Posts by aliide@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AZUjtkziqAIhSqWz6O by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-09-06T15:34:57Z
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Lol there ya go:https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/09/06/romania-confirms-pieces-of-russian-drone-fell-on-its-territory(well, not lol. Russia is killing people. But Romania's initial denial was not ... wholly accurate, as suspected) #Romania #drone #war #russia #Ukraine
(DIR) Post #AbKl8dddmW3PI5Mcsq by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T10:57:26Z
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@kevinrothrock I find the ideas that it's pushing kinda weird – "one issue has remained taboo: the possibility of negotiating a peace deal with the Russians". Author seems eager to implicitly suggest "temporary truce" as a viable option without noting that you can't negotiate with a country's leadership that seeks the destruction of your livelihood, peace, existence. Ideas about negotiations etc favour the Kremlin. This article doesn't acknowledge that. #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
(DIR) Post #AbKlDajG1fxdiPLwlE by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T13:02:37Z
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@kallekn @kevinrothrock it just seems odd to me to seem vaguely critical of the reluctance to reach a "settlement" without immediately acknowledging the torture, rape, and mass murder that civilians have suffered. it's too soon to forget that.
(DIR) Post #AbKlpxusGRoUdM5Jei by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T13:21:13Z
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@Loukas @kevinrothrock the focus on corruption too – I genuinely want to work out how best to tackle this issue as well. It feels like a fight Ukrainians have to fight themselves and they seem to know that, but asking them to solve decades of internal corruption issues during a literal invasion is quite an ask too – but ultimately necessary. It's tough to know how to cover this responsibly – should it be the focus of international reporting at present or does it simply undermine their fight?
(DIR) Post #AbKm3oOeSHRPAAcDBo by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T13:46:06Z
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@Loukas @kallekn @kevinrothrock Editors can also influence how a story is framed. "Everything going smoothly" and "incremental successes but nothing major" and "some setbacks but all about the same as it was two weeks ago" aren't really stories many editors would likely consider worthwhile
(DIR) Post #AbKmZr7JsNDYromvXU by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T13:13:30Z
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@kevinrothrock @kallekn the framing here – not immediately mentioning the scale of Ukrainian suffering but rather presenting this as stubbornness. We're moving more towards framing Ukraine as a geopolitical conflict instead of underscoring the heinous massacre that was Bucha (to mention only one)
(DIR) Post #AbMPDB4kfGy6J4XTTk by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T15:12:17Z
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@kevinrothrock @Loukas perhaps but in danger of "perfect victim" myth mentality here too
(DIR) Post #AbMPDCdWrSNh9DolKC by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T15:35:45Z
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@kevinrothrock @Loukas the idea of the "perfect victim" often comes up in the context of women who have been subjected to sexual assaults, so accused men/their teams will cast aspersions on a woman's character to discredit them because of what she was wearing/drinking etc - she wasn't "perfect", so they don't have to shoulder the blame for events which were their fault. I think some people could conclude that Ukraine is less deserving of aid amid a genocide if the focus is on how corrupt it is
(DIR) Post #AbMPDEMESjjYU9jyds by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T15:38:59Z
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@kevinrothrock @Loukas it's indeed a concern but a heavy focus on it could also influence whether or not it receives any aid
(DIR) Post #AbMPDFyuQQGXWOqNZA by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-10-31T15:52:35Z
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@kevinrothrock @Loukas it also mentions public support percentages which policymakers pay attention to and as it notes, we are already seeing it slipping – no doubt a great thing for Russia. When you put it like that, of course it sounds absurd. I'm not saying not to report on it but describing the ethical challenges of reporting on it. We should absolutely be mentioning atrocities if we're mentioning Kyiv's reluctance to negotiate or enter "peace talks", though.
(DIR) Post #AbSwfqyIx7T7myZ34K by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-11-04T14:01:54Z
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Musk, Sacks and their coterie of pro-Putin propagandists are literally salivating over Shuster's Time article in The Other Placehttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720532409005813791#Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #ElonMusk #TwitterMigration
(DIR) Post #AbSwfrwvJjxSoyvSYS by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-11-04T14:18:09Z
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/4/7427192/
(DIR) Post #AcVHG1c4YRJc3Oa6SW by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-11-16T19:44:28Z
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I've had to leave one of my freelance clients after refusing to put my name as an editor to a text that classified Crimea as a Russian region and referred to Russia-installed health authorities there without using qualifiers such as "Russia-installed" or "Russia-imposed" (i.e. implicitly recognising them as official). Something small that matters hugely in the global context. No regrets at all, I did the right thing, but am open to commissions/part-time editing work again! #Ukraine #Russia
(DIR) Post #AcfZkGxyfeJ1iKEy48 by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-12-10T10:25:24Z
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"In areas of Ukraine around Kyiv that had been under Russian occupation, I heard story after story to make you weep — the sisters kept in captivity by soldiers, the elder forced to watch them rape the younger, begging them to take her instead, until her sibling eventually died. The haunted blue eyes of Vika who had been taken as “entertainment” by a soldier the age of her son" https://shorturl.at/rCOX4(Paywalled)#Ukraine #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar #rape #RussiaUkraineWar #women
(DIR) Post #Ad8HiEf0yX7qqvJDJw by aliide@mstdn.social
2023-12-24T11:08:52Z
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On that strange NYT article yesterday: The timing of Putin's supposed non-public announcement of interest in a ceasefire is more consistent with Russia's ongoing efforts to delay and obstruct further Western military assistance to Ukraine than with any serious interest in ending the war, the report's authors said.https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-23-2023#russia #putin #russiainvadedukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine
(DIR) Post #B1kgtKpFup0tcbYYgC by aliide@mstdn.social
2025-12-17T10:13:12Z
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Sigh, time to stop using Firefox. I'm running out of options. I like Mullvad, but I also want to keep some of my history. Any suggestions for decent browsers? #firefox #mullvad #chrome #browser #tech #technews #enshittification #openweb #ai
(DIR) Post #B1uWSiWucUpnMKFEOm by aliide@mstdn.social
2026-01-03T14:32:36Z
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@stux overwhelmingly agree but US did manage to do this without torturing civilians to death, looting their homes, and kidnapping their children (to the best of my knowledge). Also Ukraine's leadership was democratically elected, unlike Maduro. Doesn't make this in any way defensible but there are differences.
(DIR) Post #B2Gsta6pBeT8aEgwy0 by aliide@mstdn.social
2026-01-13T10:01:21Z
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Good morning! #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #blackcats #scrungycats
(DIR) Post #B2quJItuK6Q1RL8Huy by aliide@mstdn.social
2026-01-31T15:15:15Z
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People have become far too used to Ukrainians dying. #Ukraine #russia #russiaUkrainewar #Ukrainewar #genocide #invasion #imperialism #news #war
(DIR) Post #B2quJRBvUzaN9Xcn7A by aliide@mstdn.social
2026-01-31T15:15:56Z
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(as always, apologies for :birdsite: screenshot)