@barray on Thu Feb 24 11:22:44 UTC 2022 said: &eDrinking a #beer for #ukraine #tonight - I have many #friends there and I hope there is still an #option for #peace ... The #realist in me says that after the #moscow #stockexchange #collapsed , #putin is no longer able to #backout even if he wanted to. So much for the #eu keeping #europe out of #war ... So much for #germany and their #morality (picking #gas over #ukraine after #decommissioning their #nuclear #power ). So much for making #russia a #permanent #member of #nato ... *It achieved nothing.*The #russian #moscow #stockexchange just #collapsed 45% before they #suspended all #trading until further notice: https://twitter.com/dataandpolitics/stat.. Looks like #russia is now at #war ... Fuck.
Nice, I was speaking about this with some #friends - it appears #australia are *finally* opening up to #foreigners https://timcast.com/news/australia-opens.. We'll see how this goes...
I really want something like this for an #electric #bike of a similar #design https://hackaday.com/2021/10/10/a-bike-t.. In the #uk this would be incredibly useful for visiting #family and #friends in the local area.
@barray on Fri Sep 03 09:08:13 UTC 2021 said: &eThoughts are with the #victims and their #families / #friends ... As if the #nz #covid #lockdown wasn't enough pressure for people. From what I can tell, none of the victims are yet dead, but are critically #injured .Great, now we have an #islamicstate #isis #islam #muslim #terrorist #attack in #nz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/s.. Apparently they are a #srilankan national who the #police were investigating - clearly not close enough.