Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Setting aside videos from a couple of military senior officers, the silence tonight from Russian state officials — namely the nation's politicians — is deafening. The feds have charged a prominent mercenary head with insurrection, guys.

As a 23-year-old from Hong Kong faces charges at home over social media posts she made from Japan, activists are urging Tokyo to speak out. But political realities mean any steps will have limited impact. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/23/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/hong-kong-student-japan-reaction/?utm_content=buffer7f15a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #politics #china #hongkong #censorship #humanrights #universities #socialmedia #chinajapanrelations

VCHK-OGPU - from their source: "The attempts to act against Prigozhin come solely from FSB and Russian Guards. The Ministry of Defense has withdrawn itself, lower-rank officers either simply refuse to follow orders, or openly support Wagner.
As for Shoigu and co. - they simply hid and entirely lost their touch with reality. Apparently, the scare is serious."
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #Wagner #Prigozhin

A male Barred Owl at Ox Bow Park, Indiana. Photo by Carlos Negron Vega.
#OwlsOfMastodon

Dust bunny

#ThingsHiddenUnderTheBed
#HashtagGames

I’m guessing the only thing we can be sure of about this emerging Russia story is that we shouldn’t think we can be sure about anything at all. Not yet anyway.

'Watch and See If They Destroy Themselves': US Cautiously Monitors Russia Infighting (Jim LaPorta/The Messenger)

https://themessenger.com/news/watch-and-see-if-they-destroy-themselves-u-s-cautiously-monitors-russia-infighting
http://www.memeorandum.com/230623/p127#a230623p127

Picket Line Rumors! Netflix Bites! (June 22, 2023) - Ep. 5 https://youtu.be/nNRViJG2N9g via @YouTube
Still giving us good information on what's going on

⛔️🇷🇺Russia’s FSB opens criminal case against Wagner Group’s Prigozhin over armed rebellion call (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3727018-russias-fsb-opens-criminal-case-against-wagner-groups-prigozhin-over-armed-rebellion-call.html #Ukraine #NATO #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive

My notifications are blowing up from this thread already, and I haven't read them all yet. But go ahead and miss me with the "RHEL is too expensive" complaints. Red Hat is a business with a product for sale. If you don't like the price, vote with your wallet and choose something else. Or negotiate a better price based on volume. That's how the enterprise software world works.

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

"Taking advantage of Prigozhin's provocation to disorganize the situation, the Kiev regime in the Bakhmutovsky tactical direction is concentrating units of the 35th Marine Brigade and the 36th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the starting lines for offensive operations.

Let’s keep an eye on what’s going on with the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group. I’m not saying we’re close to a military coup in Russia, but if that were to happen I think its initial stages would look an awful lot like what’s happening there tonight.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/23/world/russia-ukraine-news#russia-prigozhin-putin-war-ukraine

4 in 10 California residents are considering packing up and leaving, new poll finds (Benjamin Oreskes/Los Angeles Times)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-23/california-residents-considering-leaving-cost-new-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/230623/p115#a230623p115

Boeing's new sales chief, Brad McMullin, discussed the various challenges and opportunities within the aviation industry during an exclusive interview with TPG at the Paris Air Show.
- By David Slotnick

https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-chief-talks-challenges-airbus/
More: https://hypeaviation.com/story/boeings-new-sales-chief-talks-challenges/121199/
#parisairshow #airshow #airbus #boeing #aviation

Leafmining flies for #Flyday #FlyFriday, both on weeds in my yard.

A Pegomya wygodzinskyi mine on Red-root Amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus) and a Liriomyza taraxaci on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). The larvae are visible in the mines when back-lit like these.

We owe an enormous thanks to @ceiseman for all his work on collating and discovering so much about leafminers!

#insects #Diptera #Agromyzidae #LeafMiner #LeafMine #weeds #flies #BackyardBiodiversity

Fractured foundations: how Antarctica's 'landfast' ice is dwindling and why that's bad news

https://theconversation.com/fractured-foundations-how-antarcticas-landfast-ice-is-dwindling-and-why-thats-bad-news-207814 #ClimateChange

Generals are recording videos, hand on their rifle, imploring Wagner forces to return to the barracks.

Rapidly advancing AI technologies are making it easier for scammers to extort victims, including children, by doctoring innocent photos into fake pornographic content. https://t.co/bSR74I6vb3

Ending #SocialSecurity and Medicare is the goal
The Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus in the GOP, published its blueprint to shred social safety nets

https://flux.community/joan-mccarter/2023/06/ending-social-security-and-medicare-is-the-goal/

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