Here is July 25th's update! TLDR? Here's the summary.
Here is July 26th's update! TLDR? Here's the summary.
Here is July 27th's update! TLDR? Here's the summary.
I have an exhausting day ahead of me today, but I'll post interesting links in the megathread when I find them and when I have the time and wifi signal.
Here is July 29th's update! TLDR? Here's the summary.
Here is July 30th's update! TLDR? Here's the summary.
No updates no Sundays.
Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Telegram Channels
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
Pro-Russian
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ Gleb Bazov, banned from Twitter, referenced pretty heavily in what remains of pro-Russian Twitter.
https://t.me/asbmil ~ ASB Military News, banned from Twitter.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday Patrick Lancaster - crowd-funded U.S journalist, mostly pro-Russian, works on the ground near warzones to report news and talk to locals.
https://t.me/riafan_everywhere ~ Think it's a government news org or Federal News Agency? Russian language.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ Front news coverage. Russian langauge.
https://t.me/rybar ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine
With the entire western media sphere being overwhelming pro-Ukraine already, you shouldn't really need more, but:
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Last week's discussion post.
Fellas, Real Talk: Ted and other assorted forms of kazcynskyites are simply an ideological trap, a honeypot so to speak, designed to keep people from radicalizing in a good, communist way.
it's for the poorly-educated or sometimes just plainly politically illiterate people who are just beginning to see that there's something very wrong with the current, squeeze-as-much-profits-before-we-all-die neoliberal system — but instead of getting radicalized and reaching the conclusion that we need the end of capitalism AND a working alternative that benefits humanity, they fall into a this weird trench of vague anti-capitalism with no actual idea of what to do beyond funny pipe-bomb jokes and threats of adventurism against anything they consider industrial or technological because Kazcynski is ''le based and cool guy from the industrial revolution and it's consequences meme!!''
yeah, primitivism and unironic Una-posting is a cheap ideological cop out. Kazycynski’s manifesto was basically radical centrism and was full of “both sides are wrong” bullshit. you get all the fun of feeling superior and larping as an eco-terrorist without any of the effort of striving for material change.
also, thinking humanity’s big mistake was advancing beyond a primitive lifestyle is a massive case of missing the forest for the trees. even if it were possible (it’s not, unless you’re part Posadist), return to monke would require killing off an overwhelming majority of the population, just so a select few could survive and live miserable lives.
It was flat out fascist in places, the first thing he begins complaining about is personal grievances regarding how he can't call minorities old racist shit anymore, and the most he ever really goes after the right wing "traditionalists" is calling them dumb for embracing progress that will naturally displace and destroy tradition, his main focus throughout most of it when it comes to political sides is attacking the left.
Its also super flawed logic. Primitive man was violent as shit. Violent deaths have decreased significantly as technology has advanced.
Kazcynskyism is a seasonal joke intended for close friends and ideologically coherent family members, behind tightly closed doors and over several mugs of extra boozy egg nog
this is something that only exists on the internet
It. Doesn't. Fucking. Matter.
idk I met a Kazcynsky guy somewhat like this description in real life
I don’t think there’s many Kazcynskyites here
of course, i know most kazcynski memes shared in this site are all meant in jest, i was rather refering to ''normie'' places that aren't explicitly communist hangout spots in the internet and people who have only begun their radicalization process.
The consequences of Ted Kaczynski have been a disaster etc etc.