GNU socialtag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:TagTimeline:ukraineNotices tagged with ukraineUpdates tagged with ukraine on Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Nu_uc_lc.svg2024-03-29T01:27:13+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2024-03-14:noticeId=5608159:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03This is French president Macron's Churchill Moment (provided the translation is correct and actions follow words): <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisschmitz/status/1768380703077462465" title="https://twitter.com/chrisschmitz/status/1768380703077462465" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://twitter.com/chrisschmitz/status/1768380703077462465</a><br /> <br /> (With not a too hidden salvo against German chancellor Scholz.)<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3436100http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-14T23:23:28+00:002024-03-14T23:23:28+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2024-03-14:objectType=thread:nonce=30b1b79587e1d7b2http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2024-02-27:noticeId=3435769:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukrainian-troops-pull-back-russias-onslaught-pushes-ahead-107541010" title="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukrainian-troops-pull-back-russias-onslaught-pushes-ahead-107541010" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/293417</a> [abcnews go com] <br /> <br /> Western recalcitrance continues to harm the people of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> as #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> is able to move forward with its offensive.3435769http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-02-27T00:04:02+00:002024-02-27T00:04:02+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2024-02-27:objectType=thread:nonce=d674dde35071aae6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://pirati.ca/objects/ec054ce7-8065-d593-0dc3-369768913662New note by heluechtVor zehn Jahren kam es zum Massaker auf dem <a href="https://pirati.ca/search?tag=Maidan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maidan</span></a>, weil die damalige Regierung den Protest gewaltsam niederschlagen wollte. Die Menschen der <a href="https://pirati.ca/search?tag=Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> haben sich dann dagegen behauptet. Es ist höchste Zeit, dass sie alle Hilfe bekommen, um ihr Land zu befreien. <a href="https://pirati.ca/search?tag=Euromaidan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Euromaidan</span></a><br />Kiew vor zehn Jahren: Tage des Grauens auf dem Maidan <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/kiew-maidan-massaker-100.html" rel="noreferrer">https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/kiew-maidan-massaker-100.html</a>3435639http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-02-21T06:07:09+00:002024-02-21T06:07:09+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://pirati.ca/profile/heluechtheluecht<p>Entwickelt Open Source in der Freizeit, hat zu viele Fahrräder und ist Fan des HSVH (Das erste "H" steht für "Handball") und von islieb, Franzbrötchen und guter Schokolade. Wunschliste: alles unter <a href="https://www.rausch.de/schokolade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rausch.de/schokolade/</a></p><p>Wer Amazon mag: <a href="https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/3VWK0ZL3MN3ZT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/3VWK0…</a></p><p>Liberapay: <a href="https:// … 53.5617367 9.986725heluechtMichael Vogel<p>Entwickelt Open Source in der Freizeit, hat zu viele Fahrräder und ist Fan des HSVH (Das erste "H" steht für "Handball") und von islieb, Franzbrötchen und guter Schokolade. Wunschliste: alles unter <a href="https://www.rausch.de/schokolade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rausch.de/schokolade/</a></p><p>Wer Amazon mag: <a href="https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/3VWK0ZL3MN3ZT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/3VWK0…</a></p><p>Liberapay: <a href="https:// … Hamburg, Germanyhomepagehttp://digitale-notdurft.de/truehttps://pirati.ca/objects/ec054ce7-8065-d593-0dc3-369768913662#contexthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2024-02-12:noticeId=3435346:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1I think I've said it before, but if I haven't, it is my belief that some time in the future, people will look back and say that World War III started in the 2008-2014 time frame. That is, some of the armed conflicts from that time and this time will eventually unite with other conflicts into what will become known as WW3. <br /> <br /> That is, WW3 is already going on, and neither Neville Chamberlain style appeasement nor "we're just going to focus on things within our own borders" will prevent the war from coming to all or nearly all of Europe and North America. (And likely, East Asia.) <br /> <br /> Traitors like #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/trump" rel="tag">Trump</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tuckercarlson" rel="tag">Tucker_Carlson</a></span> who are willing to sell out everyone else's freedom in order to appease #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/putin" rel="tag">Putin</a></span> are just going to cost us lots of unnecessary deaths. <br /> <br /> And as #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> can attest, death during a time of war doesn't confine itself to military personnel fighting on a battlefield. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> can lob the same missiles that it is using to kill civilians in Kyiv at London or New York or Paris or Toronto ... and they will.3435346http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-02-12T04:55:40+00:002024-02-12T04:55:40+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2024-02-11:objectType=thread:nonce=707e6c08e71eb445http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-9ccd9cea-ead67e6bfddca551New note by fu<p><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Christmas</span></a> is an annual religious and cultural festival that is observed in almost all countries on 25 <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=December" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>December</span></a> to commemorate the birth of <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jesus</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Christ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Christ</span></a>, whose teachings are followed by 2.3 billion <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Christians</span></a> across the world.