buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Reflexive control really is a great phrase to learn and understand. So much of the US coverage of the Russo-Ukraine war has been plagued by it.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/russian-unreality-and-american-weakness
Snyder goes through some of the history between the two nations and the myriad ways this horrible document is horrible. I wanted to include some choice quotes but his entire post is a choice quote.