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So when you hear next time "no evidence for missile fragments from Buk rocket", this is 100% false - there have been hundreds of metal pieces found in the fuselage, plane cockpit, seats, books inside cockpit and pilots' bodies. There have been ~370 missile fragments recovered and the court went through them one by one, comparing them with different missile versions. There also have been pieces of the rocket and avionics recovered.

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* Zaroschenskoe - Russia replied it did not officially collect any witness statement from the Ukrainian officer who claimed on Russian TV he saw "Buk" there

Russian MoD also published some satellite photos of "Buk" at Zaroschenskoe - and here's the best part...

Russia replied it cannot provide the originals of the photos because they were destroyed as cloudy and low-quality.

The digital photos MoD published were however significantly modified, with different elements copy-pasted.

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In a surprising turn of events, Peskov says Minsk should clarify Protasevich claim that Nexta was funded by a Russian (!) oligarch Mazepin.

Lukashenka is frequently playing both sides - and just as EU was always pissed off with him flirting with Russia, the latter was always just as pissed off for him flirting with EU.

And Russian oligarchs buying out all the national industry is a frequent scare in political circles in Belarus.

There are now 31 billion-dollar fintechs in Europe — with ten new 'unicorns' materialising so far in 2021.

Welcome to centralized Internet 🤷 A number of high profile websites are down right now, apparently due to a failure at Fastly (?)

Inny pomysł na demokrację - Więź

Prezentację dokumentu z wypowiedzią Jakuba Wygnańskiego można obejrzeć pod tym adresem: Projekt Oczyszczalnia: Inny pomysł na demokrację. Więcej informacji

wiez.pl/2021/06/01/inny-pomysl

Sadly, nobody asked why Google still keeps these videos in spite of clearly violating their own terms of service...

"Someone is paying YouTube tens of thousands of euros to attack the critics of the Belarusian regime, advertise a pro-government Telegram channel, show that everything is in order in and that the president is a trustworthy person."

euvsdisinfo.eu/the-dirty-side-

"much as the sun’s nuclear fusion reactions provide energy to the surface world, a different kind of nuclear process — radioactive decay — can sustain life deep below the surface"

quantamagazine.org/radioactivi

The distinguishing feature of British landscape, barbed wire is loved by everyone. The freedom-loving nation laboriously plants thousands of kilometers of barbed wire literally on every patch of the land, enjoying beautiful Gulag-like landscapes at all seasons.

May is the traditional satellite dish breeding season in Berkshire. As seen on the photo, the young ones are out of their underground dens, cautiously investigate the surrounding environment

The report of the German "ethics commission", which, in 2011, recommended a quick nuclear phase-out, did not conform to proper academic standards. 🇩🇪

Hat die Ethikkommission zum Atomausstieg Grundregeln der wissenschaftlichen Unabhängigkeit verletzt? Das zumindest behauptet der renommierte Stuttgarter Professor André Thess in einem offenen Brief an seine Kollegen, die der Bundesregierung damals die Zustimmung erteilt haben.

welt.de/wirtschaft/article2314

Each year I'm humbled by the view of this rocky, yellowish Berkshire soil sprouting with fresh cereals. Respect to the farmers ✊

Just published Google lawsuit evidence indicates that like always retained users' location data, even if disabled in user interface, to the extent that its own employees flashed LineageOS on their phones to avoid tracking. Full thread on twitter.com/jason_kint/status/

The infamous "terrorist email" that Belarus authorities said caused redirection of the plane was sent 24 minutes *after* the plane was redirected

in Russian

dossier.center/bel-hamas/

in English

newlinesmag.com/reportage/luka

Just got my 3 with /e/ ROM, finished data migration and really like it

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