</p><p>There is no historical or Biblical record to show that Jesus the Messiah was born on 25th December. In early <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Christianity</span></a>, Easter was the main holiday (to commemorate Christ’s Resurrection which is the foundation of Christianity). The birth of Jesus was not celebrated then. Around 350 AD, Pope Julius I (now St Julius I) declared: “December 25th, Christ (was) born in Bethlehem, Judea.” In 529 AD Emperor Justinian declared Christmas an official holiday.</p><p>Christmas festivity includes attending church (mainly 24 December at midnight Mass which many from other faiths also attend), carol singing, decorating homes with cribs and Christmas trees, exchanging gifts and meals with family and friends. It is a family-centered day of peace, bonhomie, relaxation, and gratitude. It is also a day when home-cooked food, packaged food items, warm clothes, blankets, <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toys</span></a>, and sanitary kits are distributed among the poor and vulnerable including inmates of children’s and old age homes.</p><p>The central point of Christmas is simplicity of life (Christ was born in a manger) and peace because Christ is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Therefore, On Christmas we recall Christ’s teachings (Love one another as I have loved you – John 12:34) and try to emulate him by burying our egos/differences.</p><p>Because Christmas heralds peace, we often hear of major peace agreements and &grave;ceasefires’ taking place in conflict zones immediately preceding Christmas. One commonality in these peace processes is the collaboration of religious leaders of different faiths in brokering peace processes around Christmas. So, Christmas and peace are intertwined like Siamese twins.</p><p>However, this Christmas season finds us in a very uneasy state of mind due to: (1) The severe economic downslide due to Covid-19 pandemic. (2) After Covid onslaught, the world is now grappling with <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Russia%E2%80%99s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Russia’s</span></a> reckless invasion of <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>. (3) The eruption of <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> versus <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Hamas-Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hamas-Hezbollah</span></a> war that has been waging since October 2023, reportedly to derail <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Israel-Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel-Saudi</span></a> Arabia <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Peace</span></a> Agreement.</p><p>This war is also aimed to jeopardize Memorandum of Understanding signed at the September 2023 G20 New Delhi to launch the economic corridor on cooperation, connectivity and infrastructure development involving the European Union and seven countries, namely <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a>, the <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a>, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=UAE)" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UAE)</span></a>, <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=France" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>France</span></a>, <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a>, and <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Italy</span></a>. This corridor is the first-of-its-kind complete with shipping and railway links. It will include a shipping route connecting Mumbai and Mundra (Gujarat) with the UAE, and a rail network connecting the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan with the Israeli port of Haifa to reach the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Haifa will then be connected by sea to the port of Piraeus in Greece to eventually be connected to Europe. For details on this, readers may refer to a report “India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: A passage of possibilities.”</p><p>Today no country can say with assurance that it is in total peace. Therefore, the Christmas message of peace and goodwill for universal brotherhood and bonhomie is more applicable today than it was ever before. Today we desperately need statesmen with foresight and benevolence who can make all world leaders realise that modern warfare of mass destruction is meaningless. This is where the Christmas message: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (Luke 2.14) is very relevant. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9).</p><p>Christmas message of peace and goodwill is beautifully expressed in the Preamble to the UNESCO Constitution: “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam linked a nation’s prosperity with peace.</p><p>We often hear of &grave;Education for Peace.’ The aim of this education is to ingrain into individuals the values, skills and attitudes required to live as responsible citizens, in harmony with others. <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Education</span></a> for <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Peace</span></a> can be incorporated in the curriculum of educational institutions across the world. This can be both formal and informal curriculums that aim to teach students Life Skills to resolve conflicts in a non-violent manner. Skills taught in these programs range from communication tools to social and emotional self-awareness techniques. These tools will help in increased appreciation of diversity among people and to dowse Hyper-ethnic Sensitivity which is an emerging global trend that prioritises preservation of one’s community at the expense of others (Manipur ethnic violence).</p><p>On Christmas as we commemorate the birth of Christ - the Prince of Peace - the question our leaders need to introspect on is: “What investment have we made towards peaceful living and peaceful coexistence?”