This is a continuation of Musk's tacit pro-Putin stance. It wasn't that long ago when he came forward and asked the Ukrainians to negotiate with Putin, which included an ignorant take on Crimean history, but no made such similar request for Putin, the person who actually has the power to end this war.
I can't disagree, but I will point out that Twitter remains the main locus of NAFO, a fascinating (and, imho, inspiring) grassroots group that has grown up organically to counter Russian misinformation. If you aren't familiar with NAFO, you should be, as it may well restore your faith in the good sense, decency, ingenuity and power of ordinary humans. I remain on Twitter solely to bonk vatniks and tankies. 😀
Congrats, you are now $50/year richer (well, minus whatever cut Substack gets) as this well-reasoned article has inspired me to become a paid subscriber.
I have been checking on on your original site from time to time, as well as read your free Substack content. Really enjoyed your one article for the Dispatch once upon a time, too.
I am also in the "stepped away from Twitter but not 100%" camp, and agree that you don't have to step away totally to make your point.
Hope to be reading more from you on both Substack and your OG site soon.
SpaceX Starlink just lost a bunch of recently launched satellites to a geomagnetic field. probably a solar flare. This is an incredibly expensive private venture service that the DoD should be buying for Ukraine rather than burning private capital. DoD could offer Starlink a profitable amount of money under contract to deliver xyz to Ukraine. I'd like to see the Pentagon realize that you can't burn private cash and make them deliver a service for free. SpaceX just announced their first cash flow positive quarter ever and thinks they may even may a bit of money in 2023. You have to realize, Musk is on the record saying that if SpaceX avoids bankruptcy, it will be a success. SpaceX is on the verge of financial success and the Pentagon should pick up the Ukrainian bill with the caveat that Ukraine can use the service provided for whatever the DoD deems fit
By and large I agree with you (I don't have an interesting twitter feed to deny the Content Maw). I don't see how starlink is actually denying such use if VPN's are used. But. What if one of the threats Musk has received was "we have anti-satellite weapons. How would you like to watch your investment turned into debris?" Nation-states can do that sort of thing.
After Musk with his man-child humor got locked into paying $46 billion for twitter, he really can't afford that many more losses.
This is a continuation of Musk's tacit pro-Putin stance. It wasn't that long ago when he came forward and asked the Ukrainians to negotiate with Putin, which included an ignorant take on Crimean history, but no made such similar request for Putin, the person who actually has the power to end this war.
Huzzah!
I can't disagree, but I will point out that Twitter remains the main locus of NAFO, a fascinating (and, imho, inspiring) grassroots group that has grown up organically to counter Russian misinformation. If you aren't familiar with NAFO, you should be, as it may well restore your faith in the good sense, decency, ingenuity and power of ordinary humans. I remain on Twitter solely to bonk vatniks and tankies. 😀
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3782298-can-the-west-create-a-nafo-thats-built-to-last-beyond-ukraine/
Hi Patterico!
Congrats, you are now $50/year richer (well, minus whatever cut Substack gets) as this well-reasoned article has inspired me to become a paid subscriber.
I have been checking on on your original site from time to time, as well as read your free Substack content. Really enjoyed your one article for the Dispatch once upon a time, too.
I am also in the "stepped away from Twitter but not 100%" camp, and agree that you don't have to step away totally to make your point.
Hope to be reading more from you on both Substack and your OG site soon.
SpaceX Starlink just lost a bunch of recently launched satellites to a geomagnetic field. probably a solar flare. This is an incredibly expensive private venture service that the DoD should be buying for Ukraine rather than burning private capital. DoD could offer Starlink a profitable amount of money under contract to deliver xyz to Ukraine. I'd like to see the Pentagon realize that you can't burn private cash and make them deliver a service for free. SpaceX just announced their first cash flow positive quarter ever and thinks they may even may a bit of money in 2023. You have to realize, Musk is on the record saying that if SpaceX avoids bankruptcy, it will be a success. SpaceX is on the verge of financial success and the Pentagon should pick up the Ukrainian bill with the caveat that Ukraine can use the service provided for whatever the DoD deems fit
By and large I agree with you (I don't have an interesting twitter feed to deny the Content Maw). I don't see how starlink is actually denying such use if VPN's are used. But. What if one of the threats Musk has received was "we have anti-satellite weapons. How would you like to watch your investment turned into debris?" Nation-states can do that sort of thing.
After Musk with his man-child humor got locked into paying $46 billion for twitter, he really can't afford that many more losses.