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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

> "Above all, Trump learned one very big thing from Cohn: that the veneer of morality in the American upper class is very thin. Cohn proved conclusively that there is no limit to its tolerance for corruption. Trump got that message—and so did Jeffrey Epstein. > > Fintan O’Toole, “Devils in […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Rüdiger Suchsland’s “Hitler’s Hollywood: German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda” (Kino Lorbeer, 2018) made for interesting viewing this evening. It weaves a fascinating array of scenes and themes into a personal rumination of what Nazi Germany’s cinema might reveal about mindsets in the country […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Sore body, restless night. Yesterday’s vaccinations seem to be hard at work.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Sometimes I prefer social media at times I should be sleeping so I can hear about the misery and insanity in other countries with a lot less pestilential news oozing out of the White House. Dumpy Donny does bad stuff overseas, but people seem to be taking him less seriously these days.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Ukraine identifies another asymmetric weakness in the terrorist state—its size, its underdeveloped transportation system, its reliance on air transport. “Zelensky vows ‘Russian sky will be de facto closed,’ warns airlines, foreign governments…” kyivindependent.com/the-russi… #RussoUkrainianWar

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

"Ultimately, we depend on the stories we tell each other." –Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024), last paragraph.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

> "Ultimately, we depend on the stories we tell each other. > > –Yaroslav Hrytsak, _Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation_ , trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024), last paragraph."

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

I just watched Oz Katerji’s “The Battle for Kyiv” (Byline Media, 2024). It covers events that happened 4 1/2 years ago, but it still feels immediate. It begins with the initial full-scale invasion and ends with the Bucha atrocities. Bucha was not a one-off. Russia continues with their barbaric […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

If a subscription-based app requires a login just to look at it, I delete it. If a website requires me to disable my ad blocker before I’ve even seen it, I move on. #LifeIsTooShort

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

“How a Ukrainian [youth] survived FSB filtration and escaped Russian occupation” (Kyiv Independent, Aug. 26), youtu.be/pdCwslqd-… #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

“Former Pussy Riot member escapes Russia after 3 years of forced work for FSB” by Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent, Aug. 24, 2026. See also my response. #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone SE 3rd gen. on the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, NH, on Saturday. I used the camera’s panorama mode. The elevation gain to the top is only about 925 feet, but that was meaningful for me. It’d been too long since I walked on granite ledges with a view.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

The Ukrainian–English dictionary seems to have had an upgrade in iPadOS 27. When I trigger the contextual menu with a long press and select “look up,” I no longer come up empty when the word has been declined or conjugated in some way. (I’m still very much a beginner, so others' mileage might vary.)

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Cringe: “Thank you for trusting us with your information.” In an email from a U.S. online pharmacy (owned by a huge health insurance company) requesting information outside its remit. Capitalism isn’t satisfied with leaving health to the patient and their health care team, it seems.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

> "Few people anticipated this war; before it happened people said it was impossible. But nothing is impossible in history. We cannot take historical reality as something that is already provided, we have to work against it to create a new reality. > > –Yaroslav Hrytsak, _Ukraine: The Forging of […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Fascinating rumination on being human in an era shaped by frequent interactions with LLMs and their output: “Life on the Uncanny Precipice” by Naomi Saphra, Aug. 8, 2026, nsaphra.net.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Sleepy day. The short visit from my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter wore me out. We spent much of our time indoors so that my mother could enjoy the wee one’s company, but we also managed to spend a little time in Swift River at a small public beach.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

A sweet slice of ordinary life in extraordinary times by the Kyiv Independent: the watermelon harvest in an unoccupied part of Kherson Oblast, youtu.be/dCASqlOEH… 🇺🇦 🍉 #StandWithUkraine

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Hugh Roberts (Uni Exeter) introduces translations of moving poetry by Ukrainian soldiers in a conversation with Adelie Pojzman-Pontay on _Ukraine the Latest_. It starts at 12:30 in today’s episode. youtu.be/7AXCoKZkX… 🇺🇦 #WarPoetry #RussoUkrainianWar #StandWithUkraine