<br />Christmas & Peace are like conjoined twins <a href="https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/oyvuogq3jkjc4hri.html" rel="noreferrer">https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/oyvuogq3jkjc4hri.html</a></p>3433566http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-12-17T23:27:03+00:002023-12-17T23:27:03+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/fufu<p>#FamilyMan been married for >15 years and have two daughters. Those three girls are my greatest love on this planet.</p><p>I consider myself a #GNU Evangelist. Learning about what #FreeSoftware was, including GNU/Linux, opened my eyes to so many things: governments aren't the only ones stealing individual rights, I know so much less about computers than I thought I did, the idea of code, I can make a difference without having to know anyone particular.</p><p>I'm employed as contract Engineer in th … fuJi Fu<p>#FamilyMan been married for >15 years and have two daughters. Those three girls are my greatest love on this planet.</p><p>I consider myself a #GNU Evangelist. Learning about what #FreeSoftware was, including GNU/Linux, opened my eyes to so many things: governments aren't the only ones stealing individual rights, I know so much less about computers than I thought I did, the idea of code, I can make a difference without having to know anyone particular.</p><p>I'm employed as contract Engineer in th … https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-9ccd9cea-ead67e6bfddca551#contexthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-12-14:noticeId=4855837:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03A few hours ago, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, declared:<br /> <br /> The European Council opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and (!) Moldova. Both candiates have became official candidates to join the EU!<br /> <br /> Also, the European Council granted candidate status to Georgia and will open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina after further reforms.<br /> <br /> These are the best news in a very long time. <br /> <br /> (source: <a href="https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1735350188883968000" title="https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1735350188883968000" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1735350188883968000</a> )<br /> <br /> After long talks in Brussels with Viktor Orbán from Hungary, Orbán abandoned his resistance to the accession negotiations. Although he didn't vote in favour of the decision, he shortly left the room where the other heads of states then voted unanimously in favour of Ukraine and Molodova. (The trick was suggested by German Chancellor Scholz.)<br /> <br /> (source: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-set-summit-showdown-ukraine-with-hungarys-orban-2023-12-13/" title="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-set-summit-showdown-ukraine-with-hungarys-orban-2023-12-13/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-set-summit-showdown-ukraine-with-hungarys-orban-2023-12-13/</a> )<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3433518http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-12-14T23:41:42+00:002023-12-14T23:41:42+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=dd09bc8412493702http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-12-13:noticeId=3433453:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europes-support-ukraine-teeters-hungary-plays-hardball-2023-12-11/" title="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europes-support-ukraine-teeters-hungary-plays-hardball-2023-12-11/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/292766</a> [www reuters com] <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/hungary" rel="tag">Hungary</a></span> continues to be the stumbling block preventing the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/eu" rel="tag">EU</a></span> from launching accession talks with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine.</a></span> <br /> <br /> Is there a way EU can expel a current member?3433453http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-12-13T00:27:32+00:002023-12-13T00:27:32+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-12-13:objectType=thread:nonce=a16dba3cf0520595http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-11-26:noticeId=4702606:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Martin Fornusek, "Bild: US, Germany quietly seek to prod Ukraine to negotiate" <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/bild-us-germany-allegedly-seek-to-prod-ukraine-to-negotiate/" title="https://kyivindependent.com/bild-us-germany-allegedly-seek-to-prod-ukraine-to-negotiate/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://kyivindependent.com/bild-us-germany-allegedly-seek-to-prod-ukraine-to-negotiate/</a><br /> <br /> The German tabloid BILD claims to have a government source (US? DE?) claiming that Washington and Berlin try to nudge Ukraine towards negotiations with Russia via restrictions in arms deliveries. <br /> <br /> Obviously it would explain the restraint of both countries in the delivery of essential military equiptment. But a mere signalling to Russia that Ukraine's allies are not willing to support Ukraine to win the war would result in Russia refusing to negotiate at all and to wait out Ukraine's exhaustion. So this "story" doesn't make much sense to me.