StopTheJackpot

Worried about everything going down the drain at the same time: the environment, politics, pandemics...Fan of William Gibson

[StopTheJackpot @StopTheJackpot]

Less ‘European family’, more howitzers: Ukraine needs hardware, not cosy words | Peter Pomerantsev #Ukraine https://t.co/QIB2t5fENP

[StopTheJackpot @StopTheJackpot]

What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025 | Timothy Garton Ash #Ukraine https://t.co/8Q1h2D0PGm

[DCPetterson.bsky.social @dcpetterson]

As a reminder,

The US has had 46 presidents. Among them, there have been 91 criminal felony charges indicted. Those charges are distributed among the presidents as in the following list:

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[StopTheJackpot @StopTheJackpot]

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia is behind a video that appeared on social media this week falsely claiming that Haitians illegally voted multiple times for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia.
#USElection2024

https://t.co/om11LAqXdC

[StopTheJackpot @StopTheJackpot]

How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanders https://t.co/PvpdwjQEMv

[Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 @AWeissmann_]

From David Sedaris on Trump vs Biden:
"I think​ of being​ on an airplane.​ The flight attendant comes​ down the aisle​ with her food cart and, eventually,​ parks​ it beside my seat.​ “Can I inter​est you in the chick​en?​” she asks.​ “Or would​ you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glass​ in it?"
To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pause​ for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.”

[Vasyl Myroshnychenko @AmbVasyl]

One of the most egregious Russian war crimes in Ukraine is the abduction of children

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

I WANT people to know it was me that liked their tweets.
Now my only option is to reply & write the word "like".
This will seriously cut into my time wishing folks a🎂!
How can we get the powers-that-be to STOP "improving" this site? Grrrrrr! 🤬

#BringBackLIKES

[UKRAINIAN SQUAD🇺🇦 @ukrainiansquad]

Write your country name if you still SUPPORT Ukraine and these Soldiers❤️

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Moscow bank branches have run out of cash

In the morning, a correspondent from the Moscow Times visited almost two dozen branches of large banks (mainly Sberbank, but also Alfa and Avangard), but none of them had dollars.

So that the orcs can see a dollar again, I have included a photo. 😂

[Terje Helland @terjehelland]

🇬🇪Georgian Dream tried to scare, beat, threaten, ridicule, and demonize Georgian activists who do not want Georgia to be drawn into the Russian sphere. Georgia is Europe! 🇪🇺
A LIVE thread 🧵folowing the biggest F**k YOU from the Georgian people to Georgian Dream ...
#TbilisiProtests #NoToRussianLaw #GeorgiaProtests

[Vasyl Myroshnychenko @AmbVasyl]

Asking Eurovision fans in Australia for support of the Ukrainian entry

[PaulC @PaulConRO]

Western folks, if you have ever wondered how school was during the commie regime, here is my experience which was more or less the same across the entire Soviet Union + the Warsaw Pact.
The classes usually started at 7 AM, we used to form a column in the schoolyard and sing the anthem (a praise to the everlasting communist era) before we start. We all had the same uniforms, after all, communism promotes equality, right? Too bad all it has to offer is equality in poverty.
Once entered the classroom, the child was entirely at the teacher's mercy. Some teachers were normal people, no different than any teacher nowadays, but others were not so good and since beating was totally allowed and even encouraged (spare the rod, spoil the child) they used to take advantage of that privilege. The most common form of punishment was hitting the palms with a ruler or a plastic rod. Sometimes the head. Pulling the hair or face slapping was also common. Since my handwriting has always been ugly I experienced all the above.
The first page of every textbook was the picture of our "great and wise leader" which has to be kept clean. I once accidentally spew some ink on it. A real tradegy. I took the worst beating I can remember from both the teacher and the school principal who immediately called the secret police to question my father in order to find out whether it was an accident or a deliberate act of disobedience. My father was detained and questioned for 24 hours.
I was in the 4th grade when the Revolution came and the nightmare was finally over. I pulled that portrait from the textbook, threw it on the ground and pissed on it.
My advice to you: be careful who you vote for because democracy is very fragile. You have the power to vote for its demise. This is its main weakness: you can democratically elect a dictatorship but not the other way around!

[Vasyl Myroshnychenko @AmbVasyl]

Complacency is the surest path to a new world war https://t.co/61cvwKsrUy

[Vasyl Myroshnychenko @AmbVasyl]

Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show https://t.co/1FTTJyFMXn

[Frode #Fella 🇺🇦🇳🇴🇨🇦 @FrodeHommedal]

@IneBackIversen Gunther is using a #NAFO blocklist and Silver is Ivan the used car salesman and one of Elmo’s favorite conspi guys (which of course is not news to you), so you can safely take your bat to more than the narrative…

These guys and their crowd are literally #infowar storm troops…

[Їne Back Їversen @IneBackIversen]

🧵1) Is this on?🎙️

Who’s ready for a history lesson on “life during war” by a European chick with a degree in entertainment that has spent the last few years working in a warzone?

No offense America, I’m targeting this narrative, not you. Let’s be smart & share some knowledge.

[UKRAINIAN SQUAD🇺🇦 @ukrainiansquad]

Ukrainian soldiers getting ready to move to the front line. Don’t FORGET to wish them victory & safety 🙏

[Jen Psaki @jrpsaki]

So here for this…

[UKRAINIAN SQUAD🇺🇦 @ukrainiansquad]

Faces of Freedom! If you still believe in these Warriors, tell them your support message 🫶