No update today or tomorrow.
Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Yesterday's discussion post.
Small glimpse of what its like having front row seats on the may 9 parade in Red Square, filmed by comrade Courter
Edit: one of my little favorite things to watch is seeing soldiers on parade and seeing generally how clumsy they are in a marching formation. It just reminds me that a lot of these guys are still dipshits and chucklefucks like us.
I went there in mid april when I went, and not being there for victory day is still something I regret. hope I can go back after all this bullshit and see Russia again, Russia is kind of a shithole in parts but a charming one that I liked.
Sounds like America. There were parts of this country I've been to and hated and parts that were okay. Like I dispised being in Florida and north Carolina and yet enjoyed South Carolina paradoxically, in the same way I've been to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Mexico, and the California deserts and only liked visiting the towns of flagstaff, roswell, some Nevada mountain ranch, and Tuscan.
At least a lot of Russias similar in climate to my slice of the world so I'd feel more at home weather-wise
deleted by creator
I visited the museum right before the pandemic started, it's totally worth a visit! Definitely didn't know as much as you going in but maybe you'll like some photos from the museum. And a bonus gallery of other Moscow sights!
deleted by creator
Super cool! The fully automated return of the boosters is the neatest part to me, it's like SpaceX but decades earlier. And about the pilots, I wonder if that worked both ways, that the US government also needed/wanted some individual heros they can rally behind. It's harder to market a faceless rocket to the public.
deleted by creator
interesting :melon-musk:
Hey if I ever visit Russia, I'll try to go there and snap pics just for space nerds like you
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
It's a lot nicer than Phoenix, I'll tell you that right now.
Nevada is hella mountainous and has awesome areas. It's not all low desert like Vegas, thankfully
The little camera drone darting in and out of massive armored vehicles stands out as a reminder that we're living in the future.
This angle changes so much compared to the flattering boom crane videos that people love to add electro music too.