Ann A
@asburand3.bsky.social
Financial analyst with strong interest in politics/geopolitics. Here to support Ukraine and all democracies. Free time: reading (📚📚📚), foreign languages (currently Italian and Ukrainian), baking, knitting, walking/running/hiking, cycling. #NAFO #Fella
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Ann A
@asburand3.bsky.social
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⭐️ If you have served in your country’s military, or have worked or volunteered with people in the armed forces and are fluent in English AND would like to help Ukrainian 🇺🇦defenders practice English...
PLEASE see below and contact [email protected] about ENGin for Defenders.
Слава Україні!
PLEASE see below and contact [email protected] about ENGin for Defenders.
Слава Україні!
Here's an absolutely beautiful read. ❤️ Wish we'd kept my mom's Smith Corona.
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here's an absolutely beautiful read. ❤️ Wish we'd kept my mom's Smith Corona.
And now...the Trump administration attacks the Boy Scouts. Where will it end? #whereiscongress
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And now...the Trump administration attacks the Boy Scouts. Where will it end? #whereiscongress
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I'm furious at what my country has become. We are (willingly!) in the hands of a despot.
WHERE are the other two branches??
WHERE are the other two branches??
Pentagon Probes Allegations of Misconduct Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm furious at what my country has become. We are (willingly!) in the hands of a despot.
WHERE are the other two branches??
WHERE are the other two branches??
Russia murders. It maims. It invades, it plunders, it destroys.
Does that sound like anyone interested in "peace"? Only to Donald Trump.
No negotiation with war criminals. Blow them up.
#russiaisaterroriststate
Does that sound like anyone interested in "peace"? Only to Donald Trump.
No negotiation with war criminals. Blow them up.
#russiaisaterroriststate
A russian Geran/Shahed-type kamikaze drone struck a multi-story residential apartment building in 🇺🇦Odesa
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Russia murders. It maims. It invades, it plunders, it destroys.
Does that sound like anyone interested in "peace"? Only to Donald Trump.
No negotiation with war criminals. Blow them up.
#russiaisaterroriststate
Does that sound like anyone interested in "peace"? Only to Donald Trump.
No negotiation with war criminals. Blow them up.
#russiaisaterroriststate
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Get ready to fill those stockings!
💙💛Get ready to drop your toonie, grant a wish, share the joy.
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Be sure to check out “This Week’s Toonie” video — a short message about why this campaign matters. 💙💛
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TWT 10 - Make Christmas Magic for Children of Fallen Defenders
YouTube video by Segi Fella
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Get ready to fill those stockings!
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From 'The American Revolution' on PBS:
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms—never, never, never!"
~William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
So...all these American "patriots" should 🤔 💡
#IStandWithUkraine
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms—never, never, never!"
~William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
So...all these American "patriots" should 🤔 💡
#IStandWithUkraine
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
From 'The American Revolution' on PBS:
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms—never, never, never!"
~William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
So...all these American "patriots" should 🤔 💡
#IStandWithUkraine
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms—never, never, never!"
~William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
So...all these American "patriots" should 🤔 💡
#IStandWithUkraine
Well done, @60minutes.bsky.social
Thank you, Scott Pelley, for accurately calling this "Putin's War."
Horrifying piece. I hope the boneheads in the U.S. are watching.
Thank you, Scott Pelley, for accurately calling this "Putin's War."
Horrifying piece. I hope the boneheads in the U.S. are watching.
“I have never seen such a horror in my life,” says Ukrainian prosecutor Vitalii Dovhal, recalling the attack on a city bus in Sumy, Ukraine. “It was all mud, dust, blood, crying, and bodies.” cbsn.ws/4oWKmEL
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Well done, @60minutes.bsky.social
Thank you, Scott Pelley, for accurately calling this "Putin's War."
Horrifying piece. I hope the boneheads in the U.S. are watching.
Thank you, Scott Pelley, for accurately calling this "Putin's War."
Horrifying piece. I hope the boneheads in the U.S. are watching.
Fly, little birds, fly!
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The power plant is in the town of Shatura, about 75 miles (120km) east of central Moscow.
As you can see from the last video, and these - the attack continued for quite a while.
The power plant is in the town of Shatura, about 75 miles (120km) east of central Moscow.
As you can see from the last video, and these - the attack continued for quite a while.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Fly, little birds, fly!
Agreed. I called both of my Republican senators the same afternoon I read leaked details of the US-ruzzia plan demanding Ukraine's surrender. And I'll call 'em again on Monday.
Make some noise! 💥💥💥
Make some noise! 💥💥💥
Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Agreed. I called both of my Republican senators the same afternoon I read leaked details of the US-ruzzia plan demanding Ukraine's surrender. And I'll call 'em again on Monday.
Make some noise! 💥💥💥
Make some noise! 💥💥💥
You can make your own decision about this guy, but he's hard core MAGA and I'm blocking him. No interest in what he has to say.
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You can make your own decision about this guy, but he's hard core MAGA and I'm blocking him. No interest in what he has to say.
"For too long, liberal Hollywood has pushed its false narratives of unhappy slaves desiring freedom,” said Trump, who criticized what he called the “violent extremism” of films in which enslaved people break free from their shackles, claiming such stories were “racist” against slave owners."
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"For too long, liberal Hollywood has pushed its false narratives of unhappy slaves desiring freedom,” said Trump, who criticized what he called the “violent extremism” of films in which enslaved people break free from their shackles, claiming such stories were “racist” against slave owners."
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The deeper problem isn’t just misinformation, its the collapse of shared verification environments and the rise of influencer-led moral-epistemic systems that feel more authentic than institutions.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The deeper problem isn’t just misinformation, its the collapse of shared verification environments and the rise of influencer-led moral-epistemic systems that feel more authentic than institutions.
Perfect!
Deja poo.
The feeling you've heard this shit somewhere before. 🙄
The feeling you've heard this shit somewhere before. 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Perfect!
Call your Congress members.
Make noise.
This "plan" is abhorrent; it's also in Trump's personal interests, not those of the United States.
Make noise.
This "plan" is abhorrent; it's also in Trump's personal interests, not those of the United States.
"Russia Will Emerge from It as an "Absolute Victor, Strengthened Morally and Economically"
I don't usually agree with Fico, but he's right on this one.
That is the basis and the intent of the Trump regime's plan.
I don't usually agree with Fico, but he's right on this one.
That is the basis and the intent of the Trump regime's plan.
🥴Fico Supports Trump's "Peace Plan": He Stated That Russia Will Emerge from It as an "Absolute Victor, Strengthened Morally and Economically"
Fico considers the document "grandiose." According to him, Kyiv should agree to this proposal.
Fico considers the document "grandiose." According to him, Kyiv should agree to this proposal.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Call your Congress members.
Make noise.
This "plan" is abhorrent; it's also in Trump's personal interests, not those of the United States.
Make noise.
This "plan" is abhorrent; it's also in Trump's personal interests, not those of the United States.
I can't remember which #Fella 🇳🇱 posted this, but thank you! I've just sent "my" child's gift directly from amazon .nl - yes, it can be done from the U.S.!
There's still ⏱️ If you have the desire and resources, please be a Santa. More than 500 Ukrainian children still need one.
There's still ⏱️ If you have the desire and resources, please be a Santa. More than 500 Ukrainian children still need one.
Secret Santa - NL4UA
Become a Secret Santa for vulnerable children in Ukraine. Make their wish come true this year.
secret-santa.nl4ua.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I can't remember which #Fella 🇳🇱 posted this, but thank you! I've just sent "my" child's gift directly from amazon .nl - yes, it can be done from the U.S.!
There's still ⏱️ If you have the desire and resources, please be a Santa. More than 500 Ukrainian children still need one.
There's still ⏱️ If you have the desire and resources, please be a Santa. More than 500 Ukrainian children still need one.
"Trump is a real threat to the world order, to peace for his people & all of Europe"
✅ ✅ ✅
He's got to go. Republicans can't keep hanging on. #ETTD
✅ ✅ ✅
He's got to go. Republicans can't keep hanging on. #ETTD
Trumpty Dumpty is again bullying Ukraine into surrender, according to Reuters.
Trump is a real threat to the world order, to peace for his people & all of Europe
To back genocidal war criminals over a democracy is against every single thing the US & its constitution stands for
Trump is a real threat to the world order, to peace for his people & all of Europe
To back genocidal war criminals over a democracy is against every single thing the US & its constitution stands for
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Trump is a real threat to the world order, to peace for his people & all of Europe"
✅ ✅ ✅
He's got to go. Republicans can't keep hanging on. #ETTD
✅ ✅ ✅
He's got to go. Republicans can't keep hanging on. #ETTD
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November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is absolutely how it's going to go down.
Be prepared for the redaction cover-up. It's coming. We will need to keep fighting until the entire truth comes out.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is absolutely how it's going to go down.
This woman was honking her horn to alert others to the presence of ICE.
#ICEGestapo BROKE HER WINDOW on the street in residential neighborhood and abducted her for FBI questioning.
Oh - and she's a U.S. citizen
Tell me how this is NOT #USfascism. Thugs trying to intimidate people into silence.
#ICEGestapo BROKE HER WINDOW on the street in residential neighborhood and abducted her for FBI questioning.
Oh - and she's a U.S. citizen
Tell me how this is NOT #USfascism. Thugs trying to intimidate people into silence.
Border Patrol agents break car window, arrest U.S. citizens in Charlotte
Video captured by Charlotte residents shows tense interactions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection as it continues “Operation Charlotte Web” throughout the region.
spectrumlocalnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This woman was honking her horn to alert others to the presence of ICE.
#ICEGestapo BROKE HER WINDOW on the street in residential neighborhood and abducted her for FBI questioning.
Oh - and she's a U.S. citizen
Tell me how this is NOT #USfascism. Thugs trying to intimidate people into silence.
#ICEGestapo BROKE HER WINDOW on the street in residential neighborhood and abducted her for FBI questioning.
Oh - and she's a U.S. citizen
Tell me how this is NOT #USfascism. Thugs trying to intimidate people into silence.
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Why Jews and Hamas won’t start trading, visiting each other’s countries, engaging in some kind of cultural exchange?
Why Americans don’t want cultural exchange with Al-Qaeda? Why Holocaust survivors don’t want to live near Nazis?
By @Frialum
Why Americans don’t want cultural exchange with Al-Qaeda? Why Holocaust survivors don’t want to live near Nazis?
By @Frialum
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Why Jews and Hamas won’t start trading, visiting each other’s countries, engaging in some kind of cultural exchange?
Why Americans don’t want cultural exchange with Al-Qaeda? Why Holocaust survivors don’t want to live near Nazis?
By @Frialum
Why Americans don’t want cultural exchange with Al-Qaeda? Why Holocaust survivors don’t want to live near Nazis?
By @Frialum
I'm honestly surprised Keith Kellogg is still there. If I were a betting person, I had him resigning in disgust by July, maybe September. He's hanging in there.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Very cool!
It was an honor for MK and me to meet with Pope Leo XIV – a son of Illinois – to express the pride and reverence of the people of this great state. Pope Leo XIV’s message of hope, compassion, unity, and peace resonates with Illinoisans of all faiths and traditions.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Very cool!
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November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Let's hit 50% today!! 🎯
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