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Favorites March 12th 2022

David Watson
Mar 13, 2022
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Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch
4 possible ways this war ends in order of likelihood: 1. Long term fight/insurgency with destruction of Ukrainian cities 2. Putin declares limited demilitarization/“denazification” victory and pulls out 3. Zelensky compromises on NATO and Crimea 4. Putin replaced in palace coup
11:30 PM ∙ Mar 11, 2022
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Worth noting that these are not mutually exclusive.

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Mitsuru Obe @mit_obe
Ten Russian naval ships sailed thru Japan strait from Thurs night to early Fri. Again. In Oct., ten Russian & Chinese warships circled Japan archipelago. Russia chose to pick on Japan among G7. Why? Maybe Japan looks more amenable. We should be concerned. bit.ly/3KHlA7j
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5:54 AM ∙ Mar 12, 2022
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Am I reading correctly that that strait is international waters? I did not realize such a strait existed.

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Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM
NEW: Russia will consider foreign shipments of weapons to Ukraine as “legitimate targets” for the Russian armed forces to attack, state-run RIA Novosti reports, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
11:32 AM ∙ Mar 12, 2022
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Don't the western powers hand off the weapons in Western Ukraine? Isn't that like, really far from the fighting right now? They also say they're going to put sanctions on US figures... which uh... is that a big deal?

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Dave Pell @davepell
Putin did the impossible. He unified America.
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6:57 PM ∙ Mar 12, 2022
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USA USA

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Argument that car crash deaths rose during the pandemic less “despite” the fall in driving than because of it — less congested roads allowed for faster speeds which reduced safety.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.eduAuto accidents and “isolation and disruption” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
2:40 PM ∙ Mar 12, 2022
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Higher speeds kill, folks.

• Thread with good info about buying an e-bike, including an article by the "Jay Leno of ebikes"

• Financial Times says Russian leaders consider corruption a 'patriotic duty'

• Propublica article about fake fact-checking by Russian news outlets.

• Thread on how Russian state security keeps the military down

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