Nat Gurba
@natalka-g.bsky.social
pec / tkaronto. queer. ukrainian.❤️🔥 art, writing, plants, ancestral roots, collective liberation.
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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
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"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
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hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
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Everyday, it somehow gets worse. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says
A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned.
www.sltrib.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Everyday, it somehow gets worse. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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Russia attacked Ukraine’s decommissioned Chornobyl nuclear power plant on Feb. 14 just as world leaders gathered for the Munich Security Conference — in Moscow’s latest nuclear threat against Kyiv.
‘Nuclear blackmail:’ Russia strikes Chornobyl as world leaders gather for Munich Security Conference
Russia attacked Ukraine’s decommissioned Chornobyl nuclear power plant on Feb. 14 just as world leaders gathered for the Munich Security Conference — in Moscow’s latest nuclear threat against Kyiv.
V...
kyivindependent.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Russia attacked Ukraine’s decommissioned Chornobyl nuclear power plant on Feb. 14 just as world leaders gathered for the Munich Security Conference — in Moscow’s latest nuclear threat against Kyiv.
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Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
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Now the New York Times wants to act appalled at transphobia they helped normalize.
I am going to become the joker.
I am going to become the joker.
February 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Now the New York Times wants to act appalled at transphobia they helped normalize.
I am going to become the joker.
I am going to become the joker.
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I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
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Anora’s success offers a platform, but its Russian actors stay silent on Russia’s war and propaganda.
As Ukraine Fights for Survival, "Anora" Turns Russian Oligarch Excess Into a Neon-Lit Fever Dream
The Academy Awards honor Russian-born actor Yura Borisov for Anora, despite criticism over his ties to state-backed films amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.
united24media.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Anora’s success offers a platform, but its Russian actors stay silent on Russia’s war and propaganda.
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The "DEI" (diversity, equity, inclusion) framework invited some important conversations into the public & there were certainly some insightful voices and important projects that emerged from DEI. But overall, that framework has not made significant gains for marginalized communities because...1/5
January 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The "DEI" (diversity, equity, inclusion) framework invited some important conversations into the public & there were certainly some insightful voices and important projects that emerged from DEI. But overall, that framework has not made significant gains for marginalized communities because...1/5
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On January 6, 1938, Vasyl Stus, a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, was born in Rakhnivka, in the Vinnytsia region.
His outspoken political beliefs led to the Soviet regime banning his works, and he spent 13 years imprisoned before dying in a Soviet labor camp on September 4, 1985.
His outspoken political beliefs led to the Soviet regime banning his works, and he spent 13 years imprisoned before dying in a Soviet labor camp on September 4, 1985.
January 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On January 6, 1938, Vasyl Stus, a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, was born in Rakhnivka, in the Vinnytsia region.
His outspoken political beliefs led to the Soviet regime banning his works, and he spent 13 years imprisoned before dying in a Soviet labor camp on September 4, 1985.
His outspoken political beliefs led to the Soviet regime banning his works, and he spent 13 years imprisoned before dying in a Soviet labor camp on September 4, 1985.
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My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
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440k plus articles on the real and ongoing dangers of Covid for believer and skeptic alike.
h/t @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
h/t @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 17, 2024 at 1:18 AM
440k plus articles on the real and ongoing dangers of Covid for believer and skeptic alike.
h/t @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
h/t @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
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The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
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Russia's bombardment of Ukraine has reached record highs this fall, especially with the use of Shahed drones and decoys.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has created a patchwork of air defence systems to fill the gap in a lack of western technology.
Report w/ Alistair MacDonald:
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
Ukraine, meanwhile, has created a patchwork of air defence systems to fill the gap in a lack of western technology.
Report w/ Alistair MacDonald:
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
December 11, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Russia's bombardment of Ukraine has reached record highs this fall, especially with the use of Shahed drones and decoys.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has created a patchwork of air defence systems to fill the gap in a lack of western technology.
Report w/ Alistair MacDonald:
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
Ukraine, meanwhile, has created a patchwork of air defence systems to fill the gap in a lack of western technology.
Report w/ Alistair MacDonald:
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
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Episode 139, September 2023: Anti-Imperialism From the Periphery with @leilashami.bsky.social, Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social & @danaelkurd.bsky.social on Syria, Ukraine and Palestine. thefirethesetimes.com/2023/09/27/a...
