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Scum & Traitors sounds like a cool Pogues album, but nope, that’s Putin’s description of those not supporting the invasion. Seems dissent is being publicly acknowledged. https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/mar/17/scum-and-traitors-putin-threatens-russians-who-oppose-war-in-ukraine-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Death cult update

No, but added to list. Thanks. Interesting, it’s a HBO original only available on Amazon.

Putin’s prewar moves against Google and Apple laid groundwork for crackdown on free expression https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-s-pre-war-moves-against-us-tech-giants-laid-groundwork-for-crackdown-on-free-expression/ar-AAUYy5r

He also never seemed to get the looks worked out. .

Awkward listening this morning. Continuing the choices by cover hit The Ultimate Gary Glitters. I knew Rock & Roll (Part 2), but little else on it (which is pretty bad). Have ton of holes in my musical history, but wondered why he had multiple greatest hits collections so jumped on Wikipedia. Man, that's a downfall and an awful lot of people hurt.

No Year's Model. Better than it's cover.

More Blue Coast. As always prettied up, melancholy covers from a likely sparse basement just a little while ago.

I don't know what this means either, but I'm following Al's lead. Hope it's a great birthday.

Interesting move... Russia says its businesses can steal patents from anyone in ‘unfriendly’ countries https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/09/russia-allows-patent-theft/ Also probably worth a listen... The Russian War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Garry Kasparov https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/275-the-russian-war-in-ukraine https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-with-sam-harris/id733163012?mt=2 or

No big news here (Ricoh releases a new edition of a model that's just a focal length change from another model), but check out someone exercising their marketing muscles! | Main Features of the RICOH GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit | The RICOH GR IIIx Urban Edition camera body is accented by a navy-blue ring around the lens barrel. This color was selected to represent typical street shooter imagery such as deep blue skies reflected in a puddle following a rainfall or the bright neon signs of a never-sleeping city. The camera body is finished in metallic gray, reminiscent of the gritty tones of the urban landscape. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ricoh-announces-ricoh-gr-iiix-urban-edition-special-limited-kit-301499622.html

The geographic divide https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/10/russia-ukraine-west-global-south-sanctions-war

Different times https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca5qGAypgER/?utm_medium=copy_link

Legitimate question, but I’m not sure that would save his country.

Cool. No need to worry. "The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday that there was no need for immediate alarm over a loss of power at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, but left clear that the situation around the site of the world’s largest nuclear power disaster was deteriorating. The United Nations agency said on Twitter that the plant, which has been occupied by Russian troops since the early days of the invasion, had suffered a loss of power that violated a “key safety pillar” for the site of the 1986 leak. But the agency added that it saw “no critical impact on safety” at this time because the amount of water in cooling ponds and around radioactive waste was sufficient, even without continuous power to the plant." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/09/world/ukraine-russia-war/chernobyl-power-outage-nuclear-plant

I kinda wish to further punish Russia instead of withdrawing from the country completely Coca-Cola would send all the Starlight space flavored soda there.

Criterion 50% off sale for the next 14 hours. https://www.criterion.com/sale Maybe grab https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/4117-world-of-wong-kar-wai ?

If there’s still a Pro coming how much will it and screen cost? More or less than a Tesla 3?

“That leaves Mac Pro for another day.”

Okay, that’s an upgrade. Mac Pro gone?

Wow

Damn! “You're occupants, you're fascists! What the f**k are you doing on our land with all these guns? Take these seeds and put them in your pockets, so at least sunflowers will grow after you die.”

Just watched Winter of Fire (Netflix) about the Euromaidan protests. Man, if you haven't seen, or fully informed, and want a short cut to how hard Ukrainians will fight for a more free life and European alignment, check it out. https://deadline.com/2022/02/ukraine-russian-invasion-winter-on-fire-director-evgeny-afineevsky-inrterview-news-1234961181/