Ilya אש Ash
@ashcomco.bsky.social
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
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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Droids - (Do You Have) The Force (1977 French space disco/early synth pop and horrific choreography)
https://redd.it/5nx9nu
https://youtu.be/WJkdVB3Assw
https://redd.it/5nx9nu
https://youtu.be/WJkdVB3Assw
Droids - (Do You Have) The Force (1977 French space disco/early synth pop and horrific choreography)
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February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Droids - (Do You Have) The Force (1977 French space disco/early synth pop and horrific choreography)
https://redd.it/5nx9nu
https://youtu.be/WJkdVB3Assw
https://redd.it/5nx9nu
https://youtu.be/WJkdVB3Assw
Dear fediverse / mazeldon — I’m in urgent financial trouble and asking for help. TL;DR: I’m desperate.
I’m a published poet and journalist from Moscow, now living in Jerusalem, and I currently can’t cover my rent. Details below. (01/02)
#writingcommunity #poetry #booksky #jewsky #jewishsky
I’m a published poet and journalist from Moscow, now living in Jerusalem, and I currently can’t cover my rent. Details below. (01/02)
#writingcommunity #poetry #booksky #jewsky #jewishsky
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Dear fediverse / mazeldon — I’m in urgent financial trouble and asking for help. TL;DR: I’m desperate.
I’m a published poet and journalist from Moscow, now living in Jerusalem, and I currently can’t cover my rent. Details below. (01/02)
#writingcommunity #poetry #booksky #jewsky #jewishsky
I’m a published poet and journalist from Moscow, now living in Jerusalem, and I currently can’t cover my rent. Details below. (01/02)
#writingcommunity #poetry #booksky #jewsky #jewishsky
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Yoshiaki Ochi -- Ear Dreamin' [Japanese Ambient] (1990)
https://redd.it/88pbxu
https://youtu.be/AsdLL9qCUtI
https://redd.it/88pbxu
https://youtu.be/AsdLL9qCUtI
Yoshiaki Ochi -- Ear Dreamin' [Japanese Ambient] (1990)
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February 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Yoshiaki Ochi -- Ear Dreamin' [Japanese Ambient] (1990)
https://redd.it/88pbxu
https://youtu.be/AsdLL9qCUtI
https://redd.it/88pbxu
https://youtu.be/AsdLL9qCUtI
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
February 1, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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🇮🇳 🇪🇺 India and the European Union on Tuesday announced what Prime Minister Narendra Modi called "a mother of all deals", a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people reached after two decades of negotiations ➡️ u.afp.com/SBrp
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
🇮🇳 🇪🇺 India and the European Union on Tuesday announced what Prime Minister Narendra Modi called "a mother of all deals", a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people reached after two decades of negotiations ➡️ u.afp.com/SBrp
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Spirit of Love - The Power of Your Love [USA, Gospel Disco] (1978)
https://redd.it/5alou0
https://youtu.be/mCLa3CgEu9U
https://redd.it/5alou0
https://youtu.be/mCLa3CgEu9U
Spirit of Love - The Power of Your Love [USA, Gospel Disco] (1978)
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Spirit of Love - The Power of Your Love [USA, Gospel Disco] (1978)
https://redd.it/5alou0
https://youtu.be/mCLa3CgEu9U
https://redd.it/5alou0
https://youtu.be/mCLa3CgEu9U
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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“Not a word about Yeltsin,” — My favourite story from Russian writer Leonid Kostyukov, whose seminar I attended in the 2000s. (01/03)
#booksky
#booksky
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“Not a word about Yeltsin,” — My favourite story from Russian writer Leonid Kostyukov, whose seminar I attended in the 2000s. (01/03)
#booksky
#booksky
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L. Voag - According To Freud [UK, Lo-fi/Experimental] (1979)
https://redd.it/79q9gj
https://youtu.be/jq3duFcQ6Bw
https://redd.it/79q9gj
https://youtu.be/jq3duFcQ6Bw
L. Voag - According To Freud [UK, Lo-fi/Experimental] (1979)
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM
L. Voag - According To Freud [UK, Lo-fi/Experimental] (1979)
https://redd.it/79q9gj
https://youtu.be/jq3duFcQ6Bw
https://redd.it/79q9gj
https://youtu.be/jq3duFcQ6Bw
“Not a word about Yeltsin,” — My favourite story from Russian writer Leonid Kostyukov, whose seminar I attended in the 2000s. (01/03)
#booksky
#booksky
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“Not a word about Yeltsin,” — My favourite story from Russian writer Leonid Kostyukov, whose seminar I attended in the 2000s. (01/03)
#booksky
#booksky
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I appreciate that when the NYT front page shit all over the newfangled "telephone" in 1877, they took the time to absolutely cook people from Philadelphia
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I appreciate that when the NYT front page shit all over the newfangled "telephone" in 1877, they took the time to absolutely cook people from Philadelphia
![A passage from a recent theatrical review from Moscow:
Before the curtain rose, [actor and director] Vladimir Mashkov’s voice issued a warning:
“This performance presents British values that are alien to us. Please note that some of them are punishable under the laws of the Russian Federation. We wish you an unforgettable evening.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wz6ryuhpl5i57kub4r3bbs2b/bafkreiejh3de3zoo7v27y2jlyuluqja34fuwbx2zrevvv6zlvnjhrvsaka@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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One of my favourite stories about the literary life in Russia twenty years ago. And about the weight the literati had in people's consciousness (not anymore).
