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elpolacodesplegado

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Studied PolSci a long time ago. Politics, Military and Science. Atheist, Institutionalist. He/him.

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fulelo, to Georgia
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Astonishing pictures from - a rally of likely 150K+ people against the planned 'foreign agents law' (very much along the lines of what the Kremlin introduced in Russia)
V t.me/nlevshitstelegram

Mass rally at night in Georgia's capital Tbilisi against the planned foreign agent law

elpolacodesplegado,
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@wjmaggos
FARA does not prohibit lobbying for foreign interests, nor does it ban or restrict any specific activities.[3] Its explicit purpose is to promote transparency with respect to foreign influence over American public opinion, policy, and laws; to that end, the DOJ is required to make such information publicly available.[4] FARA was enacted in 1938 primarily to counter Nazi propaganda,[5][6] with an initial focus on criminal @fulelo @briankrebs @anneapplebaum

elpolacodesplegado,
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prosecution of subversive activities; since 1966, enforcement has shifted mostly to civil penalties and voluntary compliance.[7]
@fulelo @briankrebs @anneapplebaum @wjmaggos

elpolacodesplegado,
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@wjmaggos
Georgia is a former Soviet Republic. They know this will lead to people disappearing in prisons like it did in Russia. Any US legislation pales in comparison, as there is still a pluralist (yet polarized) public in the US that can speak its mind. The mere fact that the US law was around for over 80 years and did very little, whereas foreign agent laws in Russia were clearly directed against anyone who criticized the government should speak volumes.
@fulelo @briankrebs @anneapplebaum

randahl, to random
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This map shows where Russia is currently attacking GPS signals in the EU.

According to this brilliantly researched article from Peter Møller, Russia has a classified weapons system called Tobol, which is jamming GPS satellites from a base in Kaliningrad.

By using photos and articles from before the war, he has managed to piece together a surprisingly clear picture of what the Russians are doing.

(In Danish but translating it is absolutely worth it.)

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/udland/2024-04-30-putin-har-bygget-et-hemmeligt-vaaben-i-kaliningrad-og-danmark-kan-vaere-i-skudlinjen?cid=_soco%3Atw%3A4%3Anews%3A%3A%3A

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elpolacodesplegado,
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@collectifission
It would also "help" against Any civilian use in Western countries. Also, Western Electronic Warfare doctrine regards EW as a hostile act. Russia does not.
@randahl

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @fulanigirl
    It's cultural. When you can reduce costs, you will. Risks are systematically ignored in capitalist systems until they materialize. Mitigation costs money.
    @dangillmor

    gcluley, to ilaughed
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    Great news! Amazon has got back to me about the £700 iPhone they failed to deliver (and wouldn't refund or replace) Bad news: what they told me...

    Based on this experience, why would anyone buy anything expensive from Amazon ever again? Please share, like and comment if you agree.

    Watch my .

    Cybersecurity expert Graham Cluley ordered an iPhone 15 from Amazon for £700. Amazon failed to deliver it to him... but also refuse to refund Graham or send him a replacement. You can probably guess how that makes him feel...

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @TonyJWells
    I've had empty locker boxes before.
    @gcluley

    randahl, to random
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    In the Russian oblast of Samara, the Nobokuybyshevsky oil refinery is questioning whether Putin's idea of bombing energy infrastructure was in fact a good idea.

    Two can play that game, Vladimir.

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @anderspuck
    Ukraine has already denied this. According to them, the US never asked such a thing.
    @randahl

    osma, to random
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    Macron (France) is turning around their boneheaded stance that all European funded ammunition supply to Ukraine would have to come from European production that doesn't exist yet. Way late, too late for thousands of defenders who paid for this gap wiith their lives, but hopefully still better late than never.

    And if this boots on the ground part actually would mean, like NATO air surveillance and defense, that'd make a LOT of sense to me.
    https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-doesnt-rule-out-sending-troops-to-ukraine-ammo/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @anderspuck
    We all bought aircraft that can basically be left to rot without any over the air updates. 600 F-35s in Europe and Lockheed Martin gets to say when they fly.
    @osma

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @anderspuck @osma At the point where the prospect is either a Trump victory in November or being abandoned due to higher priorities in the Pacific we would perpetuate our reliance when we need capabilities of our own (just as Ukraine needs them). We should stop screwing around, purchase whatever the Czechs have dug up and finish the factories we are building (including the ones in Ukraine).

