herid @herid@qoto.org

‼️🇩🇪Germany decides to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine - Spiegel (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3658576-germany-decides-to-send-leopard-tanks-to-ukraine-spiegel.html #Ukraine #News #War #Russia #FreeTheLeopards

This is a really big deal for long-term security assistance to Ukraine (and rebuilding US supplies)

US announces it'll expand its 155mm artillery production by 6-fold(!) over 2 years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/us/politics/pentagon-ukraine-ammunition.html

The new “but her emails…”

#Biden #Trump #Documents

Ivory by Tapbots is launching today.

This app marks the beginning of a new era for Mastodon clients on Apple platforms. It raises the bar in this category, but there’s still work to be done.

I reviewed Tweetbot 1.0 on MacStories in 2011; 12 years later, here is my review of Ivory 1.0:

Ivory for Mastodon Review: Tapbots Reborn https://www.macstories.net/reviews/ivory-for-mastodon-review-tapbots-reborn/

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY

As relevant as 50 years ago.

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 67/

⚡️🇪🇪Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far (more) https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/estonia-to-give-ukraine-all-its-155-mm-howitzers-in-largest-aid-package-so-far #Ukraine #News #War #Russia #NoTanksJustFiltrationSaysGermany #FreeTheLeopards

1/ The Wagner Group has attracted worldwide notoriety for its extreme brutality, which has included the filmed executions of its own members and many other human rights abuses in multiple countries. An interesting account of its evolution has been published in Russian.

Mom's voices

"Schools in #Ontario aren’t safe.

My 7 year old is 1 of 2 kids in her class who masks. December break: she had RSV and was SO sick — a fever for 12 days straight! Less than a month later she woke up with a cough and fever this morning.

➡️​ My 7 year old can’t do this alone.

She needs (Public! Health!) policies in place to protect her:
- mask mandates
- #ventilation improvements
- access to PCRs
- science-based guidelines for return to #school"
Jen Esmail @jenesmail
#Covid

1/ Preparations for a second wave of mobilisation in Russia are well underway, according to the independent Russian Telegram channel "We can explain" (MO). This follows earlier indications of a fresh mobilisation wave, covered in the thread below. ⬇️
https://mastodon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/109699212338383256

Ella & Louis - They All Laughed

https://youtu.be/ppFVmnmpGz8

Fitzgerald and Armstrong is always a good listen.

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 66/

Notably, as Taibbi has crafted his “Twitter Files” narrative, he has borrowed a few tactics that bear striking resemblance to those used by Russia, which begs the question: If he really believes that Russia’s influence tactics are ineffective, then why is he borrowing from their toolkit?

(Perhaps because he knows they’re actually quite effective tactics for manufacturing scandals out of relatively mundane leaked documents).

“A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.”

—Justice Stevens dissenting in Citizens United

😞

Tweebot eulogy…

“We’ve invested over 10 years building Tweetbot for Twitter and it was shut down in a blink of an eye.”

#Twitter #Tweetbot

https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/#eulogy

This paper analyses a key problem with the "we're overcounting COVID deaths" argument: there have been over 1.25 million excess deaths from February 2020 onward.

If not COVID, then what caused them, and why did it happen in concert with COVID waves?

Just a huge coincidence? 🤔

Via @gregggonsalves

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.16.23284633v1

⚡️Minister: Ukrainian blood is the price of hesitation over Leopard tank supplies.

"Ukrainian blood is shed for real. This is the price of hesitation over Leopard deliveries. We need action, now," Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said on Jan. 20.

On the off chance you still have Tweetbot kicking around on your phone, if you cancel the login attempt you can still go to Settings and scroll down to Tip Tweetbot and it will work. Please enjoy this completely random bit of information shared for NO REASON WHATSOEVER.