u/MtnClimber61

Now 52nd Forge an assault battalion no longer under the 12th special purpose brigade azov
On their recruitment portal they are looking for French, Spanish, and Portuguese translators, "anti crime officers", and mobilization officers. Is this indicating a future decline in quality in Azov's international brigade?

I have a layover in a UK airport where I must self transfer and leave the terminal. Since I'm going through customs of course I expect to be asked my final destination and proof of leaving the country. I plan on saying Poland and I'm there for a friends birthday party or some shit, wont bring up Ukraine at all.
Now I assume I will be fine, but I intend to travel with my rucksack and sleeping gear and I would have to spin a tale about why I'm going to Poland with it. Worst case they "random" search my phone or some shit and see my tickets, or worse, chats with recruiter.

Is it true they still deport fighters from the country and not allow them to pass? Should I wipe my phone of everything before passing customs?

Side question and may be the wrong place but might as well ask, any british folks here who can inform me of my "rights" and the ability to refuse a phone search, etc

Note: I'm not some political genius and master at drafting bills and laws, this is kinda my rough idea but it goes as follows:

Let’s say it would start around the age at which you’re able to collect Social Security. In a perfect world, you’re retired, receiving Social Security, and you no longer have to work full-time as a Walmart greeter just to get by. You’re no longer contributing to the workforce, and, for the most part, you’re no longer as “in touch” with an evolving and changing society. You’re also reaching an age where certain mental impairments that come with aging can begin to affect your ability to think, remember, and make decisions.

If I were old, completely out of touch, unable to drive a car safely, and unable to wipe my own ass, I would find it fair that I could no longer vote or hold public office.

It seems like every day now, older and older politicians are getting into car accidents that appear to have no real cause other than the fact that they are old and are having difficulty driving. Someone who is no longer capable of safely operating a car probably shouldn’t be making decisions about the laws governing your roads. Just as someone who can’t figure out how to reboot a router probably shouldn’t be the person deciding how the internet is regulated.

In almost every election, from local elections all the way to national ones, Boomers in particular (This isn’t meant to be a “Boomer hate” post, they just happen to be the current example) are one of the largest groups you can sway politically.

Don’t want a data center in your city? Too bad. Boomers want it because it will increase property values and bring jobs to the area. Meanwhile, half of them may sell their house and move once construction starts, or they may be dead and gone to even see the project finished ten years later.

Being able to sway an older population often doesn’t benefit the people who are currently working, living, and building their lives in that community, and who will actually have to live with the consequences of those decisions for decades. Yet sometimes it can be as simple as, “I’ll increase your property value and raise your Social Security ” and suddenly you won a significant portion of the population.

It seems like common sense that someone like Kay Granger would have been removed from office.

For the record, I don’t know her policies or political affiliation, and I intentionally chose not to look into those things because I want to keep this argument focused on age and the complications that can come with it rather than turning it into a partisan argument.

Granger vanished from from public view in the House of Representatives and was eventually moved into a old folks home because of dementia and other health complications. She missed 279 of 517 votes in 2024, and although she did not run for reelection, I find it insane that someone living in assisted living with dementia could still hold public office in the first place.

Even more alarming to me is the fact that she wasn’t removed from office when those circumstances became public. These are people who are making decisions that directly affect our lives.

I believe there could be a fair way to implement something like this (again, speaking in a perfect world where we assume the government isn’t going to screw people over afterward) by creating some sort of safety net for older people.

I’ll use Social Security as an example.

Let’s say you turn 60 and have five years left until you retire and begin collecting Social Security. From that point forward, your personal benefits and expected Social Security can no longer be negatively affected by changes in the law.

So, you’re 60 years old, and you’re projected to receive X amount every year once you retire. Then Congress passes a law cutting Social Security benefits in half. That law wouldn’t affect you. You would still receive the amount you were promised, while the people who voted for the reduction would be the ones subject to it.

