No update today.
Somebody commented during my small break last week that I should try and insert breaks in, say, a day or so every week or two weeks, which I think I will try and do - though they might be irregular (i.e. on different days).
Happy International Day for Biological Diversity!
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.
My Lunch With President Biden, by Thomas Friedman, writing in the NYT
Hold on to your hats, you're about to see some real dipshittery. I just read through it again and I don't think there's a single even vaguely correct paragraph in this. I'm not sure what universe he's in but it's sure not this one. It's actually genuinely impressive that his accounting of the last few months, years, and decades is so diametrically opposed to reality. That takes true hard work and consistency, to maintain a world view that doesn't even accidentally have correct points or facts.
dipshittery within
How does this guy continue to get paid to write??? I know the answer, but the fact that he makes a shitload of money doing this is always the first thing through my mind when I see shit he's written
:warf-wtf:
Reminds me of the, "I can excuse racism, but I draw the line at..." meme