Zelenskyy signed a decree initiating the establishment of a separate branch of forces – the Unmanned Systems Forces
"This year should be pivotal in many ways."

And Turkey's Baykar started building a factory near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people and where it will manufacture either its TB2 or TB3 drone models

#ukraine #politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGLvpkQX8LY

I confess I didn't know anything much about Mr. Bouzy and was intrigued to learn he takes credit for something to do with the Mattel Aquarius PC -- which I'd also not heard of. Looked it up, sort of looks neat (for the time), and it has the distinction of being one of the quickest market failures of any computer (4 months).
So there's that.
#bluesky #cbouzy
https://archive.org/details/1985-04-compute-magazine/page/n19/mode/2up

Roots and blues music by way of Ireland 😮
Muireann Bradley, Ireland’s Roots and Blues Prodigy | Acoustic Guitar Sessions
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9Ak0v-Iyc

In the US, time to call senators. Aid to Ukraine benefits the US financially, protects an ally, protects the concept of rule of law, fulfills a promise.
#politics #ukraine
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

Why are Reuters and AFP quoting TASS? I don't understand.

Russian media, "fire was quickly localized"
Also Russian media:

Sometimes a refinery in Volgograd just explodes. You know, natural causes.
#ukraine

The Taylor Swift is a Pentagon asset rumor is obviously stupid.
The truth is in plain sight. Can you see it now? #swift

Productive trip: yesterday Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly visited Kyiv. Canada and Ukraine will establish an international coalition to bring back to Ukraine children forcibly transferred from the occupied territories to other occupied oblasts or to Russia, and Canada will transfer tens of thousands (up to 83k if they work) of CRV7 rockets slated for decommissioning. Next up: General Dynamics Phalanx Guns for air defense. #Ukraine

@Alfred go talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, find out his exercise regimen. Take as long as you need. I suggest that you bring treats for the donkeys to soften the old man up.

"Playing cards, except in complete decks properly wrapped"😂 Somebody's mad

I love classifications, e.g.;
Prohibitions:

Absinthe
Arms and weapons, including firearms, parts of arms, ammunition, and imitation arms.
Articles bearing political or religious notations on the address side
Human remains
Lithium cells and batteries — including items containing lithium cells and batteries
Live plants and animals
Melatonin
Perishable infectious biological substances
Playing cards, except in complete decks properly wrapped
Pulverized coca beans
Radioactive materials

effing Orban, karma got him.
#politics #ukraine
"The EU executive is withholding some 20 billion euros from Hungary over widespread accusations that Orban has damaged democracy at home during his 13 years in power."

No Facebook account and I did not consent to them trawling through my life.

"Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies."
#privacy #facebook #socialMedia

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/facebooks-extensive-surveillance-network.html

Viktor Orbán pissed off the rest of the EU and then caved. Masterful tactics.🙄

#politics #ukraine

I think we in the US have to stop talking about elections as won or lost.
One is elected to _serve_ the public interest.
I understand the reality of course but change the language and rest can follow.