"No, maybe that wasn’t it. Words precede and surpass me, they tempt and alter me, and if I am not careful it will be too late: things will be said without my having said them. Or, at the very least, that wasn’t the only thing. My entanglement comes from how a carpet is made of so many threads that I can’t resign myself to following just one; my ensnarement comes from how one story is made of many stories. And I can’t even tell them all— a more truthful word could from echo to echo cause my highest glaciers to crumble down the precipice." - Clarice Lispector
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16, 2026
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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine May Soon Start Big Landing operation in Crimea | Denys Davydov - Youtube (Invidious link)
4h 30m ago in ukraine@sopuli.xyz from inv.nadeko.netSo what would a drone-era landing look like? It seems like you’d basically have the grey zone extending over the water, as well as on the beach and land.
Nobody knows exactly but also you can simply conceptualize of the tactical situation like this, think of the amphibious landing and invasion as entirely traditional in nature for the most part, the difference is it would happen after a prolonged campaign of Battlefield Air Interdiction with drones that starved the russian forces in Crimea of supplies to fight and maintain their positions which would include thoroughly erasing their capacity to launch large amount of strike drones in the area of operation. Thus the bulk of russian drones and drone operators are pushed back long before any physical invasion would happen. This isn't really a departure from traditional military theory, any kind of offensive action virtually requires suppression and elimination of an enemies logistics to set the stage, the advantage has always been far too heavily in favor of the defender in war for this not to be a strategic requirement.
Where is your proof?
There is literally nothing russia can do at this point but shit their pants and pace back and forth nervously.
The fear is integral to the military impact, so is the anticipation, why do people not understand this? Secrecy when unnecessary makes things more dangerous because it means that the entire thing must be done to have impact whereas if you point out the possibility of something before you do it you begin to project power without having to even act or take that particular path in reality. With secrecy possibility has no power, that is the trade off.
The thing is russian military higher ups know an amphibious operation/invasion of Crimea is a real possibility, they don't need a random youtuber to tell them.
This video doesn't include secret time tables or information that would actually blow the cover of a real specific operation, it makes it so the idiots who think russia can hold Crimea begin to get more and more nervous and demand the higher ups explain how russia can hold Crimea when the higher ups themselves know it is impossible longterm.
After Collins Says 'I Do Not Regret' Kavanaugh Vote That Led to Roe Reversal, Platner Responds: 'You Should' | Common Dreams
6h 20m ago in usa@midwest.social from www.commondreams.orgTrue, I meant it more like if I was making another Veep I would cast Susan Collins to act in it as the character meant to represent the most banally evil extent of the system being critiqued.
Louisiana Governor signs one of the country's cruelest anti-homeless laws
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6h 27m ago in climate@slrpnk.net from www.nytimes.comAnyone have a link to an alternative to NYT?
Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI to fire missiles at Iran, official says
6h 34m ago in usa@midwest.social from www.independent.co.ukSo this is how a school full of kids was bombed in Iran... or at least the convenient excuse for it.
Ukraine Showcases New MAC OWL MRAP Shielded By 10 Anti-Drone Electronic Warfare Modules
6h 39m ago in ukraine@sopuli.xyz from united24media.comI wonder if the average russian soldier realizes that manuever warfare for the russian military is impossible currently because of their incompetence, loss of armor, and collapse of organizational aptitude?
More importantly I wonder if they know that just because it is impossible for russia does not mean it is impossible for Ukraine.....
Enzymes be like
9h 33m ago in science_memes@mander.xyz from lemmy.zipThis picture was originally was taken to emphasize the violence of antihomeless architecture in public spaces.
The ridiculous costumes emphasize what you would have to wear to be able to lay down comfortably which kind of does fit the enzyme metaphor.
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1d 10h ago in pcgaming@lemmy.ca from www.ign.comYes but this is how "disaster capitalism" works, the entire industry gets burned down periodically and the result is that so much latent need for larger companies builds up that it becomes trivially easy to maintain a decisive leverage over the entire industry if you can consolidate and push out a critical threshold of competitors at the same size while running a larger company than anyone else. Well, in practice it is more likely for "cartel" structures to form where a handful of companies carve up the pie into a handful of big pieces and mostly agree to not fight over it past that.
My point is that a set of conditions are maintained at the cost of actually functional large companies that treat their workers well so that when a large company does form again in the rubble and ashes of the industry crash investors can easily and reliably pile on to establish effective capture of the industry and extract maximum profit.












