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1. Sebastian Lasse (sl007@digitalcourage.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:24:08 UTC Sebastian Lasse

   • Gregory

   Hey @grishka

   just wanted to ask if anything is alright (live, not presidents).
   We hear that twitter is blocked but I hope you still get us here, right?

   • Gregory (grishka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:24:07 UTC Gregory

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     @sl007 everything is alright, everyone is outraged and reading news way too much but we're safe.

     My home ISP seemingly doesn't implement any blocking whatsoever. For public networks and mobile data, I have a VPN on my server in Germany. After the government tried and failed to block Telegram for 2 years, we're all well prepared for this kind of stuff.

     Twitter isn't completely blocked, but slowed down a lot, at least by my mobile carrier.

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   • Gregory (grishka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:24:29 UTC Gregory

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     @sl007 I mean, with literally the entire international community, INCLUDING TALIBAN, condemning Putin... I can't see this go on much longer. He's fighting with the rest of the world here really. There are some Russians who support him. There are some like me and my friends who hate him with a burning passion.

     Not to mention that he's relying on other people to bring his stupid dreams to life. The supply of people who are capable of doing it is diminishing every day. He'll be alone soon.

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   • Sebastian Lasse (sl007@digitalcourage.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:24:30 UTC Sebastian Lasse

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     • Gregory

     @grishka

     Good to hear alright and safe!
     I wish you all the best.

     The military leader status of Putin seems to be Absolute-Beginner-Amateur, so I guess Ukraine will win anyway.

     Putin never talked to any base, planned everything with maybe 4 people.
     Now the russian soldiers are leaked, they have food supply problems and also no real will to fight anymore (which is good), so I hope the war crimes will end soon.

     Just:
     All the best to you.

   • Gregory (grishka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:27:28 UTC Gregory

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     • Loweel

     @loweel @sl007 USSR's propaganda worked much better than Russia's and there was no internet. All communication channels were controlled by the government. There was no easy way for a regular person to broadcast something to a large audience. There was no easy way to find out what life is like in other countries. Everything was censored, and it was easy to implement bulletproof censorship.

     There were also much fewer products complex enough to require the participation in the global economy.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:27:28 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Gregory
     @grishka @sl007 @loweel The USSR also had half of Europe under its thumb, it was less isolated than now ... unless we count China, which maybe we should.
   • Loweel (loweel@bbs.keinpfusch.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Mar-2022 13:27:29 UTC Loweel

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     • Gregory

     @grishka @sl007 I am older than you, and the USSR survived 70+ years to being condemned by the remaining part of the planet.