Mark Spearing

@ChuckPfarrer -9°C tonight, -10°C Xmas day nighttime, <-5°C for the following week+ in Pokrovsk. I wouldn't like to be a Orc with no logistical supplies, warmth, food or water !!! I wonder what frozen Orc tastes like ??? Slava Ukraine !!!

🚨NEW: Pete Hegseth tried to fire 4-Star General Chris Cavoli, the former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, this summer after he advocated for stopping Hegseth's blockade on supplying ammunition to Ukraine. RETWEET if you stand with General Cavoli against Hegseth!

Carol of the Bells in Kyiv subway. Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Thankful to everyone who stands with us!

@ChuckPfarrer -9°C tonight, -10°C Xmas day nighttime, <-5°C for the following week+ in Pokrovsk. I wouldn't like to be a Orc with no logistical supplies, warmth, food or water !!! I wonder what frozen Orc tastes like ??? Slava Ukraine !!!

POKROVSK: On 22 DEC, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian company-sized mechanized assault near Fedorivka, as reported yesterday. Clarified data on this encounter reveals UKR malfunctioned 8 Russian tanks, 18 IFVs, 5 APCs, and 11 motorcycles. UKR counterattacks have reclaimed areas in western Pokrovsk. Ukrainian counterattacks and drone/artillery defenses have slowed advances, inflicting highly disproportionate losses. Full Russian capture of Pokrovsk may occur in Q1 of 2026 if momentum holds, but no Russian operational breakthrough is assessed as imminent— advances remain tactical and costly.

@NAFORaccoon When frostbite relieves the symptoms of trench foot !

@NAFORaccoon -8°C in less than two weeks !

Orcs should prepare to have a very sad Christmas around Pokrovsk. Supply lines are taking a beating. Better hope for snow so they can melt it for water. I terms of meat, better keep an eye on that chunky comrade in the unit, he might come in handy one day.

WIPEOUT AT HRYSHYNE: @bayraktar_1love posts this combat footage of this morning’s Russian assault across the M-30 HWY. Ukrainian UAV units, artillery, and pre-laid mines were obliterated the column.

@ChuckPfarrer Chuck ,if you ever doubt what you're fighting for, watch this from the EU parliament: BBC News - Interpreter breaks down in tears during Ukrainian boy's testimony - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cg… Big men can cry.

Hi Mark. Toughest on the humans. The rutted roads will freeze-- ruts and all-- and will be nearly as impassible as they are now as knee deep mud. The fog will generally clear, allowing UKR surveillance drones to direct FPV strikes on Ru logistics and troop concentrations. And here’s one-- thermal FPVs will be hunting hard as temperature differentials between human body temperatures and ambient temps will be at maximum-- making hunting much easier. One other thing, snow is great for preserving foot prints; a track left by a rifle platoon are pretty hard to hide... and there’s a Vatnik at the end of every trackway. All this makes it especially hard on Russian attackers who have to move, and easy for Ukrainian defenders who only have to lay in wait. Hope that helps! Thanks for the question.

GENERAL WINTER is on the way-- but right now Russian logistics are dealing with Colonel Mud. Around Pokrovsk, Russia is already losing ground (Ribne) due to logistics failures-- that are leaving front line troops short on supplies & ammo.

VIDEO FROM POKROVSK: Here is a FPV video from Russian losses on the M-30 HWY.

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POKROVSK: This AO remains a focal point of attrition warfare, with Russian forces maintaining pressure on Ukrainian defensive lines but showing signs of operational fatigue. Over the last 24 hours, activity has been limited to localized clashes without confirmed territorial gains for either side, indicating a temporary lull in Russian momentum following intensified assaults in early December. Ukrainian forces continue urban clearance and stabilization operations within Pokrovsk city, where fighting persists despite Russian claims of full control. A key development is the reported Ukrainian recapture of Rivne (also spelled Ribne in some transliterations) village southeast of Pokrovsk, underscoring Russian vulnerabilities in holding infiltrated positions. Overall, Russian offensive tempo has palpably decreased, likely due to cumulative losses exceeding 1,200 personnel in the Pokrovsk agglomeration last month alone, compounded by logistical overextension.

@MarkHertling @BulwarkOnline Never forget MH17, and the attempts at coverups by those responsible !

Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process. My latest in the ⁦@BulwarkOnline⁩ thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-russ…

@MarkHertling @BulwarkOnline Never forget Novichok, a deadly nerve agent being spread in Salisbury !

@digikey Lightning-storm !

Give an engineer anxiety with one word

@davepl1968 The Amiga operating system was truly amazing for it's time. Dave : Q) Was there a limitation within the OS that it could only run on single processors ? Does that limitation still exist in the later versions of Amiga OSs ?

Curious how Multitasking actually works under the hood on the Amiga, Mac, Linux, and Windows? Find out now!

@JohnSimpsonNews Any chance you can get his name and history into Wikipedia, so we can learn his story ?

A hugely enjoyable session with the magnificent John Osman, one of the very finest BBC foreign correspondents of all time, and my particular hero. The hospice agreed we could each have a gin & tonic though it was only 11a.m.

@TraceyChilds50 Lovely to see you back on the Flying Fish, when times were simpler.

@yyzkevin whole amiga community is waiting for cheap pcmcia wifi :)

Anybody know about the LIN bus protocol, as applied to cars and driving 12V Intelligent Battery Sensors on BMW E87s 7570031 61126986795 ?