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I don't know what the fuck is going on in this tweet, but the photo is glorious.  This is tied into a bunch of stuff about Kazakhstan importing a fuck-ton of breast pumps to help Russia's military.

 

 

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Erdogan speaking publicly about continuing the grain shipments.  Interesting way to start the week.

 

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1 hour ago, Txzen said:

I can’t say why I was there, but I’ve visited Draper before - they are an interesting think tank of top scientists across disciplines. One of their first projects was to devise the guidance systems for the Apollo program. They work closely with the government.

They talk pretty gleefully about how they bio-hacked dragonflies. Not an April Fool’s:

https://www.draper.com/news-releases/equipping-insects-special-service

 

 

38 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

The things you find around here amaze me.

Vile and amazing like JItb tacos. That might have been a  Brisket quote.

Draper is developing tiny optical structures, called optrodes, that can activate the special “steering” neurons with pulses of light piped into the nerve cord from the dragonfly’s backpack. Traditional optical fibers are too stiff to be wrapped around the tiny dragonfly nerve cord, so Draper developed innovative flexible optrodes that can bend light around sub-millimeter turns.  These optrodes will enable precise and targeted neural activation without disrupting the thousands of nearby neurons.  

“Someday these same tools could advance medical treatments in humans, resulting in more effective therapies with fewer side effects,” said Wheeler. “Our flexible optrode technology provides a new solution to enable miniaturized diagnostics, safely access smaller neural targets and deliver higher precision therapies.”

And their biggest threat:

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I laughed  Erdogan is who he is, but good he’s standing up to Putin.

 

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36 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

At this point I'm fine with providing Ukraine everything they need to destroy Russia's capability of lobbing missiles at civilians.  I understand that means long range stuff going across Russia's border and I think it's fully justified.  I truly believe Ukraine will honor the US and NATO wishes regarding target selection, and I also believe that Ukrainian leadership does not have the desire to strike at anything other than Russian military targets. 

It's time to end this war.

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2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I laughed  Erdogan is who he is, but good he’s standing up to Putin.

 

The Turks shot down at least one (maybe two?) Russian fighters transiting Turk airspace while they were doing bombing runs in Syria a few years back.  The Russians have been on notice for a while that fucking around with the Turks will lead directly to finding out.

 

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I will note it looks like insurance companies are pulling fresh policies on ships headed to the Black Sea for now. Beyond the shipping or not shipping, Ukraine winter wheat production will be down because of fighting in areas that needed planting this fall, and Russian production and shipping likely falls as they send their rural labor into a wood chipper. 

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3 minutes ago, utee94 said:

At this point I'm fine with providing Ukraine everything they need to destroy Russia's capability of lobbing missiles at civilians.  I understand that means long range stuff going across Russia's border and I think it's fully justified.  I truly believe Ukraine will honor the US and NATO wishes regarding target selection, and I also believe that Ukrainian leadership does not have the desire to strike at anything other than Russian military targets. 

It's time to end this war.

I wonder how many air worthy Tu 95/ Tu 160/ Tu 22 platforms Russia actually has. I bet it's not that many. Let's give Ukraine platforms that can destroy them...even over Russian airspace, or on the ground.

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8 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I wonder how many air worthy Tu 95/ Tu 160/ Tu 22 platforms Russia actually has. I bet it's not that many. Let's give Ukraine platforms that can destroy them...even over Russian airspace, or on the ground.

Right on.

And all ships that are launching missiles-- send them to the bottom of the sea.

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14 minutes ago, utee94 said:

At this point I'm fine with providing Ukraine everything they need to destroy Russia's capability of lobbing missiles at civilians.  I understand that means long range stuff going across Russia's border and I think it's fully justified.  I truly believe Ukraine will honor the US and NATO wishes regarding target selection, and I also believe that Ukrainian leadership does not have the desire to strike at anything other than Russian military targets. 

It's time to end this war.

It’s maddening. But we’ll continue to allow RU to destroy the infrastructure Ukrainian citizens need to survive and tell UKR they need to keep fighting with one hand tied behind their back.

Folks a lot smarter than me have decided that’s the best course of action.

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The English have a gift for understatement.

"Poor storage" and "strained logistics systems"

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11 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

It’s maddening. But we’ll continue to allow RU to destroy the infrastructure Ukrainian citizens need to survive and tell UKR they need to keep fighting with one hand tied behind their back.

Folks a lot smarter than me have decided that’s the best course of action.

I understood and agreed with that viewpoint back in February.  

At this point, I do not.  It's time to allow and enable Ukraine to end this war.

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4 minutes ago, utee94 said:

I understood and agreed with that viewpoint back in February.  

At this point, I do not.  It's time to allow and enable Ukraine to end this war.

I'm getting there.  Particularly as Putin draws one impotent red line after another.  Watching Turkey thumb its nose at him and escort grain shipments through the Black Sea is just another example.

Putin's one response to yet another humiliation (Kerch bridge, Sevastopol drone strikes) is to launch missiles at civilian targets.  He's a shit-flinging infant.  So, take away his flingable shit, and leave him with just the runny shit that he keeps smearing all over himself and his country.

There is no way for Russia to "win" this conflict.  Even its best-case scenarios are a loss (it will end up with less territory it controlled than when the war started).  It will have destroyed its military, devastated its already terminally ill demographics, destroyed its economy in the near-term, and devastated its economic prospects in the long-term.  Russia has shot itself in the dick, smeared shit all over itself, and ingested bleach, and it's eagerly looking for the next way to self-destruct.  Just fucking stupid.  

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Lots of NATO air traffic over the Black Sea as well, just a couple of the aircraft

 

I'm curious what their orders are...