    MAKS23, to random Ukrainian
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    🇪🇺🇺🇦 "The failure in the supply of shells to Ukraine split the EU", — Bloomberg

    ▪️Some countries are unhappy that France insists on investing in its own industry rather than buying quickly from other countries.
    ▪️Cyprus and Greece oppose the purchase of shells from Turkey for geopolitical reasons.
    ▪️The countries that delivered cruise missiles to Ukraine are unhappy that Germany is not supplying Taurus.

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @MAKS23
    In the EU, they call this Tuesday. That's not a split. That is coordinating 27 member states. In public.

    randahl, to Ukraine
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    Today president Zelenskyy of replaced Ukrainian General Valerii Zaluzhnyi with a new Commander in Chief, General Oleksandr Syrskiy.

    According to Kyiv, Valerii Zaluzhnyi will “stay on the team”.

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @anderspuck
    McChrystal left over childish comments about the administration. MacArthur got relieved by Truman. There's been an article in the wake of McChrystal, where the author discussed that relieving General Officers of their command was a standard practice in WWII. It did not mean their end, however. They were allowed to perform somewhere else, and some made quite the comeback. Just today, we are used to it equalling an execution.
    @randahl @DeeGLloyd

    Free_Press, to news
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    We should do the same in the US!

    A wave of protests continues in Germany against the activities of far-right forces and the right-wing populist pro-Russian party Alternative for Germany (AfD)

    More than 80 protests against right-wing forces were registered across the country over the weekend. According to Tagesschau, the day before, in Potsdam, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock joined the protests.

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @Free_Press
    https://correctiv.org/en/top-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/

    This is what sparked all those protests. Admittedly, it was a long piece, but worth a read.

    drahardja, (edited ) to random
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    Today I learned that “sundown towns” with their daily siren blasts that remind non-white people to leave town STILL EXIST.

    This Nevada town stopped their daily sirens only LAST YEAR, and only because Nevada had passed a law that prohibits their use. Their Town Board Chairman even entertained both-siding the issue during a session. How many more of these towns still exist that carry on this explicitly racist practice?

    https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2023/10/09/minden-sun-down-siren-to-remain-silenced/71083858007/

    Unpaywalled link: https://archive.ph/TYXkU

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @drahardja
    I still have trouble understanding the original purpose of the siren. Did it work like a curfew for anyone who "did not belong" to the town?

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @drahardja
    I learned something today. We all have taken on guilt in our history. But why perpetuate this into 2021 under the excuse of "tribute to first responders"? You could play a bugle or a song if you absolutely have to. The town administration pretended to be blind to the sensitivity when, in fact, they probably supported the underlying racist scare message.

    elCelio, to Bulgaria Italian
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    "Article 5 has been invoked only once in history, after the September 11 attacks on the in 2001"

    The only time in history that the common defense clause of the NATO treaty was used, it was for defense of the .

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @elCelio
    "Buuuht dey ain't payin' nuff for American influence and American NATO Commanders." Also, the only ones paying in blood for America were European NATO allies in Afghanistan.

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @elCelio
    My point is that the relationship has always had a transactional element, where US influence was bought by the provision of security. Of course, US personnel died in a war where America was attacked. But Trump's 2% argument overlooks that NATO was designed in a way where US influence was bought with security guarantees. Everytime I or my friends deployed, we were just there to be legitimizing token foreigners to a US war.

    noelreports, to random Dutch
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    "The United States wants to encourage the Europeans to take illegal actions (and inevitable losses)," Peskov told RIA Novosti, commenting on publications about the White House’s support for the confiscation of Russian assets

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @VikingChieftain
    Like it did in the Olympics.
    @noelreports

    EU_Commission, to random
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    Share of energy from renewable sources in 2022 (%):

