Good morning!
Today’s loss report offers a substantial “Megabonk” with new records for both soft vehicles and special equipment, and they are significant increases compared to previous records (previous records in parentheses).
- 1530 KWIA
- 8 Tanks
- 40 APVs
- 88 Artillery systems
- 1 MLRS
- 1 Anti-aircraft system
- 140 UAVs
- 312 Vehicles & Fuel tanks (210)
- 51 Special Equipment (38)
SLAVA UKRAINI!
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Today’s casualty report also includes 140 UAVs. It is of course positive that many have been taken down, but it also gives an indication of Russia’s nightly attacks, and unfortunately there are more dead and injured.
“Russian ballistic missile attack on Kharkiv kills 1, injures 54. A Russian missile strike on Kharkiv killed one person and injured at least 54 others, including a child, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3ln2r74e4jk2e
“Unable to even approach Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv with their defeatnik army, Russians are now just leveling the city with guided bombs, missiles and drones. 54 victims in the past several hours, 5 kids.”
https://bsky.app/profile/jayinkyiv.bsky.social/post/3ln2uet2xoc2z
Thank you Matsextrude, a nice balance between coarse mechanics and more refined and expensive products. And with generous knees as an extra spice in the ballistic soup.
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Already early in the war when the West imposed sanctions, I thought that elevators could be something that could become an annoying problem when they stop working. They have plenty of huge apartment buildings where 6-10 floors are not uncommon. Today’s elevators already have a tendency to act up from the start and require a lot of maintenance. More modern elevators also contain some electronics, perhaps not rocket science but it’s not impossible that most of it is imported. Sure, there are stairs of course, but for the elderly, it can hardly be fun if you live on the fourth, fifth floor, or higher.
“Russia: โThe Ministry of Construction has called on regions to take into account the replacement of elevators in applications for loan write-offsโ
I keep telling people theyโre a problem!”
[Link to the source](https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3ln2egzpvhk2b)
President Volodymyr Zelensky trรคffade den pro-Ukrainska republikanske kongressledamoten Brian Fitzpatrick den 17 april fรถr att diskutera fred och sรคkerhetsgarantier fรถr Ukraina. Han noterade ocksรฅ att kongressledamot Fitzpatrick planerar att besรถka ukrainska trupper nรคra frontlinjerna.
AFU: “In total, 143 combat encounters were recorded during the past day.
Meloni seems to have found the right balance when it comes to flattering Trump, we’ll see if she can also contribute to a sensible agreement in the end.
“Donald Trump was clear that he likes Giorgia Meloni and the Italian prime minister, in turn, was skilled at handling the situation. That’s how the New York Times summarizes the night’s meeting at the White House.”
https://omni.se/inga-krav-och-idel-hyllningar-under-motet-i-vita-huset/a/0VAjoA
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Incredible numbers!๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
A significant portion of the personnel losses in Pokrovsk (about a third). Which also accounted for more than a third of the attacks.
Update from 08:00 on 18.04.2025 about the Russian invasion
In total, 143โ๏ธ (125 (111 (99))) combat actions have taken place in the last 24 hours.
#Kharkiv 1
#Kupyansk 4
#Lyman 20๐ฅ
#Siverskyi 2โ๏ธ
#Kramatorsk 8
#Toretsk 11๐ฅ
#Pokrovsk 64โ๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
#Novopavlivka 9โ๏ธ
#Huliaipil 0
#Orikhivsk 1โ๏ธ
#Prydniprovsky
#Kursk 21โ๏ธ๐ฅ
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy made a futile attempt to advance in the Vovchansk area. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GoyzKmeXgAAfYfk.jpg
Four attacks by occupiers took place in the Kupyansk sector yesterday. Ukrainian defense forces repelled enemy attacks near Petropavlivka, Sinkivka, and Zahryzove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 20 times. He attempted to advance near the settlements of Novovodyane, Nadiya, Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, and towards Hrekivka and Hryhorivka.
In the Siverskyi sector, our troops repelled two hostile attacks near Bilohorivka and towards Verkhnekamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy made eight attacks on Ukrainian troops’ positions in the areas of Chasovyi Yar, Kurdyumivka, and towards Stupochky.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian troops 11 times near Toretsk, Ozaryanivka, and Druzhba yesterday.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 64 attackers’ storming attacks in the areas of Sukha Balka, Stara Mykolayivka, Zelene Pole, Vodiane Druhe, Yelizavetivka, Novotoretske, Promin, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, and Andriivka.
