Bulletins and News Discussion from August 19th to August 25th, 2024 - Our Mountains, Our Treasures - Child of the Week: Hassan LargePenis
Image is a snapshot taken from the recent Hezbollah video "Our Mountains, Our Treasures", showcasing their extensive underground fortifications, supply lines, and weaponry.
iran can't keep doing this to me, they've gotta respond soon, right? I'm gonna run out of analysis about countries soon, oh god
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Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section. Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war. Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language. https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one. https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts. https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel. https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator. https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps. https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language. https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language. https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses. https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
(cw: discussion of a twitter video showing death, gore) soooooo there's a recent video on twitter of the most recent zionist school massacre bombing going around of a Palestinian father holding his kid and his kid's head is like, flopping open and mostly gone and it's uhhh I think I'm gonna be sick death to america.
yes exactly, I remember one from back early in the genocide that actually made me vomit, I've become unfortunately somewhat desensitized to seeing children's corpses horrifically mutilated
I’m not trying to hate but does discussing these videos do any good here?
I'm not trying to pretend they don’t exist or suppress them, and tell me if that’s what this kind of rhetoric comes off as, but graphic descriptions of dead children…idk.
I understand making it known that this shit is happening is important, I just think everyone here is aware.
I don’t think seeking out these videos is healthy for anybody and I think talking about them only encourages it.
Like I said, if this kind of rhetoric comes off as trying to hide or ignore Zionist war crimes, I’d like to hear it.
It's a rough one obviously. There's very little reason to expose yourself to more than you can handle if that will hinder your efforts to help the Palestinian cause. Although I think OP has already solved this problem by providing a content warning at the top of the post (could be more specific perhaps) — if you know you're already at your limit, then simply move on. Often scrolling social media can be a pretty overwhelming experience, so coming across a content warning is a good opportunity to take a mindful moment to see how you're doing right now.
Often scrolling social media can be a pretty overwhelming experience
It's amazing how the people who are drowning out actual discussion online with their hugboxes stay confused why they can't replace it. You shouldn't be in charge of posting rules if you say things like this.
It's not the job of people posting in one of the few places it's allowed to speak about the crimes of empire to scold other people for overwhelming their emotions.
Forgive me, I'm having a hard time picking up on the tone of your comment.
drowning out actual discussion online with their hugboxes stay confused why they can't replace it.
Not sure what you mean by this in relation to our comments; I don't see how discussion about format is "drowning out" anything; replace what?
You shouldn't be in charge of posting rules if you say things like this
Neither of us are as far as I'm aware
It's not the job of people posting in one of the few places it's allowed to speak about the crimes of empire to scold other people for overwhelming their emotions.
I don't see anyone scolding anyone here, so I'm not sure what you mean again. But if it comes across that I want anything to drastically change from the current format, then I haven't expressed myself very well. I think it works well and I appreciate this place a lot.
It's your turn to log off.
I do whenever I need to, thanks. My advice basically boils down to this as well, so we're in agreement as far as I can tell.
The liberal "if I cover my eyes and ears it will go away" myth is persistent I see
I'm sorry, not watching the videos isn't the same as ignoring the problem. I don't need to see videos of ISIS beheadings to know that ISIS is bad. I don't need to see videos of SA to know that those actions are atrocious. And I don't need to see videos of dead Gazan children to be in support of Gaza. @miz@lemmygrad.ml is right to have a content warning on it. Perhaps it should also be spoilertagged honestly.
Besides, there are people who have watched the videos who have then changed their mind on the conflict and supported Palestine, but there are others for whom it's done nothing. There is nothing inherently virtuous about watching videos of atrocities if you're already on the side of Palestine. If doing so moves you to irl action and taking part in BDS and such, then fine. If you're already doing that stuff or it just makes you miserable without propelling action, then just avoid the videos. It's not one's "duty" to witness it.
Normal people shouldn't watch these videos, that kind of thing is bad for your mental health, but the sick fucks who support the genocide should be forced to watch them Clockwork Orange-style until they truly realise what they're doing.
How you should manage this: personally not watching videos you don't need to for forensic purposes. It's not your job to police this shit. @SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net If you make it your job you're the hugbox psycho I am talking about.
You're literally the same as the Kamala psychos you just have a higher mind about it. "Go take it to the people who need to hear it!" You don't get to decide when and where or who that is. Don't give me this society of the spectacle jibberish or mental health jargon. No more red tape! This is a fucking holocaust! I don't care about people's mental health! I don't even want to read this shit ever again! I'm only going to be able to think of the worst context people have tried to use it in!