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@anon_opin So… banning the carbon neutral energy source to import an inefficient system which generates lots of emissions in both production and transport? (And only produces when you generally don’t need it - to the extent you get any energy from it during winter)

Now we have evidence that wood burning stoves are bad for children's lungs we should ban their installation and require all properties with one to replace it with solar or some other environmentally positive energy source within 6 months.

@historyinmemes Bend over, grab your ankles and kiss your @$$ goodbye...

You're an astronaut and this happens... what do you do?

OTD in 1990 Lithuanian Independence was restored. Russia is the leading provider of European Independence days #BelieveinFreedom Please don't retweet this, it triggers my trolls. See below.

Had to see it for myself. This actually happened at the Pentagon briefing yesterday. It is real. It really happened. Thank you @JSchogol73030

@ChrisMoyles , @RadioX This should be enough to trigger a Moyles parody :)

#Armageddon was a record-breaking tour and is now Number 1 on Netflix worldwide. Please don't retweet this as it may annoy some people. Thank you 🙏

@elonmusk Yes

@DNfrithjof liten korreksjon til artikkelen din her : dn.no/kommentar/isra… Rimelig sikker på 6 dagers krigen var i 1967. Tipper fingeren traff litt for langt til høyre 😊

@DavidSacks There is a lot to quibble about, but: How is it for "us" to seek negotiations? Should not that be for the Ukrainian people to decide? Do we really want another Afghanistan where the we (in the west) abandon our allies to a tinpot dictator?

THE UKRAINE WAR’S “CRONKITE MOMENT”: Zelensky’s own inner circle tells TIME that the war is unwinnable. If you haven’t read it yet, this week’s TIME magazine cover story on Zelensky is extraordinary. It confirms almost everything that critics of the war have been saying, starting with the fact that it is unwinnable for Ukraine. Moreover, it goes further in describing Zelensky as “delusional” for his failure to recognize battlefield realities and his unwillingness to consider peace negotiations with Russia. Most remarkably, the sources for the article are Zelensky’s own aides and advisers. In other words, the “Putin talking points” are coming from inside the house. The author Simon Shuster (@shustry) previously wrote the article naming Zelensky TIME's “Person of the Year” for 2022, so it cannot be said that he has not portrayed Zelensky favorably in the past. Presumably this is why he was granted such privileged access to Zelensky’s inner circle. Ostensibly the article portrays Zelensky as a heroic figure forced to go it alone as times get tough and Western allies start to “abandon” him. But the truth leaks out as Zelensky’s aides pour forth a torrent of complaints and inconvenient truths. These include: 1) Ukraine’s war aims are unrealistic. Kyiv has long maintained that its definition of victory, namely the retaking of all Ukrainian territory including Crimea, is achievable with Western arms and money. After a disastrous summer counteroffensive, Zelensky’s advisers have reconsidered. Yet Zelensky’s belief in ultimate victory over Russia has only "hardened into a form that worries some of his advisors." Shuster describes Zelensky’s faith as “immovable, verging on the messianic.” One of Zelensky’s closest aides tells Shuster that, “He is delusional. We’re out of options. We’re not winning. But try telling him that.” 2) Staggering casualties have decimated the Ukrainian army. Ukraine has refused to disclose casualty counts throughout the war, dismissing as Russian propaganda the increasingly-credible reports of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian casualties. But another close aide to Zelensky tells Shuster that casualties are so horrific that “even if the U.S. and its allies come through with all the weapons they have pledged, ‘we don’t have the men to use them.’” Shuster reports that “In some branches of the military, the shortage of personnel has become even more dire than the deficit in arms and ammunition.” According to the article, the average age of a currently-serving Ukrainian soldier is 43 and getting older all the time. The youth have already been sacrificed. 3) Morale is collapsing. Within the officer ranks, there is growing dissension bordering on mutiny. One close Zelensky aide complained to Shuster that some front-line commanders have begun refusing orders to advance even when they come directly from the office of the President. In many cases, orders are refused because they are deemed impossible. 4) Corruption is uncontrollable. It has long been taboo in Western media to suggest that Ukraine’s government is shot through with corruption. Yet a top presidential advisor admitted as much to Shuster once his audio recorder had been shut off: “People are stealing like there is no tomorrow.” After Walter Cronkite returned from his fact-finding mission to Vietnam in 1968, he concluded that the war was unwinnable. He ended his famous broadcast to the American people with this exhortation: “it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.” Now that the truth is clear and undeniable, will we take Cronkite’s advice with regard to this war? Will we seek to negotiate an honorable peace and save the Ukrainian people from further needless slaughter? Or will we remain trapped in Zelensky’s bunker of "delusion" — psychologically if not physically — waiting for the inevitable end?

@WarMonitors He’s going to be remembered as one of the greats of the century. On the line of Churchill and FDR. “I need ammo, not a ride” will enter popular discourse alongside Nuts and We shall fight them on the beaches

What’s your opinion on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy?

@UKikaski Ok. The first vehicle stops in open terrain and the crew/infantry run. Then we see one shelled in tree lined road. Suspect cut scene. Not saying this isn’t real losses. Just that the first part and latter part cannot be same vehicle (unless it started up again after dropping off

Interesting... A Russian BMP-2 is struck and disabled by an AFU FPV drone which then comes under artillery fire with a cluster munition with the intent of destroying the BMP and any crew/infantry abandoning it. #OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Counteroffensive

@VigorousFalcon No secondaries and no fire? I call BS without more details.

#Ukraine: #Russian lancet allegedly hit a disguised #Ukrainian howitzer.

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@sentdefender Interesting that both tanks still have turrets attached. No turret tossing as their Russian counterparts seems more prone to.

Footage has been released showing what appears to be the Destruction of a Polish PT-91 Twardy and a Czech T-72EA alongside an American M113 APC all most likely with the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after a Failed Advance in the Zaporizhzhia Region which was Defeated by Russian Artillery and Mines. This is the 1st Visually Confirmed Loss of the PT-91 during the War in Ukraine.

@AVES_ME_ODISSE @visegrad24 Technically the police union using those words, not the Police Department as such. Though odds are the union represents the sentiment of its members. Still there is a difference and the union can use words the official police cannot.

@visegrad24 When any police force uses the term “pests” in an official address they mean business. The Republic has no legitimacy if it has no will to enforce their laws, period.

Statement by the French police unions saying it’s a civil war & that the police will have to form "the resistance" as gov. is weak “The police are in combat because we are at war. Tomorrow we’ll be in resistance & the gov. will have to become aware of it” Transl. in comments ⬇️

@JeremyClarkson , can only second the words of the writer as she’s much more eloquent than I ever could be! “I would far rather have a world full of Jeremy Clarksons than Meghan Markles “telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…

A little light moment. @ZelenskyyUa shares a joke with Letterman

In preparation for this #WinterStorm I keep hearing about…

While casting shade on @elonmusk for what he’s done, is doing, or will do, try to pause & remember that he made electric cars a normal thing in society and he commercialized space — for cargo, satellites, & people. Count him among those who are inventing civilization’s future.

@perfectionvalet Driving into a ditch is also a fairly common cause for cracked windows 😂

For all the benefits associated with winter tyres, of which there are many, I bet they cause a lot more cracked windscreens?