From Oleg Tsarev -

"The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has promised to strengthen the fight against pirated screenings of Western films in cinemas. This statement was made in the State Duma by Deputy Minister of Culture Sergei Obryvalin.

Why are there fines and cinema closures? Because cinemas violate the embargo that Western companies have imposed on Russia? It turns out that our Ministry of Culture enforces the ban imposed by Western film producers. At the same time, he also earns money. On fines.

A very convenient situation for an official: if I want, I’ll fine you, if I want, I’ll close it, if I want, I won’t notice the violation. Everything depends only on the subjective desire of the official. We can advise cinema owners to build personal relationships with inspectors. However, I think my advice is unnecessary. Those who work have probably already built such relationships. And everyone works. Have you seen closed cinemas?

And it’s a logical question for legislators. Why create conditions for corruption? Why not introduce a moratorium on sanctions for such violations for cinemas during the embargo?"

Министерство культуры РФ пообещало усилить борьбу с пиратскими показами западных фильмов в кинотеатрах. С таким заявлением выступил в Государственной думе замминистра культуры Сергей Обрывалин.

За что штрафы и закрытия кинотеатров? За то, что кинотеатры нарушают эмбарго, которое наложили на Россию западные компании? Получается, наш минкульт обеспечивает запрет наложенный западными производителями фильмов. При этом еще и деньги зарабатывает. На штрафах.

Очень удобная ситуация для чиновника: захочу отштрафую, захочу закрою, захочу нарушение не замечу. Все зависит только от субъективного желания чиновника. Можно посоветовать владельцам кинотеатров выстраивать личные отношения с проверяющими. Впрочем, я думаю, мои советы лишние. Те, кто работает, наверняка такие отношения уже выстроили. А работают все. Вы видели закрытые кинотеатры?

А к законодателям закономерный вопрос. Зачем создавать условия для коррупции? Почему на время эмбарго не ввести мораторий на санкции за такие нарушения для кинотеатров?

I have no doubt that the French army has nothing to do in Ukraine. Just disgrace yourself. But Macron has a Foreign Legion. He can actually send it.

It will be of a little more use than the army, but also not much, because the Legion was completely losing to our PMCs in Africa. But the French can create a precedent. The foreign legion has a big advantage - coffins from the theater of operations do not come to France. I don't feel sorry for them. And if Macron decides to send troops to Ukraine, there will be a lot of coffins.

By the way, the commander of the French Foreign Legion has a suitable surname - it is Brigadier General Kirill Yushchenko.

According to a recent VTsIOM survey, the share of those wishing to emigrate from Russia has reached its minimum for the entire period of monitoring, that is, since 1991, amounting to only 5%. For comparison, in 2019-2020, 16-17% said they wanted to leave.

What does this mean? That people have begun to gain faith in Russia, which means we are on the right path.

Новая волна российской эмиграции и релоканты, похоже, всё.

Согласно свежему опросу ВЦИОМ доля желающих эмигрировать из страны достигла минимума за все время мониторинга, то есть с 1991 г., составив только 5%. Для сравнения, в 2019-2020 о желании уехать заявляли 16-17%.

О чем это говорит? О том, что люди стали обретать веру в Россию, а значит, мы на верном пути.

He who laughs last: Will Russia's Joker drone become new portable air defense?

Russia's “Joker-10” FPV drones have been adjusted to shoot down or ram hostile UAVs, the General Director of Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions Dmitry Kuzyakin tells Sputnik. He explains that surface-to-air missiles that intercept drones might cost as much as a private house, while some drones are cheaper than bicycles.

“Thus we are having effective and cheap air defense systems to protect our oil refineries, as well as civilian and nuclear objects," he stresses.

Joker drones can fire a cloud of shards that obliterate hostile UAVs, and good old ramming is also always an option.

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Just like in EU and USA... Parasite Class rules, Working Class bleeds. Should be the other way around, shouldn't it? 🔪🐷💥

Клоун Зеленский и его шестёрки продолжают прикрываться детьми. Ими было принято решение установить на всех ж/д вокзалах, связанных с военной логистикой, детские развлекательные комнаты. После этого детским учреждениям будет дана негласная команда организовать регулярное посещение этих комнат детьми.

