Can't sleep so I guess I will get an early start on today's essay. Yesterday's blew up and caught me completely flatfooted as I did not consider it among my best works but it obviously resonated. That probably says more about you my readers than it does about me. Nuance is
important and the way I pointed out that Russia is using mobilization to affect an ethnic cleansing of its own minority populations hit a nerve. It shows that despite all the Russia Fuck OFF flying around twitter my readers at least realize that a big chunk of the Russian
population are actually captive peoples and only have value to Kleptograd in the provision of slave soldiers. WE see this idea that its someone else's duty to fight for Russia in the long lines of Russian men trying to flee. Now that they might get a notice (vs minorities being
nabbed on sight) they are running for the hills. That in and of itself is worthy of comment. If things were going well and only 6K or so Russian troops had died, why run? They know, via VPN access to western media and social media, Telegram and other means they have been watching
the same videos we have seen. Russian mil-bloggers and state media/propaganda outlets have absolutely failed to convince Russians that war is going well, or that the cause is just. Sure, they might mouth the imperial platitudes, but when it's time to man up.... "hey man grant me
asylum so I don't die". The places they can flee too are vanishing. Either borders are closing, or costs to get across them are getting out of reach. I must admit, there is a certain schadenfreude when I see the panic driven flight videos. These people either supported the
#GenocideOfUkrainians or said nothing and refused to stand up. They knew, their attempts to get somewhere safe prove they knew. They just chose to not act. Imagine if they had acted like the Maidan protestors back in February? Even if Putin had killed 1000 of them on his way out
an open window. How many tens of thousands of lives would have been saved? Russian cowardice is nearly as deadly as Russian cruelty. Speaking of cruelty, how many Ukrainians got slotted today because they voted no? I think President Zelensky was right in telling them do what you
have to do to survive, try and get to Ukrainian held lands, if you get force conscripted sabotage and defect. They will do what they must. So will I, and hopefully so will you. Contact your leaders the way I contact @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton, and @RepFrenchHill. Donate to
whatever you can to support units like the @georgian_legion and charities like @MriyaAid. Stay informed with trusted voices. As always the class leader for well rounded multi-disciplinary round the clock round table discussions is @MriyaReport. Promote Ukraine and Ukrainian
voices into the other spaces of your lives. If you are not at least one person's go to for the latest developments on Ukraine you are doing it wrong. We have to talk about Ukraine outside of twitter. With our words, money and votes. Arming and sustaining Ukraine depends on our
collective voices, we are the foundation of the resistance to aggression. We also have a duty to fight Russian dis-info. #NAFO and the #Fellas have been fighting the good fight. We might just have gotten a huge leg up as well. I saw a tweet saying that Telegram was removing a
bunch of Pro-Russian accounts for violating Apple and Google TOS to be hosted. Fingers crossed its true, can anyone confirm? So, until Ukraine wins on Ukraine's terms: Slava Ukraini. Once again, I am deeply humbled by the response yesterday, thank you.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #ukrainecounteroffensive #mobalization #Moscow @mfa_russia <--- still losing but don't worry it won't be your privileged kids doing the dying. How do you say fortunate son in Russian?
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