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Ukraine's most widely-agreed upon plan right now is to refuse any concessions, temporarily freeze the war along the contact line (after a year of retreat), and wait for Russia to weaken to restart the fight with greater Western involvement.
It all hinges on one belief: that Russia is going to fall apart soon. And sooner or later, they will get to dismantle it. Why? Because "Putin is old". Because there are 30 thousand Western sanctions and Russia has been "running out of missiles" since 2022. Because SBU/CIA/MI6 are trying to destabilize Russia through terrorist attacks, weaponized scamming, sabotage, and assassinations. That's the core of the strategy.
On the ground, Ukraine is taking heavy damage every day. But Russia is far from unscathed as well, and that keeps hope alive. But the real source of confidence is the sense that Ukraine has "joined the West", aka the Entire World, while Russia is isolated. This belief is shaken now and then by Trump's shifts in tone, or by the likes of Orban and Fico, whom they loathe with a passion. Still, it's the main thing keeping spirits up. The pathos of "defending their land" is largely for external consumption, since most of them don't view Donbass or Crimea as truly theirs and remain conflicted about their own ethnic and linguistic identity. You don't spend a century forcing children to "speak their native tongue" and still fail at it. No other nation deals with that.
What if, instead, Ukraine gets taken off foreign life support and falls apart? A bankrupt country with half its 1991 population gone is already a zombie, but the dollar juice & the power of "Russia collapses tomorrow" delusion keeps it twitching just enough to fight a large-scale war. As long as the West remains invested in the conflict, the war machine continues to run, manpower permitting.
Ordinary Ukrainians are secretly terrified of the idea that they've been used as disposable pawns. That they've been had. But they're not willing to confront that thought. If they did, they'd hit an even worse realization: nobodyother than Moscow elite actually cares about them. They're forever stuck in their assigned role -- chipping away at Russia at the cost of their own guts. They, so to speak, were bred for culling, and tragically, they helped build these conditions themselves.
It's all quite bleak, but World Peace will manifest once this war has been fought to its military conclusion. The only way to truly avoid spiraling bloodshed and the desire for revenge. Rhetoric and arguments fail in times of war, after all.
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It all hinges on one belief: that Russia is going to fall apart soon. And sooner or later, they will get to dismantle it. Why? Because "Putin is old". Because there are 30 thousand Western sanctions and Russia has been "running out of missiles" since 2022. Because SBU/CIA/MI6 are trying to destabilize Russia through terrorist attacks, weaponized scamming, sabotage, and assassinations. That's the core of the strategy.
On the ground, Ukraine is taking heavy damage every day. But Russia is far from unscathed as well, and that keeps hope alive. But the real source of confidence is the sense that Ukraine has "joined the West", aka the Entire World, while Russia is isolated. This belief is shaken now and then by Trump's shifts in tone, or by the likes of Orban and Fico, whom they loathe with a passion. Still, it's the main thing keeping spirits up. The pathos of "defending their land" is largely for external consumption, since most of them don't view Donbass or Crimea as truly theirs and remain conflicted about their own ethnic and linguistic identity. You don't spend a century forcing children to "speak their native tongue" and still fail at it. No other nation deals with that.
What if, instead, Ukraine gets taken off foreign life support and falls apart? A bankrupt country with half its 1991 population gone is already a zombie, but the dollar juice & the power of "Russia collapses tomorrow" delusion keeps it twitching just enough to fight a large-scale war. As long as the West remains invested in the conflict, the war machine continues to run, manpower permitting.
Ordinary Ukrainians are secretly terrified of the idea that they've been used as disposable pawns. That they've been had. But they're not willing to confront that thought. If they did, they'd hit an even worse realization: nobody
It's all quite bleak, but World Peace will manifest once this war has been fought to its military conclusion. The only way to truly avoid spiraling bloodshed and the desire for revenge. Rhetoric and arguments fail in times of war, after all.
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Why the Media is Irrelevant
I tried to explain to a reporter why, despite all of their dire warnings about “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories”, far more people already pay attention to bloggers, substackers, and youtubers than professional journalists, and the reaction of two nominally right-leaning media outlets to a perfectly reasonable observation that would have occasioned absolutely no comment, let […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/01/why-the-media-is-irrelevant/
I tried to explain to a reporter why, despite all of their dire warnings about “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories”, far more people already pay attention to bloggers, substackers, and youtubers than professional journalists, and the reaction of two nominally right-leaning media outlets to a perfectly reasonable observation that would have occasioned absolutely no comment, let […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/01/why-the-media-is-irrelevant/
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TIL That the Average Modern High School Track Athlete would have won Gold in the 100 Meter at the 1896 Olympics.
