Europe often sees Ukraine only as a victim. That is a dangerous oversimplification.

Ukraine is a major military power in its own right. For the last two centuries, most so-called russian victories depended heavily on Ukraine.

Against Napoleon Bonaparte, the Russian Empire relied on Ukrainian manpower, food supplies, horses, and Cossack cavalry. Against Adolf Hitler, millions of Ukrainians fought in the Red Army, while Ukrainian industry, agriculture, and territory were decisive for Soviet victory.

The same pattern appeared in darker chapters of European history. The partition of Poland, the Warsaw Pact’s military threat, the war against Finland, and even the war in Afghanistan were all enabled by imperial armies that included massive Ukrainian participation.

In the USSR, the most advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles were designed and manufactured in Ukraine and serviced by Ukrainians until 2014. Ukrainians made up roughly 40% of Soviet army officers in the 1980s. The world’s largest cargo aircraft was built in Ukraine. russia wants all of this back — and without Ukraine, its missiles now explode on roughly every second launch.

Ukraine also possesses around 30% of the world’s black soil, the most fertile agricultural land on Earth — an enormous source of strategic leverage. In addition, Ukraine holds major mineral resources, including uranium, ranking among the top ten countries globally by uranium reserves.

History shows a simple rule: russia looks strongest when it controls Ukraine.

If russia absorbs Ukraine today, Europe will not face a tired or weakened aggressor. It will face the strongest and most experienced army on the continent — reinforced by Ukrainian manpower, battlefield experience, and industrial capacity.

“Without Ukraine, russia ceases to be an empire. With Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, russia automatically becomes an empire.” — Zbigniew Brzezinski

Ukraine can become the backbone of Europe’s defense against russia. Or, if left unsupported, it can be forcibly absorbed — and then brought to Europe’s doorstep.

Supporting Ukraine is not charity. It is strategic self-defense.

Author: Volodymyr Kukharenko

#ukraine #russia #nafo

The Open Source Summit North America is in May this year, in the lovely Minneapolis, where nothing is happening. Nosiree, nothing that would want a bunch of people think twice about attending.

@Sanderde because there is also Pierre Poillievre in this picture, down in the storm drain with a red balloon.

@g0hl1n @gregkh Sometimes git, for whatever reason, has trouble figuring out the minimal size of the pack you'd need and sends you an unreasonably large number of objects. That's the best explanation I can offer.

@lwn We're up to nearly 1.2M IPs having attacked our server today. For now we've been able to make some changes and the situation appears to have stabilized; apologies to everybody who was blocked out of the site while this was going on.

Hopefully, you have no idea why that graphic made me cringe.

@arstechnica dudes, why? Have you never heard of goatse?

@z3ntu korgalore was the result of Google shutting down their POP3 support with a 2-week notice. I wanted to have a tool that didn't depend on a protocol that may or may not still be offered 6 months down the line.

I'll take "things not on my bingo board" for $1,000, Alex.

@z3ntu korgalore was the result of Google shutting down their POP3 support with a 2-week notice. I wanted to have a tool that didn't depend on a protocol that may or may not still be offered 6 months down the line.

@luis_in_brief eet's ze french.

Yeah, but I run telnetd *ironically*.

Ryabitsev: Tracking kernel development with korgalore

https://lwn.net/Articles/1055219/ #LWN

@lwn well, that was quick. :)

TLDR: use korgalore to bypass mailing list delivery problems

If you're a Gmail or Outlook user and you're subscribed to high-volume mailing lists, you're probably routinely missing mail. Korgalore is a tool that monitors mailing lists via lore.kernel.org and can import mail directly into your inbox so you don't miss any of it. You can also couple korgalore with lei for powerful filtering features that can reduce the firehose to what you'd actually find useful.

https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/tracking-kernel-development-with-korgalore

@renata I mean... You're welcome to go to the beach today. ;)

I could think of a better illustration if I tried. 😂

You can get a 100% compliance score, but it will all just be wasted effort if Gmail Just Doesn't Like You.

@drq that's not the point I'm trying to make. If we get past the current "cold economic war" stage to the "hot economic war" stage, we can expect attacks on major computing infrastructure as a way to create maximum economic impact for cheap.

Ask your cloud provider if their datacentres have anti-drone defences and if they have sufficient redundancy to quickly handle and repair high-precision strikes on their power and cooling infrastructure.

Worth just for the looks they will give you.