perception management

Caught this one last night- it seems today the stock market has already gotten wind of it.

How ironic.  An engineer, from Apple, who is probably involved in aspects of automation, including possibly the  automobile, acting like an automaton, playing video games as his “self driving” auto slams him into a cement barricade, without ever braking.  Wow!

Coincidence? Some kind of economic warfare? Can't be sure. But, find the information below interesting. Particularly due to the parties involved.

Hard selling (aggressive salesmanship or advertising) of "smart cities" aka open air prisons.Nature

Last December, the Chinese city of Wuhan signed an agreement with the communications giant Huawei to install infrastructure to enhance its security and information services and convert it into a ‘smart city’.

Could the increased presence of 5 G infrastructure had an effect on the health and well being of the Wuhan residents?

• TASS

Peskov urging rationality and avoidance of very wild speculation.It must have been quite the spectacle to behold, following this past weeks "news"  or should I more rightly call it perception management?TASS

 If you prefer irrationality, (the quality of being illogical or unreasonable) which is bizarre (strange or unusual), this is not the oped for you.  So much of the information in the oped has been covered here for many years. Including Turkey's cooperation with Syria and Russia to clear Aleppo city, back in 2016... Yup, there are a number of reports covering that reality here at PFYT's. They will be relinked. Sane non sensational oped from aawsat @ Akram Bunni

 Earlier Today:

Russia/Turkey To Talk in Ankara Next Week- Russia did NOT Strike Turkish Troops

The latest:

 Going further there are now reports that Erdogan and Putin will talk, today, via phone at 15:00 GMT

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 It's not at all clear if fighting has really intensified, since fighting has been consistent in Idlib for years now. How would the intensity be quantified?  It can't be and that's why the 'chicken little' approach to covering Idlib has been avoided here.   Much more likely is that media coverage has been hyper exaggerated to excuse (seek to defend or justify) a US intervention. Now that I can vouch for.