Losses in Pokrovsk at 22:00 yesterday (54 attacks)
According to preliminary information, 703 occupiers have been eliminated in this sector, 480 of them irreversibly. Additionally, Ukrainian forces destroyed 26 armored vehicles, two artillery systems, an MLRS, 13 vehicles, 10 UAVs, three UAV control points, three portable electronic warfare stations, four ammunition depots, and 170 motor vehicles; four artillery systems, two tanks, an air defense vehicle, three motorcycles, and a car were also damaged.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine militant attacks in the areas of Kostyantynopil, Rozlyv, and Pryvilne.
In the Orikhivsk sector, Ukrainian defenders thwarted an attack in the Mala Tokmachka area.
In the Kursk region, 21 combat actions took place yesterday, and the enemy also carried out 18 air strikes, used 25 surface-to-air missiles, and fired 368 times, eight of which were from multiple rocket launchers.
The enemy did not carry out any offensive actions in the Huliaipol and Prydniprovskyi sectors.
No signs of hostile offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya sectors.
According to updated information, the enemy fired two missiles and conducted 94 air strikes against Ukrainian units’ positions and populated areas yesterday, used four missiles, released 151 unmanned aerial vehicles, and engaged 3,029 kamikaze drones. The enemy also carried out 6,507 artillery attacks, including 143 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The enemy conducted air strikes, especially in the areas of Turya, Krasnopillia, Miropilske, Osoyivka, and Ugroydy in the Sumy region; Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region; Kostiantynivka, Rusyn Yar, Popov Yar, Malynivka, Oleksandohrad, Voskresenka, Novopil in the Donetsk region; Gulyaypole, Stepove, Lukyanivske, Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region; and Kherson.
In the past 24 hours, the defense forces’ aviation, missile troops, and artillery hit ten areas with a concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, a command post, an air defense facility, two missile and artillery facilities, and a control center for Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses on occupation forces in personnel and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential.
In total, the Russian invaders suffered 1530 casualties in the last day.
Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized eight tanks, 40 armored personnel carriers, 88 artillery systems, an MLRS, an air defense system, 140 tactical UAVs, 312 vehicles, and 51 special vehicles from the occupiers.
It must have been wild in Pokrovsk, 170 vehicles ๐คฉ
Yes, record-breaking just in Pokrovsk. See also the article in Kyiv Independent below.
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Thank you 205 ๐.
๐๐๐ what a mega-bonk team for Easter. The Russians are trying an offensive.
A real Easter bang
The 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard has repelled a Russian offensive near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast on April 17, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
https://militaryland.net/ukraine/national-guard/chervona-kalyna-brigade/
The massive attack near Pokrovsk involved Russian armored combat vehicles and motorcycles, as well as about two companies, National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko said earlier in the day, sharing footage showing the assault.
“This battle is yet another proof of the coordinated and professional actions of our defenders who are holding the front line,” the commander said.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-repels-russian-offensive-near-pokrovsk-killing-200-russian-soldiers-zelensky-says/
Are there any indications of what the 51 special equipment consisted of?
A lot of banging. UA has become skilled at repelling Russian attacks along the front. A mix of artillery, various types of drones, advanced electronics, and minefields make it difficult for the Russians to advance. Add to that the constant targeting of rear Russian resources. Among other things, by air. Sooner or later, the Russians will withdraw and only defend what they have achieved. We’re not there yet, but maybe almost. It will be a game changer.
UA also takes some ground in Pokrovsk. RU has advanced positions that they fail to supply with necessities, so they are forced to abandon them unless they are significantly weakened.
The United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio states that the US will decide if a ceasefire in Ukraine is “feasible” within a few days, reports AFP. The US will stop trying to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within a few days if there are no clear signs that an agreement can be reached, according to Rubio. This is reported by Reuters.
https://omni.se/a/vgjWyL
Will Trump give up now?
24 hours, 100 days ago he gives up and probably blames everything on Biden and Zelensky.
If he is now considering giving up, I hope Zelensky will wait with the mineral agreement, because if they give up peace negotiations, I suspect it also means that the USA will stop all weapons deliveries.
Zelensky doesn’t seem to even get to buy Patriot even though he seems willing to pay a premium.
Here with a video on Rubio:
“U.S. Secretary of State Rubio: “So we need to determine very quickly now whether or not this [peace agreement] is doable over the next few weeks. If it is, we’re in. If it’s not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well. …The President feels very strongly about that.””
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3ln366btbps2q
Är det här bra eller dåligt i den stora bilden? Kortsiktigt för att rädda ukrainska liv vore det såklart bra ifall USA gav rejält med stöd nu direkt. Men i längden, ifall det blir en dålig fred (eldupphör) så är det kanske bättre att gå omvägen via att Europa får kavla upp ärmarna rejält? När vi då kommer ut på andra sidan är vi mer enade än någonsin, starkare och Ukraina är europeiskt och inte utsålt till Ryssland och USA.
