Russia Surrounded

[shakahislop]

turning into an NYC subway trainspotting forum

you think you're all so cool with your amapiano and your deep house but i know what you really love. discussing the difference between IND and IRT lines. rolling stock.

 

[shakahislop]

@Leo i feel this is the right thread for this, if you were an NYC subway line, which one do you think you would be?

 

[version]

Yeah, that's what I mean. It's a game with real consequences and no barrier to entry.

Same goes for stuff like Wall Street Bets.

 

[Leo]

I remember smoking on the subway, punk.

 

[Leo]

@Leo i feel this is the right thread for this, if you were an NYC subway line, which one do you think you would be?

difficult to say, since the lines are so long that they travel through so many different neighborhoods. certainly not the L, though.

 

[shakahislop]

@Leo if you were to be represented by any particular place or thing in NYC, what would you be? apart from yourself obviously

 

[Mr. Tea]

True, but with some of this OSINT stuff, you can be taking real risks by leaving your digital fingerprints all over sensitive info, leaving breadcrumbs that can be traced back to your legal identity and those of your loved ones.

To a certain sort of person, that's probably part of the appeal, rather than a potential drawback.

 

[shakahislop]

i would be a corner of the platform of the 14th st subway station in chelsea, beyond where the trains ever stop, not on through route to another platform, haven't been cleaned for years

 

[Clinamenic]

Same goes for stuff like Wall Street Bets.

Loosely related, but also interesting: some of the major crypto exchanges are apparently refusing to comply with the sanctions regime. Coinbase refused to block transactions to/from Russian wallets.

 

[Clinamenic]

To a certain sort of person, that's probably part of the appeal, rather than a potential drawback.

Yeah totally, like you're actually leading a dangerous life.

 

[shakahislop]

the G was the absolutely worst, most neglected, least reliable train for decades...until white people started moving into neighborhoods along the route. funny, that.

it's quite a white train now. it's definitely the best looking train. i fancy more or less everyone on it. the second two sentences in this post are not related to the first obviously

 

[Clinamenic]

Yeah totally, like you're actually leading a dangerous life.

Also the feeling that some nobody can play a role in an active geopolitical theater, quite romantic actually.

 

[shakahislop]

the two parallel conversations that are going on here are extremely complementary, like white wine and fish

 

[DannyL]

Yeah do you (or does anyone here) know whether or not the western sanction agenda can get much worse, i.e. how much unused leverage the western alliance still has over Russia?

I don't know I'm afraid but I'll post if I see anything relevant.

Meanwhile this is a crazy thread:

 

[Mr. Tea]

Yeah totally, like you're actually leading a dangerous life.

I guess it's the thin end of a wedge, the thick end of which is going to Syria to fight with the YPG or whatever.

 

[Leo]

I know someone who lives near the fresh pond stop, almost all the way out on the M. that's a lower-visibility one. I always liked how the J and Z run on the same line.

but I guess I should go with

 

[Mr. Tea]

the two parallel conversations that are going on here are extremely complementary, like white wine and fish

I guess it's the thin end of a wedge, the thick end of which is...

...being squeezed over a nice piece of grilled sea bass with crushed new potatoes.

 

[Clinamenic]

Loosely related, but also interesting: some of the major crypto exchanges are apparently refusing to comply with the sanctions regime. Coinbase refused to block transactions to/from Russian wallets.

And actually, if Russian oligarchs end up relying on crypto to evade certain sanctions, they will in all likelihood leave glaring fingerprints that the admittedly few skilled blockchain forensic accountants out there could easily identify.

 

[Clinamenic]

I guess it's the thin end of a wedge, the thick end of which is going to Syria to fight with the YPG or whatever.

Yeah I guess it boils down to a spectrum of risk. The kind of risks that, say, Bellingcat investigative journalists take involve defamation accusations, even lawsuits, from whatever oligarch or or warlord or corporate crook they're investigating.

 

[shakahislop]

I know someone who lives near the fresh pond stop, almost all the way out on the M. that's a lower-visibility one. I always liked how the J and Z run on the same line.

but I guess I should go with

everything about fresh pond is great. i really like it. no-one i know has ever heard of it. it feels like the end of the earth. but also exactly like the rest of the city. and the name is great. although inaccurate.

the D train is comprehensive, and goes to the beach. excellent choice.