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NAFO (group)
The North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO, a Word play, play on NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an Internet meme and social media movement dedicated to countering Russian Disinformation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, propaganda and disinformation about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been categorised as a form of information warfare. In addition to posting irreverent commentary about the war and memes promoting Ukraine or mocking the Russian war effort and strategy ("shitposting"), the group also raises funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian military and other pro-Ukrainian causes. The representation of a NAFO "Fella" is a Shiba Inu dog (based on the Doge (meme), Doge meme), often used as an Avatar (computing), avatar and sometimes described as a "cartoon dog", or a "group of Shiba Inu soldiers". In August 2022, ''The Economist'' remarked that "NAFO's flippancy obscures its role as a remarka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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NAFO may refer to: * Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization * The National Alliance of Forest Owners, a U.S. based advocacy organization representing Private Timberland Owners. * The NAFO (group), North Atlantic Fella Organization, a social media movement dedicated to countering Russian disinformation about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. See also * Nafo, a village in Burkina Faso * Nation Ford High School, a high school in Fort Mill, South Carolina * For the headgear of Senegal called ''Nafo'' see Kufi {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūkan Bunshun
is a Japanese weekly tabloid ( shūkanshi) based in Tokyo, Japan, known for its investigative journalism and frequent clashes with the Japanese government. This has led to it being considered one of the most influential weekly magazines in the country. History and profile ''Shūkan Bunshun'' was first published in April 1959. The magazine is part of Bungeishunjū, a publishing group headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. From October 2014 to September 2015 ''Shūkan Bunshun'' was the fourth best selling weekly magazine in Japan with a circulation of 680,296 copies. As of 2023, the total number of copies sold has dropped to 165,794. As a general-news magazine, ''Shūkan Bunshun''s major competitor is the more conservative '' Shukan Shincho''. The magazine has been praised, but also criticized for its investigative reporting which takes on both political scandals, as well as those from the world of entertainment, and these kinds of reports are colloquially known as the . In the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berliner Kurier
The ''Berliner Kurier'' is a regional, daily tabloid published by the ''Berliner Verlag GmbH'' for the Berlin metropolitan area in Germany. The paper was owned by M. DuMont Schauberg. and got sold in September 2019 to Holger Friedrichs. In January 2015, following the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting in which the staff of a French satirical magazine were attacked after previously drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the front page of the ''Berliner Kurier'' was a cartoon of Muhammad reading ''Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; ) is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication has been described as anti-racist, sceptical, secular, libertarian, and within the tradition of left-wing radicalism ...'' in a bath of blood. During the first quarter of 2010 ''Berliner Kurier'' had a circulation of 120,353 copies. References External links * 1949 establishments in Germany Daily newspapers published in Germany German- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaspora
A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of birth, place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently reside elsewhere. Notable diasporic populations include the Jewish Diaspora formed after the Babylonian exile; Assyrian diaspora following the Sayfo, Assyrian genocide; Greeks that fled or were displaced following the fall of Constantinople and the later Greek genocide as well as the Istanbul pogroms; the emigration of Anglo-Saxons (primarily to the Byzantine Empire) after the Norman Conquest, Norman Conquest of England; the Chinese people, southern Chinese and South Asian diaspora, South Asians who left their homelands during the 19th and 20th centuries; the Irish diaspora after the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Famine; the Scottish diaspora that developed on a large scale after the Highland Clearances, Highland and Lowland Clearances; Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountains, and its western boundary is defined in various ways. Narrow definitions, in which Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe are counted as separate regions, include Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. In contrast, broader definitions include Moldova and Romania, but also some or all of the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, and the Visegrád Group, Visegrád group. The region represents a significant part of Culture of Europe, European culture; the main socio-cultural characteristics of Eastern Europe have historically largely been defined by the traditions of the Slavs, as well as by the influence of Eastern Christianity as it developed through the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Another definition was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gender-neutral
Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, Gender-neutral language, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender. This is in order to avoid gender discrimination, discrimination arising from the impression that there are Gender role, social roles for which one gender is more suited than another. The disparity in gender equality throughout history has had a significant impact on many aspects of society, including marketing, toys, education and parenting techniques. In order to increase gender neutrality in recent years, there has been a societal emphasis on utilizing Gender-neutral language, inclusive language and advocating for equality. In policy Proponents of gender neutrality may support public policies designed to eliminate gender distinctions. Gender neutrality in the law has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Legion (Ukraine)
The Georgian National Legion or Georgian Legion (; ka, ქართული ლეგიონი, tr) is a military unit formed by mostly ethnic Georgians, Georgian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine in the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas and the Russo-Ukrainian War. The unit was organized in 2014, and in 2016 it was made part of the Ukrainian Army, under the 25th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine), 25th Mechanized Infantry Battalion. On 15 June 2024, the unit was classified as a List of designated terrorist groups, terrorist organization by the Russian government. The unit was commanded by Mamuka Mamulashvili, a veteran Georgian officer. The Georgian Legion was noted as being particularly good at recruiting Americans by Kacper Rekawek, an expert on foreign fighters in Ukraine; before the formation of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, International Legion of Ukraine in 2022, most Foreign fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grid News
Grid News, also known as Grid, was a digital media company based in Washington, D.C. It launched in January 2022. Grid News was initially led by Mark Bauman as a senior advisor and Laura McGann as its executive editor. It produced a podcast called "Bad Takes" hosted by Grid editors Matthew Yglesias and McGann. The conversational podcast covered one "bad take," or incorrect opinion, each week. Grid's corporate entity was Media Investment Properties OpCo LLC, a Delaware domestic limited liability company. On March 22, 2023, Grid, its brand, and its assets were purchased for an undisclosed price by '' The Messenger'', a news startup led by Jimmy Finkelstein, former owner of '' The Hill''. On March 27, 2023, Grid's website was shuttered and redirected to ''The Messenger'''s website. Overview Grid News employs a format it calls a "360," which breaks down potentially complex stories by approaching them from various lenses, such as race, climate change and misinformation. Stories are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online Culture
Internet culture refers to culture developed and maintained among frequent and active users of the Internet (also known as netizens) who primarily communicate with one another as members of online communities; that is, a culture whose influence is "mediated by computer screens" and information communication technology, specifically the Internet. Internet culture arises from the frequent interactions between members within various online communities and the use of these communities for communication, entertainment, business, and recreation. Studied aspects of Internet culture include anonymity/pseudonymity, social media, gaming and specific communities, such as fandoms. History The Internet developed in parallel with rapid and sustained technological advances in computing and data communication. Widespread access to the Internet emerged as the cost of infrastructure dropped by several orders of magnitude with consecutive technological improvements. Though Internet culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden. In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, founder of KADORR Group. On November 11, 2021, Luc Chénier returned to ''Kyiv Post'' as its CEO to rebuild, with his first hire being Bohdan Nahaylo as its Chief Editor. Within two months, ''Kyiv Post'' had doubled its readership, with a clear emphasis on being Ukraine's global voice and by focusing on the USA, Canadian, UK, and European Union markets. By year 3, Kyiv Post had 97% of its readership outside Ukraine, with an combined websites and social media viewership of more than 6 million viewers per month. In October 2023, Kyiv Post was the first news organisations in Ukraine to be given a 100% content transparency and accuracy rating for journalism standards according to global rating platform News Guard (others with a perfect 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in Microblogging, short posts commonly known as "Tweet (social media), tweets" (officially "posts") and Like button, like other users' content. The platform also includes direct message, direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok (chatbot), Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Destroyed may refer to: * ''Destroyed'' (Sloppy Seconds album), a 1989 album by Sloppy Seconds * ''Destroyed'' (Moby album), a 2011 album by Moby See also * Destruction (other) * Ruined (other) Ruins are the remains of man-made architecture. Ruins or ruin may refer to: History *The Ruin (Ukrainian history), a period in Ukrainian history after the death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657 Geography *Ruin, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
