Wikipedia entries that cover the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The age of social media is the age of total transparency. Studies have found that the more personal a tweet or Facebook post, the more a user bares his soul, the more Likes they will garner. And as social media users wish to be seen and Liked, they become accustomed to sharing all facets of private life. On Twitter, users publish their successes and failures, marriages and divorces, Bar Mitzvahs and miscarriages. A notable example is a university professor who became a viral sensation when sharing a CV of his failures. This professor was Liked and Re-Tweeted to stardom because of his willingness to embrace the norm of transparency.

Liveuamap, a tool journalists and relief organizations have used to follow the conflict in Ukraine, was the target of a DDoS attack earlier today that lasted approximately 18 hours, according to The New York Times. The website was founded in 2014 by Ukrainian journalists and software developers and mainly operates out of the Eastern European country. At 12:48PM ET, Liveuamap said its website was slowly coming back online with help from Cloudflare. The company’s mobile app was still experiencing some issues at the time.

This Twitter feed tracks flights of Russian oligarch’s jets as they take off and land all over the globe

Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder

 

The Russian Oligarch Jets Twitter account purports to show the comings and goings of jets and helicopters owned by Russian billionaires as they take off and land in London, Abu Dhabi, St. John’s, Dubai, and Munich. One wonders what kinds of cargo are being loaded onto the planes. — Read the rest