TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Russian schools
"I'm going to fuck you right now, Separ nit, f**k. If I touch you, even resuscitation won't save you," a physical education teacher from one of Kyiv's schools insulted a migrant student
A physical education teacher threatened and called names to a student who moved to the capital from Luhansk region.
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Russian Propaganda Heavily Utilizing TikTok
The Brookings Institution published a report on May 2 that found that Kremlin-affiliated actors are increasingly using TikTok to disseminate propaganda and disinformation to foreign audiences.
Brookings Institution fellow Valerie Wirtschafter, citing collected data from Kremlin-affiliated social media accounts, reported not only that Kremlin-affiliated accounts have increased their use of TikTok in 2024, but also that TikTok videos on these accounts are achieving significantly higher engagement rates compared to posts on other social media platforms.
Wirtshafter reported that engagement with Kremlin-affiliated TikTok videos is 3.5 times higher than Kremlin-affiliated posts on Telegram and 20 times higher than posts on X.
Wirtshafter reported that the content of roughly five percent of Kremlin-affiliated Telegram posts is related to US politics, but that the majority of posts about US politics focus on divisive issues.
Wirtshafter reported that the content of roughly five percent of Kremlin-affiliated Telegram posts is related to US politics, but that the majority of posts about US politics focus on divisive issues.
Wirtshafter noted that Kremlin-affiliated accounts largely use these platforms to spread Kremlin narratives and pro-Russian framing about current events.
- Institute for the Study of War, May 4th, 2024 Update
Medvedev is threatening the West with WWIII again, including nuclear war (see the last paragraph of his translated post below).
When Western politicians started discussing the possibility of Western troops in Ukraine, that has created a situation of strategic uncertainty for Russia. The fact itself of discussing sending troops to Ukraine shows how great a threat Russia is considered to civilized countries at the moment and how important it is to stop Putin and not allow Ukraine's defeat.
That is why Russian high-ranking leadership and Russian propagandists continue with their threats and saber-rattling about such prospects - because they recognize power and strength in these statements. Power and strength are the only things Russia really understands.
Russian long-term plan is the destruction of Ukraine. So whatever is done to make Russia abandon this plan is perceived as a threat by Russians, and that is exactly the right course of action.
Translation of Medvedev's post, in his usual style:
"The chorus of irresponsible scoundrels among the Western political elite calling for sending their troops to a non-existent country is expanding. It now includes representatives of the U.S. Congress, the French and British leadership, and some lunatics from the Baltics and Poland. They also call for the active use of their missile weapons, supplied by them to the Banderites, throughout the territory of Russia.
And this is not a spring fever, but a cynical calculation on political dividends. There is some kind of total degradation of the ruling class in the West. This class really does not want to connect elementary things logically. Sending their troops to the territory of Ukraine will entail a direct entry of their countries into the war, to which we will have to respond. And, alas, not on the territory of Ukraine.
In this case, none of them will be able to hide neither on Capitol Hill, nor in the Elysee Palace, nor at 10 Downing Street. A world catastrophe will come.
By the way, Kennedy and Khrushchev were able to realize this more than 60 years ago. But the infantile morons who have reached power in the West today do not want to realize it.
And that is why today the General Staff has begun preparations for the exercises, including measures to practise the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons".
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⚡️Defense Intelligence of Ukraine updated their information:
Group 13 unit of The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense's Defense Intelligence destroyed a Russian Mangust boat in Crimea with the help of a Magura V5 maritime attack drone.
◾️This class of boats is used by the enemy navy and special services as multipurpose high-speed vessels for patrolling the water area, combating saboteurs, as well as search and rescue operations.
◾️ The modified versions of the speedboats are equipped with remote weapon stations with the main organic weapon - a machine gun of 14.5 mm caliber.
◾️On the Mangust board, Russians also have two AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers, a DP-64 hand-held anti-saboteur grenade launcher, and two MANPADS of the Igla or Verba type.
◾️The estimated value of the destroyed Mangust is about $3 million.
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Russian media report that the UK ambassador in Russia was called in by the Russian foreign affairs ministry and "warned that the response to the Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on the territory of Russia could be against any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond."
Using that same logic, perhaps it should be applied to North Korea?
He has been getting blown out of the water since the first witness
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trump-is-getting-blown-out-in-this-trial-now-what/55894/
Is he being drugged by his handlers?
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/sleep-through-this-donald/55899/#google_vignette
The rain will taper off by noon. But severe storms roll in at 10 tonight. I may sleep in tomorrow.
The Russian mastermind of the torture chambers has been blown straight into Hell with a car bomb.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/car-with-torture-chambers-organizer-explodes-in-berdiansk/#google_vignette
The Magura can now fire missiles.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-uses-naval-drones-with-anti-aircraft-missiles/
Former Norwegian parliament member Sandra Andersen got married to a Ukrainian defender❤️
After the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she joined the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. She is now a combat medic.
📷: kateponn / Instagram
⚡️NATO may deploy a 100,000-strong military contingent to take military action against Russia if it crosses one of two red lines, La Repubblica reported.
According to the publication, the first red line concerns direct or indirect interference in the war against Ukraine by a third party. It is primarily about participation in the invasion from the north of Belarus.
The second red line is military provocations against the Baltic states, Poland or Moldova, which are possible during a period of possible confusion, such as during election campaigns, in Europe and the United States
Christina Bobb is headed to the bottom
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/two-down-one-to-go/55907/
I pay no attention to polls. New York Times is proof you can make a poll say anything you want. Just ask the right group of people.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-medias-new-false-narrative/55905/
Top of the morning. Rainy day here. Started raining yesterday around 1 PM. Off and on since then.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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