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I'm a fan of ancient history, fandom, space, nature, kittens & puppies, & wildlife. I support Ukraine against terrorist muscovy 💯 Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦 🌻 No DM's!!!

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · Dec 1

Stand With Ukraine Always.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 14h

American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1962. He passed away in New York City in 1964.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 14h

In 1923, he immigrated to the US, and he became an American citizen in 1929. He participated in the Ukrainian pavilion at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Over the years, he took part in art exhibitions around the world and was elected to the.......

marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 14h

Next site, is Olexsandr Porfyrovych Arkhypenko (Олександр Порфирович Архипенко), a Ukrainian-American artist. He was born in Kyiv in 1887 and was a sculptor and graphic artist. He attended the Kyiv Art School from 1902-1905. He had his own art school in Paris from 1912-1914......

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 2d

Next site, is Zamok Tereshchenkiv in Zhytomyr Oblast. It's named after the Tereshchenko family who owned it after the original owner passed away. The Tereshchenko's are a Ukrainian family with Cossack roots. The building is now in ruins, but still looks amazing. #СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 4d

Next site, is Dzembronya Waterfall in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, near the village of Dzembronya. It's a cascade of several falls that stretches for well over 300 feet, the tallest section being over 30 feet tall.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

‘Wait, this is happening to ME so we need to do something about it.’ -ancient Republican mantra

onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 6d

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 6d

Next site, is the Educational and Library Complex of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. The construction of the building was started in May 2012, completed in December 2016, and officially opened in March 2017. I love this building. It's awesome.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 8d

Next site, is more Ukrainian postage stamp plate blocks. These ones all feature Ukrainian athletics and were released for the Olympics and Invictus Games.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 8d

This is very awesome.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...

Archaeologists Found a 2,500-Year-Old Tomb Filled with Treasure—and Completely Untouched

“This undisturbed burial offers a unique window into an era we know very little about.”

www.popularmechanics.com

marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 9d

Next site, the Galagan Art Museum in Chernihiv, full name, Hryhorii Galagan Chernihiv Regional Art Museum. It was founded in 1983, & it was partially damaged in 2022 due to the "russian" invasion. It's in a 19th-century building & has over 16,000 works of art.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 10d

Next site, is some national parks in Ukraine. 1, Carpathian National Nature Park. 2, Lower Dniester National Park. 3, Cheremosh National Nature Park. 4, Vyzhnytskyy National Nature Park.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 12d

Next site, is paintings by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Donatovich Orlovsky (Володимир Донатович Орловський), who was born in Kyiv in 1842.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 13d

And, here is an article all about flowers and their symbolism in Ukraine.
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www.1800flowers.com/articles/flo...

Flowers of Ukraine: The Symbolism and Significance | Petal Talk

The flowers of Ukraine are filled with significance and symbolism. From sunflowers to lilacs, these flowers are woven through Ukrainian culture.

www.1800flowers.com

marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 13d

Next site, is an extra post for today as I missed yesterday (I seem to have pulled a muscle in my lower back, I have been having a few painful days), so here are some beautiful flowers of Ukraine.......

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 15d

Next site, is Ihrovets Mountain (Гора Ігровець) in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It's in the Gorgany Mountain range, which is part of the Carpathians in Western Ukraine. It's 5,919 feet above sea level and popular for hikers.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15d

So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.

The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.

And they get another vacation

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 15d

This is fascinating.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehenge

Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, during surveys of the area between 2011 and 2017

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 16d

Next site, due to another very late start this evening, is more Ukrainian postage stamp plate blocks. These all have something to do with Kyiv. From Kyiv Princes to the university in Kyiv named after Taras Shevchenko.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 17d

Next site, is the lavender fields of Ukraine. There's beautiful lavender fields throughout Ukraine, "especially in Zakarpattia, Odesa, and Poltava regions." I would love to visit some of these incredible fields some day.
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marykk 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🌻 @marykk.bsky.social · 18d

Next site, is Korovai (Коровай), a braided bread made with wheat flour. It's decorated with symbolic images made out of dough and traditionally made by the parents of the bride and groom. It's often blessed by a priest and then shared with the wedding guests.
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