Maria Popova

I rarely watch TV, so I hardly hear daily coverage of the war, pitched to a general audience. I did today. The assumption Ru controls the course of the war runs deep.

Ru says XYZ, Ru decided to retreat, what's Pu calculus, what's next from Pu/Ru. Ukr is context to Ru's actions: Ukr doesn't believe Ru is retreating, Ukr are worried Ru mined Kherson. No mention Ukr army is pushing Ru out in a methodical, planned counteroffensive nor how Kherson greets liberating Ukr army.

This needs to change.

Nov 11, 2022 at 2:25amWeb
Show threadMart KuldkeppNov 11, 2022
@PopovaProf Russification of brains.
Show threadMaria PopovaNov 11, 2022
@martkuldkepp I remember your thread on this!
Show threadMaria PopovaNov 11, 2022
@martkuldkepp btw, you mentioned finishing a book. What is it about?
Show threadMart KuldkeppNov 11, 2022
@PopovaProf It's this one https://mastodon.social/@martkuldkepp/109320474389252502
Show threadStephanie LamyNov 11, 2022
@PopovaProf Some of my work involves looking at how authoritarian regime propaganda, esp. RU, aligns with patterns of behaviour we see in domestic abuse #abuserstrategy in a post-Nuremberg world (Int order/law). Capturing a target's attention and maintaining its focus on the tyrant (what will he do, he CAN do that), is a big part of that pattern. It is power that we are transferring over to him, at the cost of our own autonomy and emancipation.
Show threadMaksym Polyakov🇺🇦🌻Nov 12, 2022
@PopovaProf this morning listened #BBC radio in the car, they report that Kherson liberated without a single shot, citing Ru sources 🤡, of course. Right now 🇳🇿NZ TV cites Kokoshnikov that every single soldier and piece of equipment crossed the river 🤡.
No Ukrainian POV 🤷‍♂️
Show threadMaria PopovaNov 13, 2022
@maksympolyakov WTH