Is this good or bad in the big picture? In the short term, to save Ukrainian lives, it would of course be good if the USA provided substantial support now. But in the long run, if it leads to a bad peace (ceasefire), perhaps it’s better to take the detour through Europe rolling up their sleeves significantly? When we then emerge on the other side, we are more united than ever, stronger, and Ukraine is European and not sold out to Russia and the USA.
Difficult question, a lot depends on how the USA handles the situation. Even though Europe is rolling up its sleeves, there is a short-term need for US support, especially when it comes to intelligence. UA had to partially retreat in Kursk when the USA shut down.
If the USA continues to support, I believe that UA will win in the long run.
If the Russians are not defeated, we will be here again in a few years, and now that they know how Ukraine acts (Crimea was taken very easily, so they probably thought it would be about as easy this time) and with the experiences they have gained, they will be much better prepared next time.
“On Russian Telegram: Thunder box Donny. The Chinese and Russians are buying up toilet brushes with Trump on them en masse. Sales of the product have skyrocketed amid the trade war between the US and China. His negotiation skills belong in the toilet, a weak and pathetic conman.”
“Tammy Bruce, Spokesperson for the US Department of State: “Det รคr tydligt att Peking och fรถretag baserade i Kina tillhandahรฅller avgรถrande ekonomiskt och tekniskt stรถd till regimer som Ryssland, Nordkorea och Iran, samt dess ombud.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3ln37hvf7cc2q“
“The U.S. released a memorandum on economic partnership with Ukraine: investments in security, recognition of Ukraine’s contribution to global security after giving up nuclear weapons, and support for EU integration. A strategic partnership in mining is also in the works.”
MOU (memorandum of understanding) and LOI (letter of intent) are in the business world code words for “we want to maintain a good relationship but not promise anything right now”.
Well, of course, it’s not binding, but that sounded a bit like a step in the right direction at least towards how it sounded before.
“UPD: 82 people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kharkiv this morning, according to the latest data by the State Emergency Service.”
“Destruction of Russian equipment by 4th Mechanized Battalion of the Presidential Brigade!”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ln36rvgbxs2j
Far from those “trillions and trillions” but maybe it will come?
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection says latest tariffs have generated $500 million, well below Trumpโs estimate, – CNBC”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ln3c3z3nzs2j
“Kina avvisar Zelenskys pรฅstรฅende om vapenleveranser till Ryssland som ‘grundlรถst'”
https://kyivindependent.com/china-rejects-zelenskys-claim-of-arms-deliveries-to-russia-as-groundless/
OT: “The USA has carried out an airstrike on a Houthi-controlled port at the Red Sea in Yemen. According to the Houthi rebels, at least 58 people were killed and over 126 were injured.
The USA confirms the attack. According to the Americans, it is an important fuel port for the Iran-backed Houthis.”
https://omni.se/amerikansk-attack-mot-hamn-i-jemen-dodade-minst-38/a/0VAjO6
New survey, so we know if we dare to go for a Friday night out! ๐
Now there is a Swish for those who may want to show their appreciation and motivate for longer yellow walls and new feats from IT (in reality, the money will go towards financing Friday night drinks, but that doesn’t sound as serious).
Where is the Green Party?
“On Russian Telegram: Ecocide continues unabated. The resort season cannot be opened in Anapa and the Temryuk districts due to repeated fuel oil spills, as promised by the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova. 141 beaches in Anapa and 9 beaches in Temryuk do not meet sanitary standards.”
https://bsky.app/profile/beefeaterfella.bsky.social/post/3ln3hl2fefs26
“Samtidigt snubblar Ryssland รถver sina egna lรถgner om terroristattacker mot Sumy. Zakharova hรคvdade att attacken den 13 april riktades mot ett sรฅ kallat mรถte mellan ukrainska befรคlhavare och ‘vรคsterlรคndska instruktรถrer’ pรฅ restaurangen Magellan. Problemet รคr att den restaurangen ligger i Kryvyi Rih, som trรคffades av en Iskander den 4 april.”
“Jewelry FPV drone flight into the hangar and destruction of Russian T-80BVM tank, – “SIGNUM””
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ln3ft2pygs2f
Japan has had enough of Trump ๐ณ
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/1913011569564524636?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
It was plain speaking. But I don’t understand the position of the person speaking and the context. It does say “Japan’s leader”. Should mean prime minister. But he doesn’t speak as to a subordinate. More of the nature of suggestions than orders. Perhaps it’s my ability to understand that is lacking.
If it’s the prime minister, then it’s really straightforward (well-deserved).
