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I dislike authoritarianism, xenophobia, and the results of the 2016 election. I don't post anything without running it by my therapist first. I take photos.
new york cityJoined May 2009
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Reminder the GOP is an antigovernment party. Weakening our institutions & getting nothing done is actually their goal. The current form of paralysis & performative idiocy suits them fine and when it is resolved it will be followed by other paralyzing forms of performative idiocy.
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FYI: Weβre blocked by Elon Musk.
So much for being βcommittedβ to free speech.
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Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P
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An artist in St. Petersburg named Alexandra Skochilenko repeated this stunt and is now charged with the felony offense of spreading βfalse infoβ about the Russian military. Grocery store staff ratted her out to the cops. She faces up to 3 years in prison. t.me/rotondamedia/3
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Some very creative antiwar activism at grocery stores in Kazan. They changed the prices to match the figures in their βproduct descriptions.β t.me/sotavision/381
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My best friends house near Kyiv was robbed by the Russian soldiers as every single house in their village. Apart from stealing PlayStation, creating a mess searching for money,they destroyed Hanna Arendtβs βThe Banality of Evilβ. They might not know whatβs the book is about.
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Horrific. Ukrainian civilians were beheaded by Russian soldiers.
Ukraine's law enforcement is collecting evidence, identifying suspects, bringing the law to bear against barbarism.
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βWhat weβve seen in Bucha is not the random act of a rogue unit, this is a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities,β just now departing for Brussels.
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Up: Jewish residents of Iasi, Romania, murdered by the Nazi allies in June 1941. Killed because they were Jewish.
Bottom: Residents of Bucha, Ukraine, murdered by Russian soldiers in March 2022. Killed because they were Ukrainians.
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Photos of murdered civilians in Irpin and Bucha by Russian troops recall the mass killings by Soviet and Nazi regimes.
This is not a battlefield, itβs a crime scene.
Mass killings of Ukrainian civilians by #Russia are clear war crimes. 1/3
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A group of children who fled Mariupol are now taking refuge in Dnipro, where CNN asked them "What do you want the world to know about Ukraine?". Here's what they had to say cnn.it/3tSHhvq
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For those who donβt understand scale of the tragedy caused by #Russia, itβs time to open their eyes and stop counting money. Sanctions must be maximized, as no inflation or energy prices are worth killing civilians or Ukrainian children sleeping in basements.
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An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, scientists said.
The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse.
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Putin's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky and foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin just made fiery speeches to rally Russians around the Ukraine war.
Their rhetoric provided an alarming window into Russia's totalitarian tilt. Some more details /1
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Companies refusing to leave Russia. Let's share and shame.
Longer, including some that are buying time etc:
som.yale.edu/story/2022/ove The total number of companies betting on Russia despite Russian atrocities is unfortunately much longer.
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Children play in front of a damaged building in Mariupol on Wednesday.
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What does Love mean to 4-8 year old kids? A threadβ¦
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got were broader, deeper, and more profound than anyone could have ever imagined!
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Unbelievable. Russian police have now also detained Alexey Navalny's lawyers after his sentencing to 9 years.
They were giving post-court statements to the media outside the prison when police accused them of interfering with the work of the facility and took them away.
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ΠΠ΄Π²ΠΎΠΊΠ°ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΠ°Π²Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·Π°Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠ°. ΠΠ½ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅Π·ΠΆΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ° ΠΏΠΎ ΡΡΠ΅Π±ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΈ Π² ΡΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π΄Π°Π²Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΡ ΠΆΡΡΠ½Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡΠ°ΠΌ
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three children died of thirst in mariupol when the snow melt ran out, the bbc has been told. unbearable
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We are sleepwalking to climate catastrophe.
Our planet has already warmed by as much as 1.2 degrees β and we see the devastating consequences everywhere.
We need a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by mid-century to keep our climate goals alive.
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This interests me both because I am relieved Biden tested negative and because Taoiseach was a term in a recent crossword puzzle π
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The president was exposed to the Irish prime minister - who was whisked from the event after testing positive - last Wednesday night
Biden was not deemed a CDC close contact but had spent more than seven minutes talking to the Taoiseach twitter.com/kaitlancollinsβ¦
Mariupol today. We publish the full text by Nadia Sukhorukova.
I go outside in between the bombings. I need to walk the dog. She's whining, shivering, and hiding behind my legs. I want to sleep all the time. My yard, surrounded by high-rise buildings, is silent and dead. 1/13
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Tomorrow's the first day of boreal spring. And its 70F above normal at the South Pole. And 50F above normal at the North Pole.
Via & :
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The faint hearted should not read this.
Yesterday, at our own risk, we left Mariupol under gunfire. We stayed overnight in a field in a gray zone. It was freezing outside, thank God we are alive. We are alive to scream that everyone who stayed in Mariupol needs help!
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Now we have this, plus:
- Russia's statements on US nuclear attacks on Japan
- "Teach US a lesson" statement
- Statement about Ukraine trying to start a nuclear incident at Chernobyl by Russia.
- Exodus of private jets from Moscow
- Strange Russian aircraft movement
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Lavrov was halfway to Beijing last night when his plane turned around abruptly and returned to Moscow β¦@BILDβ© reports. Unclear if Putin called him back or Chinese side got cold feet bild.de/politik/auslan
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Russia dropped a bomb on a building of a drama theatre in Mariupol, where about a thousand people, including children, were sheltering. The number of casualties is unknown. Rescuers cannot work in the city because of constant bombardment. I don't have words left #SaveMariupol
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The Council of Europe has expelled Russia from the continentβs foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over its invasion and war in Ukraine.
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In Chernigiv Russians have killed more than ten people who were standing in line to buy some bread.
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The woman who protested on Kremlin TV has been arrested and her lawyers can't find her.
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Defense attorneys have reportedly given up the search for Marina Ovsyannikova and gone home for the night. Theyβll keep looking for her in the morning. (Itβs 3:30am in Moscow now.) t.me/sotavision/372
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Π Russian woman stood outside the entrance to Moscow's Christ The Savior Church with the Sixth Commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written on it. She was arrested. (source: )
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Yes yes yes. Please read this thread
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This morning on @Morning_Joe @JoeNBC asked me, and I'm paraphrasing, what it was going to take for the West to defend Ukraine, to step up and defend the innocent people of that country from slaughter at the hands of the Russians. I offered up a pretty standard answer.
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There used to be an old Soviet joke about Alexander, Hannibal and Napoleon meeting in the underworld. 'A.: If only I had Soviet planes, I'd have conquered India, and then the world. - H.: If only I had Soviet tanks instead of elephants, I'd have conquered Rome.' 1/2
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To those abroad scared of being βdragged into WWIIIβ. Ukraine fights back successfully. We need you to help us fight. Provide us with all necessary weapons. Apply more sanctions on Russia and isolate it fully. Help Ukraine force Putin into failure and you will avert a larger war.
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Famous elderly protester and artist Yelena Osipova has been detained in St. Petersburg with a sign saying "Putin is war. We don't want to die for Putin."
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