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.
The UN says that the world has 10 weeks of wheat reserves left, due to the shortage of fertilizers, the impact of the war on Ukraine, and the extreme droughts and heatwaves being seen in various regions over the world.
Soon the humble Potato will supplant the tyrant known as Wheat and inaugurate an age of spudy goodness
Or not.
I hate this timeline
Okay, if a potato blight breaks out what we need to do is we all do petty crimes and get transported to Australia.
Or not.
I have potato blood in my veins. My life is potato. In your working life and in your living it's always potatoes. I dream of potatoes. When we are going to harvest, in your mind and in your heart you feel that you are going to export the potato, and you are not going to see it anymore. That hurts. The family thinks always from morning to evening about the potatoes.
:corn-man-khrush: What about the Corn? :corn-man-khrush:
Being used as car fuel and soda sweeteners
Humanity has its priorities straight
Just to check - It costs more than one gallon of gasoline to make one gallon of corn ethanol? Am I right on that?
Something like that, always said corn ethanol as a fuel additive was a dumb concept in terms of energy efficiency
https://youtu.be/TGm2Q4jUV8Y
Russia has record bumper wheat harvests. If only there was some way to allow them to trade with other markets and exchange their wheat for currency
buckwheat best wheat