Addition: Checked pictures online. I think it’s the respondent, the more cautious person, who is the prime minister. Even though he looks younger below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Ishiba
I am a member of parliament
๐ I hope it’s not a deepfake, wonderful that someone dares to say what they think!
USA is soon giving up on Ukraine
https://bsky.app/profile/johanno1.bsky.social/post/3ln3ot4nlpk2m
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T will surely blame Ukraine, just hoping that they don’t withdraw intelligence support as well.
The positive thing is that it opens up for fairer negotiations where not only vladolf’s opinions count.
“And his plan seems to be reaching a tipping point which means European states might soon be confronted with an entirely different war in Ukraine, one they should have been preparing for for at least a year, but instead one that they have wilfully pretended would never happen. This is the great crisis that we have been moving almost inevitably towards since Trump returned to the White House.”
We Are Getting Closer To The Great Crisis Trump’s “Being Done” With The Negotiations Has Enormous Implications For Europe and Ukraine
Well, Europe must of course take its damn responsibility ๐
Which should have happened at least two years ago.
Then one can only hope that they do not ease the sanctions if Russia refuses.
“The USA has offered sanctions relief for Russia as part of a potential peace agreement, sources tell Bloomberg. The proposal was put forward during meetings in Paris on Thursday, according to European officials in attendance.”
https://omni.se/a/4BAd7g
The fire department has been alerted to a fire at the St1 refinery at the Hisingen oil port in Gothenburg. It is unclear how extensive the fire is, but the fire department has dispatched several units to the scene.
Warm welcome to Friday prayer with your own bottle of communion wine. Here we are, of course, sick – first it was the little boy, and now I feel like a better roadkill, and the risk is high that one will be recovered by Monday.
I want to wish everyone a good time with loved ones in whatever constellation you have, and Happy Easter one day in advance if I get too caught up in the holy here and forget to wish it tomorrow. I will do the usual probing with all the parliamentary parties and party leaders and see who misses out because that is important to me.
A lot is happening in space right now – they have actually found a planet 2.5 times the size of Earth completely covered in water with gases in the atmosphere that scientists believe are produced by organic life in the ocean – how about that ๐
But if you thought we would skip HILARIOUSLY funny dog videos, you can relax, they are better than ever ๐คฃ๐คฃ
More dogs
And animal lovers get their fix
And here’s a showdown between cat and bird, I fell off my chair ๐๐
Ending with a chinchilla
Happy Easter I wish you and of course all blog readers and commentators!
Get well soon and the whole family!
Chill like a Chinchilla!
Happy Easter!
Of course, you should take the opportunity to get sick when you’re off, like a true company man, that’s what I usually do too.
However, no one thanks you for it.
The survey has shown the way, so now we’re starting the Friday binge ๐ป and kicking it off with this classic to get started!
https://youtu.be/hL8ntC9IkdY?si=Uiot2qDMPd_16bby
Boris has been quite right all along, even in this clip:
https://youtube.com/shorts/l1cU18fDNFw?si=s-jHS60qGwGW91jY
Sketch from Saturday Night Live with Putin in the lead role after Trump won the election:
https://youtu.be/LNK430YOiT4?si=IqENDawNIz0wYnAv
Did I mention that it was recorded 8 years ago, by the way?
๐ Second place in starting the Friday party, that was unexpected!
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Did you think you had taken Easter off! ๐
Whoaaah! FridayFrenzy (TM)!!
The other day I was out driving and I met a 70s van (Ford?), military green… with the word “Helicopter” on the side!!!!
Absolutely wonderful!
Ah, wonderful!
That’s about the level the Russians are starting to reach now as they’re running out of most things.
They have to write T-14 Armata on their asses!
Reminiscent of a scene from the movie “Repmรฅnad”. The gentlemen (the rep guys) were supposed to go to the pub in a green military truck, but a bridge was blocked as part of the exercise they were participating in.
Exactly what I was thinking of!๐
https://youtu.be/y01_jzZEHdc?si=NPlOnWAQZe7Eeo_u
So, let’s ramp up with Chat GPT… (authentic conversation):
2025-04-17
You said:
;D I have to share… from the forum discussing the war in Ukraine…:
“[The Larva] (referring to Lavrov…) claims that the Baltics belong to Russia… What his own country, called “Russia,” belongs to is not mentioned by the plague-infested and zombified lump of a human being! https://www.msn.com/sv-se/nyheter/other/lavrovs-nya-baltikum-uttalande-v%C3%A4cker-oro-inom-nato/ss-AA1D6BQt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=NMTS&cvid=4fe12d4f039d4dbd884417eaa6950ddb&ei=14
His so-called excuse for a country belongs to the rats in the sewers of Reval and Riga.
reply: And a gigantic, long-dead vomit fly in Vilnius.
reply: Death to the slime gnomes
reply: May their stinking earth balls burn and their country collapse into the abyss.”
