This says a lot about the state of the Russian media landscape. The press secretary of the Russian defense ministry has resigned, and this is a quote from the TASS article about it:
""I will be assuming new duties. Almost 7 years in the Defense Ministry have flown by like a MiG-31. I will remember this time with pride", - she wrote on Instagram (which belongs to the recognized extremist company Meta and is illegal in Russia)"
@anderspuck
Reminds me of all those Chinese officials who used to complain about "Western Censorship" on #BirdChan because they had labels on their accounts. #SpaceKaren removed those labels AND the app is still illegal in China. A win for the authoritaria...uh...I mean "Freedom of Speech."
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"#SpaceX satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity
The International Astronomical Union demands that urgent action be taken against the uncontrolled proliferation of these devices. #Starlink satellites make it difficult to search for objects at risk of impacting the Earth"
@FuckElon I have no sympathy, rather HUGE schadenfreude for fucking idiots that continue to buy FSD. And, frankly, any product that enriches #SpaceKaren. There are plenty of other EVs on the market. There's no need to buy a #tesla. Some of the alternatives even have real buttons and knobs for the driver to control things - fancy that!
Standard disclaimer: yes, I know, all cars are bad.
‘X has attacked “takedown” requests in Brazil, India and Australia in recent weeks, after authorities demanded the removal of content on the site they deem as illegal or harmful.
‘Its owner, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, has gone further, labelling Brazil’s supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes a “dictator” and Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a former Twitter employee, a “censorship commissar”.’ #Musk#SpaceKarenhttps://www.ft.com/content/bedde085-f762-44c9-8a0a-1cf81e69a19a
@FuckElon Whilst i get the greatest schadenfreude kick from #SpaceKaren 's failures, I'm sorry for the staff that will be out on their ears. Also, EV demand is slowing? What kind of crazy planet-killers are we? Because, for sure, there's no massive global fall in demand for combustion engine vehicles.
Picture 1: Republican Senator J. D. Vance tells CNN, the US cannot help Ukraine, because the US is “stretched too thin” and Ukraine is demanding “thousands” of Patriot systems per year.
Picture 2: In reality, Zelenskyy has said, just 25 Patriot systems would be enough to keep Ukraine safe — some of which they already have.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful agreements barring them from disparaging the company and joining class-action lawsuits against it....
The son of the late liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday that giving an award bearing his mother’s name to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk […] is a “desecration of my mother’s memory.” […] The award “has previously recognized women of distinction” but was expanded this year to include men and women.
Posing as Americans, Chinese accounts on X aim to divide and disrupt
Propaganda accounts controlled by foreign entities aiming to influence US politics are flourishing on X even after they’ve been exposed by other social media platforms or criminal proceedings
Perhaps the greatest threat is for a Kessler Syndrome event, wherein these terrible little satellites, lose control and start smashing into each other, creating a cascade of destruction that closes off space for generations.
@amgine@mastodonmigration From ~500km, you're look at around 10 years for orbital decay to drag them down, and during that time if they knock out something else, that will start it's own decent journey, so things quickly get exponential.
Longer term the real concern that really hasn't been addressed is the atmospheric pollution caused both by launch engines themselves (which are absolutely filthy and wildly resource intensive) and by the burning up of debris both in launch and disposal. There are large quantities of metals, plastics and propellents being burned in a completely uncontrolled manner in the upper atmosphere, at quantities which are already having a measurable impact on the atmosphere itself. The more junk Elmo yeets to orbit, the worse this is getting, and there is zero long-term plan for managing any of this - indeed, the plan such as it exists at all is explicitly to use our atmosphere as completely unfiltered, uncontrolled incinerator.
The fun doesn't stop there as the ISS operates around 400km, below the Elon Zone, so all the shit he creates will impact on the ISS, as well as the numerous other essential missions that need lower orbits.
I won't go into details because they aren't mine to share, but a fash publication dropped dox (real name, location, years of internet history) on an antifascist member of the #fediverse today, based in large part on their activity on @kolektiva dot social and elsewhere on #Mastodon.
Just a reminder that the enemy is aware that we are gathered here and is watching us, and as we head into these dangerous times it's important to remember that. Think twice before posting anything here you wouldn't want linked to you in a court of law, for example. #SocialMedia#fascism#antifa#SecurityCulture#feditips
@kitoconnell@kolektiva
I might just be being paranoid, but after a series of posts here re: #SpaceKaren’s dubious #Neuralink claims, the number of tweets I can view between “Rate Limit Exceeded” has dropped from ~50 to 10.
@fenarinarsa Le site de Caf', plus précisément je parlais des experts de notre discord où on a un channel #SpaceKaren et où on s'en donne à coeur joie. 😂
SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, US agency claims (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful agreements barring them from disparaging the company and joining class-action lawsuits against it....
After appeal to Musk, X suspends accounts that outed neo-Nazi cartoonist (arstechnica.com)
Researchers, journalists are blocked from sharing the alleged identity of Stonetoss....
Gender Equality Unlocked (lemmy.world)
The son of the late liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday that giving an award bearing his mother’s name to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk […] is a “desecration of my mother’s memory.” […] The award “has previously recognized women of distinction” but was expanded this year to include men and women.
Russia deploying Starlink in Ukraine—reports (www.newsweek.com)