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13 days ago@doo @rockerface , translation programs do indeed usually translate “khokhol” into “crest”, and if you see that word in a machine translation from Russian, it almost always means that slur about Ukrainians.
Tuukka R
A human, from a Finland.
What is important to me? Generally: doing the right thing. And everything that follows from that: Sustainable living, including sustainable travel and eating, privacy, opposing fascism, opposing genocides.
And then languages and bicycles are other interesting things. I also am a parent of some further human beings.
I have lived in Finland, Germany, Ukraine, Spain and the Russia. And hitchhiked from Finland over China to India.
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No.
They went to die for Putin’s ego.
Because they feel that they share his ego. In sending them to useless death, he shows he’s a strong leader – as the soldiers want. They are glad to be part of their Strong Leader’s plans. That makes them feel strong.
Remember, the Russia has not started sending conscripts to the front yet. All soldiers are there of their own choice. Mostly for money, but also for their country finally doing what they want it to do: Bruteness.
Ukrainians fight like hell because they know they will be tortured if they surrender, or might even be killed if they try to.
The main reason to be nice to surrendering enemy combatants is that it motivates them to surrender. If you kill your enemy when he tries to surrender, your chances for victory diminish dramatically.
Ukraine wants victory. The Russia wants to inflict pain. Different goals, different means.
3·3 months ago@jaredwhite @thenexusofprivacy
ATProto is unable to be decentralized, by design. Bsky.social has a moderation right on all inter-instance communication. Other instances can only affect what comes in or out their instances.
Also BlueSky’s people sold it to really horrible people once. They will do it again.
2·3 months agoThis used to be the the capital of Lithuania.
Also, it had an excellent museum about Lithuanian history, with almost everything available also in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externsteine is quite cool, though! :)
@lumpyluggage @LaFinlandia
Of the people on this photo? 16, for what I’ve understood.