    🇸🇪 66 🇫🇮 47.9 🇱🇻 43.3 🇩🇰 41.6
    🇪🇪 38.5 🇵🇹 34.7 🇦🇹 33.8 🇱🇹 29.6
    🇭🇷 29.4 🇷🇴 24.1 🇪🇺 23 🇸🇮 22.9
    🇬🇷 22.7 🇪🇸 22.1 🇩🇪 20.8 🇫🇷 20.3 🇨🇾 19.4 🇧🇬 19.1 🇮🇹 19 🇨🇿 18.2
    🇸🇰 17.5 🇵🇱 16.9 🇭🇺 15.2 🇳🇱 15
    🇱🇺 14.4 🇧🇪 13.8 🇲🇹 13.4 🇮🇪 13.1

    This is the way to go, but we must accelerate to meet our 2030 renewable energy target of at least 42.5%.

    To achieve it – among others – we sped up permitting procedures for projects on renewable energy and proposed a Wind Power Action Plan.

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @kravietz
    Unfortunately that is not correct. Nuclear energy is insanely expensive (it only exists with massive government subsidies) and the biggest supplier of material is...Rosatom. So renewables are the way to go, as they represent a technology that actually has a future and can ensure European market leadership (if ee don't sell that to the Chinese as well).
    @EU_Commission

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @dynode
    We are the home of the NIMBY. People have zero sense of collective benefit. They mostly care about their own backyard. More trains, yeah. But don't build that high speed line through my town. Renewables are awesome, but I don't want the shadow of a wind park over my house. Nuclear is cool, but please put the waste facility in a different state.
    @t_mkdf @kravietz @notsoloud @EU_Commission

    Free_Press, to Ukraine
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    “I can’t see him... bastard”

    The Russian woman, at 83 years old, boldly declared on camera her attitude towards Putin and what is now happening in the country.

    The elderly woman does not understand why people see and tolerate all this nonsense.

    Sorry - no subtitles, but I think you can see her point!
    ️

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @Free_Press
    https://youtu.be/h_LMdoCuSRM?feature=shared

    With subs, albeit slightly more PC than her rant.

    Free_Press, to Ukraine
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    BREAKING NEWS

    The rocket that landed in Poland last night was Russian.

    Now confirmed by Polish Authorities.
    ️

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @Free_Press The official wording is "traversed into Polish airspace and left after three minutes." It looks like bad routing (Russian default) on the part of the Russian Cruise Missile planners. If it had impacted in Poland, we would be seeing the call for NATO Article 4 consultations.

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @CuriousRPh

    @Free_Press
    Not in accordance with the Polish statement. But they say it is radar derived. The track likely faded over Ukraine, not Poland. I would be surprised if they found the missile body in Poland.

    pelle, to random

    Elon Musk picked a fight with Nordic workers. We’re gonna make him lose. Help us get the message out: Dear @elonmusk - Get unionized or get out!

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    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @glitzersachen

    @lindamarie @VikingChieftain @pelle @elonmusk
    If you want to give it a dystopian spin, capitalism has just reached the level of low quality output that late socialism had. This time, centralism is not to blame but a culture of "just good enough to sell." In addition, it shows what happens when Silicon Valley people begin producing real things. Shitty products are our collective future. Who wants to be on that Space-X rocket when it fails?

    Strandjunker, to random
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    Have you ever wondered why Germans didn’t do anything about Hitler? Well, the rest of the world is wondering exactly that about Americans and Trump.

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @winterschon @goulien @Strandjunker They did not have to be armed. They had to not vote for the guy. Then, it was Social Democrats and Communists who refused to work together. No one prevented Hitler. Once he was in power, only outside forces could stop him. Arming a handful of townsfolk against a regular military is a futile attempt. Insurgencies only succeed with external support.

    kevinrothrock, to random

    Ready your anti-appeasement pitchforks, Internet mob: French President Emmanuel Macron said today that he would still consider talking with Vladimir Putin “if it helps create a sustainable peace between Ukraine and Russia.” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-macron-peace-dialogue-dbcc7591c8b16f0532ccd6cff0f7ba75

    elpolacodesplegado,
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    @kevinrothrock Video Teleconference? Or because Putin is only a video playing on eternal repeat?

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