Just a couple of days ago, this account was anti-censorship https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567052

Wanted to let you know you're arguing with a Russian troll, the type you hear about in the news.

Tons of rightwingers on HN. The 'don't tread on me' people who are now in the 'the secret police should check everyone's papers' camp.

Montlake Terrace WA did https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mountlake-terrace-cancels-flo...

My hope is that https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/washington-court-rules... will make Flock get the fuck out of Washington state.

It's good that MLT did cancel them, but there's still a ton up that way. Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Marysville, just for a few examples.

> * over Ukraine

Only tankies use the expression 'the Ukraine'

https://time.com/12597/the-ukraine-or-ukraine/

> Google needs to fix this, it's really bad.

Do they really? It seems the incentives are aligned so that they continue making the big bucks regardless of 'petty grievances' such as these..

> The top people are all who kissed each others ass and looked out only for their cohort (e.g. people who were in same positions as them in early 2013). So teach your kids to kiss ass and play poltiics.

After more than 20 years in big tech, I agree, this is basically it. Your work can only get you so far. If it makes you feel any better, you can reframe politics as 'people systems' and work on optimizing the relationships in the system. Or whatever. But the gist of it is to find a powerful group and try to become a member of that group.

Russian troll operations mirror the narcissist prayer short of 'they deserve it' + whataboutism

- There are no such monuments in all of Russia

- If there are, they raised by some guy in some insignificant villages

- If there aren't in insignificant villages, they're in next to communist landmarks which makes it ok

- bUt wHaT AbOuT UkRaiNe reNaMinG CeNtRal aVeNuE In CapItal!??!??!?!??!??!??

Denial is not just a river in Egypt, товарищ. Soviet nostalgia has become central to Putinism and thanks to the non-stop brainwashing, in 2020 '75% of Russians agreed that the Soviet era was the "greatest time" in the history of Russia.'. This is used to justify the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian terrorist state.

Any random Eastern European sees right through your bullshit, protomolecule.

Yeah no shit. Remember when the Soviets operated nukes in Cuba? It's the same thing now, but we're pretending we're not at war with Russia.

The swan song of the new Russian empire.