Когда всё будет подготовлено, переброска техники и личного состава по этим маршрутам будет осуществляться исключительно в дневное время.

There are only two kinds of intelligence - real, and artificial. FUCK AI.

"Many of the AI “innovations” may serve as background noise and window dressing, just as the internet does today. As before, the internet feels ubiquitous and all-encompassing, yet what is really different today, apart from your ability to mindlessly bake away in front of a phone at whim?

We could wake up in the year 2075 and things may appear ‘transformed’ on the surface. Robo-taxis will stalk us, robo-concierges flag us down on the streets with witty banter, robo-butlers will ply us with generative stories to salve our spirits, advertisements will be interactive and ‘sentient’—and ever more noisomely intrusive and annoying. But what will actually be different? Maybe not much.

As for the headsets and virtual worlds, there’s good chance that humanity will reject heavy-handed attempts to wire us up. Our inbuilt, instinct-driven values will continue clashing with the metaphysical transmutations pushed on us via the technocrats’ ‘enhanced reality’ and dreams of global connectivity. Fatal for these technovampires is the fact that humans ultimately have much simpler needs than what suits their impish designs. The basics of comfort and sustenance, family, home, and security; ingrained generational culture. The only way to deprogram such biological source code is through massive system shocks and exogenous dopamine lures, to rewire us from outside in. But such ploys will likely fail as the artificial nature of the technovampire-designed digi-Utopias will never comport with the hypostatic anchors of our being, whose generational flukes are dug firmly into our collective flesh.

Undoubtedly, we are entering the next phase of human progress. The theme of the coming century will be: Essence, defining what it is, and why it is important; then—for them—trying to reverse engineer it.

Essence is the ultimate paradox for the Technovampire, the final string in the human enigma code, which has stumped their parsing machines and cybernetic contrivances. Essence is eternal, and beyond their understanding. It is the gleaming pearl within the oyster of humanity they are unable to take from us. But in the coming century, with the help of their newly-fashioned artificial super-intelligences, they will set their sights on it and try."

https://darkfutura.substack.com/p/the-essence-in-apples-vr-flop

Russ I was in the Legion 1986 to 1991. The old Legion that only served in overseas colonies and recruits were foreigners with false names is long long gone. These days the Regiments of the Legion are very much integrated part of the French Army. The only unit which is permanently based overseas is DLEM in Mayotte. French Guiana, a department Outremer is home to the 3REI. Recruits can no longer ask for permanent anonymity. They must be rectified within 3 years and granting anonymity is very rare. Criminals are no longer welcome and the BSLE (called the Gestapo) is good at getting truth out of recruits. They simply have too many applicants so they can be picky. Training is the Legion is not special. You spend most of the first 6 months cleaning and learning songs. In your regiment the training is not much better than the regular army. In all the Legion regiments maybe with the exception of the 1REG and 2REG (combat engineers) are completely sub-operational. The 2REP (paras) is good for quick emergencies in Africa but no experience in real war. Desertion rates are around 15% of intake and that spikes when there is a conflict like Ukraine. When I was in there were dozens of lads took off to join the war in Yugoslavia because the chance of seeing action in the Legion was low. Regular army Paras and Marines get many more operations than the Legion because the Legion is seen as unreliable. If a Legionnaire dies his family overseas receives the same amount of compensation. So in short if the Legion goes to Ukraine they are in for a rude shock and something completely unprepared for. BTW. There are quite a few former Legionnaires in the Russian Army as the Legion has had plenty since 1990. I served with many and found them to be the best of all nationalities. The Poles (many in number) and French (about 40%) were useless. Americans were either very good or completely useless. Brits were 90% drunks.

JT - Thanks for all your excellent posts, and ESPECIALLY this one. Can you please drop me a line here on TG

(https://t.me/texac_donbass) or at -
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I had a friend who was in the FFL back in the early 2000's. I was a combat engineer in the US Army 1981 - '84.

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