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
![Near Moskovsky Train Station [in Nizhny Novgorod] we fell into the clutches of a police patrol. [poet Evgeny] Lesin, staggering with a bottle in his hand, for some reason rubbed them the wrong way.
“Let’s see your papers,” the chief thug said with an ugly grin.
“You’re an asshole, a piece of shit, and a bitch,” Lesin replied, as usual [, quoting a well-known Russian explicit poem about the toughness of poet's life].
“Well, well,” the chief thug smiled even more coldly as he examined our passports. “Moscow and Petersburg, is it? And what’s the purpose of your visit?”
“On tour!” I blurted out.
“Oh, is that so!” the man brightened up completely. “And who exactly are you, then?”
“He’s a poet, and I’m — his manager,” my subconscious answered for me.
The faces of our tormentors fell and grew bored. The passports were handed back, the tickets too, and they stopped beating Lesin over the head with a truncheon.
“Sorry for the trouble,” the chief thug snapped a salute. “Do come again!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wz6ryuhpl5i57kub4r3bbs2b/bafkreif3sds24pvwtr6auroeu32dki7khz2efmzwrtmbq5suhkrmahurqa@jpeg)
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
One of my favourite stories about the literary life in Russia twenty years ago. And about the weight the literati had in people's consciousness (not anymore).
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
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On Jerusalem's Denmark Square stumbled upon a house of a mouse. With a lovely porch!
#jerusalem #israel #photography
#jerusalem #israel #photography
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
On Jerusalem's Denmark Square stumbled upon a house of a mouse. With a lovely porch!
#jerusalem #israel #photography
#jerusalem #israel #photography
On Jerusalem's Denmark Square stumbled upon a house of a mouse. With a lovely porch!
#jerusalem #israel #photography
#jerusalem #israel #photography
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
On Jerusalem's Denmark Square stumbled upon a house of a mouse. With a lovely porch!
#jerusalem #israel #photography
#jerusalem #israel #photography
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Right on time for another Russian exiled-opposition scandal over “who counts” as a nationalist,our new article with Tina Dolbaia is out in Studies in East European Thought. We show why Russia never built a national-liberal coalition under Yeltsin or Navalny—and why these barriers will outlast Putin.
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Right on time for another Russian exiled-opposition scandal over “who counts” as a nationalist,our new article with Tina Dolbaia is out in Studies in East European Thought. We show why Russia never built a national-liberal coalition under Yeltsin or Navalny—and why these barriers will outlast Putin.
One of my favourite stories about the literary life in Russia twenty years ago. And about the weight the literati had in people's consciousness (not anymore).
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
One of my favourite stories about the literary life in Russia twenty years ago. And about the weight the literati had in people's consciousness (not anymore).
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
The original Russian post (with more stories about “the tour”): un-tal-lukas.livejournal.com/1373089.html
#booksky #wrtiers #poets #history
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Very intense (and graphically violent) trailer for a new Hollywood movie from Russian director Kirill Sokolov, starring the always amazing Zazie Beetz. Looks like a damned good time. youtu.be/31J9Rn3t2lw
They Will Kill You | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Warner Bros. India
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January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Very intense (and graphically violent) trailer for a new Hollywood movie from Russian director Kirill Sokolov, starring the always amazing Zazie Beetz. Looks like a damned good time. youtu.be/31J9Rn3t2lw
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The president’s “favorite” ice cream: What became of the brands singled out by Vladimir Putin
The Insider looks back at several food brands — including “Russian Parmesan,” kefir and kvass — that received “presidential” attention.
The Insider looks back at several food brands — including “Russian Parmesan,” kefir and kvass — that received “presidential” attention.
The president’s “favorite” ice cream: What became of the brands singled out by Vladimir Putin
During his year-end call-in show this past December, Vladimir Putin once again fielded questions from small business owners, effectively giving them a shot of free publicity. For example, the owner of...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The president’s “favorite” ice cream: What became of the brands singled out by Vladimir Putin
The Insider looks back at several food brands — including “Russian Parmesan,” kefir and kvass — that received “presidential” attention.
The Insider looks back at several food brands — including “Russian Parmesan,” kefir and kvass — that received “presidential” attention.
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Советская художница-авангардистка Варвара Степанова с двумя плакатами, 1924
January 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Советская художница-авангардистка Варвара Степанова с двумя плакатами, 1924
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM