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ellinst Jan 23, 2024

My abridgement of Andrew Leland's moving and funny memoir The Country of The Blind, read by the author, is currently on Radio 4's Book of The Week. Well worth a listen. You don't have to be visually impaired to find it absorbing, just human. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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ellinst Dec 29, 2023

@AnneBillson I didn't even realize it was her until halfway through!

ellinst Dec 29, 2023

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦Dec 29, 2023

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on russian massive attacks on Ukraine

Extract
No talk of a "truce", "temporary relinquishment of territories", "fatigue", "negotiations" and other "concessions" will stop russian aggression, but will only inflate its scale. russia is not considering any other scenarios than the complete destruction of Ukraine

Full statement https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/zaiava-mzs-ukrainy-shchodo-rosiiskykh-masovanykh-obstriliv-ukrainy

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

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ellinst Dec 22, 2023

@hrheingold Or possibly an anti-social medium?

ellinst Dec 16, 2023

Aure Free Press

Dec 16, 2023

KHARKIV CHRISTMAS

This is how the Kharkiv subway looks like. The underground, which serves as a shelter from Russian missiles, was decorated for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

Festive decorations were set up at two stations. Kharkiv's "main Christmas tree" is set up in the subway for the second year in a row due to Russian attacks.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Kharkiv #Christmas

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ellinst Nov 26, 2023

@renzelen Also a pet. Essential element for cosiness.

ellinst Nov 11, 2023

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Nicole Parsons Nov 11, 2023

@georgetakei

The volatility the GOP manufactures is deliberate. They profit from the uncertainty in two ways. Stocks & Extortion.

1. Wall Street insiders get advance notice of decisions from their Republican members of congress.
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/government-shutdown-wall-street-congress-spending
Kelly Loeffler & David Perdue made millions on their stock trades in the prelude to the covid pandemic.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-timeline-of-investigations-into-perdue-loeffler-stock-trading/L6TU65WK5JBFXKDC4YWBKGGNPU/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/david-perdue-stock-trades.html

Then tried to overturn an election.
https://rollcall.com/2023/09/08/grand-jury-recommended-charges-against-graham-perdue-loeffler-in-georgia-case-on-2020-election/

1/2

How a government shutdown would affect Wall Street and the economy

Federal government spending is a quarter of U.S. GDP.

Axios

ellinst Oct 29, 2023

Weird how when you elect someone who is a criminal (e.g. Trump, Bibi, Putin) as head of state, they pursue criminal policies when in office and use their office for personal gain rather than the welfare of the population so the whole gov't becomes a criminal enterprise.

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ellinst Oct 28, 2023

@Npars01 @Strandjunker Even worse, the current GOP, esp. the Christian fundementalist wing, is devoted to rolling back the Enlightenment, which was the epitome and acme of 18th Century values.

ellinst Oct 19, 2023

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Nicole Parsons Oct 19, 2023

@Andy_Scollick

The richest people on the planet are funding anti-democracy movements globally. OPEC+ and #KochNetwork
https://ips-dc.org/the-fossil-fuel-industry-is-lining-up-behind-far-right-authoritarians/

The police and law enforcement are the first to be co-opted by fascist movements.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/17/dark-money-review-nazi-oil-the-koch-brothers-and-a-rightwing-revolution

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/12/gop-cultish-destructive-fascist-organization-not-legitimate-political-party

The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Lining up Behind Far-Right Authoritarians - Institute for Policy Studies

As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.

Institute for Policy Studies