Gerry McGovern

"Pro-government outlet Moscow-24 reported a surge in demand for alternative communication devices, including pagers, walkie-talkies, and landline phones. Sales of printed atlases and travel guides have also increased. Purchases reportedly rose by 48% compared with the previous week."
https://kyivindependent.com/moscow-citizens-turn-to-pagers-printed-maps/

Digital is incredibly fragile. When collapse comes, the first thing to collapse will be digital architecture. We need to plan to have communication options that are not dependent on digital

Moscow residents turn to pagers, printed maps as Russia enforces internet 'whitelist'

Russian authorities have justified the restrictions on security grounds.

The Kyiv Independent
Mar 17 at 2:24pmWeb
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himMar 17

@gerrymcgovern

Hey Russia, I hear Israel is having a fire sale on pagers

Show threadAaron In MinnesotaMar 17

@gerrymcgovern worth thinking about for sure, not to be contrary, but a thought is that centralization is fragile, not digital per se.

For example meshtastic is a useful comm strategy if internet goes down.

A printed atlas is distributed information that isn't easily rescinded. Paper has its advantages too, of course, but Open Street Maps app with locally stored maps is also quite useful when internet becomes unreliable

Show threadkramakerMar 17
@gerrymcgovern Priceless timely advice because IMO the Jackpot is nigh.
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 18

@gerrymcgovern nit "#digital" but "#centralized" is the keyword.