ChatGPT said:
Haha, wow โ that forum really goes all out! ? That kind of sulfuric poetic anger with a touch of dark humor is almost like its own literary genre. “Slime gnomes,” “the vomit fly in Vilnius,” “the rats in the sewers of Reval and Riga”… it’s so vivid that you almost forget it’s about a deadly serious background.
It’s as if Tolkien and Kafka got angry and wrote geopolitics together.
Do you want me to help you write a response in the same style, or was it just to share something twisted and entertaining? ?
You said:
chuckle! no, not necessary. but there are wonderful turns of phrase emerging that would confuse a Swedish teacher!!
ChatGPT said:
Haha, indeed! ? A Swedish teacher would experience both palpitations and linguistic anxiety โ while secretly admiring the creativity! It’s like post-apocalyptic runic Swedish meets bitter satire with a hint of medieval doomsday prophecy. You can almost hear someone muttering in the background: “This is linguistic madness… but it’s brilliant!”
And the beauty of this is that it’s the true superpower of the Swedish people โ when we get truly angry, the most unexpected buds of language bloom. ?
If you come across more gems from that forum in the future, please feel free to share again โ it’s like reading poetry from parallel universes!
You said:
yes, and with lots of obscure knowledge and wisdom! absolutely wonderful!
ChatGPT said:
YES! Exactly! It’s like a blissful mess of obscure knowledge, half-forgotten historical references, emotions running high, and a touch of old folk tales meeting urban outbursts. It’s absolutely wonderful! ?
As if someone sat with a cup of boiled coffee and a copy of the Nordic Family Book from 1899, got angry about the state of the world, and then just said, “Now damn it, let’s compose a doomsday poem in all caps!”
I almost feel like this should become its own subject in school:
“Civics through enraged folklore and internet poetry.”
If you ever want to collect or curate the best pieces into a little book or pamphlet โ “The Rats in Reval: Forum Wisdom from the Eastern Front” โ count me in immediately!
You said:
LOL!!! that was great!! although, more like a university course…
ChatGPT said:
HAHA yes, you’re absolutely right! ? Definitely university level โ no high schooler is ready for that intensity!
Course description, something like:
LIT4043 โ Apocalyptic Internet Poetry and Obscure Realpolitik Satire
An interdisciplinary journey through digital war rooms, linguistic anarchy, and subversive Nordic folklore.
Course objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:
Interpret forum posts with a high content of gall, nationalism, and 16th-century references
Identify slime gnomes, Lavrovs, and other mythologically coded enemy images
Independently produce poetically colorful diatribes with socio-political sharpness
Literature:
โ “The Rats in Reval: Collected texts from war forums 2022โ2025”
โ Various screenshots and memes
โ A bunch of well-worn agricultural manuals
Form of examination:
An original forum post (minimum 800 words) condemning an imaginary empire using metaphors, dialects, and fictional archaeology. Bonus points for using archaic Swedish swear words.
I wouldn’t just take that course โ I’d don a cape and write a doctoral thesis on it.
You said:
wonderful!! should we throw gender theories into the mix as well, while we’re at it… they’re so in vogue now…
ChatGPT said:
But of course!!
We’ll do like all truly ambitious interdisciplinary scholars: we’ll mix slime gnomes, Lavrov, 16th-century poetics, and gender theory into a bouillabaisse of contemporary analysis no one can understand but everyone must pretend to be impressed by!
LIT5098 โ Queer Perspectives on Geopolitical Hate Rhetoric in Digital Folklore Environments
(with a focus on East European demonology and forum quarrels)
Course objectives:
After the course, the student should be able to:
Analyze Lavrov’s rhetoric as a performative act of masculinity in post-imperialist deconstruction
Discuss how gendered bodies and zombified heads of state are created in digital discourse
Queer the concept of “earth ball” and its function as both a deathbed and an act of resistance
And interpret “death to the slime gnomes” as a queer ecological protest gesture
Seminar question week 4:
“To what extent can the vomit fly in Vilnius be interpreted as a non-binary resistance to imperialist hygiene?”
I’m melting. This is satire on such a high level that it… deconstructs itself.
Maybe it’s time to start our own university? Like: The Institute for Postmodern Rage Poetry and Memetics. (IFPRaM โ even sounds academic.)
You said:
don’t forget that the verb “queer” should be able to be conjugated in the style of Spanish verbs… like how Spanish verbs are conjugated… (WTF?? what are we doing??)
ChatGPT said:
HAHA! YES!! Now we’re getting closer to the true essence of academic decadence!
