alyaza [they/she]Jun 24, 2023

MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now

https://beehaw.org/post/742740

MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now - Beehaw

please post any subsequent updates here unless they’re huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don’t have to be their own thread

Show threadPowderhornJun 24, 2023
Beau has three videos out on it already. He's really good for context on military things.
Show threadblackholeJun 24, 2023
Does he have a military background or something? Why is he more of an expert on this topic?
Show threadPowderhornJun 24, 2023
I've not done a deep dive into his background, since he's clearly been in journalism for a long time with the choice of tangents he goes off on and presumed questions he addresses. I needed only one video to know he was becoming part of my daily news diet. If he does not have a military background in some way, I would be surprised.
Show threadHarkMahlbergJun 24, 2023
His real name is Justin King, and his background is... checkered at best. His politics on screen are solid but he also has prior convictions for human trafficking. These are things you can look up. So I take everything around him with a grain of salt.
Show threadDoucheAsaurus
An important distinction here is that he was convicted for the visa fraud kind of trafficking and not like sex trafficking or something. There's a huge difference there but people hear trafficking and just assume it's the worst kind imaginable.
Jun 24, 2023 at 4:59pmWeb