I probably should’ve quoted this part, as well:

Of the 22.6 percent of households without a centralized sewage system, 16.8 percent use a system of pipes connected to pit toilets, RBC cited the State Statistics Service, Rosstat, as saying. The other 5.8 percent lack a sewage system altogether.

I guess piping sewage into an open pit counts as a kind of system, and it’s definitely septic.

I don’t want to mock people pretending they don’t have indoor toilets.

Sadly, it’s not really pretending. This article is from 2019, but the situation isn’t much different today:

More than one-fifth of Russian households do not have access to indoor plumbing, according to official statistics obtained by the RBC news website on Tuesday.

and

In rural Russia, almost two-thirds have no access to indoor toilets, 48.1 percent of whom use outhouses and 18.4 percent do not have a sewage system.

Oof, there’s some dumb comments there, e.g.:

Ukraine and Israel are de facto allies, more evidently in the last days when Ukraine hit Iranian ships

Does that count a perfidy, in a war crimes sense? It seems like it would but I don’t want to make baseless accusations.

I don’t think you’re remotely antisemitic, or at least nothing I’ve ever seen you write has given that impression. I’m just responding to a response to word in a comment which is getting lost here, to wit:

I would say it’s a massive case of not providing citation of Zionists (the State of Isreal to be fully clear what I am referring to.) Is actively blocking weapons to Ukraine.

The person above me asked why they said “Zionist” when they specifically meant Israel, and then I said what I did. I don’t think you even the term “Zionist,” in any of the removed comments, but feel free to correct me.

I really don’t know how I got here, tbh.

Because when they said “Zionists” what they actually wanted to say was “the Jews?” And I only mean that tiny bit facetiously, because why else do you need to immediately and defensively explain what you meant by that specific imprecise choice of terms unless it’s a dog whistle.

It’s definitely because many non-disgustingly-rich EU citizens are clamoring for it.

It’s good he’s ok, and I wish the drone pilot’s entire unit a quick and painful death.

Russian authorities denied that the property, which at the time of construction boasted an “aquatic disco,” hookah lounge, casino, pole-dancing room, and a room for miniature railroads, belonged to Putin.

Former KGB colonel turned dictator and international menace chooses to decorate his secret hideout like a Bond villain. Yeah, that’s about right.

In 2024, Russian opposition website “Proekt” claimed that the palace had been refurbished to reflect the Russian president’s newfound fixation with religion, writing: “The renovated version does not feature a casino, a striptease hall, or an arcade room. Instead, it has a chapel housing an icon of Saint Vladimir, Putin’s patron saint.”

And then he got real, real weird.

I should say that I’m just picking on tankies and don’t think it’s remotely fair characterization of the vast majority of leftists.

Who would have guessed that “scratch a liberal, find a fascist,” is more of an admission than an accusation?

In an effort to stabilize domestic supplies, Russia recently imported around 30,000 metric tons of AI-92 gasoline by sea from Morocco, Reuters reported on July 31, citing industry sources. According to the report, the shipment was delivered aboard a Panama-flagged tanker that loaded fuel at the Moroccan port of Tangier in mid-July before arriving at the Arctic port of Murmansk.

All the way to Murmansk? Obviously Novorossiysk is out, but even the Baltic ports aren’t safe? That’s unfortunate.

No, my comment was just a simple and correct factual observation. You just missed the joke.

And part of a university in Belgorod that was developing drone systems. Can’t wait for the “war crimes” concern trolling.

Of course, a junkie would run once you started fighting back, not stubbornly insist that the future of the junkie people depends on winning the mugging.

They also raised tax rates last year, which I think doubled their personal income tax receipts for 2025, and they’ve been auctioning off gold and uncut diamonds. It’s like junkies scrounging for change.

It’s a weapons system Israel developed to deal with a real threat they experience, so prioritizing their own safety wouldn’t be a surprising choice. And if that were why they did it, it would be unfortunate but fair because defending yourself before helping others is a rational choice.

However, the real reason is because Bibi has been unwilling to do anything to upset the relationship with Russia for a long time, and the Ukrainians aren’t under any illusions about what their own relationship with Israel is actually like. That’s why thats tied buying the systems through the US.

If it were a Russian apartment building, I’d suspect Putin - that more his style, especially with the elections coming up.

It’s just an excuse, obviously. The real reason is because Bibi doesn’t want to do anything to upset Putin, and it’s been that way for years - they’ve always refused requests for military aid, they’ve never condemned the Russian invasion themselves or as part of the UN, they happily buy grain stolen from Ukraine.

This was as predictable as Trump backtracking on patriot interceptor licensing, maybe more so because Bibi is merely an evil piece of shit but Trump’s also demented.

I can understand saying they’re not liable for losses due to force majeure, but I’m surprised she directly said people should wait for the Russian government to do something. Maybe there’s something in the works or I’m reading too much into it, but that seems a bit like actually placing the blame where it belongs.