<br /> <br /> Things may be different when taking into account the recent proposal by the former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen that Ukraine could cede Crimea and the four oblasts occupied by Russia and become a NATO member on the territory it holds: <br /> <br /> Patrick Wintour, "Ex-Nato chief proposes Ukraine joins without Russian-occupied territories" <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/11/ex-nato-chief-proposes-ukraine-joins-without-russian-occupied-territories" title="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/11/ex-nato-chief-proposes-ukraine-joins-without-russian-occupied-territories" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/11/ex-nato-chief-proposes-ukraine-joins-without-russian-occupied-territories</a><br /> <br /> Interestingly, a similiar proposal in August of 2023 by the current secretary general's chief of staff Stian Jenssen drew anger from Ukraine and resulted in an apology by NATO:<br /> <br /> Dan Sabbagh, "Nato official apologises over suggestion Ukraine could give up land for membership" <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/nato-official-suggests-ukraine-could-give-up-territory-in-exchange-for-membership" title="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/nato-official-suggests-ukraine-could-give-up-territory-in-exchange-for-membership" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/nato-official-suggests-ukraine-could-give-up-territory-in-exchange-for-membership</a><br /> <br /> Thus, to me the BILD story, if true, primarily makes sense not when read as attempt to persuade Ukraine to negotiate with Russia some kind of agreement resulting in a truce or frozen conflict, but to nudge Ukraine towards accepting a frozen conflict for now in order to bring the majority of Ukraine into NATO.<br /> <br /> Problem with both scenarios: Russia annexed Crimea, and the four oblasts already acceded to the Russian Federation. Both presidents, Zelenskyy and Putin, would defy their respective constitution, violate their oath of office, and commit treason if they voluntarily gave up the four Ukrainian oblasts (and probably Crimea). Thus, only Zelenkyy agreeing to the deal, stepping down from office, facing charges of treason could pave the way for some such hybrid NATO-membership of a core Ukraine. Improbable but not impossible. And deepy disgraceful on the part of the West and for NATO.<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3432932http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-11-26T18:42:46+00:002023-11-26T18:42:46+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-11-26:objectType=thread:nonce=5918ca5007af757ahttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-11-02:noticeId=3432199:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVmM1BZDpg" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVmM1BZDpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVmM1BZDpg</a> <br /> <br /> Interviewee says the West needs to ramp up industrial production [of military equipment and supplies] to prepare for <br /> <br /> * #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span>'s continued war in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span><br /> * potential war with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/iran" rel="tag">Iran</a></span> in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/israel" rel="tag">Israel</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lebanon" rel="tag">Lebanon</a></span><br /> * #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/china" rel="tag">China</a></span> (PRC)'s expected invasion of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/taiwan" rel="tag">Taiwan</a></span> (ROC)3432199http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-11-02T01:41:20+00:002023-11-02T01:41:20+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-11-02:objectType=thread:nonce=7044c7e5d29c2b9bhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-10-08:noticeId=3431176:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1On the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> vs #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> front, I would say #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/putin" rel="tag">Putin</a></span> has been planning to reconquer the former USSR and former Warsaw Pact countries since around 2008. I did not notice it at the time, but I briefly considered it in 2014.<br /> <br /> Once I started doing more reading about their conflict after the current phase of their war started in 2022, I'm surprised people don't see it ... and don't see that he intends to put neo-Soviet boots on the ground in Berlin and Paris.<br /> <br /> This means the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gop" rel="tag">GOP</a></span> "antiwar" folks have their heads up their you know whats. Or they're so addicted to the benefits--free advertising from RT, possible bribes and payoffs--and lack any consciences.3431176http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-08T02:58:09+00:002023-10-08T02:58:09+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-10-08:objectType=thread:nonce=0d6685e1a2a05ae8http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-04:noticeId=4199728:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Reuters, "Germany has no plans at moment to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine - Bild" <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-has-no-plans-moment-send-taurus-missiles-ukraine-bild-2023-10-04/" title="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-has-no-plans-moment-send-taurus-missiles-ukraine-bild-2023-10-04/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment thumbnail">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-has-no-plans-moment-send-taurus-missiles-ukraine-bild-2023-10-04/</a><br /> <br /> This is utterly shameful, Chancellor Scholz! You and your cabinet are a disgrace for Europe. Why don't you come clean and acknowledge in public that you are Putin's ally?<br /> <br /> « Berlin is also concerned that the missiles could be used to target the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula seized and annexed by Moscow in 2014, the paper said. »<br /> <br /> That is the purpose of the Taurus missiles! Not delivering them to Ukraine is to prevent her from liberating the south of the country and Crimea. What does Putin have on you, Chancellor Scholz, that you are such a submissive and fawning supporter of his regime and his genocide?