Tuukka R

In 2022 it was impossible for Putin to use nukes, because launching nuclear weapons is one of the only thing in the Russia where the president really has no chance of deciding on things alone. Gerasimov is a professional soldier, and worked only because it’s his job. He has no actual values in play, except pride of being skilled at his job, and he will not allow his family to die just because of the Russia’s “honour” being violated. Similarly, Šojgu is a bootlicker who does everything for personal gain and the Moscow being obliterated by nukes is not something he sees as an acceptable price for anything at all. And in the Russia you need an order from the people in all of those three positions, or nothing will be launched.

Putin could never get Šojgu and Gerasimov to give such orders, and he knows that had he tried to, he would have lost his head almost immediately. Those people would have seen Putin as a direct threat to their loved ones, as would have most of who have any influence in the Russia. That would have been Putin’s end.

Now, the leadership of the military has been restructured to be more accommodating to Putin’s will, but it’s still not at a level where Putin can trust he’ll get both orders given by the other two people. And if he tries and fails … well, read above. His head will roll. Now he would actually have a chance of success, but he’s still maybe 80 % likely to fail if he tries. And actually… PACO.

Now is still a time when we can safely use military power against the Russia without a danger of a nuclear war. That time will not last forever, because Putin does want to use nukes and he is working to make it possible. He will, however, still need plenty more time for that. Luckily for him, especially Germans are giving it to him. Ironically, because they are afraid of nukes and don’t bother looking into how launching nukes works in the Russia.

It did, but much less severely.

Actually it was. But in much lesser ways.

No worries :)

You could just read from sources you have subscribed to and skip the “All”. That way you don’t need to bother with content filters :) You also aren’t really forced to follow the communities that are about US politics.

1. The multiple instances.

You only use one. You don’t need to care too much about this.

2. Multiple communities that are the same name.

This one can be confusing indeed. I hope they will ask if they encounter this. Then you tell them they’re on a different Lemmy, and that the two are interconnected. And that’ll help them understand a bit about federating.

3. What is exactly decentralization.

Not really important for using Lemmy. Nice to know, if you like being tech-savvy, but not necessary for using.

4. Federation

This was already mentioned as “2.” You can read and write posts without understanding this. You’ll get the point of federation at some point.

5. Difference instances can give different results

Different groups have different rules anyway. Some of them are derived from the instance’s rules, but whatever. Same end result. Not necessary to understand for basic usage.

6. How Moderation works is different than the usual platforms.

How is it different, actually?

7. Community discovery is different. Searching for something can be quite difficult on Lemmy.

I’ve never had trouble searching for something. Maybe that’s because before Lemmy I basically used only Facebook and there you cannot really find anything by searching anyway. For me Lemmy’s search works just fine for searching for what communities exist. Haven’t felt a need for something more.

8. Lemmy’s community has a lot of tech-jargon which non-tech savvy people might find difficult to wrap their head around.

You don’t need to understand everything on this planet. If you cannot wrap your head around something, then don’t. You don’t need to participate in every conversation.

9. How the banning system works on Lemmy is different than the usual platforms as well.

They’ll figure this one out if they ever get banned. Otherwise, it’s irrelevant for reading and writing.

All in all… Understanding federating isn’t strictly necessary for reading and writing in communities, but yeah, it is good to understand at some point. Everything else… Meh. Things that are nice to know, but you are able to follow communities and write in them just fine also without understanding those things.

How?

You don’t need to be tech-savvy to use a social media.

Well put!

Why do you not like it here? What can/should be done differently?

This is probably the way that works the best.

What do you mean?

The whole thing with federating is irrelevant to most users.

I tell them it’s a social media built in a way that makes it impossible for any company to take over it in order to make profit. And then I show them to some instance I’ve hand-picked for them, without really telling them there are other instances as well. It’s not something they should worry about at that point. I can explain it later on, anyway.

Tell that to a kid.

Why just 400 kV?

At least Ukraine has several 750 kV power lines. Decreases the energy loss quite a bit!

By 20th Sept 2026 the Russia will have lost the war it is waging, or at least it is clear to all sides that the final end of the war will in approximately half a year. USA and China can still change this, but I don’t think they will.

What do you mean with this?

