I don't get it
Maybe a SOCKS proxy is good enough?
SSH can act as a SOCKS proxy and that's pretty easy to do. Your friend just needs to be able to login onto your computer with an ssh account and run this ssh command on her computer:
ssh -D 1234 yourmachine
And then set proxy settings in the browser or whatever to SOCKS4/5, localhost, port 1234.
The "UA pov" rules there are wierd. Basically if it's from a pro-Ukrainian channel it is supposed to be labeled UA pov, even if it's from inside Russia. This was probably filmed by a Russian civilian and then found on a pro-UA channel. Apparently it's geolocated to be in Rylsk, which is not under Ukrainian control.
Probably they're loading the dead into these intact trucks. I'm not sure who has control of the scene (can't tell), but my guess would be it's the Russians, because (a) it's reported as some sort of HIMARS strike, so further from the front (makes sense anyway, they wouldn't be doing a non-armored convoy near the actual frontline I would hope), and (b) why would the Ukrainians do cleanup there anyway? So I don't think it's a Ukrainian fake. It's also too elaborate to be a fake, like are they setting a dozen trucks on fire just to film this?
Oh and the answer is probably shrapnel ~~from cluster munitions~~.
Edit: This is probably drone footage of the strike. It's like 20 trucks just standing there. Looks like regular explosive rockets, not cluster munitions. And Ukrainian troops are not there; that's like 20 km from the frontline.
CW death
Video of someone driving past the aftermath.
It's like a dozen trucks all burned out or of full of dead people.
Federal culture minister Roth commissioned an opinion from a constitutional expert, Christoph Möllers from Humboldt-University Berlin, about the legality of having recipients of art grants sign antisemitism provisions (like propsed in the state of Berlin for example). Yes, Claudio Roth is the one that clapped at the Berlinale during the anti-apartheid speech and then was hounded by the Springer press. In her defense she put out a statement about how she was clapping for the Israeli Jew, forgetting to mention there was a Palestinian on stage as well. That one.
So he looked at the legality of having artists and institutions declare their commitment to diversity, and against racism and antisemitism (in general and also according to something like the IHRA definition, which conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel), if they want to receive government grants.
Findings:
- Since basically everyone receives these grants in Germany, this is pretty delicate, because it de-facto impacts artistic freedom. The vast majority artists and cultural institutions cannot realistically get out of these pledges, even if they can in theory.
- A commitment to diversity is too vague and would leave the signees unsure about what they can and cannot do.
- A commitment against racism and antisemitism is more concrete, but the IHRA definition is subject to scientific debate, and the state weighing in on this violates academic freedom.
- In order to enforce this, a new control mechanism would have to be implemented, which would be rife for abuse and might narrow the space for artistic expression.
So basically he thinks this would be unconstitutional and a bad idea.
Ukraine's war effort looks fucked to the point of collapse. Avdiivka might turn into a shut cauldron any day now. Russia looks like it could break through at various points along the front. Ukraine has very serious personell problems, leadership problems and ammo shortages.
Maybe Russia will run out of steam at some point, but right now the Ukrainian collapse is accelerating.
I mean look at this (WP, archive):
Oleksandr, a battalion commander, said the companies in his unit on average are staffed at about 35 percent of what they should be. A second battalion commander from an assault brigade said that is typical for units that carry out combat tasks.
Asked how many new soldiers he has received — not including those who have returned after injuries — Oleksandr said his battalion was sent five people over the past five months. He and other commanders said the new recruits tend to be poorly trained, creating a dilemma about whether to send someone immediately onto the battlefield because reinforcements are needed so badly, even though they are likely to get injured or killed because they lack the know-how.
“The basis of everything is the lack of people,” Oleksandr said.
“Where are we going? I don’t know,” he added. “There’s no positive outlook. Absolutely none. It’s going to end in a lot of death, a global failure. And most likely, I think, the front will collapse somewhere like it did for the enemy in 2022, in the Kharkiv region.”
The EU wants to join operation "Prosperity Guardian" (tagesschau | archived)
Berlin is "ready" to join, and are "working hard" on plans. EU foreign ministers are going to have a meeting on the 22nd of January to discuss this.
Germany: Wagenknecht & company officially announced they're going to split from Die Linke and do their own party. The party is going to be Keynesian, pro-welfare, nationalist, anti-immigration, soft EU-critical, non-interventionist and "anti-woke". This will hurt Die Linke, but they seem more-or-less done regardless, plus much of the leadership would like to go full imperialist lib in order to be allowed to govern.
The new party has good potential according to the polls, filling a niche not covered by the other parties. Some say that niche is some sort of fascism, but if you apply that standard (and you probably should), something like 98% of Germans are fascists, most of them worse than this new party. My disgust at this new "social-conservative" (O-Ton Wagenknecht) party is somewhat dulled by the fact that a bunch people I know that are very angry at this are somehow far less outraged at the Greens or SPD, who are currently materially supporting multiple genocides and are literally handing weapons to Nazis.
If you think the state regulating what farmers can plant is unfair, wait till you hear of health & safety regulation. It's mad!
Idk about Ireland, but around here they don't like to put speed limits even though the situation clearly calls for low speeds. The law expects people to drive according to the situation. You may be charged with dangerous (i.e. too fast) driving even if you're under the speed limit along some clearly dangerous bend or something.