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IT professional turned English teacher, from the PNW, moved to Kyiv Ukraine in 2023. Into: Art, TRPGs, rationalism, democracy, ПЕРЕМОГА! 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Andrii Katriuk 🇺🇦 @andriikatriuk.bsky.social · 6h
That's how normalised genocide looks like.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 1h
holy shit it's four hours??
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 1h
moonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonsquish!moonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonsquish!moonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonmoonsquish!
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 1h
it's all the men.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
SIROTA: “Did Gaza cost Kamala the White House?” GOV. WALZ: "We did the most terrible thing you can do in politics — We tried to walk the middle… the idea that criticizing 🇮🇱 is antisemitic is untrue… Palestinian protestors had a point…” (H/T @levernews.com )
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 2h
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Spectacled Langour @spectacledlangour.bsky.social · 2h
Which is a shame because OpenSI very easily becomes Openis
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 1h
I say this with all respect to the actor and no respect at all for Ken Paxton:
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Lol Sloth from The Goonies
ALT: Lol Sloth from The Goonies
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 2h
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 3h
yo don't mention Istanbul airport, I'll have PTSD flashbacks
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Yikes… local Georgia outlets in the tank fudging the graphs for @ossoff.bsky.social opponent Mike Collins🤔 (and Scoob-Doo😬)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h
The Father of our Country: "A good moral character is the 1st essential in a man..." Honest Abe: "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." The Orange Atrocity: "Nothing bad can happen, it could only good happen." #26DaysUntilTheMidterms 🌊
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 9h
The number of victims has risen to 48 — 30 people killed; 18 more wounded.
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ruins of a home. Ruins of people’s lives This is what russia left behind after a missile strike on an apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast Four people were killed beneath the rubble. Another 20 were injured, including three children Rescuers are still searching #Ukraine #Ukrainianview
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I still have hope we can rescue our countries from these modern Robber Barons, one way or another.
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Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Somewhere among all of us is a turtle owner who has just received the most useful information of their year. Possibly their decade. Certainly more useful than most of the internet, except maybe that definitive ranking of fast-food fries. This is why we keep the internet.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
typically I'm in favour of boycotting Amazon altogether, but there's an exception for using the sales to help teachers get cheap stuff for kids. help this teacher!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No better case for the billionaire tax than how hard they’re working to defeat it
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To every Australian banging on this morning on talkback radio about wanting ZERO migration, I concede. You can have it. As long as you are ok with the high chance of ZERO emergency medical care when you’re sick. ZERO aged care when you’re old. ZERO fresh food when you’re hungry.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
of course.
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I want to shake them sometimes and shout "everything changes, dumbass!"
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Angus Taylor - “this is not the Australia that we once had” Of course not, it’s 60 years later. Why would you think that what happened then is relevant now. I will say it again, conservative ideology is a commitment to irrelevance.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Andrii Katriuk 🇺🇦 @andriikatriuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tomorrow is the year anniversary of this fundraiser. Progress in 17 days - 11k UAH. Still needed 177k UAH or 3950$ or 3528€. Every repost and donations matters.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 06/10/2026
International Observers from OSCE have been invited to see our elections for more than 20 years -- and allowed us to demonstrate to the world our free and fair elections. Why does the Trump Administration not want the world to see how we vote in America? #holdfast #corruption
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the problem is how do we guillotine them all at the same time?
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
great question, and also, how long has his left eye been squinty? is he attempting to not look googly-eyed and so he's squinting all the time? wtf is going on with this weirdo?
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freeonis @freeonis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
100 Reasons for the SMO (animation)
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Забагато причин для СВО не буває😏#animation #shorts
YouTube video by Фріоніс
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/10/2026
⚡️Russian strikes kill 13, injure 104 across Ukraine, damage Kryvyi Rih hospital. Overall, overnight on Oct. 6, Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type attack drones, including 49 jet-powered versions, as well as Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
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Russian strikes kill 13, injure 104 across Ukraine, damage Kryvyi Rih hospital
Regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that four people were injured in the Kryvyi Rih attack, including two medical workers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/10/2026
Respiratory illness season 🤧 is right around the corner - masking 😷 can help prevent the spread of germs through sneezes and coughs Plus it keeps your nose warm in cold, icy conditions 🧂🧊 www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 06/10/2026
“Ukrainians should not have to prove, year after year, just how much they can endure.” Prince Harry spoke at the United for Freedom charity gala, held to raise funds for charities supporting Ukraine. It gets exhausting to always be resilient. Thank you for acknowledging that🧵
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
no need to redact it, "get fed feet first slowly into a wood chipper."
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Trump’s broke brain muses about Iran destroying San Diego does he think that reads as a woke city to a Nebraska crowd or does he really fantasize about losing 100,000 active duty military on his watch?
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Noel Cody @noelcody.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
it's so interesting that adding little ambient responsive creatures can make a game feel more fun to explore. a meaningful detail. i'm still working slowly on this game as i can but it's steadily coming along. #pico8
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Pytor Alexievich @pytoralexievich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is my enemy. militarnyi.com/en/news/tali...
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Taliban Delegation Participates in Russia’s Center-2026 Exercises
A Taliban military delegation took part in Russia’s Center-2026 strategic military exercises at Moscow’s invitation.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Mincepies @mincepies8888.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US Vote: October deadlines NOW Registration ends: TODAY - AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, OH, TX 6th - NM 7th - MO 9th - OK 13th - DC, MD, NJ, OR, WV 14th - WI Help Desk: www.votefromabroad.org Citizens abroad request ballot by e mail. Please repost everywhere to remind other Americans
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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freeonis @freeonis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Друзі, бачу, що разом із посиленням російського терору проти України у нас розгорнулася й роснява «антивоєнна кампанія». Яка закликає саме Україну зупинити війну. 🥴 В мене вже так горить срака від всього цього, що мушу висловитися:
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ren @isensmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
holy fucking shit, every new thing I hear from her is more vile than the last!
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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