The source is not trustworthy. There’s a good chance this article is an outright fabrication.

Just read the other headlines. They are very typical content for publications made by Russian troll farms.

This is weird.

And probably not true. The site the article is from has the style used by Russian troll farms. The article is most likely 95% fabricated, with a kernel of truth, such as maybe one MP in the parliament having suggested that.

It’s a bit difficult for me to say “how our news portray USA”, because this is of course in comparison to how it’s portrayed elsewhere. And I don’t really know very well how it’s portrayed elsewhere. But, here’s raw data for you to analyse. You can try to figure out what might have been news elsewhere but was not in Finland, and also, if there’s anything about USA that was news in Finland but not elsewhere. Then you can say yourself what the answer seems to be regarding Finland.

So, firstly, within the newest 50 articles on any subject published by Yle, the national broadcasting organization of Finland, five have to do with USA. (Also, I happened to notice that the 52th article on that list is about USA as well :) )

Then, let’s narrow the search by choosing only news with Topic:USA and go through all headlines from the last few days, starting from the most recent one:
18th Oct:

• Trump pressured the TV Star Jimmy Kimmel to be shelved – media company after another must yield
• A capital investor giant from USA to invest over 100 billions to Britain
• A shooter killed three policemen in USA
• Trump planning to define Antifa as a terroristic organisation
• Jimmy Kimmel’s tv program was shelved after the host commented on the murder of Charlie Kirk
• King Charles praised Trump for engagement in solving conflicts
• President: Syria and Israel close to a security agreement (BTW, here the “President” refers to the President of Syria)
  17th Oct:
• Fed lowered its key rate by 0.25 percent points
• CEOs of Reddit and other internet communities to witness at a hearing about radicalization
• Trump’s programme in Britain began with a visit to the Windsor castle – demonstrators have gathered to London
• A café based on the iconic Central Perk from the Friends will be opened in New York
• The Russia is wooing USA regarding energy affairs
• Trump: Republicans planning to exceptionally hold a party conference around the time of next year’s elections
• Wall Street closed during a downhill, Fed’s decision on key rate is being waited for
  16th Oct:
• Tyler Robinson sued for the murder of Charlie Kirk
• The trial of the person accused of shooting the leader of a health insurance company, Luigi Mangiore, to begin in December
• Belarus pardoned 25 prisoners
• The presidential couple of USA has left for a state visit to Britain
• USA wants Qatar to continue at the role of an intermediator regardless of Israel’s military strike
• A video shows USA’s strike to what is said to have been a drug ship
• Trump sues New York Times regarding news coverage on the connections with Epstein – demands 15 billion dollars
• USA: Columbia is no longer a partner in the fight against drugs
• The presidential couple of USA will arrive to Britain
• Wall street closed in an uphill
• Washington Post: The suspected shooter of Kirk confessed to the deed online
• Trump: Netanyahu will not strike Qatar again
• Trump signed an order for sending the national guard to Memphis
  15th Oct:
• Trump: USA struck on a Venezuelan vessel, three died
• Ex Federal DEA Maurene Comey sues Trump administration
• FBI: DNA found near the location of Kirk’s murder is corresponds to the sample from the suspect
• Trump: Foreign workers are welcome – earlier hundreds of South Koreans were apprehended
• China and USA have reached a preliminary agreement on the ownership of TikTok
• Officers from USA visiting Belarus – they followed the “Zapad” wargame
• The US foreign secretary Rubio promises “unwavering support” to Israel
• China accuses Nvidia of breaching laws on competition
• The trade negotiations between USA and China continue in Madrid
• Trump threatens to declare a national emergency because of the resistance in Washington
• Elon Musk’s Starlink is reporting about a service interruption – the interruption remained short
• The suspect of Charlie Kirk’s shooting is not coöperating with authorities
  Oct 14th:
  (etc.)

The following articles from the last two days were not tagged with “USA”:

• The number one start of women’s track and field thanked God for her unbeliavable win – is already better than Usain Bolt in one thing
• Trump: Putin has betrayed me
• Analysis: EU is hypocritical about trade with the Russia, but Trump is showing more and more weird kind of plays
• Microsoft invested 30 billion dollars in Britain