020 20:45
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Government demonstration was a failure. Many train and busses came in empty and it looks like around 3 thousand people at most were there. Batka showed up and claimed for 30 minutes that Belarus will die without him and NATO forces are amassed at the border. His column left the city swiftly after that. Meanwhile, the opposition rally is gathering around Minsk and looks to be the biggest to date. Also, I find it super lovely that neither Brown Moses, nor the mods have enough decency to put the AP video of Aliaksandr Taraikouski’s gory death behind at least a spoiler tag. Mokotow fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Aug 16, 2020 |
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Aug 16, 2020 13:05
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At least 100.000 now, as opposed to Luka’s ~3000. https://twitter.com/tadeuszgiczan/status/1294974138331930624?s=21
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Aug 16, 2020 13:32
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Rinkles posted:He edited it right away. On desktop only the hyperlink is displayed because BM added the nsw tag. But I think the Awful app ignores it. Apologies then if that’s the case. Awful app indeed doesn’t seem to show it.
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Aug 16, 2020 14:22
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Batka’s banter with the crowd: - Do you want freedom? - No! - Do you want changes? - No! - Do you want reforms? - No!
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Aug 16, 2020 14:46
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https://twitter.com/cmuncharaz/status/1295019563466264578?s=21
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Aug 16, 2020 16:34
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This is such a brazen provocation, the mind boggles.
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Aug 16, 2020 19:39
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There are joint military maneuvers planned in the west of Belarus. Convenient, but not necessarily ominous.
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Aug 17, 2020 09:04
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Luka’s speech at the factory went as well as expected; he got booed by the workers. Sheer art. https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1295287751957516294?s=21 Mokotow fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Aug 17, 2020 |
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Aug 17, 2020 09:41
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The government has apparently stepped down. I don’t know if this is standard after election reshuffle though, or related to the demonstrations.
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Aug 17, 2020 11:51
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Difficult moments outside the jail in Minsk today where most of the tortures took place and where prisoners are still being held. While a demonstration that marched there wanted to surround the jail and exert pressure on the guards inside to release prisoners, the volunteers and clergy that were staking the jail out and maintained a support village for those being released blocked off access, claiming the demonstrators making noise will embolden the guards to further torture their victims. A standoff ensued, with the clergy and volunteers forming a chain to block the demonstrators off.
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Aug 17, 2020 20:57
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The current comitee, as per Nexta: Olga Kovalkova - confidant of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Maxim Znak - lawyer Maria Kolesnikova - coordinator of Victor's headquarters Svetlana Aleksievich - Nobel laureate in literature Lyudmila Antonovskaya - Chairman of the Innovative Instrument Making Association. Pavel Belous - founder and owner of Symbal.by Ales Bialiatski is a human rights activist, chairman of the Viasna human rights center. Andrey Vitushko - pediatric resuscitator, candidate of medical sciences. Pavel Daneiko - Managing Director of the IPM Group of Companies. Svetlana Kalinkina is a journalist. Sergei Chaly is an independent analyst and economist. Dmitry Kruk - economist Anna Sevyarynets - teacher, writer, literary critic Vladimir Tsesler - artist Yulia Chernyavskaya - culturologist, professor
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Aug 18, 2020 12:39
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Another fatality confirmed by the government. A teenager died after being hit by a car on the 16th, while participating in the protests. Kinda strange, since no one saw or reported on it. Also, a museum worker and a member of one of the electoral commissions who refused to sign falsified protocols was found murdered. Pro- Luka rally in Gomel. Factory managers also under pressure to cower workers into not striking, in some cases locking them up in factories.
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Aug 18, 2020 16:06
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Striking state broadcaster employees were not let into the building today. They instead found they’ve been replaced by “two planeloads” of russian media workers now manning their positions.
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Aug 19, 2020 09:44
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The demonstration ran for 9 days straight, they had to run out of steam eventually, these are also first days of less than perfect weather - it was warm a sunny throughout, up until yesterday. Luka still commands a seizable government apparatus, and it took *9 days* for him to be able to muster any response other than OMON. Now it’s a matter of how well the opposition will rally on the next weekend.
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Aug 19, 2020 15:43
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Anne Frank Funk posted:This reminds me of when I tried facilitating an extremely rare collectors item sale to a businessmen in Sweden. We had a couple guys physically procuring this WW2 era gate sign in southern Poland but the business man insisted on paying in three installments so the numb-nuts split the sign in three pieces. Talk about value loss! https://i.imgur.com/XS5LK.gifv
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Aug 20, 2020 09:37
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80% Batka running around with a gun 
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I wonder if these pictures come curtesy of the russian propagandists. They sure seem to be getting a point across, just not Batka’s point, necessarily.
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