Randahl Fink

“We don’t want it, we don’t want it!”

All Russians are happy that Putin shut down the internet in Moscow and Saint Petersburg… at least that is the North Korean style messaging from Russian tv 1.

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Show threadEl IndifferenteMar 23
@randahl my eyes are bleeding!
Show threadWTLMar 23
@randahl 😳🤦🏻🤣
Show threadChrisMar 23
@randahl preferred kim kardashian's break the internet to putin's
Show threadMartin SeegerMar 23
@randahl If this is what you get for invading your neighbor, I would call it a just punishment...
Show threadC.Suthorn Mar 23
@[email protected] @[email protected] I think this is in Iran. That there are sim cards in different colors. A color allows free access to the Internet. The others don't. Probably it is in Russia exactly like that. Putin and his friends have free internet access. But not the people.
Show threadMartin SeegerMar 23

@Life_is @randahl Authoritarian regimes are always hotbeds of corruption. Not by choice, but the nature of the regime requires corruption as method of generating and rewarding loyalty.

There is a very interesting book by Frank Bajohr about the corruption in the Third Reich "Parvenüs und Profiteure". It is easy to recognize the similarities...

Show threadDer Geist aus dem GerätMar 23
@randahl Mon dieu!
Show threadMichael PotterMar 23
@randahl I only have a few acquaintances from Russia, who I haven't heard from in a while, but I'm pretty sure they're pissed about the internet block.
Show threadJohnnieMacMar 23
@randahl I thought it was a Lawrence Welk show taped in North Korea… Yikes!
Show threadAnton ZadorožnyjMar 23
@randahl as a bit of good news, they've started blocking telegram near front lines. Long term this is ofc going to hurt lots of people.
Show threadPaul_stilgarMar 23

@randahl

At least they can drink and visit some psychiatric hospitals.

…Alcohol-induced psychosis, which includes symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions that last after the effects of alcohol wear off, has “increased dramatically” in recent years, …

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/15/alcohol-dependency-in-russia-increases-for-first-time-in-a-decade-a83718

Alcohol Dependency in Russia Increases for First Time in a Decade

Alcohol dependency in Russia has increased for the first time in 10 years, Russia’s business daily Kommersant reported Monday, citing data from the state statistics agency Rosstat.

The Moscow Times
Show threadtxtx 🇪🇺Mar 23
@randahl Internet? Internyet.
Show threadMarcella Francesca Mar 23

@randahl

State TV. They’ll probably start recommending Siberian labor camps as vacation spots next. The oppressed Russians love to do business on their phones. A batch of moonshine is often sold via Signal. And a portion of caviar that fell off a truck is also often ordered via Signal.

Bullshit, of course. The Russians are pissed off about the lockdown, and Putin and his cronies are now trying to make it seem like you can solve the loss of your business with a game of badminton.

Show threadJ$Mar 23

@randahl I may voice an unpopular opinion, but at this point in the e14n timeline shutting down the Internet would probably turn out positive in the balance of things. Current trainwreck? Irrepairable.

It would immediately halt Big Tech’s Big Surveillance&Control and halt/reverse Big Slop’s Wreck Your Cognitive Skills program.

We would have to relearn navigation, sure. We would have to relearn human to human interaction, sure. Positive, in the balance.

Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 25
@randahl
The Russian regime chooses full isolation.
Show threadRobMar 27
@randahl one small upside to this is any Internet traffic now coming from Russia is known to be government sanctioned so can be easily identified to be blocked.