Send Truss a turd in a box
Within six minutes of that turd arriving, Truss would pose for pics with it for her Insta account.
After reading a post on bikepacking.com this afternoon about Ukrainian companies that produce cycling kit, I placed an order for a lovely front rack with one of them. I added a note to say that I didn't expect delivery, just wanted to support them.
The owner emailed me this evening to say that he's joining the Ukrainian army in the next few days and has refunded my money, asking that I donate it to the Red Cross instead. His message ended with "Russia will be defeated".
I told him that he'll be in my thoughts, what else can you do. Go for a cycle, I suppose.
She'd probably do an unboxing Reel.
Within six minutes of that turd arriving, Truss would pose for pics with it for her Insta account.
Truss failing to point out in that tweet that she was at an EU meeting is fling tragic
Meanwhile Ukrainian farmers stealing tanks from that massive convoy stuck on the way to Kyiv
https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1500025981901357056?t=7GFBM-gO4bH_cBPxcwqc0A&s=19
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After reading a post on bikepacking.com this afternoon about Ukrainian companies that produce cycling kit, I placed an order for a lovely front rack with one of them. I added a note to say that I didn’t expect delivery, just wanted to support them.The owner emailed me this evening to say that he’s joining the Ukrainian army in the next few days and has refunded my money, asking that I donate it to the Red Cross instead. His message ended with “Russia will be defeated”.
I told him that he’ll be in my thoughts, what else can you do. Go for a cycle, I suppose.
So much good in that post other than the context of course.👍
Has anyone seen the AirBnB thing?
Yep, did the airbnb thing a few days ago. Got an amazing email back saying the owner was safe in Moldova. Near had me in bits (well that's what Google translate told me anyway).
I made sure i went for one that was a room in a house rather than going to a big hotel, looked like she was booked out for weeks to come. Cost me sod all but nice to know that it might help a little, hopefully in years to come i can get to go and visit odessa
So I just passed the Manchester pro-Ukraine rally and saw what looked like far right flags. Anyone care to explain that?
Provisional wing of the Tory party?
Has anyone seen the AirBnB thing?
Is it like the Google reviews of central Moscow hotels and attractions, where people had posted pictures of the Ukrainian bomb sites? I'd imagine Saruman's goblins have censored them by now.
^^ No the Air B&B is to channel money to people in ukraine.
we are still one of the biggest economies in the world
Thanks in part to all that lovely Russian cash.
No the Air B&B is to channel money to people in ukraine
Ah ok.
That's the bad boy. Brilliant idea.
^^ No the Air B&B is to channel money to people in ukraine.
Apparently there is a similar thing on Etsy. A lot of artists on there sell items as a PDF so you can buy without them having to do anything.
Why not just wire the money directly to the seller or give to an aid organisation rather than etsy/Air bnb skimming their % off the top?
FYI Air bnb have waived all fees for Ukrainian rentals
Edit: @ceepers got there first. Easy have done the same for sellers based in the Ukraine.
Within six minutes of that turd arriving, Truss would pose for pics with it for her Insta account.
🎁💩🤭🤪📸👍🏼
Is it like the Google reviews of central Moscow hotels and attractions, where people had posted pictures of the Ukrainian bomb sites?
I just had a quick look, all the photos and reviews looked like regular tourist stuff?
I just had a quick look, all the photos and reviews looked like regular tourist stuff?
Last week they were - it's been censored since. Just Google Moscow attractions.
Last week they were – it’s been censored since.
Can't Google get on board with the war effort?!
Can’t Google get on board with the war effort?!
#profits
https://twitter.com/markhachman/status/1499617782299643907
Edit: It's been deleted as people (like me) were taking it too literally...
https://twitter.com/markhachman/status/1500219551115448320?s=20&t=Uv2KrDvTk0xoRdAloA3kqg
I've an awful feeling that things are going to descend into hell over there in the next few days. With so much infiltration by Russian operatives and the involvement of militias and mercenaries it could become absolutely murderous.
The stories of conscripts surrendering and being offered cups of tea and a phone to call their mum will be very much last week's news. I fear for volunteer fighters going over there to help, they could very easily find themselves out of their depth and involved in war crimes.
Yes, Putin is "pot committed" in poker-speak. He's at a point where he cannot back out, his only strategy is to just keep ramping things up and hoping that Ukraine will crumble. It's going to just get nastier and nastier.
As funny as it is watching a farmer towing away a russian tank, we haven't heard the punchline yet. What's going to happen to him when the Russians come back for it?
We forget that for every video of a plucky grandma of girl throwing a petrol bomb out of a Renault Clio, there's probably quite a few that we haven't seen that end with silence and a couple of minutes of blank sky.
Not sure the British public is ready for what is about to come. Though by contrast I think many on the continent do know. Something that makes the vain posturing of our cosplay cabinet all the more repugnant.
Not sure the British public is ready for what is about to come. Though by contrast I think many on the continent do know. Something that makes the vain posturing of our cosplay cabinet all the more repugnant.
What makes you think that us on the continent are better prepared?
Genuine question, btw.
I really hope this guy is right and the Russians just can't sustain their army.
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1500213943012319252
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1500213994304454661
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1500177643504910337
The tech side of the restrictions on Russia is stepping up a little bit more…
https://mashable.com/article/cogent-communications-isp-russia-ukraine
Cogent told Reuters that it made the decision to cut off access in order to counter "outbound cyber attacks or disinformation" staged by Russian interests aligned with President Vladimir Putin. However, the company also noted that it was "a tough decision," since keeping Russians connected to the internet is crucial for them to get non-state sanctioned information.