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Clown World Historical Fiction
Clown World is a constant source of historical disinformation, when it isn’t outright fiction: Kaja Kallas, the de facto EU foreign minister already notorious for her chirpy incompetence, has done it again: displayed such elementary ignorance that you have to rub your eyes and double-check before you believe it’s true. But – as always with […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/02/clown-world-historical-fiction/
Clown World is a constant source of historical disinformation, when it isn’t outright fiction: Kaja Kallas, the de facto EU foreign minister already notorious for her chirpy incompetence, has done it again: displayed such elementary ignorance that you have to rub your eyes and double-check before you believe it’s true. But – as always with […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/02/clown-world-historical-fiction/
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🇻🇪🇷🇺 The U.S. offered Maduro a chance to leave for Russia
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin said on CNN that the United States had offered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the option to voluntarily leave the country.
"We gave Maduro a chance. We told him he could go to Russia or any other country," Mullin said.
He also stressed that Trump has no intention of launching a military operation: "He made it clear that we're not going to send troops into Venezuela. Our job is to protect our own borders."
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Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin said on CNN that the United States had offered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the option to voluntarily leave the country.
"We gave Maduro a chance. We told him he could go to Russia or any other country," Mullin said.
He also stressed that Trump has no intention of launching a military operation: "He made it clear that we're not going to send troops into Venezuela. Our job is to protect our own borders."
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"...hiring committees and grant agencies act as if the only science that exists is the stuff published in peer-reviewed journals. This is the grand experiment we’ve been running for six decades.
"The results are in. It failed."
https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
"The results are in. It failed."
https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
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The rise and fall of peer review
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing
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Last Day for Based Books
Last day to get some of the two hundred fifty books in the 2025 Summer Based Book Sale for $0.99 or free! I think Midnight’s War fans will be very pleased to know that the sequel to OUT OF THE SHADOWS is already underway and A MERCILESS NIGHT will be published a) after SIGMA GAME […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/02/last-day-for-based-books/
Last day to get some of the two hundred fifty books in the 2025 Summer Based Book Sale for $0.99 or free! I think Midnight’s War fans will be very pleased to know that the sequel to OUT OF THE SHADOWS is already underway and A MERCILESS NIGHT will be published a) after SIGMA GAME […]
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A Quiet Sensation: What Does the MS-21 Flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky Really Tell Us?
Without fanfare and with little public attention, the fully import-substituted MS-21-310 completed a flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky. One wonders where the press services of UAC, Rosaviatsiya, UEC, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade were during this moment.
By now, the import-substituted MS-21-310 could fairly be called an aircraft that has been unjustly maligned.
Despite its industrial might, the USSR never succeeded in building a modern counterpart to the Boeing 737.
The three-engine Tu-154 burned fuel at an extraordinary rate and was removed from civil service in the early 2010s.
The Tu-204, the last Soviet passenger jet, was overweight, and there was no funding to refine it.
In the difficult 1990s, the Yakovlev Design Bureau embarked on the Yak-242 project, which later evolved into the MS-21.
With the aviation industry in ruins, producing every part and component domestically was considered unrealistic, so reliance on imported systems was deemed necessary.
Engines and the “Black Wing”
The first priority was engines. Western designs were far more fuel-efficient, and the MS-21-300 was initially equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines. Russia, meanwhile, was still developing the new PD-14 engine with 14 tons of thrust. A lighter airframe was also required, leading to the decision to create a composite—or “black”—wing.
With the new airframe and engines, the aircraft was expected to achieve fuel consumption of just 2.1 tons per hour.
Passenger comfort was improved by widening the fuselage.
The Collapse of Import Dependence
Reliance on imports began to fall apart as early as 2018. At that time, Japan was among the world leaders in composite technologies—and it refused to supply wing materials.
President Putin responded sharply:
Fortunately, Russia had its own composite research to fall back on. The wing was successfully replaced with a domestic version, though it became 300 kg heavier.
Mass production was postponed to 2022.
By 2022, imported aircraft systems and Pratt & Whitney engines became entirely unavailable.
Everything had to be substituted: engines, avionics, and onboard systems.
By 2025, nearly all systems had been domestically produced.
One should also recall that major Western aircraft manufacturers, Airbus among them, were caught giving bribes to individuals in Russia and elsewhere.
Internal Problems: Russia’s Persistent Weakness
As often happens, Russia’s greatest obstacles have been internal. Airlines were once fed up with the support (or lack thereof) for the Tu-204 and its engines:
The Tu-204’s service life proved short.