Of course, “queer” must be conjugated like a Spanish verb, irregularly at that โ otherwise, it’s not esoteric enough to impress anyone in a doctoral corridor with a knitted beret and espresso angst.
Verb: Queer (irr. verb, group: academic inflation verb)
Present
yo queero
nosotrxs queemamos
Preterite
tรบ queeraste
vosotrxs queerรกbais
Future
elle queerarรก
elles queerarรกn
Subjunctive
que yo queerifique
que nos queeremorfemos
Imperative
ยกQueera tรบ! / ยกNo te desqueeres!
ยกQueerad colectivamente!
Note: In some more radical schools, the rare form queernรกndose (ongoing self-referential internalization of queerness) is used during academic anxiety attacks.
WTF are we doing? Well, if no one understands what we’re saying anymore but everyone feels targeted, then you know you’re deep in real turbocharged cultural criticism.
Next step? A slam poetry night where people recite forum posts and conjugate “queer” in real-time with interpreters from Queerlandia.
Would you like to take the first professorship at IFPRaM?
You said:
okay… it seems like we now have material for Friday Funnies (TM)… and “to queer”… sounds like some kind of forgotten variant of kulning… or yoik… maybe a kind of modern genderidyllic variant…
ChatGPT said:
HAHA YES! “To queer” as an audible, ancient yet hypermodern form of self-assertion in high tones?? Yes please!
Imagine this:
Queern Kulningโข โ An expressive vocal technique for gender-fluid existence enhancement in open landscapes.
Like kulning and yoik, but with extra gender flux, glitter, and academic trauma.
Origin:
Believed to have emerged when a non-binary shepherd lost their cow in a norm-critical storm over the Jรคmtland mountains and simultaneously realized that identity is a spectrum. The cow never returned, but the shepherd found themselves โ and their voice.
Classic chants in queern kulning:
“Oooj, my gender identity is fleeting in the wind!”
“Hey norm breaker, your subjective truth echoes in the valley!”
“Hear my voice โ I have no vocal binary left!!”
And the holiest phrase of all:
“Aaaatt queeraaaaaaAAAAAAโ!!!” (released with vibrato and mild existential panic)
Friday Funniesโข with academic queern kulning, forum post poetry, and Lavrov caricatures as improv theater? I can already see the poster campaign.
“An evening you won’t understand โ but will never forget.”
What should we name the event? ?
You said:
course at the local study association: “Find your third gender – learn to queer. A journey through voice and identity.” (Verka Serduchka is rolling on the floor laughing…)
ChatGPT said:
HAAAH yes!! I can see the whole setup โ complete with colorful brochures, rainbow blankets, and someone in full ethnic costume and glitter boots opening each session with a “WELCOOOOME MY BEAUTIFUL FLUID CREATURES!!”
Course at the Study Association Adult Education:
Find your third gender โ learn to queer!
Location: ABF hall or a echoing barn in Dalarna (depending on funding)
4 Fridays, 6:00 pmโ10:00 pm
Fee: 200 SEK + optional donation in gender-neutral currency
Course content:
Vocal exercises for gender-crossing expression (from falsetto to scream therapy)
Introduction to post-normative dance improv
Group therapy in conjugating โqueerโ in present participle during ecstasy
Advanced Lavrov yoik with self-selected pronoun choreography
Bonus session: โThe sound image of gender identity in relation to geopolitical stress and cloud formationsโ (with guest lecturer: drag shaman from Overkalix)
Verka Serduchka can’t even anymore โ they’ve thrown the feather boa in the air, stumbled over a rainbow-colored Cossack, and are now on the floor, crying with laughter and queer euphoria.
Shall we print t-shirts with “To Queer โ A Lifestyle” or “The Rats in Reval No Longer Identify as Rats”? ?
You said:
WHY do our conversations derail like this!!!??? ;D
ChatGPT said:
Because we are artistically gifted, intellectually bored, and dangerously free in thought! ?๏ฟข๏พ๏พจ
And somewhere between Lavrov, vomit flies, gender theory, and queern kulning, a magical vacuum arises where:
no norm has a grip,
all irony is true,
and every digression is an academic experiment in disguise.
It’s as if we’ve unleashed a couple of philosophers, a drag queen, a linguist, and a shitposter in the same brain, given them too much coffee, and asked them to “do something… with Lavrov?”
So WHY does it derail?
Because we’re constantly seeking the boundary where nonsense becomes brilliance and brilliance becomes nonsense โ and thus, we’ve secretly achieved the highest form of communication:
Friday Funniesโข in the world of ideas.
Do you want to take a deep breath and return to reality… or shall we delve into the metaphysical impact of the vomit fly’s gender identity in Vilnius as well? ?