Anti-Imperialism From the Periphery w/ Leila Al Shami, Romeo Kokriatski & Dana El Kurd
Elia Ayoub is joined by Leila Al-Shami, British-Syrian activist and co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, Romeo Kokriatski, Ukrainian-American managing editor of The New V…
thefirethesetimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Episode 139, September 2023: Anti-Imperialism From the Periphery with @leilashami.bsky.social, Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social & @danaelkurd.bsky.social on Syria, Ukraine and Palestine. thefirethesetimes.com/2023/09/27/a...
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Here's the thing, nerds: Social media is not the public square. Social media is not the agora where we design a perfect society. Social media is a phone game where you role-play being in high school and if you lose someone finds out where you work and threatens to murder you
November 22, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Here's the thing, nerds: Social media is not the public square. Social media is not the agora where we design a perfect society. Social media is a phone game where you role-play being in high school and if you lose someone finds out where you work and threatens to murder you
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What is preventing World War III? Ukrainians are containing the ongoing war in Europe to their own country; they are deterring war in the Pacific; and they are preventing spread of nuclear weapons. These scenarios have not played out because Ukrainians take risks
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A Third World War?
Let's help those who are holding it back
snyder.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
What is preventing World War III? Ukrainians are containing the ongoing war in Europe to their own country; they are deterring war in the Pacific; and they are preventing spread of nuclear weapons. These scenarios have not played out because Ukrainians take risks
snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...
snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...
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There are so many similarities between Russia and Israel, and yet so many people are invested in the belief that the patently obvious is impossible to even imagine.
On The Fire These Times @thepodcast.bsky.social we're trying to change that.
A thread 🧵 including how to support us
On The Fire These Times @thepodcast.bsky.social we're trying to change that.
A thread 🧵 including how to support us
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
There are so many similarities between Russia and Israel, and yet so many people are invested in the belief that the patently obvious is impossible to even imagine.
On The Fire These Times @thepodcast.bsky.social we're trying to change that.
A thread 🧵 including how to support us
On The Fire These Times @thepodcast.bsky.social we're trying to change that.
A thread 🧵 including how to support us
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⚡️ Ukraine first country to face intercontinental ballistic missile use, Ukraine's Stratcom agency claims.
Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Stratcom center said.
Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Stratcom center said.
Ukraine first country to face intercontinental ballistic missile use, Ukraine's Stratcom agency claims
Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications (Stratcom) said on Nov. 21.
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
⚡️ Ukraine first country to face intercontinental ballistic missile use, Ukraine's Stratcom agency claims.
Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Stratcom center said.
Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Stratcom center said.
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I’ll offer more later in articles and interviews but these are some of the things I’m thinking about.
I’ll be talking about this (and more!) on Thurs, Nov 21 with some of my favourite people to think with - join us!
RSVP for the online event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.bsky.social
(8/8)
I’ll be talking about this (and more!) on Thurs, Nov 21 with some of my favourite people to think with - join us!
RSVP for the online event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.bsky.social
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Where Do We Go From Here? A Post-Election Assessment
An urgent conversation with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Chenjerai Kumanyika.
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I’ll offer more later in articles and interviews but these are some of the things I’m thinking about.
I’ll be talking about this (and more!) on Thurs, Nov 21 with some of my favourite people to think with - join us!
RSVP for the online event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.bsky.social
(8/8)
I’ll be talking about this (and more!) on Thurs, Nov 21 with some of my favourite people to think with - join us!
RSVP for the online event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.bsky.social
(8/8)
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what if god was one of us? well, if god was anything like me he would literally never shut up about it so i think we’d all know
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 PM
what if god was one of us? well, if god was anything like me he would literally never shut up about it so i think we’d all know
I hope my therapist is ready to talk extensively about Pluto in Aquarius and 1000th day of full scale invasion of Ukraine within the same 50 minutes (I did not schedule this session on this day on purpose) (I could never do her job)
November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I hope my therapist is ready to talk extensively about Pluto in Aquarius and 1000th day of full scale invasion of Ukraine within the same 50 minutes (I did not schedule this session on this day on purpose) (I could never do her job)
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
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Another world is possible if we fight for it
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November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...