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Ilya אש Ash

@ashcomco.bsky.social

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Poet and journalist based in and around Jerusalem. A Moscow transplant, worked in two media outlets later banned/closed in Russia. Shooting daily JLM life. Please, call me Ash. Mostly on Mastodon: https://zirk.us/@ash Moar: http://ash.com.co

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hello Bluesky, I need your help.

I’m Ash, a journalist and poet in Jerusalem. Right now I struggling mentally and can’t earn enough to cover even basic expenses.

#MutualAid #Fundraiser #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Depression #Jerusalem

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Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 9h

Rooting for the black hole

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10h

Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.

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The Insider @theins.press · 1d

From “Historical Chronicles” to “The Age of the USSR”: How Russian television justifies war and repression through “historical” films

Since 2014, Russian television has been glorifying Soviet leaders, justifying totalitarianism, and demonizing the West.

From “Historical Chronicles” to “The Age of the USSR”: How Russian television justifies war and repression through “historical” films

On Sept. 11, 2024, Russian journalist and television host Nikolai Svanidze passed away. His most significant legacy lies in his educational documentaries, which conveyed Russian history — including it...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing rumours that Reform are going to promise to pardon Guy Fawkes.

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Κνωσός @minoan-descendant.bsky.social · Aug 19

David Litwa is THE authority on Gnostic writings. Justin Sledge + David Litwa discussions are seriously not to be missed if you’re into the topic.

Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interview with Dr Sledge on Thomas, Egypt, and Pistis Sophia

YouTube video by M. David Litwa

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 3d

I now have a place where you can buy me a coffee. But please keep in mind that I really like coffee. I like it a lot. And I drink it fast. If you guys give me $80,000 to buy coffee, I will do exactly that and I will drink it all in one day. My body will explode.
buymeacoffee.com/lowqualityfa...

Low Quality Facts

Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 4d

Mediazona and CIT recently sparked some controversy by disputing a report from Ukraine's military intelligence project "I Want to Live" that supposedly contains leaked Russian KIA records. I read through the reservations and wrote up this summary.

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Counting bodies, casting doubts Independent Russian analysts dispute the reliability of alleged Russian casualties leaked by Ukraine’s military intelligence — Meduza

This week, researchers at the independent news website Mediazona and the OSINT project Conflict Intelligence Team disputed the reliability of alleged Russian military records leaked by Ukraine’s milit...

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

If you’d like to read a paper about World War One, history and philosophy of science—especially Sarton’s New Humanism and Reichenbach’s logical empiricism—, and scientific humanism, I wrote one!: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... #philsky

Scientific Humanisms (Chapter 5) - Science and Humanism

Science and Humanism - October 2025

www.cambridge.org

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 4d

The Art of Nicolas Dehghani → bit.ly/2V9qYZF

#artist #portfolio #illustration #art

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 4d

@timothysnyder.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social for the convenience of your followers, here is the English version of the address: en.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Address on the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4d

László Krasznahorkai is unusually experimental for a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, but in an unstable world, his selection feels perfectly timely. Walt Hunter on the political power of his timeless art:

Why the Latest Nobel Prize Winner Makes Perfect Sense

László Krasznahorkai is unusually experimental for a Nobel Prize winner, but in an unstable world, his selection feels perfectly timely.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 5d

A new album from the pioneer of alternative Arab music tempers pain and disappointment with the experimental grooviness she’s known for

#YasmineHamdan - I remember I forget

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Yasmine Hamdan - I remember I forget album cover. Photograph of a young girl with painting added on top of the image, including a yellow background.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 6d

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this "I Hate This Timeline" pin. Think of all the great timelines we could be experiencing. One where dogs can talk. A timeline where Game of Thrones didn't botch the ending. One where Keanu Reeves became president and convinced Putin to be cool.
collabs.shop/aihbvj

A round pin with a distraught looking frog. It has a black border that says "I Hate This Timeline".

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 14d

#booksky #poetry

•••
them who cried
in their bedroom
while the red riding wolf
putting on
their guise

looking in the mirror

"why-oh-why" — writing
into the sea of salt
of blogs

crying wolf sculpting
a collage muzzle of self
orphant annie of sorts
from the old comic strip
but then
stripping down
the quilt identity:
who is it
in the mirror
abused kid a carnivorous
shadow. and time
don't heal

if you wondered

but in the land of milk, honey
and perpetual war them taking again
a ritual horn
in their hands

closing eyes shut and blow —

the frame freezes
leaving the audience
just a promise

a subtle invitation

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 14d

#booksky #poetry

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25d

Very good news from my little corner of the world. (I guess this means my edgy afterlife as a starving Substack blogger will have to wait for another day.) Huge thanks to anyone and everyone who pitched it!

meduza.io/en/feature/2...

15,000 monthly supporters now have Meduza’s back. Thank you!! Our crowdfunding campaign continues after hitting a crucial milestone — Meduza

A little more than two weeks ago, Meduza launched an emergency crowdfunding campaign, explaining that our dwindling resources would prevent us from continuing our work without a surge in support from ...

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 23d

Nature is crazy.

The anteater once
had a now extinct
predator called the
anteatereater.

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 23d

So, why jokes?
Before tomorrow's release, take a look back at Jon Waterlow's exploration into the world of comedy under the Soviet regime- how it functioned, who it affected, and why it matters in the first place.
patreon.com/posts/soviet-jokes-138424149

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 23d

In the comments, a Jerusalem tour guide confirms that he’d heard the same story from a 75-year-old classmate at guide school.

(03/03)

#israel #jewish #history

Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 23d

She used to flop ’em right out on the counter, so anyone driving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, or Jerusalem to Be’er Sheva, or Jerusalem to Haifa would pull over just to have a look!"

(02/03)

#israel #jewish #history

Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 23d

In the comments, a Jerusalem tour guide confirms that he’d heard the same story from a 75-year-old classmate at guide school.

Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 23d

Artist and writer Sasha Galitsky runs art classes for the elderly. Once, a student told him:

"D’you remember?

Back in the ’50s, at the Nahshon junction there was this kiosk, and the woman running it — everyone called her ‘Israel’s Great Knockers’!

(01/03)

#israel #jewish #history

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: Kremlin insider statements continue to indicate that 1) Putin remains committed to his strategy that Russian forces will be able to win a war of attrition against Ukraine & the West, and 2) that the West has thus far failed to convince Putin to reevaluate his strategy.🧵1/7
isw.pub/UkrWar092025

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Ilya אש Ash @ashcomco.bsky.social · 25d

[3] Arkady Severny was a cult Soviet-era chanteur (’60s–’70s), an underground star famed for his repertoire of criminal/urban songs and Russian chanson. His recordings often drew on Jewish themes and influences, and circulated nationwide through unofficial reel-to-reel tapes and later cassettes.