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Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
Overall, 25 people were killed in this massive Russian strike on Ukraine. One hundred people were injured. It was a combined attack, involving many ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as “shaheds.” This is the kind of “gift” Putin gave himself for his birthday.
Ukrainian warriors shot down 44 missiles – both cruise and ballistic. Not all of those launched by Russia, and ballistic missiles are especially difficult to deal with. We suppressed 117 “shaheds” – most of those launched, but unfortunately, not all of them either.
Additional packages of air defense missiles are needed, as are additional measures to support Ukraine. And there will be appropriate packages. The threat is there every day, and every day, our air defense batteries need to have missiles ready. We strongly count on prompt deliveries from our partners.
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
THKS @tim_fargo - HAVING RAISED 3 KIDS THRU ADULTHOOD & SEEING MY SHARE OF TEARS - TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SAID!
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
Does anyone remember this amazing story? On July 2, 1982, a truck driver from California flew 16,000 feet into the sky in a lawn chair. Larry Walters, 33, from San Pedro, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard. He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet. He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet. For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall. Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, California, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around." The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Larry — and inspired the movie Up.
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought. - Tim Fargo @quote @tim_fargo
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
THKS @tim_fargo - HAVING RAISED 3 KIDS THRU ADULTHOOD & SEEING MY SHARE OF TEARS - TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SAID!
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
BREAKING: Gold has overtaken US Treasuries in Central Bank FX reserves, per Bloomberg.
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
“But the people in the streets completely changed the narrative.”
It’s in Ukrainian, so I won’t translate the whole text, but the main point is an analysis of the media landscape, propaganda narratives, and deliberate disinformation attacks.
Basically, it shows how many misinformation campaigns were launched against Fedorov over the past week and the percentage of their spread.
The main conclusion is that once people took to the streets, the propaganda narrative on social media couldn’t compete with the real voices of the people, and the number of shares of those posts, as well as the number of publications, declined dramatically.
It’s almost as if Ukrainians have a natural instinct to go out into the streets and talk to real people to understand what’s actually going on. And it helps. It always helps. It’s probably the only way to defeat the narrative, get out of the bubble, and hit the streets.
It is unclear who precisely was behind these attacks on Fedorov. There were obviously some internal actors, but these statistics point out that a large number of russian Telegram channels were amplifying these attacks.
Цей тиждень був дуже інтенсивним в інформаційному просторі. І основний об'єкт уваги - зняття міністра оборони Федорова.
За допомогою нашого сервісу ПошукAI ми вирішили дослідити, які наритиви поширювались й ким.
6 947 публікацій. 1 340 джерел. 18 окремих наративів. Дев'ять днів.
9 липня, наступного дня після бунту проти ТЦК у Львові, наратив «Федоров винен у беззаконні ТЦК» стрибнув до 58,2% усього медіапростору. Нардепи «Слуги народу» почали вранці - Гетманцев о 07:14, Каптєлов о 11:28. Зеленський приєднався лише о 18:23, на одинадцять годин пізніше.
До 13 липня від цього наративу лишилось 2,5%. Він просто не прижився. А звільнили Федорова 15 липня вже на зовсім іншій рамці - конфлікт із Сирським.
Наступний поширюваний наратив - "Некомпетентний піар-міністр без військового досвіду". Набув свого піку 14 липня.
Генерали вважають, що міністру бракує військового досвіду; його ініціативи - переупаковка чужих проєктів; він не готовий планувати бої.
Найбільш «російська» з домашніх рамок: 57% несе російськомовний Telegram.
«Часть генералов считает, что министру не хватает военного опыта, а его инициативы называют переоформлением существующих проектов.»
Далі - "Федоров сам корумпований".
Знову таки 47% російсько-мовні джерела й різні жовтушні ГО.
І найчистіша дезінформаційна рамка всього корпусу - "Федоров — західний проєкт, а протести постановочні". «Соросня збирає майдан», Федорова лобіює ФПГ Пінчука, протестувальники оплачені. 94% цього наративу - російські джерела. Українські — 6%. Life.ru, Vesti.ru, КП - основні носії.
Також можемо відмітити, що російські державні ЗМІ відносяться до Федорова максимально вороже. Коли Москва з такою інтенсивністю працює проти конкретного міністра оборони - це, мабуть, найкращий показник його ефективності.
