New (to me) dimension of crowdwork platforms:Russian military uses Premise microtasking platform to aim and calibrate fire during their invasion of Ukraine. Example tasks are to locate ports, medical facilities, bridges, explosion craters. Paying ¢0.25 to $3.25 a task. pic.twitter.com/kHTO2tSCUH— Bogdan Kulynych 🇺🇦 (@hiddenmarkov) February 25, 2022
― rob, Saturday, 26 February 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
“Turkey hasn’t made a decision to close the straits to Russian ships yet,” a senior Turkish official tells me So guess Zelensky was making a request with that tweet— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 26, 2022
― Number None, Saturday, 26 February 2022 14:26 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I figured it was some sort of miscommunication. But it is somewhat intriguing that Turkey hasn't decided yet.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
I don't understand the rationale behind Putin sending conscripts already.
I presume the request for troops from Kazakstan was just a PR thing, but why sending conscripts who don't appear particularly reliable
― anvil, Saturday, 26 February 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
The Russian army is about 35-40% conscripts iirc and lots are trained as specialists. They’re involved in everything as standard.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
Late, but thank you so much for sharing those links, table. That provided the clearest picture of what's happening (and has already happened) on the ground that I've yet encountered.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
you have to think james ward-prowse could do a job all the same xp
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/rIRtMnL7Fb— Axl Rose (@axlrose) February 26, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
ain’t that fresh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
Axl’s no appetite for destruction
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
If people are really missing Calzino that much, I could pop in every once in a while to tell all the Americans to fuck off.
― o. nate, Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
Ukrainians wrecking Russian Motorized Infantry with #Molotov cocktails at improvised roadblocks on the outskirts of #Kyiv, #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/A7lvr0G6Hh— Soleyman (@soleyman_1) February 26, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:58 (two years ago) link
About the micro tasking post above - why would they want to know where explosion craters are?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 February 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
more on the Turkey/Black Sea access angle:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/russia-ukraine-war-turkey-not-likely-close-bosphorus-why
― dig your way out of the shit with a gold magic shovel! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
xp just guessing really, but maybe to confirm accuracy; as in: did the explosion crater occur where we intended it to?
― the corned american (rob), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Ah that makes a lot of sense
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
If that Soleyman video is real .... damn.
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
Learned something interesting yesterday. You know how at the height of Russian interference in US affairs news there were reports that the hacking and whatnot was first attempted or tested in Ukraine? Apparently one overlooked outcome was that Ukraine built a surprisingly robust cyber security system in response, which I suspect is helping them out now. And this post:
🧵#Ukraine is using the Telegram messenger very effectively to communicate with the public during this war. Throughout the day, multiple official channels send out updates: warnings of imminent airstrikes, news on curfews, calls for public vigilance against saboteurs...— Matthew Kupfer (@Matthew_Kupfer) February 26, 2022
Indicates a couple of years of covid has helped strengthen their communication channels as well. The Ukraine Now Telegram channel was originally built for the health ministry but has apparently quickly been repurposed.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
ok, Soleyman video is from Ukraine ... in 2014youtu.be/nIp34wW3k90
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
Terrell Starr is not a good person to follow fwiw. I guess while he’s there he may have interesting things to document but I don’t think he’s a trustworthy or insightful person.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
Honestly good to know, thanks. I've just seen him popping up a lot. And good to know about he molotov video, too. Everything online should be taken with a grain of salt.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
I mean I get it, I definitely wanted that video to be real!
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:47 (two years ago) link
I guess the video does accurately portray what a bunch of Ukrainian irregulars can do to an armored convoy ...
― brisk money (lukas), Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
no worries, there’s just stuff like this (caveat - this is from years ago and Mark Ames isn’t exactly a squeaky-clean or ultra-reliable source on Ukraine) -
This is who WaPo hired to fight Russian fake news 🤔 https://t.co/r32oNNI4eq pic.twitter.com/FMONlQ6uRE— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) October 10, 2017
But anyone who writes an article in 2019 analyzing Putin through the lens of The Wire may not be the expert they claim to be.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:51 (two years ago) link
2016 rather
― JoeStork, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
The chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament had his plane turned back mid-flight by Sweden and then Finland, making him the first top Russian official to face Europe’s denial of airspace permissions in response to the invasion https://t.co/Kp215fH9pQ pic.twitter.com/ngpl3OC7IX— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) February 26, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy. pic.twitter.com/JDLXtYAq5q— Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) February 25, 2022
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 26 February 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
Finally got round to reading those articles table posted and want to echo the thanks - really good to see these perspectives.
― emil.y, Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
!!! Ukraine's Interior ministry asked residents to take down street signs in order to confuse oncoming Russian troops. The state road-signs agency went one step further. (Roughly: all directions are to "go fuck yourselves") pic.twitter.com/8xVjceqRfx— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 26, 2022
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:04 (two years ago) link
that is a pretty blatant photoshop
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
the tweet they posted right below
Just for avoidance of doubt: the state road agency is dismantling the road signs (here's message below); the "go fuck yourself" sign is clearly their illustrative joke, not real street signs. (for now at least). pic.twitter.com/vkIrr7yIh8— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 26, 2022
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
1) The fate of #Ukraine is being decided tonight, but also the fate of the west. Declare a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine at the invitation of their sovereign govt. Disrupt Russias air ops to give the heroic Ukrainians a fair fight. It’s now, or later.— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) February 25, 2022
YOLO!