<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3430976http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-04T22:08:18+00:002023-10-04T22:08:18+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-04:objectType=thread:nonce=2bc57a59fb6733dahttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-03:noticeId=4183070:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Sergei A. Karaganov, "A Difficult but Necessary Decision" (June 2023) <a href="https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision/" title="https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment thumbnail">https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision/</a><br /> <br /> [Author profile: Sergei A. Karaganov, DSc (History), Head of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia, Dean at Moscow economic university]<br /> <br /> <br /> If you want to know what some in the foreign policy circles of Russia think about preemptive nuclear strikes to force "the West" to back down in "its war" on Russia. The derangement displayed is outright scary but needs to be taken seriously. <br /> <br /> This article is an indication that today's deliberations about the use of nuclear weapons seem to depart from Cold War assessments of MAD. Instead, the localized use of tactical nuclear weapons without that leading to a global confrontation appears possible to some, even reasonable.<br /> <br /> <br /> « Perhaps the worst situation may occur if, at the cost of enormous losses, we liberate the whole of Ukraine and remain in ruins with a population that mostly hates us. Its “redemption” will take more than a decade. Any option, especially the latter one, will distract our country from making an urgently needed step to shift its spiritual, economic, and military-political focus to the east of Eurasia. We will get stuck in the west, with no prospects in the foreseeable future, while present-day Ukraine, primarily its central and western regions, will sap managerial, human, and financial resources out the country. These regions were heavily subsidized even in Soviet times. The feud with the West will continue as it will support a low-grade guerrilla civil war.<br /> <br /> A more attractive option would be liberating and reincorporating the East and the South of Ukraine, and forcing the rest to surrender, followed by complete demilitarization and the creation of a friendly buffer state. But this would be possible only if and when we are able to break the West’s will to incite and support the Kiev junta, and to force it to retreat strategically. [...]<br /> <br /> What is being decided on the battlefields in Ukraine is not only, and not so much, what Russia and the future world order will look like, but mainly whether there will be any world at all or the planet will turn into radioactive ruins poisoning the remains of humanity.<br /> <br /> By breaking the West’s will to continue the aggression, we will not only save ourselves and finally free the world from the five-century-long Western yoke, but we will also save humanity. By pushing the West towards a catharsis and thus its elites towards abandoning their striving for hegemony, we will force them to back down before a global catastrophe occurs, thus avoiding it. Humanity will get a new chance for development. [...]<br /> <br /> And this brings me to the most difficult part of this article. We can keep fighting for another year, or two, or three, sacrificing thousands and thousands of our best men and grinding down tens and hundreds of thousands of people who live in the territories that is now called Ukraine and who have fallen into the tragic historical trap. But this military operation cannot end with a decisive victory without forcing the West to retreat strategically, or even surrender, and compelling it to give up attempts to reverse history and preserve global dominance, and to focus on itself and its current multilevel crisis. Roughly speaking, it must “buzz off” so that Russia and the world could move forward unhindered.<br /> <br /> Therefore, it is necessary to arouse the instinct of self-preservation that the West has lost and convince it that its attempts to wear Russia out by arming Ukrainians are counterproductive for the West itself. We will have to make nuclear deterrence a convincing argument again by lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons set unacceptably high, and by rapidly but prudently moving up the deterrence-escalation ladder. The first steps have already been made by the relevant statements of Russian President and other leaders: the announced deployment of nuclear weapons and their carriers in Belarus, and the increased combat readiness of strategic deterrence forces. But there are many steps on this ladder. I have counted about two dozen. Thing may also get to the point when we will have to urge our compatriots and all people of goodwill to leave their places of residence near facilities that may become targets for strikes in countries that provide direct support to the puppet regime in Kiev. The enemy must know that we are ready to deliver a preemptive strike in retaliation for all of its current and past acts of aggression in order to prevent a slide into global thermonuclear war. »<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3430872http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-03T01:50:56+00:002023-10-03T01:50:56+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-03:objectType=thread:nonce=b67d1b27a4633585http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-02:noticeId=4181590:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Even if NATO had accepted Putin's "draft agreement" from December 2021, Russia would have attacked #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine.</a></span> Which is clear from all the treaties and agreements he has broken, esp. with regard to Ukraine:<br /> <br /> • "Budapest Memorandum" (1994), its validity re-iterated by Putin himself at the exspiration of START I in 2009 (one year after (!) the NATO summmit of Bucharest agreed on a general option for Ukraine to one day join NATO)<br /> • "Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation" (1997)<br /> • Annexation of Crimea (2014)<br /> • Minsk I (2014) and II (2015) agreements.<br /> <br /> Thus obviously Putin came up with an unacceptable "draft agreement" in December 2021, just to use its rebuttal as justification for main warfare against Ukraine.<br /> <br /> [The other demands of Putin's "proposal":<br /> • Removal of all US nuclear weapons from Europe<br /> • NATO forces withdraw to the line before enlargement of 1997, i.e., to the East-German border, leaving the Eastern European countries at the whims of Russia<br /> • Veto power for Russia over Ukraine's membership in NATO.]<br /> <br /> So obviously this was not about NATO "enlargement"; it was, quite the contrary, an attempt by Russia to reverse NATO's expansion from the 1990s and early 2000s, an expansion even Putin had consented to in 2001 and 2002.