Operating it became economically impractical due to the small fleet size, which created chronic shortages of spare parts and technical specialists.
Maintenance support is a crucial problem rarely discussed.
Foreign manufacturers maintain extensive global support networks.
The otherwise competitive Superjet often sat idle both in Russia and abroad due to service difficulties.
#info
#industry
#Civil_Aviation
Without fanfare and with little public attention, the fully import-substituted MS-21-310 completed a flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky. One wonders where the press services of UAC, Rosaviatsiya, UEC, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade were during this moment.
By now, the import-substituted MS-21-310 could fairly be called an aircraft that has been unjustly maligned.
Despite its industrial might, the USSR never succeeded in building a modern counterpart to the Boeing 737.
The three-engine Tu-154 burned fuel at an extraordinary rate and was removed from civil service in the early 2010s.
The Tu-204, the last Soviet passenger jet, was overweight, and there was no funding to refine it.
In the difficult 1990s, the Yakovlev Design Bureau embarked on the Yak-242 project, which later evolved into the MS-21.
With the aviation industry in ruins, producing every part and component domestically was considered unrealistic, so reliance on imported systems was deemed necessary.
Engines and the “Black Wing”
The first priority was engines. Western designs were far more fuel-efficient, and the MS-21-300 was initially equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines. Russia, meanwhile, was still developing the new PD-14 engine with 14 tons of thrust. A lighter airframe was also required, leading to the decision to create a composite—or “black”—wing.
With the new airframe and engines, the aircraft was expected to achieve fuel consumption of just 2.1 tons per hour.
Passenger comfort was improved by widening the fuselage.
The Collapse of Import Dependence
Reliance on imports began to fall apart as early as 2018. At that time, Japan was among the world leaders in composite technologies—and it refused to supply wing materials.
President Putin responded sharply:
They simply stopped supplying composite materials for our wing on grounds of unfair competition. What is this? It’s outright misconduct on the global market, violating every recognized rule and principle.
Fortunately, Russia had its own composite research to fall back on. The wing was successfully replaced with a domestic version, though it became 300 kg heavier.
Mass production was postponed to 2022.
By 2022, imported aircraft systems and Pratt & Whitney engines became entirely unavailable.
Everything had to be substituted: engines, avionics, and onboard systems.
By 2025, nearly all systems had been domestically produced.
One should also recall that major Western aircraft manufacturers, Airbus among them, were caught giving bribes to individuals in Russia and elsewhere.
Internal Problems: Russia’s Persistent Weakness
As often happens, Russia’s greatest obstacles have been internal. Airlines were once fed up with the support (or lack thereof) for the Tu-204 and its engines:
The only issue was support from the designers—PAO Tupolev. Because of this, Red Wings ceased operating the type. There was no extension: the aircraft reached their calendar limits and were grounded at the same time.
The Tu-204’s service life proved short.
Operating it became economically impractical due to the small fleet size, which created chronic shortages of spare parts and technical specialists.
Maintenance support is a crucial problem rarely discussed.
Foreign manufacturers maintain extensive global support networks.
The otherwise competitive Superjet often sat idle both in Russia and abroad due to service difficulties.
#info
#industry
#Civil_Aviation
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The Dark Herald (barely) Recommends: Wicked For Good
Can you own a fable?
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Can you own a fable?
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📹❗️Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov carried out an inspection of Russian military facilities and units of the Russian Armed Forces stationed in Tajikistan.
In this country is located the 201st Military Base of the Russian Armed Forces, where several thousand servicemen of the Russian Army are stationed on a permanent basis. Local units are equipped with T-72B3M tanks (2024 variant), BTR-82ATs, 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, and VPK Tigr armored vehicles. All of the above equipment is fitted with additional and simplified anti-drone protection kits.
Recently, units from this base took part in exercises on the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
In addition to the 201st Military Base, the minister also visited another important and indeed unique Russian Armed Forces facility in Tajikistan: the Okno optical-electronic space surveillance complex. It consists of a group of specialized telescopes that make it possible to detect any object in Earth orbit (primarily satellites, of course). The complex has been in operation since 1999.
Some technical characteristics of the Okno complex:
Optical-electronic search and detection station:
— Operating spectral range: visible; field of view in azimuth: 0–360°; in elevation: 30–90°
— Operating altitude range: up to 50,000 km
Optical-electronic station for measuring angular coordinates and photometry:
— Operating spectral range: visible; field of view in azimuth: 20–90°; in elevation: 5–90°
— Objective diameter of the narrow-angle channel: 235 mm; maximum angular tracking speed: 3.7°/s
It is also capable of tracking low-orbit space objects at altitudes from 120 to 2,000 km.
