War with Russia

[Pblakeney]

FWIW, photography competitions disallow any AI manipulation, and yes, it can be detected.
At the moment.

 

[Pinno718]

Some big things happening in this conflict but hey ho, let's talk about an edited picture*.

*A metaphor for the menace in the skies over Moscow.

 

[Pinno718]

Moscow's oil refinery (for the pedants)

 

[Pinno718]

On a very serious note, NK has ramped up it's missile production and some production units have been moved underground.
We can only hope that the supply of missiles is entirely dependent on cash and that the cash generates will get destroyed. NK cannot supply missiles without funds to produce them

 

[Pinno718]

10% of Russia's oil production has been lost in the last 3 weeks.

https://glavnoe.in.ua/en/news-en/fi...of-russias-oil-refining-capacity-in-september

 

[Rusty Nails]

Meanwhile, for all the talk of public doubt over the war Russian elections overwhelmingly show support for Putin.

I know these are corrupt elections as any potential party that dissents from Putin's line on the war is barred from standing, but it still shows the real hold Putin has over the country.

 

[Milzy]

10% of Russia's oil production has been lost in the last 3 weeks.

https://glavnoe.in.ua/en/news-en/fi...of-russias-oil-refining-capacity-in-september

Why don’t they just destroy 10% more every 3 weeks then Putin will call a ceasefire?

 

[Pinno718]

Why don’t they just destroy 10% more every 3 weeks then Putin will have his head blown off by the FSB?

FTFY

 

[Pinno718]

...overwhelmingly show support for Putin.

I know these are corrupt elections...

Erm...

 

[Pinno718]

Meanwhile, for all the talk of public doubt over the war Russian elections overwhelmingly show support for Putin.

I know these are corrupt elections as any potential party that dissents from Putin's line on the war is barred from standing, but it still shows the real hold Putin has over the country.

Here's a picture from a video of a masked man with a gun who regularly goes into the polling booth to make sure you're voting the right way:

...and here is a man being arrested for not voting the right way:

 

[Pinno718]

Meanwhile, for all the talk of public doubt over the war Russian elections overwhelmingly show support for Putin.

I know these are corrupt elections as any potential party that dissents from Putin's line on the war is barred from standing, but it still shows the real hold Putin has over the country.

...and if you're still sure:

https://aroundprague.cz/en/news/rus...ven-ballots-with-united-russia-already-marked

 

[C R]

...and if you're still sure:

https://aroundprague.cz/en/news/rus...ven-ballots-with-united-russia-already-marked

Two things can be true
1. The Russian population are unhappy with Putin and the way the war is affecting them
2. The Russian population believe that Ukraine is part of Russia and Russia is defending normal Ukrainians from ethnic cleansing supported by NATO

 

[Psamathe]

Some big things happening in this conflict but hey ho, let's talk about an edited picture*.

*A metaphor for the menace in the skies over Moscow.

Actually a very important aspect. Certainly Russia but to some degree Ukraine as well are trying to spin a positive story about their achievements. And with image manipulation being so easy it becomes very easy for fake information to be created.

If we are to form accurate views we need real information not just blindly believe anything anybody puts out to support their story of the day.

 

[Pinno718]

And with image manipulation being so easy it becomes very easy for fake information to be created.

Are you serious? It was just a metaphor. How was the obvious creation of a Terradactyl 'fake information'?

 

[Psamathe]

Are you serious? It was just a metaphor. How was the obvious creation of a Terradactyl 'fake information'?

There was a discussion about Photoshop and fake images beyond one specific image.