Alex Knaub

@alexknaub
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Alright, *sigh* let‘s award him the Nobel Peace Prize already.
Or does FIFA have anything else up the sleeve to keep him from going nuclear?
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🤬 Russia shelled the Korabelny district of Kherson, killing one woman on the spot and wounding three other residents of the district.

🕯 Odesa declares day of mourning for those killed in night Russian attack

Among the dead are a 53-year-old woman, as well as a 30-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter. The number of injured has increased to 15 people. Among the injured are a pregnant woman and two children: a 7-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl.

The injured have shrapnel wounds, burns, trauma and poisoning by combustion products. Some people are in serious condition.

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What a show in Novorossiysk.

Certainly not what was expected when Russia launched the full scale war 4 years ago.

Lieber @ennolenze wir waren heute im Berlin Story Bunker, 4,5 Stunden lang. Es war sehr bewegend, sehr beindruckend. Wer diesen Ort besucht und dabei nicht zumindest kurz mit den Tränen kämpft, hat kein Herz. Vielen Dank Enno. 
Malte Lauterbach erklärt, wie die #Ukraine seit Jahrzehnten hingehalten wird. Eine gute Analyse.
https://www.berlinstory.de/news/dreissig-jahre-versprechen-wie-europa-die-ukraine-verraten-hat/
Dreißig Jahre Versprechen: Wie Europa die Ukraine verraten hat 

Februar 2026 Am Grenzübergang Medyka an der polnisch-ukrainischen Grenze stehen Lastwagen auf vier Kilometern in einer Schlange, die sich in Fahrzeuglängen pro Stunde bemisst. Auf den Gleisanschlüssen

Berlin Story News
Just feeling like this might be timely for a re-up -- the value of hope in hard times.
https://kottke.org/24/08/hopefulness-is-the-warrior-emotion
Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion

The musician Nick Cave was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week (full interview) and he read a letter from his Red Hand Files, an AMA proje

kottke.org

Today is the 1,500th day since russia launched its full-scale war against #Ukraine.

What moscow expected to be a quick victory has turned into a long and costly failure. Instead of achieving its goals, russia has only deepened its losses and isolation.

The world has seen what russia truly is: a terrorist state. The only answer to this is unity, sustained pressure, and continued defence support for #Ukraine.