Edit: It’s been deleted as people (like me) were taking it too literally
I 100% believe that the Russians are involved in trying to destabilise their competition through social media. I don't think people are taking this too literally at all, in fact I think that the problem is that people aren't taking it seriously enough
We are talking about a regime that does not blink when committing horrific atrocities to further their own ends (see their involvement in various breakaway states such as Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abhkazia and subsequent wthnic cleansing, scorched earth tactics in Chechnya, current events in Ukraine etc etc etc), why would they shy away from poisoning the social media well?
They don’t even have to be subtle about it
https://twitter.com/EmbassyofRussia/status/1499989967782694913
Followed by
https://twitter.com/GermanEmbassySA/status/1500032894261211138
What makes you think that us on the continent are better prepared?Genuine question, btw.
It wasn't me that wrote the comment to which you're asking the question but the way I read it suggested that on the continent you have reasonable leaders and a less biased / idiotic media...
And depending on where in Europe you are, a population far more familiar with and closer to the horrors of WW2 and more recent conflicts such as the former Yugoslavia.
Cars on a train deck
Whose to say they havent been stolen from Ukrainian people at gun point and are being sent back to Russia.
Didnt monty allow the German africa corp to extend their supply line to the point it became near useless. Hit them with a big counter attack and take massive swaves of north Africa back under allied control.
Cant the euro zone destroy the ruble by shorting it, or has it been withdrawn from currency trading? If nato members are willing to donate millions of euros worth of hadware. Buying a few rubles for 20p then dumping them for 10p thus devalueing it immediately should have an instant effect. George soros V lamont iirc.
What if another random country were to align itself with the Ukraine, non nato. Whose got enough clout to make a difference, and really does not like Russia. Logistics nightmare though, calibre size for ammo replen, radio frequency, language issues, actually getting there. Blue on blue, local people getting confused etc Cant think of one,but there must be one.
If we're getting into armchair geopolitics then one solution I thought of would be to allow Moldova and Georgia to join Nato, which would then force Russia to divert resources to bolster their respective 'breakaway republics' (in inverted commas as they are proxy states covertly set up by Russia to weaken potentially uncooperative border nations) but as Russia is not supposed to be doing that in the first place and therefore has never admitted to as such then it couldn't be construed as an act of war.
Whose to say they havent been stolen from Ukrainian people at gun point and are being sent back to Russia.
The person who made the video claimed they were being sent to Ukraine. Some of them were trucks. Russia would not be sending trucks from Ukraine back to Russia, they desperately need trucks in Ukraine. They had the Z marking that some of the Russian forces use for identification. That points to them being sent to support the invasion. No, it's not confirmed but it is consistent with Russia struggling with logistics and Ukrainian forces specifically targeting supply trucks.
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1500213971562999809
Sabotage or broken down trucks beimg sent back tp the repair shop. A few spare spots, filled with stolen cars.
Just because someone on utube claims one thing, it could be absolutely 100%true. It could alsp not be.
Some elements of Russian SF capable but we wait to see the application in Ukraine. What concerns me about the Russians is how they play dirty at an agent level. Toxins, microwaves etc. Just takes them to start on our water supplies. They would not think twice if pushed.
They win by just blowing sh1t up usually. I met some during a training thing in the middle east. Their solution to every raid or room entry is RPG the room.
I don’t see where the RF are going here. There aren’t anything like enough troops to occupy Ukraine currently in or near enough to take over from the first echelon the FR airforce appears not to be in action in anything like the numbers it needs to be, the logistics to supply the forces is/has failing/failed, soon the shelling will stoop as they’ll run out of ammo food, fuel etc.
and even if all of that doesn’t happen, without millions of RF forces in Ukraine for the next 10 years or so, any puppet regime put in place will get overthrown in days.
I think this is what happens if the head of state lives in a world entirely of his own devising.
Not sure the British public is ready for what is about to come. Though by contrast I think many on the continent do know. Something that makes the vain posturing of our cosplay cabinet all the more repugnant.
What makes you think that us on the continent are better prepared?
Genuine question, btw.
I read it that the general populations know what total war looks like and their collective memories may better prepare them for it.
As bad as the Blitz or the bombing of Coventry were we haven't seen anything on that scale on our own shores since probably the mid 17th century. It is within living memory on most of the continent.
The tech side of the restrictions on Russia is stepping up a little bit more…
https://mashable.com/article/cogent-communications-isp-russia-ukraine
/blockquote>This has got to help.
I don't really understand how the internet works but I've been wondering whether ICANN could simply turn off/block the .ru domain.
I’ve been wondering whether ICANN could simply turn off/block the .ru domain.
Ukraine have already asked that question...
Some more info here
https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/03/icann_ukraine_russian_domains/
Ukraine have already asked that question…
Some more info here
https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/03/icann_ukraine_russian_domains//blockquote >
I hadn't realised that, thanks. It doesn't look as if they're going to get involved though 😕 Any way they can be pressured?
We want to avoid a war with Russia - UK defence chief
Looks like we're going to have a war with Russia
I’m perfect happy not to be a ‘big player’ tbh.
This. I don’t understand why it’s important for the uk to be a big military player. Seems to me the only people it benefits is narcissistic politicians and uk arms companies. We’d be far better off taking a neutral position on geo-political issues whilst maintaining the ability to defend ourselves much like Switzerland does.