 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

I think they could handle Russia on their own.  Turkey has a much, much larger naval force in the Black Sea than Russia does (not to mention an Air Force with plenty of anti-shipping missiles), and they could shut down the straits to any Russian ships trying to come in and reinforce Russia.

And they would shut down the straits to any and all civilian Russian shipping if Russia attacks them, which further cripples Russia's economy.

Putin has to back down.

 

I could absolutely see Russia using its own seagoing drone, or a mine, or some other similar tactic to introduce just as much confusion as possible, then blame Ukraine. 

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I'm getting there.  Particularly as Putin draws one impotent red line after another.  Watching Turkey thumb its nose at him and escort grain shipments through the Black Sea is just another example.
Putin's one response to yet another humiliation (Kerch bridge, Sevastopol drone strikes) is to launch missiles at civilian targets.  He's a shit-flinging infant.  So, take away his flingable shit, and leave him with just the runny shit that he keeps smearing all over himself and his country.
There is no way for Russia to "win" this conflict.  Even its best-case scenarios are a loss (it will end up with less territory it controlled than when the war started).  It will have destroyed its military, devastated its already terminally ill demographics, destroyed its economy in the near-term, and devastated its economic prospects in the long-term.  Russia has shot itself in the dick, smeared shit all over itself, and ingested bleach, and it's eagerly looking for the next way to self-destruct.  Just fucking stupid.  

If this war action by Putin can instigate a sequence of events that leads to a more fractured east/west global economic system, then it will have accomplished quite a bit for Russia. Dollar hegemony, western geopolitical influence, balance of trade, these are goals Putin and xi seem to be aligned on.

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1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

It’s maddening. But we’ll continue to allow RU to destroy the infrastructure Ukrainian citizens need to survive and tell UKR they need to keep fighting with one hand tied behind their back.

Folks a lot smarter than me have decided that’s the best course of action.

The cynic in me feels like Bechtel, CB&I, GE and Siemens are rock hard right now. 

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5 minutes ago, KeysPhoneWallet said:

If this war action by Putin can instigate a sequence of events that leads to a more fractured east/west global economic system, then it will have accomplished quite a bit for Russia. Dollar hegemony, western geopolitical influence, balance of trade, these are goals Putin and xi seem to be aligned on.

interesting point.

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3 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The cynic in me feels like Bechtel, CB&I, GE and Siemens are rock hard right now. 

Hadn’t thought about that. I am Alonzo Mourning now.

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12 minutes ago, KeysPhoneWallet said:

If this war action by Putin can instigate a sequence of events that leads to a more fractured east/west global economic system, then it will have accomplished quite a bit for Russia. Dollar hegemony, western geopolitical influence, balance of trade, these are goals Putin and xi seem to be aligned on.

That only works if there's any future Russia to speak of.  Which there isn't, anymore.  Russia now has zero chance of being much of anything other than a Chinese vassal state, and that's their best case scenario.  Putin's already ruined it all.  It's over.  Now it's just a matter of how many Ukrainian lives he takes with him as he goes down.

Which is why we need to help Ukraine end the war now, and not wait any longer.

Edited October 31, 2022 by utee94

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4 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

It's only been a few hundred years since Istanbul ruled what is now pretty much all the Ukrainian coast. That's like a week ago if you drink coffee with lots of grounds in it. I've never met a Turk, Greek, or [insert Balkan ethnic group] who wasn't constantly mulling over How Things Used To Be. Turks surely must consider the Black Sea their pond to patrol, and the Russians as heathen intruders.

Then there's that whole Turkish thing where if you fight well, they love you, even if they are fighting you back. The Ukrainians have proved worthy.

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2 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

that whole Turkish thing

This phrase can cover SO much ground.....

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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

This phrase can cover SO much ground.....

Do you want to get out of this prison, or not?

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1 minute ago, RDCanecutter said:

Do you want to get out of this prison, or not?

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5 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

It's only been a few hundred years since Istanbul ruled what is now pretty much all the Ukrainian coast. That's like a week ago if you drink coffee with lots of grounds in it. I've never met a Turk, Greek, or [insert Balkan ethnic group] who wasn't constantly mulling over How Things Used To Be. Turks surely must consider the Black Sea their pond to patrol, and the Russians as heathen intruders.

Then there's that whole Turkish thing where if you fight well, they love you, even if they are fighting you back. The Ukrainians have proved worthy.

The Ottomans were the Russian Empire’s enemy par excellence.  It won’t take much to ruin the Putin/Erdogan frenemy bromance. Things have come back around, Russia is the sick man of Europe and the dream of Konstantingrad is way in the rear view. 

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4 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The Ottomans were the Russian Empire’s enemy par excellence.  It won’t take much to ruin the Putin/Erdogan frenemy bromance. Things have come back around, Russia is the sick man of Europe and the dream of Konstantingrad is way in the rear view. 

Tsargrad.

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33 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Do you want to get out of this prison, or not?

 

32 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

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13 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

 

"Goals have been reached with Ukraine drone attacks" = "We're out of drones that definitely weren't supplied to us by Iran."

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^Not sure if this is good news or bad news for Ukrainian support

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Skip to around 10 minutes if you just want to see the composition of the USV

 

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5 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

^Not sure if this is good news or bad news for Ukrainian support

He's left wing.

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1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The Ottomans were the Russian Empire’s enemy par excellence.  It won’t take much to ruin the Putin/Erdogan frenemy bromance. Things have come back around, Russia is the sick man of Europe and the dream of Konstantingrad is way in the rear view. 

Erdogan was touting himself as the big peacemaker and power broker, and Putin doesn’t give a shit and is happy to try and embarrass him, so the bromance is over as of today,

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