(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ukraine Open Thread: 5 Feb 24 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-02-05 Based on a diary yesterday (Thank you Radsci) and the conversations in the comments section, this is the first OPEN THREAD on Ukraine. The intent of this is to fill in the gaps left in the coverage of that war now that other events in the world are taking staff and community resources (time) elsewhere by helping the community contribute without the pressure of publishing complete diaries. Often, I (and undoubtedly others) come across minor things that aren’t worthy of a full diary, but are worth a comment. Throughout the day on this diary in the comments, anyone can chime in with news tidbits they come across. It may be just a link or social media entry with a quick 10-20 word expanation of what the link leads to (preferably non-paywalled). BLIND LINKS SUCK! So please take the time to say at least a couple of words about what the link is about. Or this is an example of a longer one. THIS IS NOT TO BE A RUMOR MILL OR ARGUMENTS SECTION OR A RANTING LOCATION! It is for reasonably solid news and events . A gentle reminder of how we do things: Do not troll the diary. If you’re having “issues” with another Kossack, like in a bar please take it outside. Please post in good taste. If you post something that could be considered disturbing to some folks (blood, guts, etc.), please consider a) not doing it and b) if you must, WARN FOLKS! Please do not let this discourage anyone from publishing diaries! If you want a stand=alone or want the comments discussion limited to a single subject (Good luck with THAT ), by all means PUBLISH! If this becomes a garbage bin, I will simply stop. This part is a discussion of the wisdom of doing this “open thread” at all and will not be a normal part of this feature, should it happen. This one is a test. Daily might be too much. We’ll see how it goes. There are options: Don’t do it. Do it daily at X time. Do it daily, but provide content as well. There would need to be several people doing this since I cannot provide daily content. I could probably do weekly. Some other Kossack(s) would then need to volunteer to cover some other day(s) of the week, etc. until we have a team. Do it, but only weekly. Tack this feature (Open Thread) on to existing posts. Annieli has been suggested, but whether they want that is up to them. Also, midnight (US Eastern) might not be the best time for this. Finally, having one extra Ukraine diary a day would help elevate the #Ukraine hashtag on the DKos page header. UPDATE: Addition to the poll below — Three votes for three times a week so far. I can’t add that to the poll at this point, so if that’s yer choice, just add it to the comments even if yo’ve already voted for something else. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/5/2221621/-Ukraine-Open-Thread?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/