Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@Tusk It's a government during war that's desperate to prop up their economy. Nothing unexpected or particularly unethical. War sucks and winning takes all kinds of terrible measures.

It's not like Ukraine is in any position to respect their citizens' private property rights right now either.

"Towing a Tank With Tractor" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/QFLtv2exMbU

😂😂😂

OH: "I don't identify as female. I identify as email¹."

1) I'm unsure as to the intended spelling.

'Old Enough!' on Netflix sparks debate over sending very young kids on errands : Goats and Soda : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/20/1093153651/a-4-year-old-can-run-errands-alone-and-not-just-on-reality-tv

Note how eliminating cash also makes it difficult to send kids to the store to buy things.

Signed git pushes — Konstantin Ryabitsev
https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/signed-git-pushes

Interesting!

"My dear love, my sweet everything. My heart is in a cage. A rib cage."

Ukraine’s Draft Dodgers Face Guilt, Shame and Reproach - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/world/asia/ukraine-draft-dodgers.html

Ugh, what an awful article... The whole time they never make clear something really important: Ukraine doesn't need to conscript people to fight. They're actually turning away combat volunteers because they have far more than needed. Failing to make that clear is downright fraudulent. Especially for a US audience whose experience with conscription most recently includes Vietnam.

😂😂😂😂

"Russia: A small town clings to its Soviet past | DW Documentary"
https://youtu.be/48DaLYiO-yk

Originally released in 2019; relevant.

Weapons for Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia Flow Through Small Polish Border Towns - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weapons-for-ukraines-fight-against-russia-flow-through-small-polish-border-towns-11648066417

“Local officials say the increased military deployment is reassuring, but say they worry it could make Rzeszow a target. Polish farmers are putting land up for sale, nervous their property is too close to the front line.”

An underappreciated way to support the war effort could be to help Polish residents near the border move temporarily. Even something as simple as a free vacation.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8700279/canadian-sniper-wali-alive-ukraine/?s=09

“In one of the [combat] patrols I was in an amazing condo — you could have the same one in Toronto. There was an espresso machine,”

“It’s like fighting in downtown Toronto.”

https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-medieval-and-highly-effective-tactics-of-the-ukrainian-protests-a292fc7a40c2?s=09

From 2014

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/zelensky-suspends-11-ukrainian-political-parties-with-russian-ties/?s=09

“The largest of [the suspended parties] is the Opposition Platform for Life, which has 44 out of 450 seats in the country’s parliament. The party is led by Viktor Medvedchuk, who has friendly ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s daughter.”

Yeah, that sounds like a problem...

Ukrainian Counteroffensive Near Mykolaiv Relieves Strategic Port City - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukrainian-counteroffensive-near-mykolaiv-relieves-strategic-port-city-11647605489

While Canada was _still_ closing restaurants for covid two years into the pandemic, Ukraine is re-opening restaurants and cafes in the middle of a vicious war, as soon as the front line moves back.

More importantly, top Ukrainian politicians are also officially urging schools to reopen whenever possible to give kids a sense of normality: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ca__nC8lWHt/

Yeah, Expedia, I think travel to Ukraine is a little worse than "unstable"... An entire hotel got blown up a few days ago in Chernihiv...

"🔴 Ukraine War - Drone Shows Intense Close Combat Between Ukrainian & Russian Troops In Kherson"
https://youtu.be/y1dXAs2ybIU

@lucash_dev ...and gain of function research is not offensive bioweapons research. Don't mix up the two.

@lucash_dev Huh? We don't have evidence that the biolabs in Wuhan were making bioweapons.

We have solid evidence that Russia is not making arguments in good faith. They are not the ones who should get the benefit of the doubt here. Berenson's explanation makes sense: they hired a bunch of offensive bioweapons researchers to do peaceful research, including bioweapons defense and detection. That's totally ok.