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Costuming Steampunk Rococopunk Medievalist feminist SF fan. Passionate about democracy (warts & all). Hate fascism & what feeds it: so no bros, racists, dinghyshriekers, eugenicists, conspiracists etc. No DMs unless I know you personally. Vive l'humanité.

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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · Nov 14

First post: you may recognise this.

#fucktheMuskery

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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 44m

Gave in & put the heating on. We had a good run.

warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 4h

Nobody needs to fund Fascistbook with their presence this badly 👇

warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 4h

#everylittlehelps #slavaUkraini 👍👏👇

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 5h

⛽️❌ The fuel crisis has already affected more than half of Russia's regions - at least 57 have faced fuel supply disruptions after strikes on refineries, — BBC.

The crisis began in the Far East – in Transbaikalia, Primorye, and Sakhalin Oblast, which are served by just two large oil refineries.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 6h

Ukraine and Britain are launching joint production of interceptor drones to manufacture around 2,000 drones monthly specifically for Ukraine to counter Russian drones, UK Defense Secretary Luke Pollard said.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 5h

Think you’ve seen it all? Ukraine has more to tell.

Follow human-centered reporting that goes beyond the headlines.

Subscribe through the link.

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak | Substack

A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week...

www.counteroffensive.news

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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 4h

Hard choices to come 👇

"Discussions about the flooding of territories began in 🇪🇺 roughly a year ago... But there are several complicating factors. The areas often contain people’s homes. In the case of the Kozarovychi Dam there was no time to choose – it was either flooding or Russia’s occupation."

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

Blowing up the dam was an unlikely chess move.
But in the frantic days of February 2022, it was the last option to stop the Russians.

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

The first blast failed. The water barely moved.
Russian artillery began to fire.
Then came the second attempt.

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

Water poured across the Irpin River basin - stalling the Russian advance to Kyiv.

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

“It was an incredible stroke of luck,” said Oleksandr Karpiuk, the marine reservist who carried out the detonation. “I wasn’t supposed to survive there.”

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

What was a desperate act of defense is now a model.
Now European countries - Poland, Finland, and the Baltics - are studying Ukraine’s example.

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

Read more about how Ukraine’s decision to sacrifice a dam saved Kyiv - and why Europe may follow its lead - at this link:

Good for Beavers, Bad for Russia

In 2022, Ukraine blew up the Kozarovychi Dam to stop the Russians. Now, Europe wants to copy this strategy — turning wetlands into defenses.

open.substack.com

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS OF THE DAY

RUSSIA INCREASES ATTACKS ON UKRAINE’S ENERGY GRID: Russia is targeting power plants and electrical infrastructure throughout Ukraine to cause blackouts as winter approaches.

As Winter Nears, Russian Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Cause Blackouts

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 5h

In case anyone needed a reminder
POO-tihn did't create russians, russians created their POO-tihn

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h

Russia has once again started talking about "negotiations" it is supposedly ready for, while "bad" Europe and Ukraine are allegedly the ones disrupting them.

What does this mean?
After Minsk, Istanbul, and Alaska, it has become clear to everyone that Russia is simply stalling for time

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h

And doing nothing to actually achieve peace. Its words are worthless. They are aimed at those Western politicians who still hope for "agreements" with Russia and rely on the system of rules and checks and balances that existed in the past, during the Cold War.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h

But they fail to understand that these levers no longer exist, because Russia interprets any constructive gesture as weakness. We are now in a state of geopolitical transformation, where borders must be defended by force.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6h

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 9h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 5h

A new phase has begun in Russia’s war on Ukraine, where strategic long-range strikes outweigh front-line advances in determining the war’s trajectory

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 5h

⚡️Netherlands delivers minehunter ship to Ukraine, Navy commander says.

A second vessel of the same class is expected to be delivered by the end of 2025, with crew training already underway, said Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa.

Netherlands delivers minehunter ship to Ukraine, Navy commander says

A second vessel of the same class is expected to be delivered by the end of 2025, with crew training already underway, said Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa.

kyivindependent.com

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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 5h

Reminder of original 👇

And we must quit calling ourselves 'Antifa' - leftists are to blame here for using daft abbreviations like 'the fash' & 'Antifa' that sound exotic & weird to most people & obscure what we're fighting. We must use the proper name or expect our lazy labels to be turned on us.