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Seems that sanctions have resulted in a mass disappearance of social media trolls, bots and the promotion of views aligned with the Russian regime:
Russian inforwars
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frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Millions of Leftists Are Reposting Kremlin Misinformation by Mistake
A Kremlin-backed media outlet masquerading as a left-wing news source has been racking up likes and shares on its posts about Ukraine.
www.vice.com
Millions of Leftists Are Reposting Kremlin Misinformation by Mistake
A Kremlin-backed media outlet masquerading as a left-wing news source has been racking up likes and shares on its posts about Ukraine.
Along the same lines I was wondering about this twitter account which someone linked to the other day. It doesn't actually feel right to me, unless someone knows better.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
story referred to in that vice article is interesting, too.
www.vice.com
The Internet Is Debunking Russian War Propaganda in Real Time
It’s become increasingly difficult for Russia to publish believable propaganda.
www.vice.com
Nikkormat
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Definitely feels dodgy. Retweeting of its own posts, also anti-Russia stuff feels like a warning to the west, "don't trust western media", lots of anti-Azov stuff. More systematic than a normal poster.
bimble
floofy
I don’t know if this goes here. About the sudden and confusing rise of the ‘Z’ symbol, nobody seems to know what it means apart from support of the invasion.
www.theguardian.com
Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?
The origins of the symbol, sported by athletes and popping up on social media, are a mystery, but several theories have been proposed
I don’t know if this goes here. About the sudden and confusing rise of the ‘Z’ symbol, nobody seems to know what it means apart from support of the invasion.
Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?
The origins of the symbol, sported by athletes and popping up on social media, are a mystery, but several theories have been proposed
It does feel like the propaganda department have been tasked with marketing a war at the last minute that were unaware of and kind of shocked by, and have hurriedly half-arsed some logo together after one of them happened to have watched The Legend of Zorro the previous evening.
The more I think about its, the more I think that is literally what happened tbh.
Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?
The origins of the symbol, sported by athletes and popping up on social media, are a mystery, but several theories have been proposed
Some theories:
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The UN are onboard with Putin's anti-war infowar 
www.irishtimes.com
United Nations advises staff against using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine
Email on communications policy reminds worker of responsibility to ‘be impartial’
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
The UN are onboard with Putin's anti-war infowar
United Nations advises staff against using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine
Email on communications policy reminds worker of responsibility to ‘be impartial’
TBF that is to be expected, although this is as much an attack on them / international institutions as anything else.
bimble
floofy
i just found this really weird story about a staircase in a shopping center in 2019, bear with me.
In the last few days i've spotted the same footage being tweeted by a diverse range of weirdos and wronguns on twitter.
The film clip shows a fucking giant swastika illuminating a staircase in a shopping mall in Ukraine, the full deal red background etc.
It's mostly being shared by the really out there end of Trump Supporting Q-Anon anti-vax people but the story of the nazi staircase has also been tweeted about, 2 days ago, by bloody George Galloway and others that way inclined.
This is the story
https://www.jpost.com/international...ll-part-of-russian-information-warfare-581195
what the hell to make of it all idk.
In the last few days i've spotted the same footage being tweeted by a diverse range of weirdos and wronguns on twitter.
The film clip shows a fucking giant swastika illuminating a staircase in a shopping mall in Ukraine, the full deal red background etc.
It's mostly being shared by the really out there end of Trump Supporting Q-Anon anti-vax people but the story of the nazi staircase has also been tweeted about, 2 days ago, by bloody George Galloway and others that way inclined.
This is the story
https://www.jpost.com/international...ll-part-of-russian-information-warfare-581195
what the hell to make of it all idk.
bimble
floofy
anyone got an idea how displays like this are organised would it likely be directly by government?
eta apparently it was mandated by their university, you could only refuse to attend if you had an 'explanatory note'.
But of course beamed around as evidence of spontaineos patriotic outpouring of support.
eta apparently it was mandated by their university, you could only refuse to attend if you had an 'explanatory note'.
But of course beamed around as evidence of spontaineos patriotic outpouring of support.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Aside those in the white Z-coats with their half-arsed perfomance, everyone else seems to be looking at phones or staring blankly into the middle distance.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
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Infowar fail.
“Russian state television has broadcast calls for Vladimir Putin, the country’s president, to stop his war in Ukraine during a programme in which pundits openly likened the invasion to 'Afghanistan, but even worse'…”
www.telegraph.co.uk
“Russian state television has broadcast calls for Vladimir Putin, the country’s president, to stop his war in Ukraine during a programme in which pundits openly likened the invasion to 'Afghanistan, but even worse'…”
Russian state television goes off message by broadcasting criticism of war
Normally a loyal source of pro-Kremlin propaganda, Russia 1 broadcasts guests describing the invasion as like ‘Afghanistan, but even worse’
www.telegraph.co.uk
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Well someone is in the shit, if trueInfowar fail.
