Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

@thisismissem what was the post?

Straight from #kremlin playbook.

"You don't need to see Ukrainian nazis to believe that they are there".

I tried so hard to empathise with pro-palestinian people, I even have a textual evidence of me discussing that with my Jewish friends, but it's so hard to feel empathy towards, let alone associate with people who post arab propaganda and ask their readers not to make evidence-based judgements.

What's especially fucked up them comparing the ratko mladich's unprovoked massacre with retaliation strikes for a documented (not least by hamas and palestinians themselves) massacre. By that logic, the author of these toots should side with serbs during the retaliation that was happening in Yugoslavian war.

I can't even.

It's scary to see that the organizations that I felt represent quintessential evil, that killed #AaronSwartz, that facilitated useless mass surveilance, that robbed "the people" of dignity, turn out to be the allies of the #freedom, even if temporary, whereas the organizations that I felt represented quintessential good, that facilitated surveilance avoidance, that gave us all options to talk securely about whatever subject we want to discuss, fall to dreadful actors like #russia, #iran, #hamas.

The most fucked up thing is that there are a lot of fellow lefties who are blind to this effect. Women who support killing women by the "guardians of the revolution" in #Iran, mothers who support slaying Jewish children in Israel, social justice advocate who support slamming #Ukraine with rockets just because they have read a book by a guy who never made anything real in his life (#Marx) and heard that #Lenin was also cool.

When you read about the Cambridge Five and you think "what a bunch of fools, how could they have fallen for the soviet narrative?", look around. Take a walk in London past UCL. Count the leninist posters featuring, I kid you not, Vladimir Ilyitch Ullianov-Lenin (I bet the stupid fucks don't even know his full name, hah). Authoritarian brain-washing is very strong and will be strong, no matter which authoritarian state we're talking about. Brainwashing is a pillar of survival of such states, thus it will always be ahead of the Western propaganda.

There are new Cambridge Fives, and possibly in the organizations that you or I have donated to before.

Finally, this idiocy of the left only pours more water on the right-wing watermill.

The least we can do right now, is to TEMPORARILY stop donating to the far-left orgs and orgs like @eff, stop relaying opinions of or mentioning russian agents like Snowden, actively isolate iran, hamas, russia supporters and track them with best effort. Knowing to be careful around them or feeding them disinformation, can literally save lives.

The war is in everyday life, don't underestimate your impact.

cc @niphette

@lzg why not? Would be a shame for the minority of palestinians who don't support HAMAS to die en masse.

Given that Israelis are clearly planning land operation of retaliation, I think that it's not only logical, but moral to evacuate. I'm puzzled Egypt didn't offer civilians a way to evacuate, ngl.

My experience (sadly, considerable by now) with coordinating evacuations shows that 24h is plenty to evacuate, especially if the refugees are assisted by someone with a vehicle.

@nev tfw when I can't tell if that's a #wayland or #tty joke.

This deck is something. Raffine is a messed up Magic card.

@jaredwhite I was with you up until "we need to put artistry over capital".

What your're describing with "intentionally easy to learn and require minimal maintenance" means that making, using and maintaining software is accessible. Making art, by definition, requires a refined and vast skillset!

@Kclemson oh my, amazing!

@MiBaWi it's a work in progress.

Friends in #Nix, #NixOS, #Devops and #Devsecops communities!

If your company needs a contractor who is ruthlessly effective at getting things done with an appreciation for the business reality of your company, @julienmalka is your person, look no further!

He has some availability this month, so don't miss out.

@wardsutton YES

By supporting #Israel, you're supporting #Ukraine.

Israel is fighting iranian puppets right now and the harder it hits, the less weapons russia will get to kill Ukrainians.

Sincerely yours,
cpt. Obvious.