I know ive seen this one here
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I bet @beschizza could do a splendid BB post on that topic.
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We do!
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after looking into this the last time this came up, the retweeter says: “list of top Facebook posts” - it’s not. the original tweet says what it actually is: the top ten clicked links on public facebook groups ( which facebook calls “pages” )
it does show i think that russian bots are out there clicking on links to influence facebook’s algorithms ( and probably helps inflates the fox news traffic to lift them in google searches, and what not )
it doesn’t necessarily mean that those links were widely shared or seen by more actual humans
it’s still a problem, just not what i think most people ( like the retweeter ) think it means. it’s also not sanctions: it’s that russia first slowed down facebook in russia, and then cut it off entirely
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We should also remember the workers of Manchester, who supported an embargo on slave-picked cotton during the US Civil War, at the cost of their own livelihoods.
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Well yeah.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/05/world/russia-ukraine#putin-ukraine-statehood
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday upped his rhetoric by describing the Western sanctions imposed against Russia since his military invasion of Ukraine as “akin to a declaration of war,” and warning that Ukraine might lose its statehood if its leaders continued to resist his military invasion of the country.
“The current leadership needs to understand that if they continue doing what they are doing, they risk the future of Ukrainian statehood,” he said at a meeting in Moscow on Saturday, in his first extended remarks since the start of the war. “If that happens,” he said, “they will have to be blamed for that.”
Stop hitting yourself,
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Seriously. “If you don’t stop preventing us from taking over your country, we’re going to really take over your country!”
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i know nothing about the politics there. i found this and another article which says ( if im reading it right ) russia has been backing separatists there, and that the transnistria region - close to odessa - would be another toe hold for them for both ukraine and moldova
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Now there’s a man who doesn’t understand that no means no.
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I would be nervous were I Moldova or Georgia in light of what is happening in Ukraine.
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In a nutshell, Transnistria has been used like a child in a custody battle, with Russia being the abusive father. No real strength without support from Russia.
ETA: Before this war broke out, my friend in Chisinau had relatives who would take curious tourists on day-trips over to Transnistria, but requests are often met with “Do you really want to go there?” level eyerolls. It’s just not that much more interesting or exciting than Moldova.
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with people like ben “no more than 5000 people will die from covid” shapiro out there, who needs trolls?
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This totally super-spontaneous declaration of independence is totally not part of the super-secret special military operation plan. /s
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Ben has his own tröll support network for pumping his rankness.
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Thanks, I am glad to see that information framework exists already and doesn’t need to start from scratch.
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