Russian channels are reporting that large portions of Moscow are currently without power, amidst a large-scale drone attack currently underway against the Russian capital by Ukraine,’ the account posted this evening.

Sharing images of the reported blackouts, Volodymyr Zelensky’s former press secretary, Iuliia Mendel, said: ‘Total blackout hits Moscow region is reported on social media: over 600,000 people plunged into darkness for more than four hours — no electricity, no mobile signal, total isolation.’

Make 'em feel it!

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[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 51 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder if their was also a sudden drop in pro-republican Twitter posts when the power went out.

[–] Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I remember seeing this graph about posts on r/conservative and how two power "users" responsible for 30%+ of all posts both coincidentally were offline during another power outage in Moscow two months ago.

Maybe they learned from their mistake by now.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It coincided with a major holiday in the US, and the blackout was for a relatively tiny section of Moscow. I would be shocked if there were similar dips in posts other times power went out in that part of Moscow.

Hell we can test it right now, is there a much bigger drop in posts today than there was last NYE?

That's not to say conservative isnt astroturfed to hell, but the notion that its all Russians in Moscow is silly.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

For that you'll gave to knockout the AI servers, which are probably redondant across multiple region.