16 липня люди вийшли на вулиці Києва та ще десяти міст. Ми порівняли наративи до і під час протестів.
«Федорова звинувачують через ТЦК» - впало з 8,8% до 2,8%. Заклики залишити Федорова - з 14% до 27,6%. А «відповідальність покладають на Сирського» - злетіло з 2,4% до 18,2%.
Протест не зняв звинувачення. Він розвернув їх на іншу адресу.
І масштаб не вщухає - навпаки. За вчора - 1 939 публікацій. Сьогодні день ще не закінчився - а їх вже 3 246. Прощальний допис Федорова став найефективнішим повідомленням усієї історії: один пост - 566 публікацій у 412 джерелах.
Загалом: прихильних до Федорова публікацій - 48,4%. Ворожих - лише 13,9%. Нейтральних - 37,6%.
Навіть спроба атаки з наративом про ТЦК провалилась. Несли її переважно російськомовні канали. А вулиця змогла змінити цифри кардинально.
ПошукAI · 6 947 публікацій · 1 340 джерел · 18 наративів · 8–16 липня 2026
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
We only rate dogs. This is a southern spotted sand seal. Way too loud to be a dog. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 13/10
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
I’m listening to an interview with a Russian Su-34 pilot who has been taking part in the war against Ukraine since the very first days.
🔴 He claims to have 1,400 combat sorties.
The interview is more than 3 hours long. Some interesting points:
🔴 The Su-34 does not have secure, encrypted radio communications; according to him, this only appeared on the Su-34M.
🔴 On a standard Su-34, he mostly carried out missions using unguided munitions, while Su-34M aircraft, with secure communications, were used for missions involving the suppression of Ukrainian air defenses.
🔴 I don’t know how accurate this is, but according to him, on the very first night of the war he was sent to fly at 6,000 meters over Kyiv without a specific mission, then ordered to return. On the way back, he saw missiles heading toward Kyiv. He says he was used as bait to provoke Ukrainian air defenses and then strike them with missiles afterward. Knowing Russian command practices, this sounds plausible. According to him, older Su-34s were used in this way more than once.
🔴 He praises Ukrainian air defense, saying it is very well organized and decentralized.
🔴 The Buk-M1 was, in his view, the most effective Ukrainian air defense system in the early phase of the war. He does not give exact figures, but it becomes clear that Russian Air Force losses were much higher than what is commonly reported online, and a major share of that was due to the Buk system.
🔴 Ukrainian Buk units quickly changed positions and mounted their systems on semi-trucks, which significantly improved their mobility and speed of redeployment.
🔴 He also describes Ukrainian air defense tactics in an interesting way. According to him, Ukrainians realized they did not need to shoot down every enemy aircraft; instead, their goal was to down a few aircraft each time, and over time this created a cumulative effect. As a result, his combat group reportedly lost half of its aircraft during the battles for Kyiv (though he does not specify the unit size—whether a squadron or a regiment).
👍I’ll continue listening and taking notes throughout the day when I have time.
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
This is Sonny. He's excited to announce that summer is officially here. And more importantly he found a really cool stick. 12/10 the best news
ALT a bernese mountain dog puppy prances toward you across the soft sand of a beach. he has a little stick hanging out of the right side of his mouth, and his eyes are wide with boundless joy. his mouth is indeed very sandy, and he's smiling from his nose to his tail
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
How quickly the DragonBear narrative has been normalized over the last four years after fighting it for more than 10 years! How quickly the narrative of new Cold War is being normalized after fighting it over the last decade! But it's not what you think. It's US vs China-Russia.
Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
Sure, 4K is nice, but there was nothing like sitting two inches away from one of these sweet bastards while your mother predicted you’d be as blind as Ray Charles by the following Thursday.
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THKS @tim_fargo - HAVING RAISED 3 KIDS THRU ADULTHOOD & SEEING MY SHARE OF TEARS - TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SAID!
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Tim Fargo 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 retweeted
Petraeus: The U.S. has not remotely learned the lessons it should from Ukraine.
This is the future of war: Ukraine alone uses 10,000 drones a day, and 90% of Russian casualties are caused by drones. That should force institutional change. 1/
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