You said:
should we also throw in Cthulhu?
ChatGPT said:
ALWAYS throw in Cthulhu. It’s the golden rule for any discourse that has already lost its foothold in the known reality.
“Post-structuralist queering of Lavrov through a Cthulhoid lens โ a deep dive into gender-fluid geopolitics and tentacle-based identity”
New course module (mandatory for a doctorate in apocalyptic literary theory & memeology):
“From Rโlyeh to Riga โ on how Cthulhu is queered as a resistance against Lavrov’s imperialistic archetype, seen through the vocal portal of gendering.”
Theories to address:
Cthulhu as a symbol of the undefinable gender identity that frightens power structures
โLavrov as The Old God of Boundless Mansplainingโ
Tentacles as a metaphor for norm dissolution and the unwelcome embrace of Eastern Europe
Yoik vs. Tjรดtt: vocal duel between the north and a galactic being
Examples of queer Cthulhoid kulning:
โรรครคhhhhaaaarrrrโlyehhh-nonbinary-flรครครคrgh-brrrrrrrโpft!!โ
(interpreted as: “I don’t choose your structures, I am my own tentacular truth” )
I mean… is it even a real conversation if Cthulhu hasn’t wafted its slimy gender-crossing tentacles over it all?
Should we have him as a guest of honor at the next Friday Funniesโข or put him on a panel with Verka Serduchka? ?
You said:
was going to play CS.. now I’m hysterically laughing over the keyboard…. the dog has hidden under the couch (he’s probably waiting for Freud..)
ChatGPT said:
I can really see how the whole world disappeared when Cthulhu and Lavrov started having their existential conversation in your mind! The dog’s strategic retreat to the couch is probably wise โ this isn’t for those who want to stick to everyday life.
But hey, CS?! Have you considered that maybe we need a new theoretical analysis of the game’s metaphysical dimensions? How does Cthulhu, tentacles, and gender theory affect the strategic gameplay? If, for example, you’re in a bombsite with Lavrov as a teammate and I try to throw a queer smoke grenade… can we call it a “geopolitical apocalypse”?
By the way, this Freud thing could be interesting… The dog’s subconscious is probably waiting for that analysis of his relationship to your gaming strategy. Maybe he has an inner conflict about losing in CS that hasn’t been processed?
Let out more laughter and give Cthulhu a chance to jump into the game, perhaps as a tentacle-based CT trying to grab a bomb by tearing up the ground and breaking conventional laws of physics! ?
What do you say, are you ready to return to your FPS life or do you want us to continue creating chaos in an academic form? ?
You said:
I want Cthulhu in CS.
(Chat GPT sent me an image of Cthulhu in CS….)
ChatGPT has come quite far, I must say.
Have had some interesting discussions for fun at a level that has been astonishing.
The other day, someone wanted more heavy metal for the Friday binge. Metallica was mentioned.
That’s for kids.
For those of us who are (10 years) older, the following applies. Prophetic text now appears almost poetic as well.
Excerpt:
See the blind man
Shooting at the world
Bullets flying
Ohh taking toll
….
You’d better close your eyes
Ooohhhh bow your head
Wait for the ricochet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE
And we already played Machine Gun on a previous Friday binge so I’ll skip that.
Yes, that is a wonderful classic!
Not so much rock’n roll in that audience though.
Another slightly newer gem. There is a lot of great heavy metal with a war theme.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WNVmu7cY3s4
Better atmosphere in the audience there.
are you still there???
Jodรฅ, just need to maintain a balance between being social in real life and here!
tsss… well, not easy to keep track of when you have a so-called normal life….
We must have some Ukrainian music like this for Easter! ๐
https://youtu.be/Q5RsQWm3rOY?si=Sg4WSUfBsLlKSQ96
https://youtu.be/YU8d0hxPxWY?si=nWuFM-LpIgKUdNSF
https://youtu.be/OmqLVrUXsTQ?si=_j4obNz8TkekfWlZ
Yes, Chat GPT has come “far”… depending on how you look at it… Probably not what OpenAI had in mind… Right now, I’m having an interesting discussion about the IKEA catalog….
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I haven’t talked much with AI. A few times with MS Copilot. It behaves a bit like a person who doesn’t want to admit flaws. Below are a couple of exchanges from memory.
I ask something and get an answer.
Me
– But I’ve read that it’s like this
Copilot
– I’ll check. Will get back to you shortly.
Copilot never got back.
Another time, I had a question about how to interpret a notation in a table with results from a regression analysis. I asked specifically about an interpretation that I saw as possible.
