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Feb 3, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 344 (2/2): Russia captured Mykolaivka; Ukraine prepares for Zapo Offensive II

#War #Military #UkraineWar #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #RussianInvasion #UkraineRussianWar #RussianUkrainianWar

Reports of Ukrainian forces reinforcing their lines across the entire Zaporizhzhia line, suggesting that Ukraine is expecting a renewed effort by the Russians to relaunch their Zaporizhzhia Offensive.
Situation at Vuhledar had declined to positional fighting, as the Russian plans to capture the city had failed, for now.
Russian forces are reportedly just 2km away from the Bakhmut-Konstyantynivka highway as they continue to advance in the forest SW of Bakhmut City.
Fighting in Bakhmut City is currently concentrated on the eastern part of Bakhmut, with fighting north of Bakhmut at Krasna Hora and Paraskoviivka.
Russian captured Mykolaivka at the Siversk Front, prompting rumors of Ukrainian withdrawal of Bilohorivka (Luhansk).
Kreminna Offensive by the Russian continues with heavy fighting in the Serebryanske Forestry, Yampolivka and Nevske.
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Aug 15
Journalism.

First published this article on Jan 26 2021,
on Minds: minds.com/newsfeed/12008…
& Common Bad: commonbad.com/2021/01/26/jou…
, republishing this on mingjilim.com since I thought its still as relevant as ever

ARTICLE: mingjilim.com/2025/08/15/jou…
In the ideal world, everything we read in the news would be all factual and true, with no mistakes and errors. But however this is not the reality. As per the wikipedia entry on journalism wrote very well:

“Many debates centre on whether journalists are “supposed” to be “objective” and “neutral”; arguments include the fact that journalists produce news out of and as part of a particular social context, and that they are guided by professional codes of ethics and do their best to represent all legitimate points of view. Additionally, the ability to render a subject’s complex and fluid narrative with sufficient accuracy is sometimes challenged by the time available to spend with subjects, the affordances or constraints of the medium used to tell the story, and the evolving nature of people’s identities.”

For me, true journalism is simply reported “as is”, with no added opinion, commentary, adjectives. If a person said, “1+1=3”, it does not matter if the “1+1=3” is untruthful or factually wrong – the journalist at most can simply write that “the person claimed 1+1=3″.

What is Fake News?
Fake news refers to stories, information, articles that are invented, and made up. Which means, there are no sources, or the sources are also made up (fake news usually uses “anonymous sources” or “from sources close to _”).
Fake news are highly frowned upon and it is against the rules of the group to share fake news.

What is Disinformation?
Disinformation are fake news, but with the intention to manipulate public opinion. This is most commonly used by communist regimes’ propaganda. This is a lot less common nowadays, due to the availability of internet for people to quickly fact check information.

Disinformation (and fake news at large) nowadays thrive in places like whatsapp, twitter and facebook that allow information to be forwarded quickly without added consideration from the reader (usually low information reader).
What is Misinformation?
Misinformation are news that are written to be seemingly factual, but edited in with false/inaccurate information, with the intention to manipulate public opinion. This is also the majority of type of news that Trump famously claimed as “fake news” to the puzzlement of people who dont like him.

“Prior research suggest it can be very difficult to undo the effects of misinformation once individuals believe it to be true and fact checking can even backfire. Attempting to correct the wrongly held belief is difficult because the misinformation may suit someone’s motivational or cognitive reasons. Motivational reasons include the desire to arrive at a foregone conclusion, so accepting information that supports that conclusion. Cognitive reasons may be that the misinformation provides scaffolding for an incident or phenomenon, and is thus part of the mental model for consideration. In this instance, it is necessary to correct the misinformation by not only refuting it, but also by providing accurate information that can also function in the mental model.”

Misinformation is especially difficult to “catch”, because it is highly dependent on the reader’s information diet and time spent in the subject.