<br /> <br /> It's sad to see how people from the Left cherrypick their information. Or are they just too uneducated on political and historical matters of Europe?3430865http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-02T20:52:25+00:002023-10-02T20:52:25+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=991694681dc67acehttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-02:noticeId=4175372:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03There are two major confusions in the West and Global South on the possibility of peace in Ukraine:<br /> <br /> 1) Equating sovereignty and territoriality misses that Ukraine's sovereignty is a different problem than the liberation of all or parts of her territory.<br /> <br /> 2) Believing in a reduction or cessation of Western arms deliveries as a path to abbreviate Ukrainian suffering ignores that Ukraine will keep fighting with or without such weapons. The termination of such deliveries will most likely not shorten the conflict but increase its duration and brutality.<br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3430815http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-02T00:40:00+00:002023-10-02T00:40:00+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=7c6db8879cfcdb88http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-09-30:noticeId=4163795:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Klaus Wiegrefe, "The Day the War Really Began" <a href="https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ukraine-how-merkel-prevented-ukraine-s-nato-membership-a-der-spiegel-reconstruction-a-c7f03472-2a21-4e4e-b905-8e45f1fad542" title="https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ukraine-how-merkel-prevented-ukraine-s-nato-membership-a-der-spiegel-reconstruction-a-c7f03472-2a21-4e4e-b905-8e45f1fad542" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ukraine-how-merkel-prevented-ukraine-s-nato-membership-a-der-spiegel-reconstruction-a-c7f03472-2a21-4e4e-b905-8e45f1fad542</a><br /> <br /> A good reconstruction of the background deals taken by Germany under Merkel to prevent Ukraine's accession to NATO membership in 2008. Out of blindness, appeasement, fake-guilt, economic greed. <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3430732http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-09-30T11:24:19+00:002023-09-30T11:24:19+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-09-30:objectType=thread:nonce=8ff98b23e2ea35d3http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-09-25:noticeId=3430449:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305003215/https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/04/russias-population-nightmare-is-going-to-get-even-worse" title="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305003215/https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/04/russias-population-nightmare-is-going-to-get-even-worse" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-291646">https://nu.federati.net/url/291646</a> [web archive org | www economist com] <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span>'s demographic problem worsened by #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/covid19" rel="tag">COVID-19</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/war" rel="tag">war</a></span> in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span>3430449http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-09-25T05:01:48+00:002023-09-25T05:01:48+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-09-25:objectType=thread:nonce=aa5d1f1ba7c709a5http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-09-12:noticeId=3429953:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1> it's okay when NATO does it? <a href="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15644053" title="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15644053" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/notice/15644053</a><br /> <br /> You know, I thought since the end of the USSR that NATO should not exist any longer. The series of invasions from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> into #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> convinced me that I was wrong. That's the difference between us. <br /> <br /> You don't seem to learn from what happens in the world around us. In your mind, the US and Israel are "the axis of evil" and everyone else is oppressed by them. So allowing Ukraine to choose its own route isn't on your radar so long as that involves them resisting Russia's decision to choose for them.<br /> <br /> > I just find it ironic that usnato expansion is celebrated while russia expansion is condemned. it's not like ukraine would be better off under either one. <a href="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15645832" title="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15645832" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/notice/15645832</a><br /> <br /> Tell that to the people who were living there from 2014 onwards. Or, you know, to those who still remember the Holodomor--an intentionally engineered famine targeted at Ukraine and certain other regions. After Ukrainians died, the USSR moved Russians into Ukraine to take it over, and that's part of why the proxy rebellions in Luhansk and Donestk (liberally seeded with PMC Wagner mercenaries from the beginning) could happen.