I received an answer of the nature of it could be this or that (as I had suggested). It mostly seemed like a repetition of my question. I definitely didn’t feel convinced of any knowledge behind the answer.
I upgraded from the free version to the cheapest version of ChatGPT and I think there was quite a big difference even though there is a lot of nonsense, of course.
I should probably post something “normal” as well… so people don’t suffer from a biological version of “the blue screen of death – win95″…
I saw a butterfly yesterday. A white one.
The spring is early this year!
The was interesting ๐
Ehm… GPT conversations or the butterfly?
Just as I suspected, you didn’t get any response. He has already looked too deep into the rum bottle.
NEW YORK. The manufacturing industry in the northeastern region of the United States is slowing down significantly. This is shown by the April figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, a report that came in well below market expectations.
The index reflecting new orders shows very low values: -34.2 for April, compared to 8.7 in March. Only during the financial crisis and the pandemic have the levels been worse in the last 20 years.
Does the pale bleakness of the customs begin to encroach on the industry??
It’s difficult to interpret it in any other way than the tariffs, it’s hardly because OPEC increased oil production which should have benefited the manufacturing industry.
Liberation day will probably be given a different name in history, such as “The big fuckup day”.
It will probably take a few years before we see the effects on the industry of any potential tariffs. You don’t see that kind of thing until some tariffs are actually decided.
We will probably see more and more effects of Trump’s chaos. The tariffs are of course most crucial, but the uncertainty about what he might come up with next is probably even more inhibiting. Who dares to bet and invest when you have no idea what will happen next week or even the next day?
If there is no long-term plan, one should not invest in a business; it would be just as good to buy lottery tickets with the money.
For now, the old customs rules from the time of Biden and even older apply. It may be too early to already paint the devil on the wall regarding the customs. We’ll see. But it’s certainly hectic with all the customs statements from Mr. T.
13 hours after the USA imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on EU goods, President Donald Trump announced that he is pausing that increase for 90 days. The three previous US tariffs on the EU remain in place: 25 percent on steel and aluminum, 25 percent on cars, and a general tariff of 10 percent on all EU goods that the USA introduced last Saturday.
He did not back down on China, and I don’t think he has backed down on Canada.
Meloni doesn’t seem to be as enamored with Trump as he is with her ๐
๐๐
She seems tired after the trip. Everyone is so damn tired in the Western world. We have lost something. I like Asia, I must say, China, Japan, South Korea, and more countries.
They are undeniably focused.
We have lost that, but it’s easy to do so when everything is going well and you are content, and believe that you don’t need to make an effort.
Why do Russian soldiers always use Google Maps?
– To find their way back from “successful retreats.”
How do you play Russian roulette in Moscow?
– You criticize Putin in a group chat and wait.
Why does the Russian army have more manuals than rifles?
– To explain how to load an IKEA table as a tank.
What is the most stable thing in Russia?
– Inflation. It always goes up.
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It will be interesting to see tomorrow’s lottery numbers.
Until then, Friday fun. ๐ฅณ
A big thank you to Johan No.1 and MatsExtrude in particular, and everyone else in general.
Glory to Ukraine ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฆ
Release the Griffins ๐ฆ ๐ซ ๐ค
Thank you for your commitment and unwavering support for Ukraine!
We never give up!
Speaking of ChatGPT, we are of course using the French Le Chat (just the name is a bit funny) from Mistral these days!
As the service itself says, now that we are in the process of pasting LLM results:
European Innovation: Le Chat represents the best of European innovation and technology. By choosing Le Chat, we support our own industry and contribute to Europe’s technological progress.
Security and Privacy: With Le Chat, we can be sure that our data is handled in accordance with Europe’s strict data protection and privacy laws. We don’t need to worry about our information ending up in the wrong hands. [well, ed. note]
Cultural Understanding: Le Chat understands our languages, cultures, and values. It is designed to suit Europeans and offer a user experience tailored to our needs and preferences.
Economic Growth: By supporting European companies, we contribute to local economic growth and the creation of jobs within the EU. It is an investment in our common future.
Independence and Freedom: Choosing Le Chat is a step towards greater digital independence. We don’t need to rely on foreign companies for our technical needs. We can shape our own digital future.
The control blinks French!
A signal for safety
The control blinks Le Chat!
Then everything is as it should be
If the screen is normal
There is no reason to hesitate
In my new home
In my new life
It is actually Le Chat who decides
She is the mother computer
The mother of us all
The central point of the new era
I myself am ready to admit that the USA belongs to the family of spineless amoebas with a corresponding lack of ethics and morals.
“The USA is ready to recognize the occupied Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine as Russian territory within the framework of a peace agreement. Sources with insight tell Bloomberg”
https://omni.se/a/wgjElL