“the factors that lead to recognizing misinformation is the amount of education a person has and the information literacy they have. This means if a person has more knowledge in the subject being investigated, or are familiar with the process of how the information is researched and presented, then they are more likely to identify misinformation.”

Especially now that in the USA, the political divide and complicity of the news media in their attempt to influence politics, has drastically increased the amount of misinformation, as well as opinions being peddled as news. And due to years of cultivation, many readers are unable to identify and realize all the opinions added within articles, are actually manipulating their opinion on any subject matter.

“When readers believe something to be true before researching it, they are more likely to believe information that supports these prior beliefs or opinions. This phenomenon may lead readers who otherwise are skilled at evaluating credible sources and facts to believe misinformation.”
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Jan 21
Director-General of the World Health Organization comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw... Image
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I remember. I will never forget as I watched it happen in real time.

I wonder why he find it surprising Trump is determined to pull USA out of WHO.

Millions of deaths is on his hands, because he collaborated with China to hide the truth about the Wuhan Virus (Covid19) Image
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I was literally tracking Covid as it developed.

I stopped the project after the entire world basically went into full lockdown and all of the borders are more or less essentially closed.

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Apr 19, 2023
nemez1da.ru/rassledovaniya…

This is the link to the report by the 3 Russian hacker group that discovered the entire ukrainian network of "russian" telegram channels that the Ukrainians used to publish misinformation as well as solicit money "for the russian troops".

Unfortunately,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
The main guy behind the entire network is identified by the Russian hacker coalition group, is a Ukrainian call Ilchuk Luka Igorevich.

He is allegedly directed by a supervisor from the SBU (Secret Service of Ukraine). ImageImageImage
The channels in the network are HUGE and probably followed by many of you, including:

"Pro-Russian" Channels:

Kadyrov Detachments - 447,000 subs
Operation Z - 736,000 subs
Novorossiya 2.0 - 38,000 subs

Do note that, these channels cannot be found on telegram by search - they… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Mar 8, 2023
Lets write a short thread on the multi-facet geopolitical reality of the Ukraine War.

Prior to 2014, Ukraine is a 50-50 country. Half the people are pro-west; half are pro-russia. The president then was pro-russian voted in with 90% votes in the donbass region.
Overthrow him without due process, what do you think the regions who voted him with 90% votes gonna think or do?

The violence at maidan may or may not be instigated by the west; but regardless, that happened. and used as an excuse to overthrow the president.

Anarchy.
Russia's only western warm naval base is in Crimea, and it is leased to them due to soviet era politics where Crimea was cut away from Russia to give to Ukraine to strengthen Ukraine for internal political reasons.

Russia CANNOT afford to lose the port

Russia invaded/annexed it
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Mar 7, 2023
[ Analysis ] 3 weak spots of Ukraine's Avdiivka Front that can cause operational encirclement

#War #Military #UkraineWar #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineRussia #RussianInvasion #UkraineRussianWar #RussianUkrainianWar

Russian forces are currently stepping up their Avdiivka Offensive, where OSINT reports bigger and heavier bombs being used on the city targets.
Russian forces are also attacking across the entire front, from Pervomaiske all the way to Avdiivka itself on the western flank, and from Kamyanka all the way to Novokalynove on the northern flank.
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Mar 7, 2023
[ Battle of Bakhmut ] Ukraine to STAY & FIGHT for Bakhmut; Zelenskyy throwing Generals under the bus

#War #Military #UkraineWar #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineRussia #RussianInvasion #UkraineRussianWar #RussianUkrainianWar

In a curious turn of event, Zelenskyy puts out a very public video, claiming that he accepted his generals' decision to stay and fight for Bakhmut; instead of the tactical/organised withdrawal that is reportedly underway.
This could either be Zelenskyy throwing the generals under the bus; or perhaps the generals indeed is responding to the Wagner PMC's ammunition woes; to ride on the effectivenss of the counteroffensives thus far, to retake the surrounding regions of Bakhmut.
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