The Russia-Ukraine War has begun

[WeFlossDaily]

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/28/empty-beds-ukraine-art-installation

Not really a site I follow.
Not really related to the front.
Not really related to escalating tensions in Chechnya or Georgia.
It's just really sad.

 

[Soen Eber]

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/28/empty-beds-ukraine-art-installation

Not really a site I follow.
Not really related to the front.
Not really related to escalating tensions in Chechnya or Georgia.
It's just really sad.

It's a good site. I've been a news junky since childhood when I sat down to read about Watergate, and it's consistently a good, factual newspaper - and free! I would put it about on the same level as National Public Radio, but a bit more to the left due to choice of topic and language slant.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

It's a good site. I've been a news junky since childhood when I sat down to read about Watergate, and it's consistently a good, factual newspaper - and free! I would put it about on the same level as National Public Radio, but a bit more to the left due to choice of topic and language slant.

It seemed okej. I've probably stumbled across it here and there before. I tend to kind of look everywhere. Who reports what? How do they report it? And who makes no mention of major events?

 

[Soen Eber]

It seemed okej. I've probably stumbled across it here and there before. I tend to kind of look everywhere. Who reports what? How do they report it? And who makes no mention of major events?

Mediabiasfactcheck.com supplies stuff like that and is my go-to place for verifying bias and factual reporting. I'm sure there are similar sites to check out as well

EDIT: Fixed url domain. Thanks Free!

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

That's a nice, uh, domain park.

 

[Free]

Mediabiasfactcheck.org supplies stuff like that and is my go-to place for verifying bias and factual reporting.

You should double-check the url. It's not a .org:

Media Bias/Fact Check News

We are the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 3900+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day.

mediabiasfactcheck.com

 

[WeFlossDaily]

Mediabiasfactcheck.com supplies stuff like that and is my go-to place for verifying bias and factual reporting. I'm sure there are similar sites to check out as well

EDIT: Fixed url domain. Thanks Free!

There are similar sites, ya.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

But I should add that one should be careful in regard to how pro-kremlin propaganda may be attempting to circumvent fact-checking websites and slip under the radar. For example, let's say somebody writes a pro-kremlin type of article with the intent of trying to erode support for Ukraine by talking about where Ukraine is struggling on the front-lines while excluding any and all information about where Ukraine is doing well at the same time, which could skew the perspective of how things look, but without actually citing anything that is factually incorrect and just lying by omission. In these types of articles, Kyiv (Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters) will frequently be spelled Kiev (russian spelling in Latin letters), which might sound incredibly petty, but it's just one of the many ways the kremlin regime attacks and belittles Ukrainian identity and culture and a surefire sign that an article is actually a propaganda piece in my opinion.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

In these types of articles, Kyiv (Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters) will frequently be spelled Kiev (russian spelling in Latin letters), which might sound incredibly petty, but it's just one of the many ways the kremlin regime attacks and belittles Ukrainian identity and culture and a surefire sign that an article is actually a propaganda piece in my opinion.

I think this is more useful information that can be acted upon than mere opinion.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/europe/russia-sarmat-missile-test-failure-intl/index.html

Does russia even have the ability to conduct a nuclear strike?

I doubt it.

 

[Khamon]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/europe/russia-sarmat-missile-test-failure-intl/index.html

Does russia even have the ability to conduct a nuclear strike?

I doubt it.

It is likely too dangerous for them to attempt launches over their own territory. Whether or not they serviceable sub launchers is questionable. But considering the state of their military equipment as demonstrated in Ukraine, the silos are probably more dangerous to them than the rest of the world.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

It is likely too dangerous for them to attempt launches over their own territory. Whether or not they serviceable sub launchers is questionable. But considering the state of their military equipment as demonstrated in Ukraine, the silos are probably more dangerous to them than the rest of the world.

That's pretty much how I see it. russian navy vessels seem particularly vulnerable to cigarette smoking accidents.

 

[Khamon]

That's pretty much how I see it. russian navy vessels seem particularly vulnerable to cigarette smoking accidents.

They're too big to accidentally fall out of the windows.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

They're too big to accidentally fall out of the windows.

russians falling out windows brings up some interesting search results. I honestly didn't expect it to be such a widespread type of accident over there.

 

[Soen Eber]

It is likely too dangerous for them to attempt launches over their own territory. Whether or not they serviceable sub launchers is questionable. But considering the state of their military equipment as demonstrated in Ukraine, the silos are probably more dangerous to them than the rest of the world.

I still don't want to see that assumption tested.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

I still don't want to see that assumption tested.

Nobody does. But that doesn't mean the free world should submit to nuclear blackmail.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/europe/russia-sarmat-missile-test-failure-intl/index.html

Does russia even have the ability to conduct a nuclear strike?

I doubt it.

You can doubt it if you want. Fact is that NATO doesn't doubt it, because NATO is really cautious not to walk over certain red lines Russia has which could trigger a nuclear strike. So since NATO takes Russia's nuclear strike potential as given so should we.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

You can doubt it if you want. Fact is that NATO doesn't doubt it, because NATO is really cautious not to walk over certain red lines Russia has which could trigger a nuclear strike. So since NATO takes Russia's nuclear strike potential as given so should we.

russia rattles the nuclear saber because that's the only thing that scares the west into submission.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

0:52 - 2:48 of this pro-Ukrainian blogger video is interesting because it covers an exchange between ruztec, a major russian weapons manufacturer, and the russian central bank. They are talking about how stagflation is destroying the russian economy. This is good for Ukraine.

Here's the video. The blogger speaks English as at least his second language. The exchange between the russian officials is captioned in English:


Here is the video he appears to have gotten it from. The speaker talks in russian, in a russian accent, not a Ukrainian accent. Captions are in English:


Oh, and here's a wiki. The second guy is a russian political opposition leader:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Katz

To be honest, I won't be too surprised if he falls out a window.

Western media sleeps on a lot of things related to this war. But I see the above as evidence that russians are starting to worry about their increasingly isolated economy. Good. I follow a lot of sources on this issue. A lot of them are in the form of video blogs, yeah. Both Ukrainian and russian sources are important to follow in order to understand the conflict. And so are many other sources. From many other counties.

Here are a few preemptive counters to typical arguments made by russian sympatherizers and neutralists:

But Flossy, average russians will suffer. I feel bad for them.
I don't

Why not? How can you be so unsympathetic?
My sympathies lie with Ukraine.

But----
russia can leave Ukraine whenever they want.

How can this be good, Flossy?
The average russian must experience something negative in response to the war to erode their support for the war. That's just how it is.

What about BRICKS?
What about it? The ruble is worth nothing. And there is no unified BRICKS currency. At all.

But----
I can go on like this all day. Slava Ukraini!

 

[detrius]

The blogger speaks English as at least his second language. The exchange between the russian officials is captioned in English:

He's a pilot, so he needs to be fluent in English because that's the language used in air traffic control for international flights.

(I've been subbed to that channel for years.)