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#Space
#Tajikistan #Kyrgyzstan
In this country is located the 201st Military Base of the Russian Armed Forces, where several thousand servicemen of the Russian Army are stationed on a permanent basis. Local units are equipped with T-72B3M tanks (2024 variant), BTR-82ATs, 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, and VPK Tigr armored vehicles. All of the above equipment is fitted with additional and simplified anti-drone protection kits.
Recently, units from this base took part in exercises on the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
In addition to the 201st Military Base, the minister also visited another important and indeed unique Russian Armed Forces facility in Tajikistan: the Okno optical-electronic space surveillance complex. It consists of a group of specialized telescopes that make it possible to detect any object in Earth orbit (primarily satellites, of course). The complex has been in operation since 1999.
Some technical characteristics of the Okno complex:
Optical-electronic search and detection station:
— Operating spectral range: visible; field of view in azimuth: 0–360°; in elevation: 30–90°
— Operating altitude range: up to 50,000 km
Optical-electronic station for measuring angular coordinates and photometry:
— Operating spectral range: visible; field of view in azimuth: 20–90°; in elevation: 5–90°
— Objective diameter of the narrow-angle channel: 235 mm; maximum angular tracking speed: 3.7°/s
It is also capable of tracking low-orbit space objects at altitudes from 120 to 2,000 km.
#info
#Space
#Tajikistan #Kyrgyzstan
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The Biggest Scam in Cardiology
40 million Americans take statins, thinking it’s the best way to protect their hearts.
But what doctors never tell them is what really happens to the body when you take a statin every day.
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40 million Americans take statins, thinking it’s the best way to protect their hearts.
But what doctors never tell them is what really happens to the body when you take a statin every day.
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The Biggest Scam in Cardiology
40 million Americans take statins, thinking it’s the best way to protect their hearts. But what doctors never tell them is what really happens to the body when you take a statin every day.
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Hundreds of Porsche vehicles across Russia have been rendered undriveable after a failure in their factory-installed satellite security system, according to reports from owners and dealerships.
Drivers in Moscow, Krasnodar and other cities began reporting sudden engine shutdowns and fuel-delivery blockages last week, effectively immobilizing their vehicles.
Rolf, Russia’s largest dealership group, said service requests spiked on Friday as cars lost connection to their onboard alarm modules, which are linked via satellite.
The outage affects all Porsche models and engine types, and any vehicle could potentially lock itself automatically, a Rolf representative told the RBC news website.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/02/hundreds-of-porsche-owners-in-russia-unable-to-start-cars-after-system-failure-a91302
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Hundreds of Porsche Owners in Russia Unable to Start Cars After System Failure
Hundreds of Porsche vehicles across Russia have been rendered undriveable after a failure in their factory-installed satellite security system, according to reports from owners and dealerships.
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Don’t Buy New Cars
I never intend to buy a post-2010 car again. Thousands of Porsche vehicles across Russia automatically shut down. The cars lock up and engines won’t start due to possible satellite interference. Many speculate the German company is carrying out an act of sabotage on EU orders. No official comments yet. Any modern car can do […]
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I never intend to buy a post-2010 car again. Thousands of Porsche vehicles across Russia automatically shut down. The cars lock up and engines won’t start due to possible satellite interference. Many speculate the German company is carrying out an act of sabotage on EU orders. No official comments yet. Any modern car can do […]
https://voxday.net/2025/12/02/dont-buy-new-cars/
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Porsche Cars in Russia “Turn Into Bricks” After Massive Satellite Security Outage
Porsche owners throughout Russia are reporting that their vehicles have become immobile due to a failure of the factory satellite alarm system, the Rolf dealership network told RBC on December 1.
The surge in service requests began on November 28.
The outage was first highlighted by the Telegram channel Shot, which said that hundreds of Porsche vehicles had “turned into bricks” in cities including Moscow and Krasnodar. Drivers described being unable to start or unlock their cars as the system abruptly went offline.
Porsche owners throughout Russia are reporting that their vehicles have become immobile due to a failure of the factory satellite alarm system, the Rolf dealership network told RBC on December 1.
The surge in service requests began on November 28.
The outage was first highlighted by the Telegram channel Shot, which said that hundreds of Porsche vehicles had “turned into bricks” in cities including Moscow and Krasnodar. Drivers described being unable to start or unlock their cars as the system abruptly went offline.
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Porsche Cars in Russia “Turn Into Bricks” After Massive Satellite Security Outage
Porsche owners in Russia face immobilization issues due to a satellite alarm system failure, with reports indicating widespread problems across major cities.
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