I thought we already knew that. Does this just make it ‘official’?

Ha ha ha.

2.5kt. Good job pity Ukraine doesn’t have nukes anymore.

Unless you’re in the US, then they text secret plans directly to you

Even if you didn’t want them ;-)

Yeah I get that, it’s why I don’t use FB anymore. I keep WhatsApp for close family though. They’re is no other option. And dont tell me to use text. Doesn’t cut it.

Before getting on our high horse - there are mercenaries of various nationalities fighting on the Ukrainian side as well as the Russian side, that doesn’t mean their governments support them.

This. The average user doesn’t want to know about the workings and ‘All that technical stuff’, and why should they?

They want to click an icon and have everything and everyone there. They shouldn’t have to swap instances or what have you.

I put Mastodon on a back burner as it’s just too clunky (for me at least) and am currently interacting with people from all over on BlueSky. Half the time on Mastodon (various apps/instances, web, or browser) I couldn’t even log on.

BlueSky will probably go the way of others. Yes, there is a troll problem, and you need to be wary. But I had the same to a lesser extent on Mastodon.

In the end, I’ve had to accept my relatives, work, and old Army colleagues will never be on there, I’ve become resigned to that and keep a WhatsApp account for that reason.

Right, so we just trade in our relatives for some new ones.

That’s the attitude that puts people off.

Try telling that to the UK.

We’ve got old sausage fingers to cough up for.

You’d think a businessman as bigly smart (people tell him all the time, many people) as he is would understand this.

Colour me surprised.

Yes. Don’t forget batteries for torches and a couple of solar charger power banks for your phone.

We never stopped.

If you think those ones we have now are leftover from the 60s, you are in for a shock.

Lloyd Bridges clip from Airplane springs to mind.

This bears what I’ve thought for a while now. Europe needs a dedicated military, All working together using standardised ammunition etc. As for railways, that should have been done years ago. Hopefully we can get this done before Putin makes his move - and he will do. Especially now that the US president is a Russian asset.

Battlestar Galactica, the reboot not the original!

Or just watch The Expanse again. It’s spoilt me for space scifi. Have watched (also bought bluray) it getting on for a dozen times now.

Currently trying Halo.

They don’t like it up 'em, do they?

Can’t accept it when it happens to them.

Good point. Not everyone swears like a trooper. I’m ex British army so can live with it. But I wouldn’t swear in mixed company or in front of my daughter, even though she is over 21.

Overdue - more national media needs to take this step.

The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.

It’s not like they weren’t warned though.

They’re not even hiding are they?

They may as well just superimpose a swastika on their logo and have done with it.

That looks like an AI rendition of a Trump wannabe.