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Here @BylineFest @peterjukes introduces @DamianCollins with @carolecadwalla - findings that Electoral Law was broken 
Peter reminds us 🇬🇧 has no mueller investigation. The closest we have is @CommonsCMS #FakeNewsInquiry - #hybridwarfare
We don’t have criminal investigation
[yet - Yet!]
We don’t have criminal investigation
[yet - Yet!]
Support the Rule of Law. Consensus about evidence. This is not a party political issue @peterjukes
In a recent article about Russian toy soldiers of the “polite people”/зелёные человечки/#LittleGreenMen who invaded Crimea in 2014, @joannaplucinska says the set includes a cat “for reasons that aren’t clear.” So time for a thread on Russia’s use of cats in #NewTypeWarfare! 1/
Feline operators are a key part of the myth and iconography of Russian “polite people." During the 2014 invasion of Crimea, heartwarming photos of Russian soldiers handing cats to friendly Crimean civilians went viral (likely promoted by Russian bots). 2/
Russian soldiers love their cats, which are usually called Mashka (Машка) by long-standing custom of obscure origins. In 2014, Russian forces used displays of affection to cats to convince Crimeans that they were really “here to help,” a major Russian propaganda theme. 3/
1. This is fascinating work & I recommend checking out @ValuesStudies but it raises some important questions about populations THREAD/
2. The Inglehart–Welzel Cultural axis makes a lot of sense but by listing countries it treats national populations as homogenous groups.
3. (Ignoring for a moment the potential for sampling issues in the data collection.)
