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#EndStageCapitalism sucks. I miss the old days when…
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Chimaera@mastodon.world ("Robin") wrote:
@futurebird live by the sword https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/world/europe/russia-putin-prigozhin-wagner-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
🆕 blog! “LinkedIn supports Schema.org metadata”
I'm a big fan of machine-readable metadata. It's useful for programs which need to extract information from messy and complicated websites. It's always surprising where it turns up. For example, take this post of mine on LinkedIn. If you view the source, you'll see this scrap of linked data: <script type="applicati…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/linkedin-supports-schema-org-metadata/
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#linkeddata #linkedin #schema.org
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🆕 blog! “Book Review: Engraved on the Eye - Saladin Ahmed”
★★★★☆This is a modern Arabian Nights. Eight Middle Eastern tales of adventure and magic, infused with a startling modernity. I loved the world-building in this. The creeping horror in some of the tales was offset by the delicious exploration of what it means to inhabit a world with Djinn. Interestingly, it seeme…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/book-review-engraved-on-the-eye-saladin-ahmed/
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#BookReview #SciFi
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oldladyplays@wargamers.social ("Cait the Encourageable") wrote:
@futurebird @siderea Unchecked corruption. Their logistics are constantly weakened by corrupt supply NCOs selling things on the black market - food, fuel, and so on. Recruits are able to bribe their way out of hard training. Lack of supplies mean exercises are hollow and meaningless, and training is curtailed (no ammo). Substance use is rampant, thus absenteeism is also.
Morale is, predictably, quite poor, and there is no sense of unit cohesion. These are militarily death sentences for a unit and its soldiers. Unit cohesion is crucial - soldiers fight for their friends beside them, if they have any. With no unit cohesion, they won't fight as well, if they fight at all.
Basically, Putin's government got the army it deserved, one just as corrupt and useless as it is.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
::Some ants waved little flags with the colors of their colony or with other symbols I could not recognize. A praying mantis, towering over the crowd called out that he was selling balloons and who would like to buy one. A troupe of little beetles were selling hot cakes and they threw them at their customers who thew money back. The air seemed filled with sounds and colors and noise and then–
A horn. 1/2
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
ISW analysis:
“Suggestions that Prigozhin’s rebellion, the Kremlin’s response, and Lukashenko’s mediation were all staged by the Kremlin are absurd. The imagery of Putin appearing on national television to call for the end of an armed rebellion and warning of a repeat of the 1917 revolution – and then requiring mediation from a foreign leader to resolve the rebellion – will have a lasting impact. The rebellion exposed the weakness of the Russian security forces...”
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
I swear some day I'll break something in my body from flailing around whenever I read "choose the right tool for the job" in a computer article…
We never do that! We choose the tool we know or like and then rationalize its fitness for the job.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
The flip side of this is that if you're designing a twine RPG, restricting it to operations that you could do with a 2d6 is a good way to not over-complicate things.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
New Mastodon for Android release coming next week! Currently in internal testing. New profiles, new settings, new search, and more!
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
ok so that Sandbox Generator book led me into the world of solo tabletop rpgs.
I tried playing Alone Against Fear yesterday but I'm not sure if I'm gonna finish the first mission. Despite being a tabletop game, it's very table-based in a way that lends itself to automation. Early on I ran into a group of 9 zombies and then a group of 6 possessed humans and as I sat there doing dozens of "dodge" rolls I kept thinking this could have been a twine game
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
If you thought I was past my boring bodymod post phase, guess again!
I recently went up to 2g in my septum and it happened like it always does: I found a 2g ring that I liked and bought a pair for my ears. Then when they got here I was like, "I wonder if I could wear this in my septum"
I forgot that when you go up a size, you have a grace period of a few days before your nose realizes what happened and gets mad at you. So now I'm just waiting for it to calm down again
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Peternimmo@mastodon.scot ("Peter Nimmo") wrote:
Well, we've all learned a lesson today about the disadvantages of #outsourcing
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“something important that we’d do well to remember now… You can come armed with all the facts in the world, but when you’re dealing with a conspiracist, there’s no real way to “win” an argument. For people whose views aren’t anchored to facts, winning is simply getting attention — and when you publicly argue with someone like Kennedy, you’ve already lost.”
