herid @herid@qoto.org

Notwithstanding the angst of some politicians or analysts about developments in the Ukrainian offensives, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are making steady, if not rapid, progress. It is much too early to judge the Ukrainian 2023 offensives a success or failure just yet.

My latest assessment of the Ukrainian offensives at Futura Doctrina.

#Ukraine #military #strategy #leadership

https://mickryan.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-ukrainian-offensives

Well hello again….

I like how Twitter is now The Producers in that its owner is actively trying to sabotage it and also there are Nazis

I'm a lapsed #mastodon user who started off here after the first #twittermigration and yes, I gravitated back to #Twitter, and I'm sorry but my friends were and still are over there. And many #mastodon users, especially the early users and the migrators who were able to transition over without much hassle might criticise those of us who started with good intentions, but it's not through lack of trying.

I've had my Twitter account since 2007, I started it at my workplace after a training session about Web 2.0 and Twitter. Do you remember when we were all super excited about the prospect of an interactive internet where we could interact with webpages? Social media was in its infancy, the world hadn't completely lost their mind.

Since then I've had my account and made lots of friends, I have taken so much value from the content, so many connections. And then #Elon happened. I will never delete my Twitter account, and like many fellow Twitterers when it calms down and feels a bit more 'normal' I slip back into old habits.

But when Elon rises his head and makes a change it brings it back the fact it is turning into some dystopian billionaire hellhole whilst he tries to coax us to pay him money. And we start to grieve what we lost. Grief is a difficult and gnarly emotion, and I would speculate many Twitterers that do care, are in denial.

Be nice to us. We are trying to migrate but it's hard. It will be hard, it's like giving up smoking. Some find it easy, others less so. If the restrictions ARE temporary, some might go back. Others might finally stick, but beyond perceived loyalty, for many it is a process.

Preventing people from viewing ads on your website that’s funded by ads is just insanely good business

Yo dawg… https://youtu.be/YE9rEQAGpLw (via @ccgus)

Still can’t believe Elon built the backend servers from out-of-spec carbon fiber and a logitech controller

Are you new here? Giving this place another try? Welcome!

I've been here for a few months and the best advice I've gotten so far is: Follow a lot of people. Like a lot. Like way more than you would have on the other site.

If you're worried about losing track of certain people/issues in the flood of your Home feed, use lists (and the advanced view on the web interface): https://mastodon.social/@design_law/109358875682926700

#FediTips #MastoTips

A side note: I cannot recommend any of the other private alternatives to Twitter, including Bluesky, Spoutible, or Post.

Any private platforms are subject to the same risks that have befallen Twitter. Also, Dorsey and Musk share the same worldview. Mastodon is at least open, and your data is portable.

Students are such grifters. Why should I pay for your student loans? Make better choices. Get a job! Anyway, can't stay and chat, off to meet my billionaire buddies for a fishing trip in my honor on an otherwise unoccupied (and therefore worth $0) private jet flight to laugh about forgiven PPP-loans

1/ Angry mobilised Russians have recorded themselves having a verbal confrontation with an officer. It's rare insight into the relationship between the soldiers facing Ukraine's counter-offensive and their frequently absent commanders, whom they say have abandoned them to die. ⬇️

This is hilariously stupid. I mean, just painfully stupid. And, yes, it's real.

WSJ: #Wagner's #Prigozhin planned to capture #Russia's military leadership as part of his mutiny and accelerated the plan after Russian intelligence learned of the plot undefined

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/339550

Here is a most compelling story about the Toronto Star's alleged saviors who ended up in a huge pissing match that left the paper vulnerable to be taken over by the hedge-fund-controlled PostMedia.
https://torontolife.com/city/star-wars-inside-the-vicious-battle-for-control-of-the-countrys-largest-newspaper/