Links For Today

Criminal court backlogs delay trials while defendants spend longer in jail

Inside creepy network of ‘spy apps’ that secretly track and monitor people

Europe Rushes To Buy Russian Gas As Spot Prices Skyrocket

Even as Russian tanks roll toward Kyiv, the US is still buying a lot of Russian oil

Russia Invades Ukraine: First Day of War Through OSINT

CDC: Some of you should wait longer before getting your second vaccination

Pictures: In Battle For Hostomel, Ukraine Drove Back Russia’s Attack Helicopters And Elite Paratroopers

RUSSIAN soldiers began bombarding Ukraine yesterday — with Tinder messages looking for love.

Russia Facing More Resistance Than It Expected in Ukraine: US Official

Putin as a man of ideas

CDC Expected to Drop Mask Guidance That Nobody Pays Attention To

What is SWIFT and why does Ukraine want Russia banned from it?

The Calamitous Errors of Germany’s Russia Policy

Better Payments with Privacy.com

Links for Today

Live update map for the Ukraine conflict.

Attack On Europe: Documenting Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Follow the Data, They Said, and Then Hid It

Is there some impartial umpire out there that I don’t know about that gets to decided what is a act of war? They said most of the potential cyberattacks under consideration are designed to disrupt but not destroy, and therefore fall short of an act of war by the United States against Russia.

A lot of people seemed to have really believed this would not happen. This is one example. Brazilian players ask for help leaving top Ukraine clubs

Russia threatens to target ‘sensitive’ US assets as part of ‘strong’ and ‘painful’ response to sanctions

Explainer: How severe are the new sanctions on Russia?

Current map.

The Russian Military Imposes Putin’s ‘Historical Unity’ Article with Fire and Steel in Ukraine

Iceland says it wants ‘as many people as possible’ to catch Covid after lifting all restrictions

Russia Has $630 Billion To Spare As It Considers Cutting European Gas Flows

Russian and Ukrainian seafarers make up 14.5% of global shipping workforce, according to the International Chamber of Shipping

Links For Today

Edit: It kicked off after I posted for today.

Edit: There is also this… TRUDEAU BLINKED AND THERE’S FALLOUT:

Russia Breathes Down Turkish and Israeli Necks Over Ukraine

Freedom without limits slides imperceptibly into freedom to say and do what you want about people who don’t look like you or talk like you.

Natural Gas Prices Hit Record High In China

Iran Moves Millions Of Barrels Of Oil Onto Tankers As Nuclear Agreement Nears

Beekeepers using tracking devices to protect precious hives

COVID digest: South Korea cases hit new record, PM calls for calm

Applause for Putin and Fears of War

Links For Today

The Mystery of the Declining U.S. Birth Rate

Israeli Birth Rate on Decline, Government Data Shows

False Flag Shenanigans: Russia Destroys Own Equipment During False Flag Operations In Eastern Ukraine

THOUGHTS ON SHITPOST DIPLOMACY

Tens of thousands of people, most of them women and children, have left the separatist areas in eastern Ukraine.

Democrats overwhelmingly approve of Trudeau’s crackdown on freedom protestors, freezing of bank accounts

Slow Boiling the Western Alliance Like a Frog

WHY FRANCE FAILED IN MALI

As US cases drop, Hawaii is lone remaining state sticking with indoor mask mandate.

President Biden will soon issue an Executive Order that will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine.