Rose Mason
@rosemmason.bsky.social
Autodidact historian, mostly central and eastern Europe.
historical musicology
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Слава фламінго!🦩
"Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"
historical musicology
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Слава фламінго!🦩
"Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"
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Rose Mason
@rosemmason.bsky.social
· Mar 3
"The Russians' bungling incompetence really comes down to the fact that they didn't even bother to learn anything about us."
—Сергі́й Жада́н / Serhiy Zhadan
"Sky Above Kharkiv," p.42-43
March 21, 2022, 12:51pm
—Сергі́й Жада́н / Serhiy Zhadan
"Sky Above Kharkiv," p.42-43
March 21, 2022, 12:51pm
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Ukrainian forces blew up the road from Selydove to Pokrovsk, a key route for Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast
Located northwest of Pokrovsk, the road had been used by Russian troops to move light vehicles and conduct attacks euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/u...
Located northwest of Pokrovsk, the road had been used by Russian troops to move light vehicles and conduct attacks euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/u...
Ukraine blows road to stop Russian infiltrations in Pokrovsk from northwest (VIDEO)
Meanwhile, Russia sends suicide squads to clear barriers.
euromaidanpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Ukrainian forces blew up the road from Selydove to Pokrovsk, a key route for Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast
Located northwest of Pokrovsk, the road had been used by Russian troops to move light vehicles and conduct attacks euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/u...
Located northwest of Pokrovsk, the road had been used by Russian troops to move light vehicles and conduct attacks euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/u...
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When I visited PEN Ukraine in Kyiv in September 2023, I was photographed by Kostiatyn Huzenko, who documented the war. He enlisted in the Ukrainian armed forces this April and was killed on November 1 by a Russian missile. Courage, truth, memory
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
“If Caught in the Rain, He’d Smile”: In Memory of Kostiantyn Huzenko, Soldier, Artist, Friend
A marine, photographer, and friend, Kostiantyn Huzenko was killed by Russia in 2025. His spirit lives on in memories, photos, and the people he touched.
united24media.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When I visited PEN Ukraine in Kyiv in September 2023, I was photographed by Kostiatyn Huzenko, who documented the war. He enlisted in the Ukrainian armed forces this April and was killed on November 1 by a Russian missile. Courage, truth, memory
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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✈️🇺🇦 Video about Ukrainian F-16 ground technicians who work nonstop—without pause, even under enemy fire and strikes.
They prepare fighter jets for missions: they prepare the aircraft several times a day, supporting dozens of sorties from a single airfield.
They prepare fighter jets for missions: they prepare the aircraft several times a day, supporting dozens of sorties from a single airfield.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
✈️🇺🇦 Video about Ukrainian F-16 ground technicians who work nonstop—without pause, even under enemy fire and strikes.
They prepare fighter jets for missions: they prepare the aircraft several times a day, supporting dozens of sorties from a single airfield.
They prepare fighter jets for missions: they prepare the aircraft several times a day, supporting dozens of sorties from a single airfield.
I'd completely forgotten about this. As I recall, Russian officials started giving meat grinders to the families of fallen soldiers back in 2022.
One would expect to find a story like this in a satirical newspaper like The Onion @theonion.com.
One would expect to find a story like this in a satirical newspaper like The Onion @theonion.com.
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'd completely forgotten about this. As I recall, Russian officials started giving meat grinders to the families of fallen soldiers back in 2022.
One would expect to find a story like this in a satirical newspaper like The Onion @theonion.com.
One would expect to find a story like this in a satirical newspaper like The Onion @theonion.com.
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The Georgian version of "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street":
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Georgian version of "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street":
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...
"certain measures"!
2/2
Meanwhile Volodymyr Zelenskyy also met his military intelligence chief.
The President says he gave Kyrylo Budanov instructions to carry out certain measures in Ukraine’s interests.
Meanwhile Volodymyr Zelenskyy also met his military intelligence chief.
The President says he gave Kyrylo Budanov instructions to carry out certain measures in Ukraine’s interests.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"certain measures"!
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Putin had clones of his offices built&is hiding in the Valdai forests, surrounded by 14 air defense systems,according to journalists from the investigative project Systema,RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, who analyzed thousands of official video recordings from recent years.⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Putin had clones of his offices built&is hiding in the Valdai forests, surrounded by 14 air defense systems,according to journalists from the investigative project Systema,RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, who analyzed thousands of official video recordings from recent years.⤵️
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Happy Berlin Wall fall day! Good riddance to the Wall and the regimes that had built it. Celebrate the freedom that followed and don't fall for revisionism. The hard next decade was the pain of extrication from a failed political and economic project. This is my high school class on that day.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Happy Berlin Wall fall day! Good riddance to the Wall and the regimes that had built it. Celebrate the freedom that followed and don't fall for revisionism. The hard next decade was the pain of extrication from a failed political and economic project. This is my high school class on that day.
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Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness."
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness."
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
I'm just a self-taught historian of eastern Europe & it's infuriating that I have a better understanding of ru & its history than Western policy makers. No one will listen to me but there are plenty of people with PhDs who've tried to warn these policy makers, and they won't listen to them, either.
On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv, pleading for a no-fly zone to stop Russian airstrikes.
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm just a self-taught historian of eastern Europe & it's infuriating that I have a better understanding of ru & its history than Western policy makers. No one will listen to me but there are plenty of people with PhDs who've tried to warn these policy makers, and they won't listen to them, either.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course!
Interesting if true!
Russia’s FM Lavrov appears to have fallen out of favor with Putin after a disastrous call with Rubio, which led to the cancellation of the Putin-Trump summit
Well at least he hasn’t fallen out of a window… yet
Russia’s FM Lavrov appears to have fallen out of favor with Putin after a disastrous call with Rubio, which led to the cancellation of the Putin-Trump summit
Well at least he hasn’t fallen out of a window… yet
Путин отправил Лаврова в опалу после срыва саммита с Трампом - Русская служба The Moscow Times
www.moscowtimes.ru
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A horse is a horse, of course, of course!
Look at these darling Ukrainian children!
A heartwarming trend is spreading across Ukraine: cafés let kids “buy” drinks with autumn leaves, bringing a bit of joy and wonder amid Russia's brutal war.
🧵 1/4
🧵 1/4
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Look at these darling Ukrainian children!
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Friends,
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Friends,
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
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Data on fallen volunteer soldiers from different countries who gave their lives for Ukraine as of October 27, 2025.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Data on fallen volunteer soldiers from different countries who gave their lives for Ukraine as of October 27, 2025.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
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A beautiful film about a small group of artists living in Kharkiv and their experiences during full-scale war.
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
Art as Resistance in the War on Ukraine | Full Documentary | POV | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A beautiful film about a small group of artists living in Kharkiv and their experiences during full-scale war.
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
A happy ending in Ukraine.
what a lady
On September 10,Anna,a resident of Pokrovsk,Donetsk region,heavily pregnant,left the city by bicycle amid constant Russian shelling.The 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade reported that a Russian drone targeted her twice but,fortunately, missed
Soldiers of the brigade met Anna&evacuated her
📹hromadske
Soldiers of the brigade met Anna&evacuated her
📹hromadske
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A happy ending in Ukraine.
This is mostly for gullible russians, so that if the attack happens, the russian people will know ahead of time who to blame. As if NATO countries could be bothered to get off their rear ends to do ANYTHING.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is mostly for gullible russians, so that if the attack happens, the russian people will know ahead of time who to blame. As if NATO countries could be bothered to get off their rear ends to do ANYTHING.
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Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.
Source: Der Spiegel
Source: Der Spiegel
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.
Source: Der Spiegel
Source: Der Spiegel
I don't know how I missed this, but last year members of the NYCPD and San Antonio PD participated in UAE swat games with Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen PMC Akhmat. The pro-Russia Akhmat has committed numerous war crimes in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
‘A gift to Moscow’: dismay as NYPD takes part in UAE Swat games with Chechnya and Belarus
Event has already been widely used as PR opportunity for notorious Chechen unit accused of war crimes in Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I don't know how I missed this, but last year members of the NYCPD and San Antonio PD participated in UAE swat games with Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen PMC Akhmat. The pro-Russia Akhmat has committed numerous war crimes in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
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"Developing our linguistic capacities — to master diverse concepts, to follow an intricate argument, to form judgments, to communicate those to others — is the development of our capacity to think. Cognitive degradation threatens democratic processes."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Developing our linguistic capacities — to master diverse concepts, to follow an intricate argument, to form judgments, to communicate those to others — is the development of our capacity to think. Cognitive degradation threatens democratic processes."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
Факінґ басьтардс.
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Russia murdered volunteer Olena Polynina, who rescued stray animals, in Sloviansk.
According to her fellow volunteers, that day Olena had packed food and set out to feed the strays she cared for. At that moment, Russian forces struck the city with a multiple rocket launcher.
According to her fellow volunteers, that day Olena had packed food and set out to feed the strays she cared for. At that moment, Russian forces struck the city with a multiple rocket launcher.
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Факінґ басьтардс.
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Interesting watching what looks like tanks pushing the Toblerones aside.
New footage from the August 2024 Kursk offensive shows the 314th Engineer Battalion clearing Russian obstacles for Ukraine’s 225th Assault Regiment. Their work opened the border and launched a campaign that pinned down Russian forces for months.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Interesting watching what looks like tanks pushing the Toblerones aside.
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Zelensky confirmed Ukraine is already using new domestically produced missiles named “Flamingo” and “Ruta,” with mass production expected by the end of the year. He also mentioned expanded production of various Neptune missile types and missile-drones like “Palyanytsia” and “Peklo”.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Zelensky confirmed Ukraine is already using new domestically produced missiles named “Flamingo” and “Ruta,” with mass production expected by the end of the year. He also mentioned expanded production of various Neptune missile types and missile-drones like “Palyanytsia” and “Peklo”.