Birbsite link, but an important one.

https://twitter.com/jrmygrdn/status/1499564650773499912

A nuclear power expert explains why the current situation in #ukraine at #zaporizhzhia is not an impending disaster. I was going to write something similar, but this person says it better than I ever could.

Deepfake detector thinks this isn't real, which is one of the reasons I uploaded it instead of linking to it. The thread on Twitter was, of course, certain it was true, and initial examination of the video shows some details like the date she has on the sign she's holding. But I'm guessing there's regions of the video that show evidence of alteration that aren't visible to the human eye, maybe?

Police arrest a well-known survivor of the Siege of Leningrad for protesting the war.

Next: Putin to issue press release calling the T-34 a "piece of shit"

(downloaded from Twitter so you don't have to go there)

#ukraine

We interrupt your doomscrolling for some #cosomusic

I performed this set at a nightclub in San Francisco last Saturday. It's a mix of 80s new wave and italo-disco, centered around Cube's "Love's Taboo".

https://www.mixcloud.com/Formica/one-big-lesson-in-life/

CW: combat, vulgarity

Purported to be UA vs RU soldiers taunting each other like it's XBox Live.

If this is real, it is more indication that RU soldiers were sent into battle without encrypted comms and are transmitting in the clear.

Note the relatively high morale of the UA soldiers, while the RU soldiers are complaining about not getting reinforcements.

It sounds authentic to me, but everything is suspect right now. Judge for yourself:

Alternative take: this doesn't pass the smell test, according to Joseph Trevithick at TheDrive.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44501/reports-that-ukraine-is-about-to-get-70-donated-fighter-jets-dont-add-up

Ukrainian pilots are reportedly in Poland picking up MiG-29 fighters and Su-25 ground-attack aircraft; a total of 70 planes. The Su-25 (NATO reporting name "Frogfoot") is broadly equivalent to the A-10 in its role, close in air support and anti-armor ("tank busting").

This is a major step past Javelins and Stingers. The report comes from Politico, who was informed by Ukrainian diplomatic sources, so take that as you will.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/28/ukrainian-pilots-arrive-in-poland-to-pick-up-donated-fighter-jets-00012560

#mig29 #su25 #ukraine #nato #eu #politico

#cosoguard Is there a way to use CosoGuard to check other email addresses? I used a relatively new one to sign up here. I tried hand-crafting the URL, but it chokes and gives me an authentication error, despite using the same browser (and thus cookies).

A majority - not a plurality, but an outright majority - of Finns now support joining NATO. This is a seismic shift in Finnish public opinion.

Note that the poll was conducted for Finnish Public Broadcasting, not a partisan organization.

Once again, an authoritarian leader, high on his own supply, thinks that he can launch a Short, Victorious War and appear the Conquering Hero to his people at home and the Powerful Adversary to his enemies abroad.

PROTIP: It's never a Short, Victorious War. It's a quagmire. It's always a quagmire. And if your Wagner Group mercenaries find Zelenskiy, you'll create a martyr where you've already created a hero.

"Nordbat 2's willingness to bend or even break the rules, and disregard direct orders from both UN command and its own government, enabled it to achieve its mission objectives as defined by the first battalion commander: protect the civilians at all cost. "

These are the people Putin is driving into NATO's arms.

https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2017/9/20/trigger-happy-autonomous-and-disobedient-nordbat-2-and-mission-command-in-bosnia

https://twitter.com/AliceAvizandum/status/1497486010795577344

The entire thread is gold.

#cosomusic
I'm streaming 80s, 90s, disco house, and other stuff. It's all vinyl (minus one track not yet pressed on wax), all mixed. If you liked the tracks posted by @Render last night, you might enjoy it. https://terranova.dance/ for my Twitch, or https://terranova.dance/audio for the HQ Opus stream.