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        Russia needs a change of leadership real bad but a revolution is not   
        really possible anymore there. Putin's state has been preparing for   
        such a scenario since 2011. They are ready to consolidate its power.   
      
        Putin claims he is realigning a brother nation in Ukraine after being   
        led astray by a "fascist" leadership. How long can that story last in   
        Russia?   
      
        It's the style of newspaper articles from the 1930s and 40s. In a   
        sense, there is already a civil war raging in Russia and the   
        riot-police are already there. Putin is trying to drag the people   
        into a dark past and forcing them to think as if the ideas and   
        circumstances of eighty years ago still hold true today.   
      
        Half of all Russians know someone in or outside Ukraine who can paint   
        the real picture for them. So it will be difficult to sell the idea   
        of Ukraine as a Nazi state or historical slave state, as Putin is   
        trying to do.   
      
        Russians cannot continue to pretend that nothing is wrong and to   
        avoid "war" as the subject. Not talking about it but making its   
        presence inaudibly known is also a way to protest.   
      
        Sometimes silence is a statement on its own.   
      
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        Pioneer Introduces New Optical Disc Drive   
        By Sean Dennis 1:18/200   
      
        From: https://tinyurl.com/ya24322v (tomshardware.com)   
      
        Optical Discs Aren't Dead, as Pioneer's New Drive Doubles BD Write   
        Speeds   
      
        By Mark Tyson published 1 March 2022   
      
        Return of the optical drive   
      
        Physical media is back from the dead, or at least that's the opinion   
        of Pioneer, which just launched a new optical disc drive (ODD) for   
        desktop or media center PCs with a spare 5.25 inch bay. Yes, it's   
        2022, but there are allegedly still ODD holdouts. For them, the   
        [45]Pioneer BDR-213JBK doubles the maximum write speed on Blu-ray   
        discs and covers the full gamut of reading and writing optical media   
        including CDs, DVDs, and BDs, plus a multitude of sub-variants.   
      
        Pioneer says it improved both recording quality, and this handsome and   
        not at all over-the-hill device has a textured hairline finish and   
        blue LED on its facade, alongside the classic silver embossed Pioneer   
        logo. In case you don't know what you might use an ODD for in 2022,   
        Pioneer has some helpful suggestions.   
      
        "With the spread of telework these days, there are increasing   
        opportunities to store large amounts of data such as work data and   
      
      
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