Mastodawn

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Bringing Ukraine's kids back: Almost 60 countries unite to stop Russia's genocidal kidnapping of children -- As ceasefire ends, Russian drone strikes residential building in Kyiv -- Ukraine fears US will again push a deal giving Russia 'a lot' and Kyiv nothing -- As Victory Day ceasefire draws to a close, Russian attacks kill 3 civilians, injure 16 ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/tuesday-may-12-2026/

KUVO Playlist 6d ago

1:12am Strong Man by Abbey Lincoln from Temptation - Love and Pain
#AbbeyLincoln #StrongMan #JazzNetwork #KUVO

WIST Quotations May 5

A quotation from Hannah Arendt

The only man for whom Hitler had “unqualified respect” was “Stalin the genius,” and while in the case of Stalin and the Russian regime we do not have (and presumably never will have) the rich documentary material that is available for Germany, we nevertheless know since Khrushchev’s speech before the Twentieth Party Congress that Stalin trusted only one man and that was Hitler.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/41599/

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Arendt, Hannah - Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 "A Classless Society," sec. 1 (1951) | WIST Quotations

The only man for whom Hitler had "unqualified respect" was "Stalin the genius," and while in the case of Stalin and the Russian regime we do not have (and presumably never will have) the rich documentary material that is available for Germany, we nevertheless know since Khrushchev’s speech before the…

WIST Quotations

TLMB May 5

Cossacks – Finale

Our last number of the night, starting with a solo from Oleg, then everyone on the main stage for some modern-day cossacking. I’d forgotten about the sword fight. Can we have our dinner now?

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https://tlmb.net/blog/cossacks-finale/ #barbell #CossackDancers #Dancing #juggling #kettleBells #strongman #VidADay #VolkovtsiCossacks

TLMB May 2

Cossacks – Strongman & Punters

In which Oleg shows the doubters that, no they’re not fake props.

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https://tlmb.net/blog/cossacks-strongman-punters/ #hammer #kettleBells #strongman #VidADay #VolkovtsiCossacks

TLMB Apr 29

Cossacks – Strongman

Oleg’s short podium routine.

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William Lindsey

Apr 28

Benjamin Parker reports on the State Department's plan to put a photo of Trump on US passports, noting that this "would mark yet another U.S. government property upon which the president has plastered his likeness."

As aspiring dictator-strongmen always do, he wants his image and name everywhere. This immortalizes him, apotheosizes him, keeps the cult alive beyond his mortal life.

#Trump #cult #distator #strongman #passports

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-state-dept-finalizing-plan