:-) Well, now that you mention it, I was thinking of me. I haven't been on Facebook since January 2016 and I think my ability to concentrate is still clawing its way back :-)

In other news, Google Trends data from Russia, via The Economist
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/03/04/russians-are-trying-to-flee-putins-chaos

That's just sad, I have to feel sorry for the average Russian.

>>sorry

One of the headlines was something like "Putin has ruined two countries." Another article I read pointed out that Russian leaders have a history of taking horrific losses in order to achieve their objectives and unless Putin gets overthrown, he probably is insensitive to the suffering of Russian soldiers and civilians, let alone Ukrainians.

Senseless. And if his objective was to stop NATO expansion, actually invading was probably the dumbest move. I don't understand his thinking.

Is this like Trump with Stop the Steal where some bad actors close to power whisper things in his ear that is terrible advice for the country, but aligns perfectly with his ego? Or was there any strategic value to this at all?

Russian propaganda 'outgunned' by social media rebuttals | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-kyiv-technology-misinformation-5e884b85f8dbb54d16f5f10d105fe850

Top Facebook posts from a few weeks ago compared to this week when Russia couldn't access its foreign cash reserves

https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t7bh9x/top_facebook_posts_from_a_few_weeks_ago_compared/

Shields Up | CISA
https://www.cisa.gov/shields-up

>> Facebook posts

Was the image deleted? I gather from the comments that it showed that right-wing posts in the US declined significantly after Russia lost access to foreign reserves, indicating that these posts were from Russian state actors. Is that roughly correct?

It was still in my cache, so I was able to track down the source:

https://twitter.com/markhachman/status/1499617782299643907

That gave me a "Hmm...this page doesn't exist. Try searching for something else." message, but I went to Mark Hachman's feed and came up with this
https://twitter.com/markhachman/status/1500219551115448320/photo/1

Look at the comments

QuoteFor reasons I'll explain below, I'm deleting the tweet (snapshotted below) which has gone viral over the course of a day or so. This was a late-night, armchair observation that has been given enormous weight just by the virality of the post. (1/n)

Then he does
https://twitter.com/markhachman/status/1500219551115448320?s=20&t=nksVAlhitDTxxjvsnmzQIA

Today NPR had a thing about how a viral video of a girl standing up to the Russians was actually a video of a Palestinian girl standing up to the Israelis. A viral video of Russian paratroopers supposedly invading Ukraine was actually from 2015. There's a lot of junk out there.

This is older, but same idea
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1083255054/tiktok-sees-a-surge-of-misleading-videos-that-claim-to-show-the-invasion-of-ukra

The hacking collective Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine (v.redd.it)

TikTok Going Largely Dark in Russia Due to Russia's New 'Fake News' Law
https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-going-largely-dark-russia-due-nations-fake-news-law-1685318

Quote
#Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet

No later than March 11, all servers and domains must be transferred to the #Russian zone. In addition, detailed data on the network infrastructure of the sites is being collected.

https://mobile.twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1500553480548892679

Russians are flocking to VPNs as Putin closes off the Russian internet in a crackdown against dissent. Downloads for the top 10 VPNs in Russia increased by 4,375%, according to estimates from analysis site. (businessinsider.com.au)

Twitter launches privacy-protected site on dark web to bypass Russia's block. The Tor-friendly site follows moves by Facebook and BBC who also had their platforms restricted on state-owned media (theguardian.com)

Google Play Store users in Russia won't be able to buy apps, games in the coming days (9to5google.com)

Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo suspend sales in Russia over Ukraine war (cnbc.com)

EU tells Google to delist Russian state media websites from search | Search engines play a 'decisive role' in the dissemination of content, EU officials told Google. (engadget.com)

Anonymous hacks Russian federal agency, releases 360,000 documents. (jpost.com)

Anonymous hacked and leaked the Roskomnadzor database, which is responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring Russian media. More than 360,000 files have been released. (i.redd.it)

'It's the right thing to do': the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia  | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/15/volunteer-hackers-fight-russia

More terminals arrive in Ukraine as Starlink app becomes most downloaded app in Ukraine (driveteslacanada.ca)