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#Lukashenka can't afford to start a shooting war with #Ukraine, that would lead to #Russia losing control of #Belarus and eventual...

#Lukashenka can't afford to start a shooting war with #Ukraine, that would lead to #Russia losing control of #Belarus and eventual opening of a #Smalensk front. #Putin knows that, and #Zelensky knows that they both know that. The fact that Putin made Lukashenka go through the motions of moving military gear towards Ukrainian border anyway is a sign of desperation about #ZSU's operation in #Kursk and #Belgorod.

Is it just me or did any of you cat people adopt slow blink as a substitute for a smile when you got your mask on?#caturday #slowblink

Is it just me or did any of you cat people adopt slow blink as a substitute for a smile when you got your mask on?
#caturday #slowblink

Don't dismiss Trump's false claims about crowd sizes as vanity. It is more sinister. Appeal to crowd sizes was a major part of the...

Don't dismiss Trump's false claims about crowd sizes as vanity. It is more sinister. Appeal to crowd sizes was a major part of the #BigLie. By encouraging his dwindling followers to falsely believe he can still attract a larger crowd he is making it easier for them to believe that the election is going to be stolen from him. #Jan6 was a failed coup, and as any failed coup without consequences for its main beneficiary, it will be attempted again. This is him preparing to try again.

I knew Snopes was bad. I've seen #WaPo make some very bad calls, including some ridiculously nitpicky fact checks by #GlennKessler, but...

I knew Snopes was bad. I've seen #WaPo make some very bad calls, including some ridiculously nitpicky fact checks by #GlennKessler, but wow this is a new low.
https://popular.info/p/the-fact-checking-industrial-complex

There never was a bottom, was there?

Next time someone suggest that you give money to #RedCross #ICRC, instead give them this...

Next time someone suggest that you give money to #RedCross #ICRC, instead give them this link.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-the-red-cross-failed-ukraine

Totally legit looking RCS message from U.S. Postal Service, except the area code is in Canada, and the URL is a Twitter redirect. Yet...

Totally legit looking RCS message from U.S. Postal Service, except the area code is in Canada, and the URL is a Twitter redirect. Yet another little way the Xitter takeover by Disgraced Billionaire is hurting public safety. Even its redirect service is hosting phishing scams now.

#CatsOfMastodon #MastodonForHarris

#CatsOfMastodon #MastodonForHarris

Map of #Belarus in 1918.

Map of #Belarus in 1918.

Map of #Ukraine in 1919.

Map of #Ukraine in 1919.

A lesson for #Belarus: you can achieve more when you #organize networks of people. Tech can help but it won't do the work for...

A lesson for #Belarus: you can achieve more when you #organize networks of people. Tech can help but it won't do the work for you.

"A group of opposition leaders, some holed up inside the Argentine Embassy in Caracas for months to evade arrest warrants, recruited and coordinated “captains” across the country. They set up 133 locations, with high-definition scanners and Starlink internet access, where volunteers gathered, digitized and uploaded the documents to an app created for the purpose."

#Venezuela voters got receipts. Maduro lost."The Post extracted and analyzed data from 23,720 of the tally sheets that were scanned and...

#Venezuela voters got receipts. Maduro lost.

"The Post extracted and analyzed data from 23,720 of the tally sheets that were scanned and posted online by the opposition. Of those, González earned 67 percent of the vote to Maduro’s 30 percent.

Those tally sheets represent 79 percent of the voting tables used on July 28. Even if Maduro won every vote on the remaining 21 percent, assuming a similar turnout, he would still fall more than 1.5 million votes shy of González."

https://wapo.st/3WTxRyw

Friday evening is a perfect time for a timeline purge. I am now going through #MastodonForHarris and blocking every account spamming that...

Friday evening is a perfect time for a timeline purge. I am now going through #MastodonForHarris and blocking every account spamming that tag with mutual aid requests. It's been a while since I've seen such a block target rich zoo of postliteracy TikTok leftist cosplayers.

For those who have money to spend on actual #MutualAid, please give it to someone who aids people at scale, for example @abcbelarus who these assholes shunned over their support of #Ukraine: https://abc-belarus.org/en/2024/04/16/when-ideology-gets-in-the-way-of-solidarity/

On account of .social not joining #fedipact, I'm wondering whether blocking #threads from this account is enough to keep me safe from...

On account of .social not joining #fedipact, I'm wondering whether blocking #threads from this account is enough to keep me safe from what's coming, and whether I should stop using this account and move to @dmitry. What do all y'all think?

Stay here
Keep this one, ask people to follow my circle.lt
Formally move accounts, keep old posts here
Formally move accounts, delete old posts here

The #NightJet we took from #Venezia to #Munchen looked like this. The experience is very much like the #sleeper #trains in #Belarus, with...

The #NightJet we took from #Venezia to #Munchen looked like this. The experience is very much like the #sleeper #trains in #Belarus, with few small differences:

1. There's a ladder, not just a step on a wall.
2. In basic compartments, there's no mattresses, and the bed is a bit too hard. A plus compartment is more comfortable.
3. There's a middle bunk for kids, seen here folded against the wall.

The worst part was being woken up by #German #police at 4am for passport check. #acab

7. Trump got on stage at 6:03, at least 18 minutes after law inforcement became aware of and shared images of the shooter (at 5:45 per...

7. Trump got on stage at 6:03, at least 18 minutes after law inforcement became aware of and shared images of the shooter (at 5:45 per WPXI). Trump was already an hour late anyway, why was his appearance not delayed for a few more minutes until the shooter could be tracked down and questioned?

1d. With this new detail, Secret Service gets its own share of the blame: they asked the local police to secure the PERIMETER of the...

1d. With this new detail, Secret Service gets its own share of the blame: they asked the local police to secure the PERIMETER of the building the shooter used, but not the ROOF, even though their own view of that roof was obstructed by trees. WaPo rightfully questions their disingenuous "angled roof safety concerns" excuse.
https://wapo.st/3Lwyt6k

1c. And it keeps getting worse. Police had whole 26 minutes to stop the shooter, according to Pittsburgh TV station WPXI:...

1c. And it keeps getting worse. Police had whole 26 minutes to stop the shooter, according to Pittsburgh TV station WPXI: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/alleged-trump-shooter-spotted-by-law-enforcement-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-sources-say/Q6GIK5RP6RBY5PHIMYBNXRTEBI/

1b. This is even worse than it looked yesterday. Two minutes before shots were fired, police on site were warned about the shooter by...

1b. This is even worse than it looked yesterday. Two minutes before shots were fired, police on site were warned about the shooter by multiple attendees. And, remember, during the same two minutes, Trump was looking and pointing in the direction of that building.
https://wapo.st/4d5z0Z3

6. Meanwhile, another question worth asking, just to get a fuller picture of what was happening that day: why was Trump one hour late?

6. Meanwhile, another question worth asking, just to get a fuller picture of what was happening that day: why was Trump one hour late?

1a. Finally some reporting on people actually raising this question: https://wapo.st/3WjPF5w> “This was a catastrophic failure. It...

1a. Finally some reporting on people actually raising this question: https://wapo.st/3WjPF5w

> “This was a catastrophic failure. It should never have been a remote possibility,” Chaffetz said in an interview.