Svetozar
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Public Servant interested in history, and politics grounded in good sense. Atlanticist, supporter of a free and independent Ukraine.
lakeladySome random thoughts on "favoriting" things on mastodon. . . It's a nice little way of saying "I hear/see you" . . . it feels weird to "favorite" a bad piece of news/reporting (but I still do it sometimes) . . . random strangers "favoriting" a post sometimes feels hollow and distant, especially when there's no other interaction. . . like someone waving at you across a crowded room . . . we're they waving at me or the person standing next to me? Do I know them? #OnlineCulture #RandomThoughts
F. Andy Seidl 
Ah, the Republican Party... how far it has fallen.
Last Week in the Republican Party
Pierre BonnardLandscape with Three Figures and Willow, 1912 #pierrebonnard #bonnard https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-bonnard/landscape-with-three-figures-and-willow-1912
MilaIt is extremely pleasant to conclude the post about Pniv Castle with fragments of the restoration project https://castles.com.ua/pnivzamok.html #castle
Marathonhttps://cepa.org/article/an-unorthodox-russian-vision-of-heaven-and-hell/
"Some critics have suggested that the Russian Orthodox Church has little option but to support Putin, but this is surely over-generous."
Indeed.
#Cowardice
Religious organizations have defied political leaders in the past - displaying bravery and love-of-neighbor.
Podhoretsky castle.
Knight's Hall. Hall of mirrors. Golden Hall. Yan Sobieski's bedroom, 1917.
https://castles.com.ua/zamek_sobieskich.html #Castle #Retro #Ukraine
Knight's Hall. Hall of mirrors. Golden Hall. Yan Sobieski's bedroom, 1917.
https://castles.com.ua/zamek_sobieskich.html #Castle #Retro #Ukraine
Old MilwaukeeBack in 1922, this was the view that greeted Milwaukeeans at the northeast corner of 6th st., and Grand av. (now N. 6th st. and W. Wisconsin av.). In place of the many storied Carpenter building were shops housing the following establishments: The Hillside Inn Palm Garden, serving soft drinks (prohibition was still in effect); Leo Cooper’s restaurant featuring chili con carne and hot tamales; Choplas and Andrekopoulous, shoe shiners; a cand ... https://tmblr.co/ZANp-Qd9NXb6WW00 #MKE #OldMKE
Sue StoneCOVID in China, the U.S., and everything in-between
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-in-china-the-us-and-everything?r=1yt8c&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post&fbclid=IwAR1R8o98VuMe_mxeHiF2tzp96Otekh_tZYkYXO6JhmNC9FQ4hejKkA0SH-8
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-in-china-the-us-and-everything?r=1yt8c&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post&fbclid=IwAR1R8o98VuMe_mxeHiF2tzp96Otekh_tZYkYXO6JhmNC9FQ4hejKkA0SH-8
COVID in China, the U.S., and everything in-between
Well, I was very much enjoying my holiday but COVID continues to do its COVID thing. It’s time for an update. China: A humanitarian disaster As expected, the COVID-19 situation in China is out of hand. In an interesting turn of events, China went from a “zero COVID” policy to a “let it rip” policy by dropping all mitigation measures without fully vaccinating the highest of risk or strengthening their healthcare system.