Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-28: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-28). Looters to be shot on the spot, Ukrainian mayors warn. rt.com Harsh warnings amid rising number of incidents across several locations | Law enforcement officers in two Ukrainian towns have been authorized to shoot looters "on the spot," the mayors have announced. | A significant number of looting incidents have been reported across the country since the beginning of Russia's military operation. Zhytomyr's mayor Sergey Sukhomlyn in a Facebook video address mentioned an attempted robbery of a store in one area of the city. | "I am warning everyone: the police, the National Guard, the territorial defense units – they all received orders not to detain, they can just shoot on…

Staff (2022-02-28). Chess star facing disciplinary action for Ukraine stance. rt.com Sergey Karjakin expressed his support for Vladimir Putin and the military action in Ukraine | Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin is facing disciplinary action from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after expressing support for his country's military operation in Ukraine. | In an open letter to President Vladimir Putin shared on social media on Sunday, the Crimean-born Karjakin said he fully backed the effort to fight "for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine." | "I appeal to you at this difficult time, when our country, led by you, is fighting for the safety of the peaceful Russian popul…

Staff (2022-02-28). Neo-Nazi Ukrainian group prepares 'pig-fat laden' bullets for Muslim fighters. rt.com Chechen 'orcs' won't go to heaven, National Guard claims in xenophobic message | Ukraine's National Guard prompted outrage, on Sunday, by posting a crude video aimed at Muslim Russian fighters. Twitter eventually labelled the message "hateful content." | The reel showed a soldier dipping the tips of bullet rounds into pork fat before putting them into a magazine. | The man, who reportedly belongs to the far-right nationalist Azov Battalion, apparently meant this as a threat to religious Muslims participating in the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. Pork is considered unclean in Islam, so Muslims killed by…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Rep. Higgins Baffles Everybody Online, With Even Dictionary Not Sure What His 'Woke Sky' Tweet Means. sputniknews.com It appears that Higgins was referring to the current international tension around the situation in Ukraine, and, as it seemed to some of the observers, parroted some of the conservative views that this is all about culture wars.

Staff (2022-02-27). Facebook and Twitter respond to Russian operation in Ukraine. rt.com The companies are cutting Russian state-linked media from ad revenue | Facebook and Twitter said on Saturday they were barring Russian state-linked media from running ads or making money off of their platforms in response to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Nathaniel Gleicher, the head of policy security at Meta, Facebook's parent company, said "Russian state media" were banned from "running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world." | Twitter said it was "temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don't detr…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). 'He Gave $417 Million. What The Hell is Going On?' Trump Urges Audit of Zuckerberg Election Funding. sputniknews.com Last October former POTUS Donald Trump insisted new analysis showed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's donation of roughly $419.5 million to election offices through a pair of nonprofits was "illegal", having purportedly boosted Democratic turnout in key areas.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

_____ (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare In Ukraine Conflict. popularresistance.org The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

Staff (2022-02-27). EU to 'paralyze' assets of Russian Central Bank. rt.com Washington expects the ruble to plunge after it loses the regulator's support | The EU is planning to freeze the assets of Russia's Central Bank, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, announcing a new round of sanctions against Moscow amid the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. | "We will paralyze the assets of Russia's Central Bank. This will freeze its transactions. It will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate assets," she tweeted. | The head of the EC will offer the measure along with a number of other restrictions on Russia for consideration to the leaders of E…

TASS (2022-02-27). Elon Musk opens access to Starlink in Ukraine. tass.com "More terminals are en route," he wrote on Twitter…

teleSUR (2022-02-27). Peruvian President Calls to Activate OAS Democratic Charter. telesurenglish.net This Saturday, the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, demanded through his Twitter account that the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) be activated in view of the risk of a coup d'état against the "Government of the People". | RELATED: | Castillo's statements come after businesswoman Karelim Lopez, who is currently under investigation for participating in alleged acts of corruption, pointe…

teleSUR (2022-02-27). China Claims That the US Is the Real Threat to the World. telesurenglish.net In the context of the special military operation that Russia deploys in Ukraine, the Chinese embassy in Moscow reminded on Saturday that the United States (U.S.) is "the real threat to the world". | RELATED: | The Chinese representation denounced on its Twitter social network account that more than 80 percent of the armed conflicts registered since the middle of the last century to the beginning of the present century were started by t…

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2022-02-27: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-27). Facebook and Twitter respond to Russian operation in Ukraine. rt.com The companies are cutting Russian state-linked media from ad revenue | Facebook and Twitter said on Saturday they were barring Russian state-linked media from running ads or making money off of their platforms in response to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Nathaniel Gleicher, the head of policy security at Meta, Facebook's parent company, said "Russian state media" were banned from "running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world." | Twitter said it was "temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don't detr…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). 'He Gave $417 Million. What The Hell is Going On?' Trump Urges Audit of Zuckerberg Election Funding. sputniknews.com Last October former POTUS Donald Trump insisted new analysis showed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's donation of roughly $419.5 million to election offices through a pair of nonprofits was "illegal", having purportedly boosted Democratic turnout in key areas.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

Staff (2022-02-27). EU to 'paralyze' assets of Russian Central Bank. rt.com Washington expects the ruble to plunge after it loses the regulator's support | The EU is planning to freeze the assets of Russia's Central Bank, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, announcing a new round of sanctions against Moscow amid the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. | "We will paralyze the assets of Russia's Central Bank. This will freeze its transactions. It will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate assets," she tweeted. | The head of the EC will offer the measure along with a number of other restrictions on Russia for consideration to the leaders of E…

TASS (2022-02-27). Elon Musk opens access to Starlink in Ukraine. tass.com "More terminals are en route," he wrote on Twitter…

