undiscernible blurping from the likes of Vance
Zee: Thanks, I guess? So much for the global superpower.
Get off Twitter
Exactly. Only thing here bothers me that why so many state reps still are on this shit platform.
Turns out a number of the good reps are on Bluesky. Yesterday I even found Tim Walz has an account there and I’ve seen many from other states tagged in comments.
Zelensky has no choice but to play ball on Twitter. If that’s where other world leaders are, that’s where he must be too.
Now for the rest of us…yeah get off Twitter.
How long before Musk starts kicking those leaders off because they don’t have a Trumpian attitude? And of course most of the residents of those countries will follow their leaders to a new platform, making twitter completely irrelevant.
He doesn’t need to kick them off. Its more advantageous for him to keep them on his platform, where he can influence who sees their posts; and for how long; and in what context. He can suppress messages that he doesn’t like; and twist narratives; and promote messages he does like - all while making “X” seem like a useful platform to get news and to reach followers.
The high engagement numbers of X do make it look like a place worth staying on. But make no mistake, Musk can (and does) use his control of the platform to change what people see there for his own benefit.
Of course we all know those “high engagement” numbers are greatly fueled by bots. I wonder what would happen if all news organizations just suddenly stopped posting anything on X and moved over to Mastodon/Bluesky? Seems like you would see real quick who actually wants to follow the information and who just wants an echo chamber.
Yeah, that will save Ukraine!
Why do people make these unhelpful comments? He’s stuck on X because that’s where all the world leaders are. Zelensky is in no position to spearhead a move away from it while his country is being invaded
His real allies will meet him where he is.
Classic Friedrich Merz: “We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war”, he says. And then invites over Netanyahu.
He is a terrible person.
And they all are saying that on X! Oh the irony…
painful ain’t it?
Goes to show the stickiness of social networks imo, I doubt any of them have even heard of bluesky
America: The war should have ended in 3 days.
Zelensky: You sound like Russian propaganda.
America: How dare you! We used the American translation!
One can only hope that without the US, Ukraine can still hold out long enough for Russia to implode. One must unfortunately further hope that the US doesn’t start helping Russia e.g by undoing sanctions or even sending over money and troops.
the day my country starts helping russia destroy Ukraine is coming soon, i fear. all this has been prelude to us, softening us up for the concept. wearing us out until we no longer have the energy to stand up and fight for what is right. our treatment of our ally will be a permanent bloodstain in the tapestry of history, and our turn towards russia a permanent singe.
If your country starts supporting Russia, the whole fucking world is going to be very puzzled if you’re not rioting by that point.
Maybe take some lessons from the people who gave you the Statue of Liberty.
Trump wasn’t joking about gambling with ww3 unfortunately. He indeed has the cards but is stupid enough to play it wrong.
He inherited a straight flush but threw it all away to play an 8 high card hand.
The sad part is knowing millions of American troglodytes would love to die on behalf of Putin and Trump.
They’re so weird
If we exclude number of nukes, because if they become the main factor of a war everyone loses, Europe (EU+UK) has more active military… everything… than Russia and China. In most metrics Europe surpasses the US, and if we include Ukraine then it surpasses the US in everything except spending.
The only thing holding Europe back is Europe. If our politicians get their shit together and put their national egos aside for a bit, then the only thing we need from the US is for them to get the fuck out of Europe.
Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians are bearing the weight in the frontline of the war between Democracy and Autocracy. They have my sword!
I’m sure they’ll make good use of it, and return when they’re finished - if possible.
(and my axe, too.)
Slava Ukraini…
If Trump tried to make all his “deals” like the one yesterday, it’s no wonder that he failed so often.
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I’m sorry Trump is such a shit bag.
and Vance too!
Vance is so much worse than I initially thought. And my standards were already super low thanks to the unambiguously racist villainizing of Haitian migrants in Ohio at the VP debate, but holy shit this was grotesque. Literal schoolyard bully shit.
yeah man Vance is like a super Christian cult member who wants to be the leader. Like forget about separation of church and state, JD Vance would burn books just as quick if it had anything other than white pages on it.
He shouldn’t thank anyone because he doesn’t need to.
His country is carrying a whole continent on their shoulders. We should thank Ukraine. We are in deep debt to them.
He doesn’t have to, but it’s a kind gesture and is good for publicity.
He’s working tirelessly for every bullet and is thankful for every one.
You’re not wrong by any means, but this show of good faith is how he garners the support he needs to continue being our Frontline. I wish they didn’t have to be, but I’m glad they have such a dedicated and competent leader to guide them through this
This is just perfect levels of trolling after Vance accused him of not being grateful
I hope Friedrich Merz will not flip flop on that. You can’t rely on the guy.
Hey, that’s not fair. Bring him a little black suitcase now and then and you’ll find you can rely on him without any worries.
Poor Donald Tusk. Having to have a name so close to the more (in)famous leader who seems to be your almost exact evil counterpart.
It’s still crazy to me how there is a prime minister whose name is a perfect merge of the names of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It really makes me wonder if we are in some kind of simulation and one of the devs was being cheeky.
A world leader who has almost the direct opposite view on geopolitics as well. We truly live in clown world
Waiting for Elon Mrump next.
