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Media & Telecom Correspondent . Chronicling the flow of info and tech in Russia. Personal tech history project • lee-twee-NYEN-ko, he/him

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 23

    Any semblance of normalcy I might show here from now on is: — a mark of privilege of having food, shelter, and not living in an combat area — a way to cope with the tragedy which deeply impacts me, a Russian of a Ukrainian descent, and would hurt generations of peaceful people.

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  2. Retweeted
    34 minutes ago

    Instead of generalist opinion-havers reacting to the main news of the day, newspapers should publish more op-eds about niche topics on which the contributor is a world-recognized expert

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  3. 15 hours ago

    It’s sad it has come to this, but I feel better knowing someone can build upon my and ’s work no matter our level of control.

    Due to Shutterstock and Depositphotos halting payments to Russian creators, we are removing 30pin’s entire photo catalog off stock sites—and relicensing them under Creative Commons Attribution in a goodbye move. Feel free to use them in your projects!
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  4. 20 hours ago

    All that’s left is “thanks god I did a thing before the crisis” (left the breaking news desk; bought new clothes; got USD, etc.)

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  5. 20 hours ago

    Let me stress: I am in no way equaling my challenges with the hell which people in Ukraine are going through. But the conflict have still screwed up with my mind, with no path to improvement in a foreseeable future

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  6. 20 hours ago

    But despite being in relative safety, I can’t stop acting like I’m in crisis mode: restocking long shelf life food, downloading offline copies of vital data, thinking solemnly about the state of affairs and sleeping when I’m too tired of the latter.

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  7. 20 hours ago

    I appreciate that so many new people have followed me in the wake of news in Ukraine. I would have loved to tweet about anything but the news. It’s a national holiday in Russia, and I thought I might at least partially remember things I liked, like vintage computing.

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  8. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    “This won’t hurt Putin at all,” said Farida Rustamova, a Russian journalist who has worked for outlets that are now blocked inside Russia, Meduza and TV Rain. “He’s been dreaming about us leaving him alone — and now we’ll be abroad without any money.”

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  9. Retweeted
    Mar 7

    Hey... You don't have to *look* at photos of dead or dying people to "witness" a conflict if you can't handle it right now. You can read, and understand what's going on, and work up to the much more psychologically difficult work of viewing pictures until whenever you can...

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 7

    Visa and Mastercard suspended service in Russia because of the war in Ukraine. The first people to feel the impact were Russians fleeing their country because they opposed the war in Ukraine.

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  11. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    Across Ukraine, I have been meeting people w close relatives in Russia who refuse to believe the extent of the violence their state is perpetrating. Cities suffer missile attacks, mothers fear for sons, but fathers, sisters, brothers respond w denial. 🧵

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  12. Mar 6

    Netflix is halting its service in Russia. Earlier today, Spotify warned it can't sell Premium plans in Russia anymore due to Visa and Mastercard withdrawing. Note that these two streaming giants have only launched their full localized versions in 2020.

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  13. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    Sometimes the Russian law doesn’t allow us to call things by simple names — if you interpret them freely, there’s a risk of being punished, while we have to protect our collaborators. Yet we are willing to allow using our typefaces in helpful projects. Contact us: info@type.today

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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    Witnessing it first hand in my own family and it’s terrifying. It’s not that people are simply lacking access to factual info; they outright refuse to acknowledge its existence, even if it’s about a place they know like their own home and people who are in fact related to them.

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    Police officers in Moscow today are stopping people, demanding to see their phones, READING THEIR MESSAGES, and refusing to release them if they refuse. This from Kommersant journalist Ana Vasilyeva.

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  16. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    To my English speaking readers, kindly translated my recent report about what Russian elite think of Putin's so called "special military operation". Feeling incredibly grateful. Subscribe please!

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  17. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    Russia’s Mediazona news site blocked for coverage of the Ukraine war. That leaves Novaya Gazeta as the only non-blocked independent media in Russia … and they’re not covering the military campaign for fear of a block.

    «Медиазону» заблокировали за освещение войны. Заявление редакции — и наши планы
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  18. Mar 5

    I could have thought of something. I could transfer the entire site to Russia, set up a proper payment system, etc., but that would take a lot of vital energy and a considerable amount of money—and I’m short of both. I’m letting my passion project die.

    We can’t pay for 30pin’s upkeep—as in, there’s no feasible way to do so from within Russia—and have to let it lapse. Please read the statement:
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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    We can’t pay for 30pin’s upkeep—as in, there’s no feasible way to do so from within Russia—and have to let it lapse. Please read the statement:

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  20. Mar 5

    That's it: no Russian, unless they happen to have a foreign bank account, can't pay for any goods and services on overseas sites, on top of problems which Russians are already experiencing with Apple Pay etc. domestically.

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  21. Mar 5

    Mastercard is leaving Russia in a similar fashion.

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