I don't want to sound alarmist, but there is a serious attempt at a coup happening in the open right now in Brazil. The Federal Traffic Police along with state police and elements of the army are trying to suppress the vote across the country. I will continue to post updates

What is Simonyan doing?

The idea of Russia being a great power hegemon is so deeply embedded in narratives of Russian national identity that even some Russian liberals struggle with a reality in which such ambitions far outstrip Russia's economic and state capacity.

Twitter is not just a new safe space for racists. Convicted Russian spies are thrilled that Elon Musk owns it now.

This Russian channel is looking for information about the movement of vehicles and forces in Western Europe. You can send valuable information using this Telegram bot: t.me/zov_sirius_bot

Among the new countries on Russia's 'unfriendly countries' list are the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory in the Pacific with a population of around 50
kommersant.ru/doc/5644754

It is believed that Russian backed hackers gained access to nearly all information on Liz Truss's phone, including a year's worth of messages. Sources say the phone was 'so heavily compromised' it has now been placed in a 'locked safe inside a secure government location'.

Latest Levada opinion poll on public mood in Russia:

October
36% want to “continue military operations” in Ukraine
57% want to “begin peace talks”

September
44% for continuing the offensive
48% for starting peace talks

Russia is in your friends’ phones.
Russia is in your phones.
Russia is in your leaders’ phones.

What shall we do about it? Have a culture war and hope it goes away!

A breach of a Prime Minister's phone by hostile intelligence services is a huge information security concern. Consequently, security experts recommend changing your Prime Minister every 6 weeks to limit your vulnerability to these types of attacks

10. победа, pobeda - 'defeat': as in, 'today, the Russian army is moving ever closer to pobeda!'

9. подвиг, podvig - 'pointless death' of the sort we put in the newspapers when a handsome Russian boy dies