Peter Todd

The mind virus of conspiratorial thinking has been devastating. It completely paralyzes analysis and reduces everything to entertainment, fodder for clicks, traffic, and attention. It’s like a caricature of the Straussian close reading of texts: the “real” meaning is always hidden from view, and being unable to see it means you don’t have access to esoteric insights and knowledge. In reality, you’re just reading it wrong. In the case of Russia right now, nobody really knows what’s happening. But that doesn’t matter; all you have to do is come up with the most absurd theory, and the more absurd it is, the truer it must be.

I spent all day filming with the civilian volunteer anti-air unit that $LADA donated an attack simulator and laptop too. It'll take me a bit to publish that footage. But in the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy this video of a Ukrainian F-16 flying past us! The simulator is really cool. Basically it measures the AA gun's azimuth and elevation, and shows on a screen what the night vision camera would be showing if you were doing it for real. In fact, the drone you are hearing in this video is the sound of a simulated shahed from the simulator. I tried it out myself and managed to score one hit... eventually... 😂 They're really happy with it. Ammo is expensive. So they get hardly any training time with the real deal. Being able to train without spending money is going to make a big difference.

Remember, Russia attacks ambulances.

I spent all day filming with the civilian volunteer anti-air unit that $LADA donated an attack simulator and laptop too. It'll take me a bit to publish that footage. But in the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy this video of a Ukrainian F-16 flying past us! The simulator is really cool. Basically it measures the AA gun's azimuth and elevation, and shows on a screen what the night vision camera would be showing if you were doing it for real. In fact, the drone you are hearing in this video is the sound of a simulated shahed from the simulator. I tried it out myself and managed to score one hit... eventually... 😂 They're really happy with it. Ammo is expensive. So they get hardly any training time with the real deal. Being able to train without spending money is going to make a big difference.

Unfortunately the Toyota Hilux got destroyed by a Russian fiber drone. The important thing is the armor worked, and everyone in it got out with minor injuries – they didn't have to leave the combat zone for treatment, and are back doing missions. Let's get them a new truck! The Rainbow Battalion fundraiser has already raised 4641€ for the next truck. So we just need to put in another 6359€, same as last time. Understandably, the unit doesn't want to talk publicly about what they've been using the truck for, or how they evacuated the men. The less Russia knows, the less information Russia can use to attack them more effectively next time. But they've convinced me the truck was used effectively. I know they've had a lot of vigorous discussion if tactics could be improved. But the truth is this job is just dangerous, and you have to take risks to get it done. You can't jam or detect fiber drones. So they're a risk you have to accept. A hilarious statistic I can publish though is that they got enough use out of the truck that the per-km cost of their combat missions was similar to taking Uber Black in NYC. 😂

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