<br /> <br /> > as the population and the government leaned towards an approximation with Russia <a href="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15646839" title="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15646839" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/notice/15646839</a><br /> <br /> *Sigh* Will you wake up and do a little reading outside of your normal propaganda sources? <br /> <br /> 1. The people indicate to the government in 2004 that they want to move toward the European Union. The government doesn't listen, so they have the Orange Revolution. This is well documented. See for example <a href="https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+orange+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1" title="https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+orange+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1" rel="nofollow">https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+orange+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1</a> and <a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-modern-ukraine-was-made-on-maidan/" title="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-modern-ukraine-was-made-on-maidan/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-modern-ukraine-was-made-on-maidan/</a> <br /> <br /> 2. In 2014, a leader ignores this and goes to Russia to try to move Ukraine deeper into the Russian orbit, leading to the EuroMaidan revolution. At this point, Russia fears the loss of its naval base at Sevastopol, so they invade Crimea and launch ersatz rebellions in Luhansk and Donetsk. <a href="https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+maidan+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1" title="https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+maidan+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1" rel="nofollow">https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ukraine+maidan+revolution+causes&t=lmddgtfy&kae=-1</a><br /> <br /> 3. In 2022, the rebellious oblasts have not achieved the goals that were set, so Russia invades again, hoping to forcibly pull the whole country into their orbit. The invasion does not achieve anywhere near its expected objectives in the expected time frame.<br /> <br /> 4. In response, the RT propaganda repeaters on the right-wing start openly cheering anything positive for Russia, while the blame-the-US-first brigade on the extreme left do the same while pretending they just want both sides to leave Ukraine alone. <-- You are here. <br /> <br /> I mean, I understand. You're a fanatic. And no inconvenient facts about the impact on people or the choices those people made are going to convince you that this isn't secretly the US and Russia dividing up Ukraine the way the Nazis and the USSR divided Poland. <br /> <br /> The only thing I can hope is that you and those who think like you are not placed in a position where they get to enforce their views upon the people in that country. (And no, since you're likely to say the same to me, I don't want to force _my_ views on them either. I couldn't have wanted them to join "USNATO", as I didn't want NATO to exist.) <br /> <br /> > I support Ukraine, the land of my mother's parents, not Russia's nor USNato's rule over it. <a href="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649111" title="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649111" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649111</a> <br /> <br /> You support them so long as their decisions align with your twisted and distorted views. If they decide (as they did) that they want to join the European Union and align with Western Europe, you suddenly decide that they're not deciding for themselves, they are being deceived by USNato. <br /> <br /> Well, gee, they have a neighbor who says they don't deserve their own nation, who has murdered thousands (some reports say up to a million) of their ancestors via starvation, who has colonized their lands with its own people, and who has at times banned their language and culture. That neighbor has definitely attempted over the past year to take away their nation and their ability to make their own choices. I can understand why they'd rather join someone else's group.<br /> <br /> > you seem to assume USNato's protection comes at no cost in sovereignty, without realizing it's not unlike mafia protection.<br /> "nice country you got there. t'would be a shame if Russia were to invade it. surely you wouldn't be able to defend yourself unless you were to join our empire, so why don't you?" <a href="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649296" title="https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649296" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/notice/15649296</a><br /> <br /> Who asked to join NATO years ago and who still hasn't approved the application? Doesn't the news tell you anything? <br /> <br /> Yes, joining a military alliance (NATO), like joining an economic and political one (EU), comes with some requirements. If you'll recall, the UK left the EU ("Brexit") partly because of some of the requirements. And remember that France spent years where their NATO participation was limited to political liasing, so it isn't as much sovereignty loss as one might expect. How much did their membership in CIS cost them in sovereignty? How much did having Russian gas infrastructure integrated into their nation cost them in sovereignty? <br /> <br /> You talk a lot about how joining either giant empire costs sovereignty, but you don't really talk about whether they have a real choice that will be respected to go a fully independent route. I don't believe Russia will respect such a choice, as they haven't respected their neighbor's choices so far.3429953http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-09-12T18:55:34+00:002023-09-12T18:55:34+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-09-12:objectType=thread:nonce=5e333d69e5a54168http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-09-02:noticeId=3958441:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Vladimir Dovdanov, "On the independence of the captive peoples and liquidation of the Russian Federation" <a href="https://www.liga.net/en/world/opinion/o-nezavisimosti-poraboschennyh-narodov-i-likvidatsii-rossiyskoy-federatsii" title="https://www.liga.net/en/world/opinion/o-nezavisimosti-poraboschennyh-narodov-i-likvidatsii-rossiyskoy-federatsii" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.liga.net/en/world/opinion/o-nezavisimosti-poraboschennyh-narodov-i-likvidatsii-rossiyskoy-federatsii</a><br /><br /> Very interesting read. I have no clear opinion on it yet, but it surely broadens the context and increases the complexity of the current Russian-Ukrainian war.<br /><br /> The author provides three scenarios that in his opinion result from the weakening of the Putin regime: <br /><br /> Scenario 1: "stalinization" of Russia; scenario 2: collapse of Russia; scenario 3: involvement of the oppressed nations of the Russian Empire even in the current conflict in Ukraine. <br /><br /> In his view, scenario 1 leads to a continued war in Ukraine; scenario 2 could lead to proliferation of nuclear weapons and a large refugee crisis; scenario 3 could lead to a rather peaceful dissolution of the Russian empire. Furthermore, Scenarios 1 and 2 could lead to a rise of China and only scenario 3 may prevent China's interference in the partition of the crumbling Russian Empire.