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Based on internal feedback, I think our new t-shirts will be a huge success. We expect to launch them along with mugs, enamel pins and stickers mid-July. The designs are awesome, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise yet. It’ll be a fun way for the non-profit to fundraise more money 😊
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lucie_tronvert@biscuit.town ("burger kink lady") wrote:
Oof that’s a huge mood right there
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Reading that fucking Coyne & Maroja paper was agonizing. I guess we should be concerned since the bigots are thriving inside the house of biology.
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timkmak@journa.host ("Tim Mak") wrote:
Over breakfast a waiter came up to us and said with wonderment: “Are you seeing what’s happening in Russia?!” By mid-day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was mocking Putin and vowing victory for Ukraine.
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kellogh@hachyderm.io ("Tim Kellogg") wrote:
I love all of @timkmak articles and this is of no exception. His style is to show you what it looks like from a typical Ukrainian’s point of view. Here he talks about the impact to the #Ukraine war (good), but also mentions that even the most optimistic Ukrainians don’t think #Wagner will succeed. I highly recommend reading and subscribing https://open.substack.com/pub/counteroffensive/p/newsflash-russia-wracked-by-rebellion?r=2cpkgh&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Chaos. Pray to Lord Arioch, everyone.
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
delightful idea
From: @adamshostack
https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack/110527385984907341
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EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:
We are getting rid of Russian fossil fuels.
In March, EU #oil imports from Russia fell by 90% compared to the 2019-2022 average. EU sanctions against #Russia and the G7 price cap on Russian petrol and related products are delivering results.
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- A chart showing EU imports of crude oil, petroleum products, and oil and petroleum products from Russia from 2019 to 2023. These data are represented with three coloured lines, each showing a progressive drop, which becomes steeper from January 2022 and even steeper on: - December 2022: EU embargo on crude oil - February: EU embargo on petroleum products At the bottom of the visual, there is a note: "Crude oil: includes natural gas liquids (NGL), refinery feedstocks, additives and oxygenates, and other hydrocarbons. This definition applies only to the data presented, not necessarily to the embargo on crude oil." (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
2022:
Russia has the second largest army in Asia.
Russia invades Ukraine.
2023:
Russia has the second largest army in Ukraine.
Russia invades Russia.
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Prigozhin continued to comment live on Saturday through videos, audio recordings and statements posted on the messaging app Telegram.
His remarkable continued access to a public platform amid a crisis demonstrated both the limits of official restrictions and the rise of Telegram... along with the proliferation of virtual private networks, has effectively loosened the information controls that the Russian authorities had tightened for years”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:
Wagner Group's apparent progress toward Moscow, as of 40 minutes ago. https://t.co/BlH6qtpR9S https://t.co/FlHSzdUC4n
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:
If Russia were really the religious hegemon Putin's speeches make it out to be, this would be huge, but I doubt it will make much difference.
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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
Lipetsk Governor Igor Artamonov says Wagner vehicles passing through the region (apparently unhindered), 500km south of Moscow. https://t.me/igor_artamonov48/980 #Russia
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chfrankcgn@chaos.social ("Christian Frank") wrote:
"The company skipped the very crucial step of sending five lower-class people to the bottom of the ocean to make sure it was safe enough for the wealthy"
/via @madcoder
https://www.theonion.com/critics-say-submersible-should-ve-been-tested-with-poor-1850566314
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Wagner forces are already in control of Rostov after an overnight rebellion. It appears they have now travelled about 500 miles north as they barrel towards Moscow.
Reuters journalists earlier saw troop carriers and a flatbed truck carrying a tank careening past the city of Voronezh more than halfway to Moscow, where a helicopter fired on them. But there were no reports of the rebels meeting any substantial resistance on the highway.”
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Authorities “are taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the population. The situation is under control,” the governor, Igor Artamonov, said on Telegram. He did not give details about the Wagner presence.
Authorities in the area, which is in Russia’s south-west, earlier urged residents to stay at home on Saturday after the Wagner group vowed to take up arms to topple the country’s military leadership.”
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