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The author wrote that gasoline production in Russia was at a drastically low level. According to him, in the European part of the country, where most of the gasoline production and consumption was concentrated, about 60-75 percent of capacity was shut down or severely restricted. He also pointed to a real decline in available gasoline production throughout Russia. #Rosja #benzyna #produkcja #RU (translated)

MORDOR IN FLAMES Over the past few days, we've been treated to quite a few images worthy of becoming photo of the month from the russian wasteland. For the fifth day in a row, Ukraine has been striking russian oil industry facilities harder than ever. I wouldn't be surprised if we get more footage tomorrow as well. @ October 30 – oil refinery in the samara region. @ October 31 – ufa oil refinery. @ November 1 – kstovo oil refinery. @ November 2 – samara fuel storage and distribution hub (the largest in Europe). @ November 3 – yaroslavl oil refinery. Around 10% of russia's oil refining capacity has been knocked offline in just a few days – and these particular facilities account for that share. As a result, additional fuel sales restrictions have been introduced in the affected regions. Meanwhile, various estimates put the overall share of russian oil refining capacity currently disrupted somewhere between 30% and 50%. This is a constantly changing figure, because the russians fix something, then the Ukrainians come along and smash it again. So, the footage from these attacks is looking pretty damn good, and it immediately reminds me of that story about Budanov reportedly finding out that the USA had struck a diesel deal with russia, getting absolutely furious, walking out of the negotiations and telling the Americans: "we will burn down all those refineries". Budanov himself personally denied these rumours, but I'll personally choose to believe this legend, because judging by what's been happening over the past few days, the story certainly seems to fit. And speaking of the refineries themselves, these are definitely among the more important ones, with substantial refining capacities. Also, take a look at how many separate fire hotspots can be seen in the photographs. The Ukrainians have started attacking these facilities much more extensively, rather than just targeting a single critical point. In other words, they're making a REAL effort to shut them down completely and for a long time. And to achieve that greater level of damage, Ukraine has started carrying out these attacks in several waves of drones. One wave breaks through the protective anti-drone nets, while the next targets critical processing units. And, as I mentioned, the goal is to damage as many complex and difficult-to-repair parts of the refining process as possible. That's the news and some beautiful footage for today.

The websites of the Federal Public Service Finance are available again after a cyberattack that left them offline for three days, and the tax authority has extended the deadline for tax returns that were originally due on October 31 to November 16. #Cybersécurité #SPFFinances #DeclarationsDimpots (translated)

Brazilians beat back fascism by... voting harder? Organized offline and online around an election, using a mix of strategies aimed at both turnout and persuasion. Showed up in large numbers, and despite some very wealthy interests arrayed against them, succeeded? Huh. Pretty neat how that works.

The author wrote that the rule of law is practically ineffective in the digital space. According to his account, liability rules apply to the ownership of a Great Dane, but not to operators of dangerous systems like Meta, X, and OpenAI. He wrote a book on this topic, to which he shared a link. https://t.co/1hZC4pIKu4 #Rechtsstaat #Digitalisierung #Technologie #DE #US (translated)

We scrolled through the titles of online newspapers and actively selected articles, but on social media platforms, we are only passive recipients of self-opening content. We willingly expose ourselves to algorithms. News influencers have little to do with news, as they blend facts and opinions. They are not journalists but opinion leaders. The use of artificial intelligence as a news source is particularly unfortunate because there is no one who takes responsibility for the content shared, admits to errors made, and publishes corrections. Online propaganda is more effective than offline propaganda because it gives the illusion of personal communication, but it still has its limitations, as where there is propaganda, counter-propaganda will eventually appear. I spoke about such things the day before yesterday in a long interview with the Slovak public radio, Pátria, seeking answers to the excellent questions of Dóra Tilajcsik. https://patria24.stvr.sk/2026/10/17/a-kozossegi-media-ternyerese-a-korabban-ismert-politikai-kommunikaciot-is-teljesen-atalakitotta/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVH3I5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7OMIgfZTk7nIXylmpa03i6VoA1uwgn-5UaTDMLxZovYKsEAMwKCYIwUVcxng_aem_aT_J7791Ee46Xsli2kkBFQ (translated)