Tea time.

@KraftTea
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Brutally kind.
Geopolitical force majeure.
Semi-reformed Silicon Valley nerd.
2nd in charge of LiveJournal, when LJ was sorta kinda cool.
Fighting for tearing down online walled gardens since '99.
Semi-retired semi-professional schmoozer.
❤ˡᶦᵗᵗˡᵉ ᶦⁿᵗᶦᵐᵃᵗᵉ ᵉˣᶜʰᵃⁿᵍᵉˢ
Enby.🏳️‍⚧️
(Many other things, too.)
They/them.
Anti-fascist / Not Unamerican.
Fan of well-regulated chaos.
Aesthetically promiscuous.
Realistically cynical optimist.

Another failed Russian business nobody wants to buy at any price.
No problem. I'm sure the government can pay their mounting debts...
They own it, after all.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/10/third-government-auction-fails-to-sell-stake-in-russian-gold-miner-a92968

As gas and tourism dries up in Crimea, its inhabitants get to appreciate a world without all that many cars.

Russia experiences their first day not losing over 1200 soldiers in a long time...

Still quite high artillery, tank, and AFV losses though. Oh well.

Unsustainable.

Violence erupts in Belfast after protests over knife attack

Crowds, including people in masks and hoods, burned vehicles and properties after calls for demonstrations from far-right figures

The Guardian
Amidst endless lines for petrol, Ukraine successfully rightsizes Russian transportation network in Crimea, occupied Ukraine.
Crimea 🐴🐎

Oh Christ, this is horrific: the #FarageRiots have now escalated to setting fire to people's homes.

Isn't it about time that laws on incitement to violence were applied to politicians?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr47x99k5n6t

Victim in Belfast knife attack lost his left eye, court hears, as suspect named for first time - follow live

Hadi Alodid has been remanded in custody for four weeks after being charged with attempted murder.

BBC News
The Russian Cheboksary VNIIR Plant is actively burning down after Ukrainian FP-5 cruise missiles struck the facility.
Ukraine has reportedly used a Flamingo missile to hit Kometa Antenna Manufacturer VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary. The antenna they produce(d) protects Russian drones from Ukrainian electronic warfare. They also produce key parts for Russian long range drones.
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/flamingo-missile-strikes-kometa-antenna-manufacturer-vniir-progress-in-cheboksary/
Best use of AI today -
Vladimir Putin, haunted and pursued by all those he killed.