She is fully vaccinated with mild symptoms. https://t.co/rTPy9tyjz9
— Frankie Liverlips (@JackTors11245) April 8, 2022
Yep. Sounds like vaccination is working fine to me. This is how we return to normal — not hiding in fear, always masked, terrifed to show our faces.
This is obviously true, and the people calling for Ukraine to give up territory in order to "save lives" are really just calling for Ukraine to invite a further attack. And of course, they know this. https://t.co/o2sxFzrZ9L
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) April 7, 2022
I think so too. I was wrong about this in the beginning in an important way. I thought it had something to do with NATO expansion and it mostly doesn’t; Putin wants an empire again. The Baltic states would’ve been next up.
"Starlink doesn't work", the Twitter people told me.
War is where the rubber hits the road, and we get to see what works and what doesn't.
This one works. https://t.co/1ChGtkglU8
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) April 7, 2022
Most people on Twitter can barely read, especially the “educated” ones.
Intense footage of what appears to be a MRLS-delivered thermite incendiary bombardment; reportedly near Popasna in the Luhansk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/OWsgW0ASGM
— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) April 7, 2022
Agreed, thermite. Nasty stuff. (Not willie pete.)
The first ten on today’s playlist:
Here’s some great info about the excellent S-300P SAM system that the Russians field.
Not much can stand against that.
#Russia is using a new & extraordinarily dangerous mine in #Ukraine — the parachute-dropped POM-3 uses seismic sensors to detect approaching *human* footsteps, then launches a warhead 4-6ft into the air, firing projectiles 360°, lethal to 50ft away.https://t.co/mw4wSKhVu6 pic.twitter.com/GlkIJzsLjR
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) April 7, 2022
Well that’s evil on another level.
This sounds like no big deal but it is in AD 2003 and Exchange 5.5
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) April 7, 2022
Dang. Have to restore all of AD and the whole Exchange DB. Assuming you have a good backup. And if you don’t, have to recreate everything while all of management fumes.
I’ve never made that exact mistake, but a new helpdesk employee that I was team lead of did during the same era, except it was a senior executive’s entire account she nuked. She was terrified and she thought she was going to be fired. I laughed and said, “Evelyn, today you are going to learn more than you’ve learned in your whole IT career so far.” (She was very new.) I took the wrath for my minion because that’s what good managers do and the exec was mollified after much whining.
So we spent that entire day prepping, and most of the night doing the requisite restores. All was well by morning and she learned in one night what takes most junior people 2-3 years to pick up.
She turned out to be the best help desk person who worked there by far.
Why Russia is losing this war?
First I'll discuss why Russia *is* losing. Then I'll give my version of how it could happen. The key to understanding lies in the Soviet/Russian military doctrine. It gives context for current events and helps to predict further Russian actions🧵 pic.twitter.com/uQqYVLENwe
— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) April 6, 2022
Good thread. Ignore Ian Welsh, pay attention to people who know what the fuck they are talking about.
Kherson Oblast, Russian artillery battery takes fire while setting up. Ukrainian fire looks to be spotted by a drone. pic.twitter.com/PZX7pFPj4z
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 7, 2022
First thought I had, too: what kind of goofus sets up artillery in an open field? There’s a treeline right back there. It’s just right there, behind you 200 meters.
Cannot understand.
One of the saddest wasted opportunities to me is that rather than using covid to unite people around things like paid sick leave and affordable healthcare, Democrats used it for a hugely divisive culture war over cloth masks in preschools.
— Zac Bissonnette (@ZacBissonnette) April 6, 2022
In the history of stupid mistakes, that does rank right up there.
I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop whenever the Covid news looks good as much as the next guy, but the amount of people yelling in replies as if he's saying anything more conclusive than, "So far, so good," is nuts. https://t.co/gCUXF4jT4W
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2022
Covid has become a deep and meaningful religion for many people. Will be nearly impossible to detach them from that.
Am I crazy for thinking 8th graders should be able to solve y = mx + b?
— Darrell Owens (@IDoTheThinking) April 6, 2022
I cannot solve y = mx + b and was not able to consistently do so despite years of attempts.
Welcome to 2022! pic.twitter.com/DgubRzoRdN
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) April 7, 2022
So 2022 is also going to suck. Great.
It’s been weird to see Ian Welsh become a defender of Putin and of Chinese autocracy. I mean, sure, be a contrarian. I generally am one too. But draw the line before becoming an insufferable dumbass.