herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

https://t.me/United24media/672 🇺🇦🕯 Today in Ukraine is Holodomor Remembrance Day. This is an annual national day of remembrance that falls on the fourth Saturday of November. At 16:00, a nationwide minute of silence is announced, after which the “Light a Candle” action takes place throughout Ukraine. Lighting a candle in their window, Ukrainians pay tribute to the memory of all those killed by the Soviet totalitarian regime in the early 1930s. Holodomor is the (more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

Been wondering for a few months now how long it would be before R started cannibalizing the non-essential parts of their strategic force for (conventional) precision missiles, and looks like the answer is "now".

I wonder what will become of Twitter. Will folks stop sharing as much, drift away to other community minded places, like Mastodon?

Will it become a Wild West of awfulness, pushing away all kindness from the site?

Or will it be a pendulum swing, where Elon loses interest and survival brings back a more balanced moderation?

I've seen plenty of discussions in recent days over the network structure of Mastodon and whether it can remain decentralized as large commercial players begin taking an interest in the fediverse. I am neither an engineer nor an economist, but I do research the way media and information get distributed and I have some thoughts on this. A thread…

It's perfectly reasonable and possible for *both* of these statements to be true:

* it is better here than on Twitter
* this better *isn't good enough*

Federation and decentralization *as currently and inconsistently and idiosyncratically practiced* while better, are not good enough.

Digging in and saying that decentralization and federation *is* good enough is really, really unhelpful.

Also, the potential for better does not mean the practical experience is better.

If you need a break from everything here is an #audiobook recommendation:

P.G. Wodehouse Volume 1 narrated by Stephen Fry (who is on mastodon btw at @stephenfry)
I **absolutely love** Jeeves stories and this is my favorite narration.

https://www.audible.ca/pd/P-G-Wodehouse-Volume-1-Audiobook/B08QDKHKP7?qid=1668956004&sr=1-3&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_3&pf_rd_p=b278ed0a-c3b2-4491-808c-7cb2190a487c&pf_rd_r=7DAA9GC8F979WTRS8F9P

#audiobooks #books

1/ In what may be a bizarre case of mistaken identity, the Russian FSB has killed a group of Russian people it claims are pro-Ukrainian saboteurs – but who reportedly appear to be Airsoft enthusiasts who were engaged in live-action roleplay of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games. ⬇️

*NEW* Geopolitics Decanted episode is out!

I talk to @danny about Russian cyber attack successes and failures in Ukraine, why a conflict with China over Taiwan might see a very different cyber campaign, the scary vulnerabilities of highly networked US weapons platforms like the F35, why Russia has not yet used cyber to retaliate against the West for sanctions, and much more!

Available now on the usual podcast platforms.

https://podcast.silverado.org/episodes/russias-cyber-game-what-worked-and-what-didnt

Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

https://youtu.be/ABXtWqmArUU

in honor of this toot
https://mastodon.scot/@jonreed/109400665716703959

#FavoriteMusic 14/

Try reading this without being moved by these descriptions of not only what life was like under Russian occupation in Kherson but what it is like to be from there and to have been cut off from the city without word for months. https://on.ft.com/3AMfyQe

>§#Ukraine's leaders will have to be "far-sighted" to secure peace, #Pope Francis said on Friday, suggesting that #Kyiv would have to make concessions to end the war with #Russia.

Maybe missing it, but why are these calls always directed at Kyiv? Russia could put on their big boy pants and be far sighted and offer concessions to end the war too, you know

Why do folks always talk about Russia like its an inanimate force of nature like a hurricane? They have agency too.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-needs-be-far-sighted-secure-peace-pope-says-2022-11-25/