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(DIR) Post #AU0sae6vbCQE8Xorg0 by mybarkingdogs@ohai.social
2023-03-26T16:05:50Z
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/world/europe/volunteers-us-ukraine-lies.html#JamesVasquez and #MalcolmNance and #RipleysHeroes and #MriyaAid are *not* places to donate to help #Ukraine or get infoI was willing to offer them the benefit of the doubt at one point, since, as a mostly anti-war person, my expectations for military people/soldiers are under the floor and stuff like running out on bar tabs is... what soldiers/sailors do, and some of the people calling them out were worse, e.g. wouldn't believe Posobiec if he told me the sky was blue
(DIR) Post #AU0saetqfJYOaGhvvc by mybarkingdogs@ohai.social
2023-03-26T16:12:56Z
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But now we have actually good reporting exposing these people for what they are, so I will stand with their victims and share this to warn everyone to be careful of who you support.And I'm not giving Pizzagate Guy a damn bit of credit for being an early critic - if anything his involvement/that of his fellow pro-Kremlin sources made me *more* likely to give people he was mad at the benefit of the doubt until conclusive evidence came in from better sources. It is in now, though.
(DIR) Post #AU0safZg9n0wg0HL84 by DeeGLloyd@mastodon.world
2023-03-26T16:36:51Z
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@mybarkingdogsSoldiers & sailors aren't any more likely to be scumbags than the general population & if you read the article closely you'll notice the worst scammers weren't even prior military, just two bit con-men. I also wouldn't lump Nance in with the others.I agree it's better to stick with causes that have been vetted in some way. https://u24.gov.ua/ has a good list, so does #NAFO https://nafo-ofan.org/blogs/charities-and-organizations though my fave is Jose Andres' https://wck.org/ #Ukraine #Charity