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Something odd happening in St. Pete's airport. Flights are diverting from all over Russia. And not to local airports, heading SE towards Moscow. Shit is going way around on the way to Kaliningrad.

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https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-petersburg-suspends-flights/32291519.html

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Russian Airport In St. Petersburg Temporarily Suspends All Flights

February 28, 2023 08:28 GMT
An unconfirmed report said an unidentified object had been spotted in the sky and that fighter jets had been dispatched to investigate.

An unconfirmed report said an unidentified object had been spotted in the sky and that fighter jets had been dispatched to investigate.

Russia's Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg temporarily suspended all flights on February 28, the city government said. It did not provide a reason. An unconfirmed media report from online Russian news outlet Baza said an unidentified object had been spotted in the sky and that fighter jets had been dispatched to investigate. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Data from the Flight Radar website showed a number of domestic flights headed for St. Petersburg turning back.

Alien drones man, alien drones. 

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55 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Something odd happening in St. Pete's airport. Flights are diverting from all over Russia. And not to local airports, heading SE towards Moscow. Shit is going way around on the way to Kaliningrad.

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4 hours ago, Parliament said:

I presume every Russian knows how to make booze in their bathtub.   They can compensate.

And most hill billies in Tennessee and Kentucky know how to make moon shine but tell them Bourbon and Whiskey prices are going up by 20% and see how smoothly it goes over.

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1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

sorry, wrong board.  Telling the truth is frowned upon here.

This is easily one of the best threads in the history of Shaggy/Surly and full of an incredible wealth of valuable and reliable information. Thanks for helping to keep it that way.

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4 hours ago, KYHorn said:

 

Full interview if you're so inclined

 

Lex is giving strong "just give the bully what he wants" energy. President Zelensky sitting down in a room with Trump and Putin to "compromise" does not end well for Ukraine, as fridman so vapidly wishes and "dreams".

It's like lex is trying to protect a future interview with putin by not saying anything to offend that strong man authoritarian

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New year, same war. 

Interesting data I read this morning on polling and YoY changes:

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Almost three years into Putin's full attempted invasion, Ukrainians are tired. Russians are too, but polling just last week suggests around 38% of Ukrainians are now open to Putin keeping some of Ukraine's land to end the war, up from just 8% in 2022.

Meanwhile, 51% of Ukrainians say Ukraine shouldn't give up its land under any circumstances — that's down from 85% in 2022. Support for Zelensky is down, too.

But in parallel, a record 73% of Ukrainians now support their country re-developing nuclear weapons, which they surrendered 30 years ago in return for US-UK-French-Russian security guarantees. We're seeing that rekindled interest in nukes in multiple places, by the way, as rattled capitals everywhere revisit their own security assumptions.

 

Data came from this website: https://kiis.com.ua/

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Not specifically Ukraine but drone warfare generally:

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HellHives deliver ready-to-go drone squadrons. To prove that they can do this easily at low cost, the team have carried out demonstrations using actual cardboard boxes. More sophisticated HellHives are weatherproof with self-opening lids and can be positioned well ahead of use. They can be activated remotely with no need for human presence

 

 

 

they also developed a cheap hook to use for hanging the drone from anything handy:

 

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/01/06/hellhives-how-a-shipping-box-and-a-hook-could-transform-drone-warfare/

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On 12/24/2024 at 11:19 AM, PTINS said:

Not sure if there is a watch party, but Manning's might be an option.

I'm curious which pictures of Arch they picked to hang on the walls. I new the next time I was in New Orleans, he would have a picture in there.

Colts Manning Jersey. We left Bourbon an hour before that dumbass drove down. Was a somber trip and Sugar Bowl game. 

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This is a BFD and not in a good way.  Laura Cooper is for sure not everyone’s cup of tea but she is a badass and one of the most capable and realistic Russia hawks out there.  A big loss for us and for Ukraine.  The Pentagon is going to have a huge knowledge and credibility gap in the Russia space, she was the big gun in an agency that has been zeroed in on the sandbox and Pacific. 
 

 

9 hours ago, Parliament said:

Not sure what this board's position on Lex Fridman.  But here is with President Zelenskyy for 3 hours:

Says he's going to Moscow next.

It’s super fucking embarrassing for our country that it’s worth Zelenskyy’s time to go on his platform. 

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2 hours ago, KYHorn said:

Yes. This is the point that's been in my mind but I've been unable to actually articulate. 

Unrelated:

So you don't have to click:

 

Might be a war crime and I’m cool with that.

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1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Hehe, now how many NATO nations are on their borders?

And Biden was President when Donbas and Crimea were invaded?

Forget it Jake, it's magatown.

 

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This fucking guy.
 

Well, they seem content to live next to NATO members Poland and Lithuania. I assume they will pack up and leave so they don’t have to share borders with them. Right?
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14 hours ago, KYHorn said:

Unrelated:

 
11 hours ago, Parliament said:

Might be a war crime and I’m cool with that.

If it was a war crime, a lot of Russian APC drivers should be hauled up in front of the The Hague for running over...*checks notes* Russian soldiers.

And as somebody who ran a lot of other players over in Battlefield 1942 with my good ole Jeep (I killed more people with Jeeps than with any other weapon), that was an interesting/satisfying video.

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15 minutes ago, Nivek said:


Well, they seem content to live next to NATO members Poland and Lithuania. I assume they will pack up and leave so they don’t have to share borders with them. Right?

Also Norway and now Finland, too.

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20 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Also Norway and now Finland, too.

Ok, so if we don't give them NATO membership, give anyone who wants it special status. NATO just gave it to Mongolia. Georgia has it.

But that is political......

 

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56 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Also Norway and now Finland, too.

Estonia and Latvia also.  So that comes out to six countries in total.  How could Russia possibly survive with NATO "on its doorstep"?

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3 hours ago, Parliament said:

If Russia is so worried about being invaded by neighbors, maybe they shouldn’t be assholes to their neighbors.

But maybe that’s just me.

Can you or someone else refresh my memory, because it's admittedly bad, but when was the last time Russian land was invade by NATO countries. I'm sure there are lots of examples that I'm just forgetting.

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1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Third Reich was part of NATO? Do the Poles know this?

Haha. The Germans started by invading the territories Russia had invaded a few months prior. It's weird how the more your territory expands, the more neighbors you sometimes get. 

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10 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

^Hit 800K

 

What a stupid fucking waste.  Every time I see this I think of the stats we don't see - Ukrainian men/women/children who were just trying to live their lives.  Good god, y'all. 

 

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