Yes, this is how I also feel when someone knocks at the door
These cats have dozens of cosy places to sleep but instead they're taking turns on the pile of random garbage from our final moving boxes.
#caturday #catsofmastodon #cats #cat #blackcats #voidcats #void #blackcat #pets
People gathering on Trafalgar Square this evening
#ukraine #russiainvadedukraine #russia #russiaukraineWar #london #ukpol #uk #trafalgarSquare #nationalgallery #news #war
Just called my gym to ask when the leg press and adductor machines will be working again, lady fielding the call was very polite, said she'd check for updates and with gym manager etc. After some slightly muffled conversations in the background I hear her yell "A FEW MONTHS?!??! JESUS CHRIST!!" So ... guess I'm not going today.
Stop referring to Steve Sweeney as a "journalist". He works for Russian state television. He's a propagandist. Even the current DOS website notes that RT moved beyond being a media entity and is "engaged in information operations, covert influence, and military procurement".
#media #journalism #stevesweeney #medianews #news #lebanon #israel #russia #reporting #ukraine #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda
Remembering this reassuring poster that was put up at a Moscow bus stop in 2016 ("that one has died, this one will die too")
This IWD, don't be a self-proclaimed leftist speaking over Ukrainian women from the comfort of Europe 💐
#internationalWomensDay #iwd #iwd2026 #Ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #UkraineWar #feminism #greenparty #polanski #mamdani #ukpol #socialism #demsoc #leftism
This is a really fantastic article that explains why Ukrainians may not be fawning over the Oscar-winning "Mr Nobody against Putin", the way that the rest of the world is.
https://thechrissampson.substack.com/p/the-good-russian-is-not-coming-to
This screenshotted part especially correlates with my own experience. I have personally witnessed at least one fellow western journalist crying "bigotry".
#Ukraine #russia #genocide #war #oscars #entertainment #entertainmentnews #mrnobody #russiainvadedukraine #russiaukraineWar #ukrainewar #movies
Death toll in overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv has risen to 21, according to emergency services
#Kyiv #Ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukraineWar #russiainvadedukraine #news #worldnews
Oh my god, this so hard. And I think it especially applies to women (who are handed repeated messages that their value lies in their youth and beauty). You get better at boundaries, you don't tolerate pathetic men trying to guilt trip you into giving them your time, you stop coddling people who are actively negative influences / energy vampires ...
Russia kills at least 4, wounds further 28 in attack on Ukraine's Dnipro, according to Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha
#Ukraine #Dnipro #russia #russiainvadedUkraine #russiaUkrainewar #war #imperialism #news #worldnews
"In 2018, Palantir hired Mandelson’s lobbying firm, Global Counsel, to facilitate the company’s penetration of UK Government contracts – at the same time Epstein remained an active Valar partner receiving confidential investment opportunities from Thiel’s fund."
#palantir #peterthiel #thiel #ukpol #mandelson #petermandelson #epstein #jeffreyepstein #epsteinfiles #labour #starmer #news #russia #technews
Meanwhile, the Winter Paralympics welcomes Russian and Belarusian athletes (some of whom directly participated in Russia's genocidal invasion) with open arms. Absolutely shameful.
#italy #paralympics #sports #sportnews #russia #Ukraine #olympicGames #news #war #imperialism #genocide #russiaukraineWar #ukrainewar
On the receiving end of this today: a Russian academic contacted me to discuss "emotional policymaking" in the Baltics without any recognition of the potential issues / complexities of a Russian conducting this research and imperial legacies in the region. I'm sure it would come up over the course of subsequent conversations but ignoring that it is indeed loaded in the initial email doesn't inspire me with hope that Baltic "grievances" will be dealt with sensitively.
Disappointing to still hear people make the "Russians are scared" argument about why Russians don't protest. I'm sure they are. So were Ukrainians when they camped out on Maidan 2013-2014, being shot, kidnapped and tortured, until their corrupt president fled the country. Sometimes there are more important things than self-preservation.
And the majority of Russians (~2/3 of the country) support the war.
#Ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar #news #war #maidan #policing #genocide
The story of five generations of the same Crimean Tatar family, forced from their homes because of Moscow. With @trpforjustice@twitter-bridge.cryobyte.net, for Spanish daily @lavanguardia@fedifeed.net
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@mloxton@med-mastodon.com there's definitely a deeper problem with societies being geared towards the loud, selfish, and obnoxious. But appearances can be deceptive too, I've stood in front of men like this before, nodding and smiling, thinking about how awful they are the entire time and how they are wasting my evening. One can only hope that the people who actually do value these traits will destroy one another through their own terrible, hollow relationships, and leave the rest of us alone!
