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Oliver Alexander

@OAlexanderDK

Nov 1

https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1587417838788149249

The one thing I worry about the most, in regards to the German gas situation, is how much of the current saving is driven by the high prices instead of a deliberate choice to reduce usage.

https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1587417838788149249

This combined with being in a favorable position at this time my make it harder to convince people to continue to save gas.

This won't cause a disaster this winter, but will make it harder to build up an adequate reserve for next year.

On top of this, it may bring gas supply into question. The entire European gas situation looks good, IF gas keeps flowing.

This has price cap will make it a lot more likely for gas imports to fall below the threshold needed to keep up with demand.

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Oliver Alexander

@OAlexanderDK

Oct 29

🧵I propose a change to the current Twitter verification system that keeps the accountability aspect of the system, while also aiding anonymous credible accounts. As an example, there are many OSINT accounts that remain anonymous for good reason, yet are highly credible.

Firstly, the current system for verification though ID for notable individuals remains, though expanded beyond the current categories for notability. This ensures that the "Blue Tick" remains associated with accounts that have real IDs and accountability.

Verified Twitter uses should then be able to use a new feature "Mark as Credible" on non-verified accounts that they deem a credible source of information. On these accounts there will then be an alternative to the tick that is "Marked as Credible by these verified accounts"

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Oliver Alexander

@OAlexanderDK

Oct 28

If Elon wants to make Twitter a "town square"-esque platform, then personally I am fine with that.

All I want is consistency.

Either ban no one or ban all rule breakers. Not whatever Twitter is now where they ban some people, but also verify propagandists for war criminals.

Whatever happens with the future of Twitter, it will at least be an interesting ride these next few months.

There are many things about Twitter that can't get much worse. We still regularly see completely legitimate accounts get locked or suspended by false reports, while Twitter continues to insist that no locks or suspensions are automated.

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Oliver Alexander

@OAlexanderDK

Oct 27

🧵German gas usage this for week 42 remains at the same level as it was in week 41.

30.52% below the average from 2018-2021 and 12.57% below minimum week 42 usage in that 4 year period.

German Industry savings remain relatively steady with with gas usage being 24.19% below the 2018-2021 average.

Household and small business gas usage has seen the largest saving this week, 41.28% below the 2018-2021 average.

The weather is still helping reduce gas usage with an average temperature this week 2.5°C above the 4 year average.

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Oliver Alexander

@OAlexanderDK

Oct 25

1/ I do not personally believe that there are any real indications yet that the Russian dirty bomb accusations are a precursor to an escalation involving nuclear weapons. As many have mentioned they have made similar claims multiple times in Syria involving chemical weapons.

2/ Currently, I believe that this is still a propaganda move aimed at applying pressure on the west, which may have worked in some limited capacity.

The direct calls by Shoigu are very out of the norm and should not be completely overlooked though.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

3/ At this time Russian threats of nuclear weapon use are still very ambiguous. This is in part due to the fact that there has not yet been a situation where the use of such weapons would fall squarely in line with the Russian nuclear doctrine.

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