Or let’s say you’re 73 and already receiving Social Security, and the government votes to eliminate the program entirely. You and everyone else over 60 would continue receiving your benefits as promised, because you were no longer able to vote, or almost at that point, that determined whether those benefits existed.

If we’re going to say that someone is too old to vote because they are no longer capable of fully understanding or participating in the society they are making decisions about, then it would only be fair to protect them from those same decisions.

You shouldn’t be able to take away someone’s vote and then turn around and take away the benefits they were promised. If they’re going to be excluded from making those decisions, there needs to be a safety net ensuring that they aren’t punished by them either.

I'm sure ya'lls wawa operates on a points system like mine, I got a warning recently coming back from being sick for the past few days
I called every day, at least an hour before my shift stating "Hey, I'm sick, I have a fever and can get a doctors note"
Each manager told me on the phone "DO NOT COME IN, you wont need a note your fine"
Come back and I'm 2 points from being fired
So I was out sick, told not to come in, and am being punished for not coming in?
I wont sit here and say I'm perfect, between tardies and leaving early I probably had like 5, but I came back with double that, this happened 3 days ago and I haven't gone in since (not scheduled) but curious if I should talk to my store manager about this, or would they prefer me to come in sick and work with food?

Looks like my time has come, I've been in here for about a year asking around and shit but I finally got my unit, ticket, etc and I got only one question left for yall;

Is there any support system in Ukraine if I get fucked? I'm sure there are NGO's and stuff but is there any standard government assistance I could receive? Let's say I loose my leg, would the government pay for a prosthetic and physical therapy until I am able to return home? Or will that be a matter for my unit or a NGO? Or worse will I just be completely fucked and have to pay out of pocket when I'm back home.

EDIT: Should note I am NOT expecting disability payments and shit for the rest of my life, simply help and care until I can get back to as normal as possible

I've never stayed in a hostel and they don't really exist where I'm from (American here) and I'm always kinda weirded out by the idea. However I'm traveling to Kyiv for work and need to support myself in country for about 1 month so hostel is best for budget, can anyone here say positive things about any of the ones in more central Kyiv, any of the chains I seem to find people largely leave negative reviews.
My only real requirement is it be somewhat near a metro station as I'll be traveling a lot for getting paperwork and personal sight seeing while I wait.
If anyone knows of any super cheap private hotels or hostels that offer a private room that would be preferred but I'm 100% willing to stay in a dorm style hostel
If need to be known budget for the first month is about 1k USD/ 45k UAH

EDIT:
Thanks to all who threw out some recommendations, I ended up getting dm's recommending local apartments and did my own research and found what I thought to be a good deal

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Artist is DeezieBeezie in Baltimore MD and Albuquerque NM

Had an interview with them, went well got accepted just looking for others opinions since Ik recruiters tend to "over promise"

All I'm worried about is will I be with other English speakers and if their a meat wave unit or not
When I say meat wave I don't mean "oh they go on assaults" more worried if they just throw all their foreigners at any and all positions non stop and command doesn't care/endorses it

Like title says I have 3 questions.

1. How long is the wait time from the end of class to attending my selected unit's basic training, I'm sure it varies unit to unit but more hoping to hear the class won't end and then I'm waiting the full 3-6 weeks it takes to build my file
2. How much money do y'all recommend to bring, I am able to live frugally and I know most people recommend 1,000-2,000 USD which isn't a problem for me but this ties into my first question, If I end up having to support myself with zero income for the length of the school plus another 3-6 weeks that could be a problem
3. I don't know if this is opsec but whats the unit range like, are you limited to more "rear" units or are their options to be closer to the zero line?

I am already in contact with the school and have a date selected but communication for us is long, I'll send a message and don't get a response for 2-5 days which is fine, I know their busy and a prospective student who isn't in country isn't their top priority. Yes I have used google and the search bar

Just curious, sill trying to hunt down a unit to join and I'm considering just showing up to the tent and saying "I'm here to join" like some others mentioned a while back, but I haven't seen anyone say anything about it for like 2 years now