Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦

Hey #NAFO: for anyone in the US who's in a mood to pressure your elected officials: please encourage the White House - and your elected officials to pressure the #WhiteHouse - to support invoking the #DefenseProductionAct on #SpaceX to force them to provide #Starlink coverage to all of #Ukraine.

The act requires companies to provide goods and *services* deemed necessary for national defense. Even if it comes at a loss. Penalties for obstruction are up to one year in prison, per count.

Feb 13, 2023 at 12:43amWeb
Show threadCharlie poika 🇫🇮 🇺🇦Feb 13, 2023
@nafnlaus SpaceX could have been the hero Ukraine needs and deserves but he is choosing not.
Show threadNafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦Feb 13, 2023
@charlie Out of fear. He's been talked into "Ukraine retaking its own territory means WWIII, stopping and giving Russia what it wants means peace" by people like David Sacks.
Show threadCharlie poika 🇫🇮 🇺🇦Feb 13, 2023
@nafnlaus It’s bizarre how they fear that. After invasion military targets even inside Russia are legitime, that’s how it’s always been. And Russia would gain nothing with nukes, quite the opposite as no one is invading them. Elon is often talking about probability of WW3 but wouldn’t it be more probable if you start giving in to dictators with nukes?
Show threadNafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦Feb 13, 2023

@charlie It's *extreme* short-sightedness.

But fear encourages short-sightedness. Always has.