The Shitposting Cartoon Dogs Sending Trucks, Drones, and Weapons to Ukraine's Front Lines

In May 2022, just months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a disparate group of people from across the globe decided that they wanted to fight back. This turned into the North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO), a decentralized online activist network designed to combat pro-Kremlin propaganda, primarily focusing on the platform then known as Twitter. The members, identified by cartoon Shiba Inu avatars, mocked Russian government accounts and used meme warfare to disrupt Moscow's propaganda over the invasion. But in November 2022, Elon Musk took control of the platform, changed its name to X, and effectively allowed Russia's propagandists free rein to do whatever they wanted. While NAFO members continued to push back, posting memes in response to any posts from official Russian accounts, they knew they had to do something else to alter the course of the war.