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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:43:02 UTC Aral Balkan

   Hey isn’t Orban the dickhead who proudly doesn’t recognise EU law?

   How about we don’t give a shit what that fascist asshole thinks on this for a change?

   https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497504901466832899?s=20&t=MkIJQQl5rC7tHPp-bpvz3g

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   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:43:01 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @aral I'm dead too, because I'm a freelance sysadmin, who does stuff online for a living.

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   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:43:02 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @aral If Russia gets cut off SWIFT, both my Fediverse servers are dead.

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   • Klaudia (aka jinxx) (viennawriter@literatur.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:44:53 UTC Klaudia (aka jinxx)

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     @aral As much as I'd love to cut them out, this does also hit NGOs and humanitarian organisations who depend on donations and money from the west. In the long run this will only strengthen the Russian version SPFS and we'll all have to use that when we want to donate to eastern countries isn't that cool, either. And third, this seems to be our only measure and when this one is gone, we're blank.

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   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:46:54 UTC Aral Balkan

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     • Dr. Quadragon ❌

     @drq So, a couple of things:

     I hope no one on your fediverse servers thinks they have any privacy whatsoever. I know you know this but I hope they do as well. If they’re posting anything sensitive, they’re putting themselves and others in danger.

     Secondly, is there anything I can do from here to make sure that your servers can continue to function if/when this goes ahead?

   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:46:54 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @aral It's not just me. It's also a dozen of other Russian servers.

     We've got a community over here.

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   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:46:55 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @aral Also, if I move my servers inside the country all my folks might be dead, because that means easier access for Russian police to them.

   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 12:46:56 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

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     @aral Most of us host servers on our own dime, out of country just so that Russian alphabet agencies don't get to them as easily as they might if we did so inside.

     If we get cut out of SWIFT, we have no way of paying for them.

     We already have some reports the DCs not accepting payments from Russian bank accounts.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 14:21:17 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)
     @lanodan By what logic would Ukraine be blocked?
     
     @aral @viennawriter
   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 14:21:19 UTC Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)
     @viennawriter @aral And I wouldn't be surprised that if they continue in the economic war logic, Ukraine is going to get blocked as well, which would be even more horrible.
   • Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37a2@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 14:38:09 UTC Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)
     @clacke I imagine that once Free Ukraine is replaced with a puppet state, it would be easy to use them as a way around sanctions. @lanodan @viennawriter @aral
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