KA Semenova

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Writer, editor. Lapsed Russianist.

I am publishing You Are Ruining Me: Vladimir of Titicut Follies, a serialized memoir of my uncle, on Substack. https://substack.com/profile/109912842-ka-semenova

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All 16 of Trump’s fake electors in Michigan have been indicted, and are now facing penalties of as long as 14 years.

“It does not appear, although we are only just learning of these events, that any of the defendants have a cooperation deal with prosecutors. That suggests that the Attorney General believes they have a very strong case—they didn’t need to flip any of their targets in advance to enhance their evidence. It’s a bald statement of confidence in the case.”

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-surprise-indictment-in-michigan?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

A Surprise Indictment in Michigan

Fake Electors Finally Get Charged

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

@tchambers It appears that there is no real criteria for choosing the paid “creators”; Elon is just rewarding the RWNJs he likes & who feed his ego. Lots of lesser RWNJs who bought the blue check & have had applications pending for months are pretty angry that Andrew Tate, eg, got $20k & they’re apparently not even not even being considered.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme

The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Clair.

The Washington Post
James Sewell Ballet's 'Titicut Follies, The Ballet' is inspired by a groundbreaking and controversial 1967 documentary which examine the... | By The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts | Facebook

798 views, 8 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 3 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts: James Sewell Ballet's 'Titicut Follies, The Ballet' is inspired by a...

I knew, but had forgotten, that Titicut Follies was staged as a ballet in Minneapolis in 2017.

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/28/526019758/a-haunting-60s-film-about-mental-illness-and-incarceration-becomes-a-ballet

Using the Fallacy of Memory to Create Effective Memoir | Jane Friedman

Understand the 7 sins of memory, and how to use these sins to convey greater meaning and truth in your stories.

Jane Friedman

A 4-year-old boy from Rivne became a posthumous donor for three children who received heart, kidney and liver transplants. He was diagnosed with brain death, and his parents agreed to organ transplantation.

In the photo, the boy's mother listens to his heart beating in the chest of a 6-year-old girl.
#News

"NATO's Stoltenberg says Turkey agrees to forward Sweden NATO bid

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius.

"I'm glad to announce ... that President Erdogan has agreed to forward the accession protocol for Sweden to the grand national assembly as soon as possible, and work closely with the assembly to ensure ratification," Stoltenberg told a news conference."

🔗: https://www.reuters.com/world/natos-stoltenberg-says-turkey-agrees-forward-sweden-nato-bid-2023-07-10/

#Erdogan #Turkey #Sweden #Stoltenberg #NATO

NATO's Stoltenberg says Turkey agrees to move ahead with Sweden's NATO bid

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius.

Reuters

20 miles from the Russian border, one town struggles to move on from bloody occupation by Putin’s forces

Nobody believed the Russians would really invade, says Yuriy Bova, mayor of the small Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, just 20 miles from the Russian border – but 24 February 2022 will forever be etched in his mind.
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-putin-attack-b2371302.html

20 miles from the Russian border, one town struggles to move on from bloody occupation by Putin’s forces

The residents of Trostyanets in Ukraine's eastern Sumy region saw their homes and businesses destroyed in the early months of Moscow's invasion. Askold Krushelnycky visits and sees a ray of hope for recovery thanks to their hard work and international help

The Independent

Business Insider got 10 years of Prigozhin's private calendar with more than 17,000 individual entries...

https://www.businessinsider.com/yevgeny-prigozhin-calendar-wagner-chief-putin-kremlin-ties-2023-7

Prigozhin's secret calendar reveals a decade of deep Kremlin ties

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin frequently met with Putin's closest allies and advisers, including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov.

Insider