#Russia is using #Starlink to fly #drones deep into #Ukraine, thereby evading electronic warfare.

Poland’s FM recently criticised Musk, the creator of Starlink, for profiting off of war crimes, urging him to cut Russia off of Starlink. In response, Musk called him an “imbecile”.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/68935

Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:

2M #Russian and #Ukrainian #troops killed, wounded or missing.

This comes with other CSIS reporting which estimates that #Russia has suffered “more losses than any major power” since #WWII.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/28/ukraine-war-briefing-nearly-2-million-military-casualties-to-date-study

I'd like to cite one plausible example, guesswork I admit, of where this all seems to be headed, in practical terms—this fudging of the boundaries between physical reality and simulated reality, most especially the growing tendency to conduct "experimental science" solely in a #computer simulation.

I think it's pretty obvious to anyone who has been keeping a worried eye on the headlines pertaining to the #science and #technology coming out of U.S. corporations and big-name universities: the prevailing business climate is hurtling towards an ominous old-fashioned method of monetizing science and engineering: crude, simple, dirty, and in massive quantities.

(cont'd)