Reposted by Steve LooknerAnkit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Reminder for folks who might be living through their first South Asian crisis: there’ll be a tremendous amount of disinfo, claims of targets being hit/not hit, and it’ll take a while to sort through what actually happened. In 2019, it took us about 3-4 days after the strikes to get a clear sense. 4382130
Reposted by Steve LooknerNetBlocks @netblocks.org · 28/03/2025ℹ️ Note: X (formerly Twitter) is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown 34720
Steve Lookner @lookner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024"Syrian Rebel Groups Launch Largest Offensive in Years...The success of the offensive thus far shows the vulnerability of the Syrian government and the growing prowess of the various opposition factions, experts say." t.co/wusjCQfoYPt.cohttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/world/middleeast/syria-opposition-forces-bases.html 12697
Steve Lookner @lookner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024"The Russian ruble dropped to its lowest level since the start of the Ukraine war...A weaker ruble boosts Russia's [export revenues]. But it is bad news for Moscow as it fights runaway inflation caused by the state’s turbocharged spending on the war in Ukraine." t.co/fneQDnSYFZ 5697
Reposted by Steve LooknerBluesky @bsky.app · 01/07/2023We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues. We’ll keep you updated when invite codes will resume functionality. We’re excited to welcome more users to our beta soon! 34353901191