<br /><br /> «Thus, the need for the West to change the agenda from the previous narrative of preserving the centralized Russian state, essentially an empire, to the independence of the enslaved peoples and helping them, is urgently needed today. Ukraine could, despite the difficult military conditions, more actively and massively attract to its side a resource that has not yet been fully used, namely representatives of non-free non-Russian peoples. Despite the huge Russian propaganda pressure, there are more and more opponents of the Russian empire among them. [...]<br /><br /> We must understand that the Russian liberal so-called opposition, which is in exile abroad, is categorically against the decolonization, disintegration and denuclearization of Russia. Its desire to maintain a centralized state with nuclear weapons under the façade of democracy clearly shows that the Russian liberal opposition was and remains an imperial project. And it is they who today pose the greatest danger to the independence of the captive peoples of the empire, both in the Western political field and in the Russian empire itself. From the rhetoric of Khodorkovsky, Milov, members of Navalny's team and other Russian pseudo-liberals, we know that such a threat really exists.»<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/imperialism" rel="tag">imperialism</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/decolonization" rel="tag">decolonization</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/indigenous" rel="tag">indigenous</a></span>3429615http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-09-02T13:41:41+00:002023-09-02T13:41:41+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-09-02:objectType=thread:nonce=3d47ce68ae516cd2http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-1164-c4c2-977e-92e341813995New note by fu<blockquote>In public remarks on Friday, he restated in similar terms his argument that Ukraine and the West, not Russia, were responsible for the conflict.</blockquote><p><br />even if this where true <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a> could still end the <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=war" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>war</span></a>. <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=AU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AU</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=news" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>news</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p>♲ @NewsBot@assortedflotsam.com: 'We have right to call for peace': African leaders to Putin <a href="https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/07/501_355953.html?utm_source=fl" rel="noreferrer">koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/20…</a></p>3428183http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-07-29T07:41:11+00:002023-07-29T07:41:11+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/fufu<p>#FamilyMan been married for >15 years and have two daughters. Those three girls are my greatest love on this planet.</p><p>I consider myself a #GNU Evangelist. Learning about what #FreeSoftware was, including GNU/Linux, opened my eyes to so many things: governments aren't the only ones stealing individual rights, I know so much less about computers than I thought I did, the idea of code, I can make a difference without having to know anyone particular.</p><p>I'm employed as contract Engineer in th … fuJi Fu<p>#FamilyMan been married for >15 years and have two daughters. Those three girls are my greatest love on this planet.</p><p>I consider myself a #GNU Evangelist. Learning about what #FreeSoftware was, including GNU/Linux, opened my eyes to so many things: governments aren't the only ones stealing individual rights, I know so much less about computers than I thought I did, the idea of code, I can make a difference without having to know anyone particular.</p><p>I'm employed as contract Engineer in th … https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-1164-c4c2-977e-92e341813995#contexthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-07-17:noticeId=3427734:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/russia" rel="tag">Russia</a></span> closes Kerch bridge to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/crimea" rel="tag">Crimea</a></span> after "emergency". <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66218869" title="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66218869" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment" id="attachment-291018">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66218869</a> <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/invasion" rel="tag">invasion</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/war" rel="tag">war</a></span>3427734http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-07-17T04:27:29+00:002023-07-17T04:27:29+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-07-17:objectType=thread:nonce=b02a0feccd7c7b38http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-07-12:noticeId=3500434:objectType=noteNew note by simsa03Not offering #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/tag/ukraine" rel="tag">Ukraine</a></span> a clear time frame for accession to NATO was a major blunder at the NATO summit in Vilnius 2023. Biden (and Scholz) blinked and Putin is laughing his butt off, only to double down in his approach towards Ukraine and the West. This weakened the alliance, irrespective that Sweden will now become member of NATO.3427606http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-07-12T22:35:49+00:002023-07-12T22:35:49+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.jp/index.php/user/139179simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.simsa03simsa03A dishwasher. The other times I sit by the fire and offer them passing ghosts some coffee.homepagehttps://simsa01.wordpress.com/truetag:gnusocial.jp,2023-07-12:objectType=thread:nonce=56d3757c5cb3ec7d