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

“When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering” – Important opnion piece by Andrew Chakhoyan – kyivindependent.com/when-righ… #RussoUkrainianWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #LanguageMatters

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

The meter and app I use to measure my glucose levels was provided by Livongo through my health insurance. But now Teledoc has taken over. Unlike the Livongo app, theirs won’t write data to my iPhone’s Health app. Instead, it only wants to receive data. After much poking around and one unhelpful […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

“Attacks on Ukrainians in Poland are rising. Disinformation fuels the flames” by Martin Fornusek, kyivindependent.com/attacks-o… #RussoUkrainianWar

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Haunting report by Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko of The Kyiv Independent: “24 hours in Dobropillia: the city Russia wants to erase” (26 min), youtu.be/-iuOqloKo… #RussoUkrainianWar #GlideBombs #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

“America keeps losing the thread on Russia’s kidnapping of Ukraine’s children” by Benjamin Patton, kyivindependent.com/america-k… #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussoUkrainianWar

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

“More than a reshuffle — What Ukraine’s new government reveals about power” kyivindependent.com/more-than…

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

A ten-year old Ukrainian gymnast who lost a leg dances in Times Square. youtu.be/WYA0rUIqp… #UkraineWillWin

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

I’m enjoying Yaroslav Hrytsak, _Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation_ , trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024). It allows me to see this history within its broader European and even global contexts. That is the best way to make a national history make sense.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

> "Thinking in terms of dichotomies – either/or, tradition/modernity, people/nation, myth/reality – is rarely productive. The most effective formulations will combine tradition with modernity, the secular with the sacred and reality with myth. The mythical worldview is inherent in every person […]

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

“Editorial: By sacking Fedorov, Zelensky risks turning tide of war back in Russia’s favor” kyivindependent.com/editorial… #Ukraine #RussoUkrainianWar

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

Canadian fires are gifting us with code-orange air quality today. 😷

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

“David Arakhamia and the power of being useful” by Kateryna Denisova, kyivindependent.com/david-ara… – “Meet David Arakhamia, the Ukrainian parliament’s linchpin, key negotiator, and political player, whose influence far exceeds his public profile” #Ukraine #Politics

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Kevin M. Levin: “Why Lindsey Graham Abandoned the Confederate Flag” kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/why-lin… “What the Confederate battle flag’s slow exit from South Carolina reveals about his entire career”

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Caolan Robertson reports on the malign influence of Russia in Ireland, which is feeding its criminal war machine. youtu.be/5bTxEeywV… #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussoUkrainianWar

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

“Viatrovych: Yanukovych and Russian agents altered the course of the historical dispute with Poland” news.liga.net/en/politi… #PastAndPresent #Poland #Ukraine

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Historical memory and politics: “Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland commemorates Volyn massacres as history unsettles Kyiv-Warsaw relations” (Kyiv Independent) My comment there

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

“How a street check in Lviv became a warning sign for Ukraine’s mobilization system” kyivindependent.com/how-a-str…

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

“Inside Russia’s Secret Prisons in Occupied Ukraine” – BBC World Service Documentaries youtu.be/vRY3nBTzz… #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

Are U.S. armaments firms getting the orange chaos agent to simmer down a bit? –> “Trump has decided to align more closely with NATO than before. Analyst Badrak explains why” news.liga.net/en/politi…

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

“As Russia continues bombing Ukraine, international sports organizations embrace Moscow” kyivindependent.com/as-russia… #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

“A few thoughts on death” by Alina Poliakova, managing editor of Ukrainska Pravda’s English-language edition www.pravda.com.ua/eng/colum…

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

A close-up view of a village now in the kill zone (text and video): “‘Make peace, you two Vladimirs’: the battle for Mezhova” hromadske.ua/en/war/26…

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Rewatching “State of Play” (Universal Pictures, 2009). Not only is it a good picture with actors I like but the outdoor scenes were shot in DC, making it feel like a 2009 version of home.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Ambassador Stefanishyna’s reference to citizens having “both the right and the responsibility to build their own futures” is a very Ukrainian thought, I believe. Too many of us in democracies that have enjoyed many decades of peace think of liberty as an absence of force, of constraints, of […]

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