Patrice Dabrowski
@patricedabrowski.bsky.social
historian by training; author of books on commemorations, Poland, and the Carpathian Mountains; climbing aficionado; lover of good food, wine, music, conversations
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THOSE ARE NOT CONCESSIONS!!
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
THOSE ARE NOT CONCESSIONS!!
This:
Abraham Lincoln: “The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
Donald Trump: “Things happen.”
JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
Donald Trump: “Things happen.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This:
Ukrainians are so resourceful:
Streets of Kherson covered with anti-drone nets to protect civilians from russian drones.
A city where russians regularly hunt civilians with drones in the infamous “human safari” for sport and for entertainment, still finds ways to carry on 💔
A city where russians regularly hunt civilians with drones in the infamous “human safari” for sport and for entertainment, still finds ways to carry on 💔
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ukrainians are so resourceful:
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Pope Leo XIV voiced support for Ukraine, expressing concern over renewed strikes on cities. He called for prayers for a just and lasting peace, noting the toll on civilians, especially children, and the destruction of homes as winter sets in. “I stand close to those who suffer so cruelly,” he said.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pope Leo XIV voiced support for Ukraine, expressing concern over renewed strikes on cities. He called for prayers for a just and lasting peace, noting the toll on civilians, especially children, and the destruction of homes as winter sets in. “I stand close to those who suffer so cruelly,” he said.
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Neue Zahlen: Polen ist Partner Nummer 1 des Osthandels. Wir tauschen mit Polen mehr als 22 MAL SO VIELE Waren wie mit Russland.
Aus der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte kann nicht entnehmen, dass Polen 22 MAL WICHTIGER ist als die Russische Föderation.
Aus der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte kann nicht entnehmen, dass Polen 22 MAL WICHTIGER ist als die Russische Föderation.
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Neue Zahlen: Polen ist Partner Nummer 1 des Osthandels. Wir tauschen mit Polen mehr als 22 MAL SO VIELE Waren wie mit Russland.
Aus der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte kann nicht entnehmen, dass Polen 22 MAL WICHTIGER ist als die Russische Föderation.
Aus der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte kann nicht entnehmen, dass Polen 22 MAL WICHTIGER ist als die Russische Föderation.
So, she’s lobbying to get Ukrainian children abducted by Russia back?
Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."
October 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So, she’s lobbying to get Ukrainian children abducted by Russia back?
New books, on Lithuania and Central Europe!
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New books, on Lithuania and Central Europe!
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Will Portland's frogs become the US equivalent of Poland's Orange Alternative dwarfs?
The Portland protest frogs are multiplying
YouTube video by The Oregonian
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Will Portland's frogs become the US equivalent of Poland's Orange Alternative dwarfs?
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Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
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The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.
This:
Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This:
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Did we live through the same period?
Megyn Kelly: “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake…He was so divisive in his messaging...He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…They say ‘Trump is divisive’. He’s the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama.”
September 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Did we live through the same period?
This:
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This:
My audiobook is half-price right now, —the discount lasts until October 3.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My audiobook is half-price right now, —the discount lasts until October 3.
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This has gone way too far: why can’t we do something about it? Putin has thrown down the gauntlet, and we stand there, stupefied, as Ukrainians take the hit for us, time and again.
This is how Russian drone crashing into your apartment looks like. + we live in truly bizarre times. this person stands there calmly in their Kyiv apartment that was just attacked by a Russian Shahed drone, and just calmly says why you should indeed hide in bathroom or hallway during the attack ,
August 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This has gone way too far: why can’t we do something about it? Putin has thrown down the gauntlet, and we stand there, stupefied, as Ukrainians take the hit for us, time and again.
Sounds like state socialism to me. Where is the outrage on the right?
CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country?
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
August 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sounds like state socialism to me. Where is the outrage on the right?
Dancing at my nephew’s wedding—
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dancing at my nephew’s wedding—
Real American Presidents vs. Trump
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Real American Presidents vs. Trump
What American Presidents worth the name would say today.
open.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Real American Presidents vs. Trump
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Mark Kelly: "I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. This is not a show of strength to allow him to fly into the United States to land here to negotiate with our president."
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This:
Really frustrating seeing journalists continue using “peace deal.” This is such an insult to Ukrainians. What “peace deal” implies is rewarding a terrorist state committing genocide and an illegal invasion by an aggressor.
August 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This:
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From Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski, the Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025, a $54.6 billion aid package to provide Ukraine with military support over the next two years.
July 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
From Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski, the Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025, a $54.6 billion aid package to provide Ukraine with military support over the next two years.
So, let’s defund the public broadcasters that make this possible…
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, let’s defund the public broadcasters that make this possible…
This should not be happening!
Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This should not be happening!