“Russian state television has broadcast calls for Vladimir Putin, the country’s president, to stop his war in Ukraine during a programme in which pundits openly likened the invasion to 'Afghanistan, but even worse'…”
Russian state television goes off message by broadcasting criticism of war
Normally a loyal source of pro-Kremlin propaganda, Russia 1 broadcasts guests describing the invasion as like ‘Afghanistan, but even worse’
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More on the failure of the "no conscripts" claim:
"18-year old conscript given public funeral and posthumously honoured with the Order of Courage by Putin"
"Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova, 69, has claimed conscripts were forcibly ordered to sign up as contract soldiers — or it happened without their knowledge.
She also told parliament that in one company of 100 young soldiers forced to fight in the conflict, only four survived.
'They lie there, with stray dogs gnawing at their faces,” she said. “Some cannot be identified because the bodies are so charred.'
Her withering words are stinging for Putin since she is the widow of his political mentor and ex-law professor Anatoly Sobchak.
She is also the mother of Ksenia Sobchak, 40, Russia’s leading opposition woman politician whose childhood baptism was attended by Putin."
"18-year old conscript given public funeral and posthumously honoured with the Order of Courage by Putin"
"Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova, 69, has claimed conscripts were forcibly ordered to sign up as contract soldiers — or it happened without their knowledge.
She also told parliament that in one company of 100 young soldiers forced to fight in the conflict, only four survived.
'They lie there, with stray dogs gnawing at their faces,” she said. “Some cannot be identified because the bodies are so charred.'
Her withering words are stinging for Putin since she is the widow of his political mentor and ex-law professor Anatoly Sobchak.
She is also the mother of Ksenia Sobchak, 40, Russia’s leading opposition woman politician whose childhood baptism was attended by Putin."
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teqniq
DisMembered
Russia and QAnon what a surprise:
edition.cnn.com
Analysis: Russia and QAnon have the same false conspiracy theory about Ukraine
A new conspiracy theory has become popular among some of the online communities that formed around QAnon -- one simultaneously being promoted by the Kremlin as a justification for its invasion of Ukraine. The false claim: the United States is developing bioweapons in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin...
edition.cnn.com
bimble
floofy
have we had this yet?
the latest mad accusation pushed by the actual Russian Ministry Of Defence is that America has trained a flock of Birds to infect Russians with Ukrainian bioweapons.
www.vice.com
the latest mad accusation pushed by the actual Russian Ministry Of Defence is that America has trained a flock of Birds to infect Russians with Ukrainian bioweapons.
Russia Is Now Claiming the US Trained Birds to Deliver Ukrainian Bioweapons
The Kremlin’s efforts to convince its citizens that Ukraine is the real aggressor are becoming increasingly desperate.
www.vice.com
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have we had this yet?
the latest mad accusation pushed by the actual Russian Ministry Of Defence is that America has trained a flock of Birds to infect Russians with Ukrainian bioweapons.
Russia Is Now Claiming the US Trained Birds to Deliver Ukrainian Bioweapons
The Kremlin’s efforts to convince its citizens that Ukraine is the real aggressor are becoming increasingly desperate.
I think this is part of their strategy - throw lots of wild things out there and people say "there are lots of wild and ridiculous stories flying around, who knows what to believe these days". Then when the chemical weapons are used or whatever, with some half-baked conspiracy cover story, people will say "well, who really knows the truth of it", which makes Western counter-action that little bit less firmly-based.
bimble
floofy
reminds me of this
en.wikipedia.org
Birds Aren't Real - Wikipedia
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
"They claim that birds sit on power lines to recharge themselves, and that bird poop on cars is a tracking method."reminds me of this
Birds Aren't Real - Wikipedia
That first one at least is true I saw a couple of blue tits perched on the power lines to my house yesterday.
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
I think this ^^ will be part of it but also, when seeding disinfo and bullshit out into the cybersphere, I think there's also a strategy of just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. It's obvious that designing off-the-shelf conspiracy stuff is like picking winners on the stockmarket, it's just guesswork. It's best to just pump out a range of guffwork and then observe the life of those artifacts once you've set them free; some will fly others won't. The best conspiraloonacy is that which is driven by true believers rather than cynical operators - so the operators will just watch what the true believers pick up and then selectively feed them ammo to corroborate their delusions. I imagine that Pizzagate must have baffled even the most experienced of cyberwarriors - who could have thought that something so crazy would take on a real life of its own?
