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@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2024-11-09 17:52:16

Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
DAYNA: Whh, he's just one less to deal with, do we care why? [pause] But why leave him sitting there?
AVON: To delay discovery and give the murderer a chance to get away.
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@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-17 23:40:23

Drawing attention to this thread of comments of mine from a few days ago, as it goes deeper into apparent efforts from European nations to Trump-proof Ukraine, which is actually VERY important for European security.
It's nice seeing news articles pointing out Ukrainian funding & Russian appeasement isn't something Trump gets to dictate, but rather, a situation where Europe is trying to diplomatically push back against Trump to defend their legitimate security interests.

Mark Kraft (@KraftTea@mastodon.social)
@notsoloud@expressional.social @anderspuck@krigskunst.social I tend to view the actions of both Biden and NATO over the past several months as ones that were designed to, for lack of a better term, make Ukraine more Trump-proof. Much of it at this point was simply funding and loans, but never underestimate the power of both, when it comes to industrializing the fight against Russia. Even relatively innocuous things, like factories for creating small, powerful, toy-like engines, take on new leve…

@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-17 23:05:07

This situation actually reminds me a bit of the dotcom bubble collapse in the late '90s / early '00s, with slight differences.
Declining stocks & VC led to a bunch of startups initially being unable to obtain additional funding. To make matters worse, ad demand started falling, leading to lower revenues for ad-based internet services.
In this case, a decline of ad demand is trailing dotcom revenue shortages. I suspect currency & stock weakness & a slowing econ…