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
Saw this post about a brewery in Ukraine:
⚡️Lviv-based Pravda brewery switches to making Molotov cocktails.The brewery announced the plans after Ukraine’s Defense Ministry instructed civilians to make Molotov cocktails to resist invading Russian forces.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
I looked them up and found this translation of a recent post of theirs that had some surreal touches:
Friends!Today, 26.02 a few of our institutions are open, which have basements and the possibility of covering in case of a threat:Kriívka, Theater Beer "Truth", Confectionery on Lemkivskíj, Ribs "Under Arsenal", Grand Cafe Leopolis already working.For our defenders (military, terror defense, police, national guard) free coffee / tea.The facilities will be open until 8pm. There is an opportunity to calculate both card and cash. We remind you that for visiting institutions, it is mandatory to have a document that certifies the person. We do not serve citizens of Russia and Belarus. If you have a weapon with you, please leave it in our security and they will return it to you on the way out. This is for you and all safety visitors.We continue to do our best to ensure the livelihood of those who are not involved in defending our country and to give a little rest and calm. In parallel we collect everything necessary to help our fellow citizens who are forced to go to Lviv from the cities under shelling.Everything will be Ukraine!
Today, 26.02 a few of our institutions are open, which have basements and the possibility of covering in case of a threat:Kriívka, Theater Beer "Truth", Confectionery on Lemkivskíj, Ribs "Under Arsenal", Grand Cafe Leopolis already working.For our defenders (military, terror defense, police, national guard) free coffee / tea.
The facilities will be open until 8pm. There is an opportunity to calculate both card and cash. We remind you that for visiting institutions, it is mandatory to have a document that certifies the person. We do not serve citizens of Russia and Belarus. If you have a weapon with you, please leave it in our security and they will return it to you on the way out. This is for you and all safety visitors.
We continue to do our best to ensure the livelihood of those who are not involved in defending our country and to give a little rest and calm. In parallel we collect everything necessary to help our fellow citizens who are forced to go to Lviv from the cities under shelling.
Everything will be Ukraine!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
Poland advocates an express path for Ukraine’s membership in the EU. The candidate state status should be granted immediately and talks on the membership started promptly thereafter. Ukraine must also have access to EU funds for reconstruction. This is what Ukraine deserves🇵🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺— Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda) February 26, 2022
This will not happen, for a variety of reasons, but interesting to see it mentioned at all.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
Lubomyr Melnyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr2ofP0Qof4
― djh, Saturday, 26 February 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
did the explosion crater occur where we intended it to?
There was a whole thing in WWII where German bombing was adjusted by strategic deception - confirming actual impacts, but doing so selectively, so as to relocate the center of the German bombing effort
― squid pro quo (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 26 February 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
🐦[Poland advocates an express path for Ukraine’s membership in the EU. The candidate state status should be granted immediately and talks on the membership started promptly thereafter. Ukraine must also have access to EU funds for reconstruction. This is what Ukraine deserves🇵🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺— Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda) February 26, 2022🕸]🐦This will not happen, for a variety of reasons, but interesting to see it mentioned at all.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 26 February 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
Yes, including half of them believing in a conspiracy theory that Russia killed the President in 2010.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
Even, King of the Trolls, Orban has been forced to come out and criticize this invasion.
― Meet the Irish Queer Archive Poet In Residence (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
I used to work with a Polish woman who said Poland's misfortune was to be stuck in between the two worst countries in Europe, though most Poles seem to hate Russia and not mind Germany.
― Meet the Irish Queer Archive Poet In Residence (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link
Orban’s apparently on board with kicking Russia out of SWIFT too.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:01 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, this is wild. There's a memorial to the victims of the crash at Smolensk in a Polish cemetery in rural Pennsylvania, and the whole story was told to me as perfect truth! It was quite surprising, a couple of years later, to be listening to a podcast that unpacked the conditions leading up to the crash and the likely explanation, and debunked the "Russia shot down our government" thing.
http://en.psfcu.com/News__Press_Releases_630.html?article_id=1027
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
russia/rest of europe seem to be closing airspace to each other’s commercial flights
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
This picture, my God. https://t.co/8m2EDk8cBb pic.twitter.com/YW8dZ2fI04— Emily Ramshaw (@eramshaw) February 26, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
can anyone answer me why Chechens are in there fighting for Putin?! I realize they are part of Russia, but they've had, what, two major rebellions? are they part of the russian military proper and just have no choice?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
Fighting and dying:
Magomed Tushayev, one of Ramzan Kadyrov’s top warlords, has been killed in action in Hostomel.🇺🇦Ukraine’s elite Alpha Group is reportedly fighting Chechens in the airfield. pic.twitter.com/bPHgBPK8sL— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 26, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:51 (two years ago) link
Head of Chechen Republic seems like a real sweetheart:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramzan_Kadyrov
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
Chechnya is run as a fiefdom of the Kadyrov family. In return for backing Russia, they’ve been pretty much left to do what they want. The Chechen branches of the Russian army are more or less Ramzan Kadyrov’s personal militia and he’s a close ally of Putin.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
There are probably still some Chechens fighting on the other side too,
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
In another new twist on modern warfare, there’s a bunch of deepfakes convincing enough to fool a couple of gullible journalists circulating of Kadyrov saying the Ukrainian resistance is much stronger than he expected and he regrets getting involved.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 February 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link