“What we are seeing is a rise of unreason in public life,” he said. “This helps fascism, which is an ideology founded on irrationality. As an example of irrationality, the Russian fascist state holds two contradictory beliefs at the same time: that Russians and Ukrainians are one people (‘brother Slavs’) and that Ukrainians are inferior sub-humans (‘Khokhols’).”

— Michael McKay

@Fur_Mama4Life OMG that sounds like one of the most horrifying curses ever: I wish you grew tastebuds on your asshole!
😲😩😲😲😲
The horror!!! The horror!!!

@ayankdownunder Am I the only one who read these as “baloka” and am sitting here thinking what they hell are balokas

From sources across a western border: eye-witnesses report movement of columns of military vehicles in Moldova as rumours mount about an imminent conflict with Russia-backed “Transnistria”.

@Shelter @see_the_sus @Tarnagh Please get well

A third country mediator in Russia-Ukraine negotiations says that Russia is doubtlessly planning a second full-scale attempt at capturing all of Ukraine, including Kyiv and the western regions “some time very soon” with an army of 250K conscripts whose invasion will come from three directions simultaneously: South, South-East and North from across the border with Belarus

#RussiaIsAFascistState
#Ukraine

My work mate just killed me dead

"I am good at massage, I used to have a cow when I was little" 😂

The "Kartoffelfuhrer" of Belarus as they styled him in this post (😆 ) said he had stood at the roots of Artificial Intellect development. I mean, what? lol

Russia announced a reward for families whose members died in invasion of Ukraine - they are *promised* to have pipes with natural gas connected to their houses free of charge.

Russia's towns are 70% gassless (they burn wood and coal to warm up in winter). Putin's fascist clique sells nearly all of it abroad and pockets most of the money, of course.

This is what Russia's gas-and-oil capital, Novy Urengoy, looks like:

I'm howling! 😂

@ayankdownunder Or the Rabid Rabbi Rabbit 😶

@ayankdownunder Is there a Year Of The Rabid Rabbi just to add to the confusion

@ayankdownunder *sniggers unashamedly*

@ayankdownunder
"Sheesh, the competition is fierce on this site!", thought every pretty girl of CoSo reading this toot

@janallmac
Could be.
Knowing Russia's obsession with militarism, it would be suicidal for Putin's regime to pull back without the public having been Pavlov-dogged into approving defeat first.
Could be they are using state media to probe into this issue, to see how the public takes it.

@OldCountryDoctor thank you

@janallmac
Sometimes these TV hosts will say something out of line because it's human nature to rebel against atrocities, but such rebellions are quickly culled with the person finding himself on a "vacation" or "sick leave" until his further fate is decided.
Most of the times they return back to their channels "a changed, better man"

@janallmac Every message on Russian TV is curated by the Dictator and/or his advisors.
Whatever is being said on TV has been pre-approved.

@ayankdownunder
Sheep-love is a prominent insult involving Caucasus people, btw. Here's for instance a fresh meme that says "Sheep farms recently visited by a well-known regional leader are welcoming new offspring with vaguely familiar snouts"