Staff (2022-02-26). Moscow may nationalize assets of foreigners — former Russian president. rt.com Dmitry Medvedev has called for tit-for-tat measures over the freezing of Russian assets abroad | The former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, hasn't ruled out nationalizing the Russian-based assets of foreigners registered in "hostile jurisdictions." | The harsh step may be taken in response to the seizure of funds of Russian citizens abroad, the ex-leader, who is currently deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, posted on Facebook. | "They also threaten to seize the money of Russian citizens and Russian companies abroad <...> But this will have to be answered quite symmetrically," Medvedev, the p…

JANET (2022-02-26). International Women's Alliance supports Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day — in the U.S. iacenter.org February 25, 2022 The International Women's Alliance (IWA) is an anti-imperialist global alliance of militant grassroots-based women's organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to advancing national and social liberation and gender equality. The following statement was posted to IWA's website at tinyurl.com/23433y9n. Go to facebook.com/IWA.grassrootswomenforliberation The International Women's Alliance extends its unwavering solidarity to Amazon and Starbucks workers around the U.S. on this Workers Power Day, Feb. 26, 2022. In solidarity with workers waging unionizing campaigns a…

Staff (2022-02-26). Crypto firms poach Big Tech talent to overhaul the internet. rt.com Facebook and Amazon are now less attractive than Web3 and blockchain | High-profile staff members are leaving Big Tech giants to join the crypto world and develop the next "big thing" in tech — Web3, CNBC has reported, saying that IT giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are losing their executives and developers to blockchain platforms such as Polygon and Circle. | Crypto companies have been working to overhaul the World Wide Web and introduce what's been dubbed Web3 — a new iteration of the internet, which would be based on blockchain technology instead of centralized platforms run by a small g…

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Russia Blames Ukraine for Missile That Hit Building in Kiev. telesurenglish.net While media and social media reports attributed the attack to the Russian military, after assessing the damage to the infrastructure, it was found that it was hit by a Ukrainian projectile, when Ukraine was trying to repel a night attack. | Apartment building damaged after being hit by a missile, Kiev, Ukraine. Feb. 26, 2022.

Staff (2022-02-26). Ukraine says high-rise residential building shelled in Kiev. rt.com The reported incident took place amid Russia's ongoing military operation in the country | Ukraine's emergencies services Ukrainian officials published photos of a partially destroyed building on social media. They said first responders have been evacuating residents and working to determine the number of casualties. | Emergency servi…

Staff (2022-02-26). Ukraine's Defense Ministry posted fake video as air battle. rt.com Widely circulated video game footage, fact-checked by Reuters as 'miscaptioned', appeared on the ministry's verified account | The verified Twitter page of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry published video game footage on February 25 claiming to show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down a Russian plane. On Saturday, Reuters fact-checked the widely shared fake video as 'miscaptioned'. | The ministry's tweet was still up at the time of publication. The 15-second video is accompanied by the caption, "What is this Ukrainian ace doing?" The Defense Ministry's account describes it as a MiG-29 fighter jet destroying a…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-02-26). Russian embassy in Tehran tweets to support op. in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com The Russian embassy in Tehran has condemned the Western countries' dark past in invading other countries and has supported the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine.

Staff (2022-02-26). øQué número ves? El reto de ilusión óptica que desafía a usuarios de las redes sociales. cubadebate.cu En Twitter esta imagen de ilusión óptica se ha vuelto viral. El desafío consiste en averiguar qué número es el que se esconde entre varios trazos en blanco y negro. En una primera vista es probable que veamos una cifra numérica. Sin embargo, si damos otro vistazo es probable que veamos un número extra. øQué número ves tú?

_____ (2022-02-26). An HBCU Roundtable On Violence And Accountability. popularresistance.org Historically Black Colleges and Universities, most of which are concentrated in the South, hold contrasting legacies as both safe havens for Black students and frequent targets of violence. Last week, Scalawag hosted a live Twitter conversation with journalists who are both current and former students of HBCUs to discuss the broader contexts they have experienced and written about around student safety. | This is a conversation with renewed urgency: As panelist Adam Harris, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The State Must Provide, pointed out, there hasn't been a week in February this year without…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Zelensky says Turkey has blocked Russian military vessels from entering Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 112 UkraineFebruary 26, 2022 Turkey bans Russian warships from entering Black Sea Turkey has banned Russian warships from entering the Black Sea. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on his Twitter page. "I thank my friend Mr. President of Turkey Erdogan and the people of Turkey for their strong support. The ban …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Ukraine thanks Putin's strategic allies Azerbaijan and Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyFebruary 26, 2022 Ukrainian President thanks to Erdogan and people of Turkey "I thank my friend Mr. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of Turkey for their strong support," President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter, APA reports. "The ban on the passage of Russian warships to the Black …

Richard Horton (2022-02-26). [Comment] Offline: There is no right to lie. thelancet.com Perhaps the most curious aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the flourishing of anti-science movements, despite the demonstrable triumphs of science in producing life-saving antivirals and vaccines. Mistrust of science is spreading well beyond COVID-19. Political challenges to climate action, notably the goal of net zero emissions, are growing, especially as economic stress impoverishes millions. 5G remains a target for many science sceptics. And libertarian politicians condemn scientists as unelected threats to democratic freedoms.

Kimberly D Manning (2022-02-26). [Perspectives] A reckoning of racial reckoning. thelancet.com I still remember where I was when I first heard about the murder of George Floyd in 2020. My husband walked into the kitchen where I was seated at the table working on my computer. He asked if I had heard about the man who had died under the knee of a police officer in Minnesota. Then, without warning, he showed me that viral video on his cell phone. It was the one and only time I would watch the entire thing. My previous lived experiences as a Black American had taught me that a single viewing was enough.

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