Patrice Dabrowski
patricedabrowski.bsky.social
Patrice Dabrowski
@patricedabrowski.bsky.social

historian by training; author of books on commemorations, Poland, and the Carpathian Mountains; climbing aficionado; lover of good food, wine, music, conversations

Political science 66%
History 16%
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?

TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land

This:
Abraham Lincoln: “The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

Donald Trump: “Things happen.”
Abraham Lincoln: “The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

Donald Trump: “Things happen.”

Ukrainians are so resourceful:
Streets of Kherson covered with anti-drone nets to protect civilians from russian drones.

A city where russians regularly hunt civilians with drones in the infamous “human safari” for sport and for entertainment, still finds ways to carry on 💔
Pope Leo XIV voiced support for Ukraine, expressing concern over renewed strikes on cities. He called for prayers for a just and lasting peace, noting the toll on civilians, especially children, and the destruction of homes as winter sets in. “I stand close to those who suffer so cruelly,” he said.
Neue Zahlen: Polen ist Partner Nummer 1 des Osthandels. Wir tauschen mit Polen mehr als 22 MAL SO VIELE Waren wie mit Russland.
Aus der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte kann nicht entnehmen, dass Polen 22 MAL WICHTIGER ist als die Russische Föderation.
Streets of Kherson covered with anti-drone nets to protect civilians from russian drones.

A city where russians regularly hunt civilians with drones in the infamous “human safari” for sport and for entertainment, still finds ways to carry on 💔

I am freaking out. This is unconstitutional.

It’s really dangerous. ICE respects no one.

NYT has mind-boggling headlines. I wonder who is behind them.

So, she’s lobbying to get Ukrainian children abducted by Russia back?
Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

New books, on Lithuania and Central Europe!
Will Portland's frogs become the US equivalent of Poland's Orange Alternative dwarfs?
The Portland protest frogs are multiplying
YouTube video by The Oregonian
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Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

This:
Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?
Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?

Did we live through the same period?
Megyn Kelly: “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake…He was so divisive in his messaging...He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…They say ‘Trump is divisive’. He’s the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama.”

This:
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

Megyn Kelly: “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake…He was so divisive in his messaging...He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…They say ‘Trump is divisive’. He’s the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama.”
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

They must be turning over in their graves.

This:

This has gone way too far: why can’t we do something about it? Putin has thrown down the gauntlet, and we stand there, stupefied, as Ukrainians take the hit for us, time and again.
This is how Russian drone crashing into your apartment looks like. + we live in truly bizarre times. this person stands there calmly in their Kyiv apartment that was just attacked by a Russian Shahed drone, and just calmly says why you should indeed hide in bathroom or hallway during the attack ,

It’s all about control over something that should be above politics.

Who is surprised by this? Only those who avert their eyes.