{"podcast":{"title":"Silicon Curtain","slug":"silicon-curtain-5936295","podcast_index_feed_id":5936295,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a2dc0f30/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@SiliconCurtain/featured","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/27223308/27223308-1672150380433-f8bd61637bdca.jpg","author":"Jonathan Fink","episode_count":1576,"summary":"Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias. 1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:18:14.673670+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295"},"episode":{"title":"Crimea is Lost - Life for 'Russian Colonists' Is NOW Inconvenient - Soon It'll be Untenable!","slug":"crimea-is-lost-life-for-russian-colonists-is-now-inconvenient-soon-it-ll-be-untenable","published_at":"2026-06-22T20:57:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/crimea-is-lost-life-for-russian-colonists-is-now-inconvenient-soon-it-ll-be-untenable","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/episodes/Crimea-is-Lost---Life-for-Russian-Colonists-Is-NOW-Inconvenient---Soon-Itll-be-Untenable-e3l53kg","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6889696480.mp3","summary":"Silicon Bites Ep357 | 2026-06-22 | When the island runs dry: how Ukraine turned Putin's crown jewel into his most exposed nerve — an Achilles heel rather than a strategic asset – and why the pumps going dry on Russia Day's weekend is the moment the myth of Putin’s invincibility died. At nine o'clock this morning, in occupied Crimea, the petrol stopped. Not only rationed. Not accepting coupon-only. Not capped at twenty litres. Stopped entirely. The panic has truly set in. The Kremlin's man on the peninsula, Sergey Aksyonov, posted to Telegram that from 09:00 on Sunday 21 June, fuel would be sold to nobody — not for cash, not by card, not on a voucher, not to a private citizen, not to a business. Only the state gets to refuel now. This of course puts the military requirements above the population. Absolutely standard for Russia. ----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON…","meta_description":"Silicon Bites Ep357 | 2026-06-22 | When the island runs dry: how Ukraine turned Putin's crown jewel into his most exposed nerve — an Achilles heel rather…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1077,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/silicon-curtain-5936295/episodes/crimea-is-lost-life-for-russian-colonists-is-now-inconvenient-soon-it-ll-be-untenable/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/crimea-is-lost-life-for-russian-colonists-is-now-inconvenient-soon-it-ll-be-untenable.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}