Yeah the Russians are still totally gonna win this war, guys.
Any minute now they'll start kicking ass 🤪 https://t.co/phpQo9DmwX
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 11, 2022
Ian Welsh is in this tweet, and does not like it.
Day: May 12, 2022, 2:55 AM
Bridge Three Far
What I did to destroy Russian pantonne bridge over Siverskyi Donets – a thread 🧵
Here you go -> -> ->
— ะะฐะบัะธะผ (@kms_d4k) May 11, 2022
If this is true (I suspect it is), then the Ukrainians really do have great tactics and know how to make use of intel effectively.
Good One
NATO expansion is great. This war has demonstrated that every European country that isn't Russia would be better off being in NATO. https://t.co/ym9DMAWSVu
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 12, 2022
Mostly agreed with this. Russia has almost made it mandatory anyone who doesn’t want to get invaded in that area join NATO. Good job.
American History MMXXII
That’s what the real headline should be, and that single fact is why the Dems are gonna get curb-stomped in the midterms.
Double Bind
If we smile and laugh, weโre flirting. If we donโt, weโre sulking. Women can never win can they. Sigh. https://t.co/q3t3DFoNK1
— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) May 11, 2022
If a man speaks to a woman, we’re sexually harassing her. If we don’t help when she’s in need we’re jerks, but if we do help, we’re only looking for sex or attention.
Works both ways.
Projection
One of the reasons my present boss is one of the best I’ve ever worked for is her willingness to say “I know you want to be helpful, but this needs to be budgeted.”
โ Auferre (@Auferre1) May 11, 2022
I say stuff like that to the people who work for me pretty frequently.
“I know Sales told you to do it, but we don’t work for Sales, and we definitely don’t have time for their wild goose chase projects” is the kind of thing I often have to remind my team of. Usually followed by, “If they really want it, they’ll make it an actual project that can be tracked and planned.”
It seems ruthless but it’s necessary. Otherwise, your department achieves nothing but other people’s misguided and unbudgeted projects while making none of its own goals and, eventually, you get fired.