marathon @marathon0@qoto.org

Reality has a way of catching up to us. Sometimes it comes via a sudden shock — Sputnik or Tet. Sometimes it creeps up incrementally — as in Ukraine with each thousand round Russian artillery barrage and the **steady rise of the ruble now 25 percent higher than at the onset of the crisis.**
And why inflation is rising in the West, because of sanction backfire.
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/16/last-tango-in-washington/

Exclusive interviews with participants and witnesses of the #Maidan. How did protests in #kyiv turn into confrontation and lead to a split in the country? Who was interested in this? And was it possible to prevent the war in the Donbass? Watch the film to find out how it all started.
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/88d2b254-14d1-491f-a633-23c84ccab4b7

@PiedraFiera
Agreed. If one is careful of the obvious misinfo, (both sides) one can get much useful information from Telegram without any propaganda filter. The independent journalists, the real ones that seek the truth no matter where it leads, are a great help there.

The foreign volunteers in the Donbass Republic, circa 2014
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/d8673d20-8d4a-4a75-9df2-5c16ebf763a2

Documentary on #Donbass refugees. It's despicable what Ukraine has been doing to the civilian population since 2014! Many lives were lost. This was #terrorism
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/9102cdad-6ebb-4aaa-913f-c999974f6743

@PiedraFiera
Heck, I'm on Twitter bc that's where much news organizations post their content and have been since early 2009. I've always had a foot in both camps. Interactions on the Fedi have always been few and far between in my experience. I guess most shadow-ban folks like me because of their politics—most don't want to hear any truth if it goes against their belief system. I dislike the term 'woke' and identity politics immensely.

Some more on Bloody Gina, former director of the CIA by a former CIA officer:
https://scheerpost.com/2022/06/14/john-kiriakou-the-triumph-of-bloody-gina-the-cias-torture-queen/

@peter
I have seen these locally with a car body on them and steering wheel, which makes more sense to me than as a motorcycle kit.

@peter
A glorified trike for those that can't ride a real MC! LOL Yeah as a long time rider myself I couldn't imagine bringing that to a meet, they'd mock me endlessly. ;-)
Seriously, I haven't a clue. Just had to vent.

So have most of the Twitter refugees, (since Musk threatened to buy the Birdsite) still here?? I think most have gone back to it. You?

Ah, the Brookings Institute, that unbiased think tank! /s
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/12/brookings-president-resigns-after-being-accused-of-illegally-lobbying-for-qatar

@peter
If you don't mind me asking, you're a Westerner right? I'm curious as to what kind of work you do in Thailand...