i dont think its lurking as much as it is that these posts come up all the time and i cant figure out how to mute, probably the same for other people

i agree

i think people will find ways to access stuff anyway, russians are still people, memes aside

thanks! you are awesome

im a dumbass

i dont think the info is widely available, but we are definitely out there. i think your best shot is to reach out to people on mastodon or similar social networks. i wasnt a stem major in college, but if i had to guess a lot of the people who are into it are in the computer science realm. maybe create a privacy group and market it to people on campus (if you are still in college) or at your favorite coffee shop? i know it isnt targeted toward dating necessarily, but you would probably meet people with similar interests and potential dating partners.

i have a kaiOS flip phone and would be interested in getting google apps off of it. im not a programmer or anything. do you know of any ways to get the preinstalled apps?

ignore them and use the ones useful to you would be my suggestion

maybe. a lot of younger people in ukraine are really disillusioned from the USSR, i didnt meet anyone on a personal level who liked the idea of communism during that time. i think that if people feel angry and dont have a lot of opportunities, or maybe they are reactionary toward russia, i personally think that the alternative right and some neo nazi movements are in reaction to the left

i use to live in ukraine during the revolution and i remember hearing about a group in maidan called svoboda or something like that. do you think that a lot of these ideologies are springing up in reaction to russia in general? it seems like the people who were involved in that stuff were struggling with unemployment and didnt have much to do all day, maybe got sucked into it because of feeling powerless

who is a neo-nazi in the ukrainian government?

you could probably find a job teaching english. i taught english in ukraine (kyiv) during the madian revolution in 2014. i think there are forums for ESL companies. english is a really important skill, especially in ukraine so people can achieve more economic mobility. when i was teaching in kyiv, i was able to go to the protests in the city center but i didnt volunteer or anything like that. i was politically neutral, and also depending on where you are, you should make it your goal to speak both russian and ukrainian.