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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In a deliberate act of ecocide, 3yrs ago today russia destroyed the Kakhovka dam, murdering people, causing a minimum of $14 billion in damage, flooding villages and towns, devastating ecosystems, and killing animals. We must not allow russia to whitewash itself.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is the timeline. Russia acted in bad faith. As usual.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Yesterday the Russians deliberately attacked Ukrainian civilians, hitting apartment buildings and killing more than 20. The Ukrainians responded by killing Russian oil production and sparing Russian civilians. And the Trump administration is doing what it can to help Putin.

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

If you're in the DC metro area this weekend, come see me at the Gaithersburg Book Festival! I'll be talking about BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS (and signing copies).

Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 16, 2026. Shows the cover of BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS.

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

At Russia’s Alabuga program, African women are promised housing & competitive salaries, only to be trapped in forced labor assembling Iranian-designed Shahed drones for Russia’s war in Ukraine, enduring long hours & conditions widely described as human trafficking youtu.be/3CfhPUqWHX8?...

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The Truth About russia’s “Alabuga” Factory and South Africa’s Forgotten History with Ukraine

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today russians kіІIеd 24 people and injured more than 100.

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Dr. Elīna Reitere @elinareitere.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

"..as an ‘Eastern European’ researcher and academic means being endemically underestimated, heavily stereotyped, commonly inferiorized, automatically assumed to be majorly unknowing and—almost by default—out of touch with the world, chronically patronized and, as a woman, massively over-sexualized."

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Lerner Books @lernerbooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Author @mccrina.bsky.social joins Deborah Kalb for this in-depth interview on her new YA novel BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS. Get the inside look: deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/q-wi...

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Q&A with Amanda McCrina

Amanda McCrina is the author of the new young adult novel Beyond Seven Forests . Her other books include The Silent...

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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Q&A with Amanda McCrina about her new YA novel, BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/q-wi... @mccrina.bsky.social

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

There's something really evil about ChatGPT running a TV ad celebrating farmers given how utterly devastating AI is for the land and environment.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium has newly assembled an informative free online course on the history of the Holodomor in Ukraine within a global context of famine and genocide. coursera.org/learn/holodo...

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Famine as Genocide: The Holodomor in Ukraine

Offered by University of Alberta. The Holodomor, one of the major tragedies of the twentieth century, became the subject of serious study ... Enroll for free.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Thankful to @understandingrome.bsky.social for reminding me today that the Colosseum has a cat door. 🐾

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This headline epitomizes the entirety of this administration. No real engagement with learning or scripture, no checking of sources—only what is received through media to justify violence. amp.9news.com.au/article/1ffd...

Pete Hegseth quotes fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon
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Donald Trump's Defence Secretary has adapted lines from Pulp Fiction falsely attributed to the Bible, while giving a sermon at the Pentagon.

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 16/04/2026

🇺🇦 Russia killed at least 16 people & injured a further 100 in overnight attacks across Ukraine. For millions of people, it meant running for shelter in the middle of the night when hearing the alert, if heard at all, before bombs hit. My take @france24.com 👇 www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

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More than a dozen killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities

More than a dozen people, including at least one child, have been killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on infrastructure and residential buildings in Kyiv and in other Ukrainian cities like Ode...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

You can't simultaneously lament the fall of the USSR and be a minimally credible anti-imperialist. You just can't. The USSR was an empire and it was brought down by anti-imperialist, local liberation movements and mobilization. In addition,...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Holodomor genocide denial is rampant and despicable. Please, if you see accounts spreading denial, recommend this free online course as push back: holodomor.ca/new-online-c...

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Don't be like JD Vance. Donate to support Ukraine today! @mishasangels.bsky.social is a good place to start.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I think we have to face up to the fact that no healthy country re-elects a man like Trump And that problem goes beyond the people who cast a vote for him bsky.app/profile/asel...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We can’t unring the bell of an American president threatening to do genocide

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The absolute hypocrisy of the Trump administration: They start a chaotic war in Iran, panic over oil prices, and then issue waivers for Russian oil. Washington is bailing out Rosneft while they actively run child deportation camps in Ukraine

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Liberal Currents has quietly become one of the few outlets taking male supremacy seriously, either as a foundation of Trumpist fascism or as a system of oppression in its own right.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...

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Syracuse Drops 84 Programs Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ukraine endcap at my local Barnes & Noble

Bookstore display of books by Ukrainian authors or about Ukraine

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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Four years ago in Bucha, Russia killed over 500 innocent civilians. Among them were 43 children. The youngest was just 1.7 years old. After that, Russia kept screaming that everything was staged, that it wasn’t true, that it was Ukrainian propaganda.

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This might look like a mundane bar photo but look closer and you’ll see text on a shelf saying ‘for victory day’ (in Ukrainian). These are the drinks regulars of this Kyiv bar got and asked this bar to put there so they could drink it, well, on a victory day. Yes you may cry now.

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Reminder that you can win a signed and personalized hardcover of BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS, my novel about the Eastern Front of WWI, via the #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Signed Copy of Beyond Seven Forests

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Chytomo @chytomo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In #Lviv, a #UNESCO heritage building caught fire, and 32 people were reported injured. Writers, publishers, and translators became witnesses to the russian attack and shared how Lviv’s literary community experienced the day: many events were cancelled or postponed ↘️

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Lviv today‼️ Russia bastards attacking the city in broad daylight ‼️

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Had a blast doing this podcast episode with one of my fellow booksellers! Our wide-ranging conversation covers BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS, Christopher Nolan, historiography of Ancient Rome, and more. Give it a listen: qnoanswers.com/2026/03/22/a...

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AUTHOR ADVENTURES: What are the Hurdles of Modern Fiction Writing? (Guest Starring Amanda McCrina!)

This week Don speaks with author and fellow bookseller Amanda McCrina, hot off the release of her latest historical fiction novel Beyond Seven Forests. Amanda discusses her experiences writing in a…

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

*logs onto Bluesky to see the discourse The discourse: Nobody cares about Poles, the USSR defeated h*tler and was good actually *logs off of Bluesky

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says

Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die in ICE detention this year.

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Starting today, you can bid for a signed/personalized copy of BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS in support of #KidLit4Ceasefire: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Tim Gallagher @brachiosaurus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"Ukraine has given more military aid to the USA in 2026 than the USA has given to Ukraine." Americans should hang their heads in shame.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The latest step, and a major one, in the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to keep the Russian army in the field against Ukraine. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Starting March 17, you can bid on a signed (and personalized, if you'd like) hardcover copy of BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS in support of #KidLit4Ceasefire. The funds will go toward helping families in Gaza buy food and other necessities. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Anti-war feminists could be focusing on raising awareness about russian war crimes against Ukrainian women instead of posting performative nonsense that undermines support for Ukraine’s defence. Russia holds civilian women hostage and rarely agrees to exchange them: www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

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Three civilian Ukrainian women brought back from Russian captivity

Three civilian Ukrainian women – Svitlana Holovan, Yuliia Panina and Maryna Berezniatska – have been freed from Russian captivity during the latest prisoner exchange.

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The fact this is happening on the day Russia is allowed back to Paralympics proudly with their flag and anthem and all and phrases about giving them ‘second chance’ feels surreal and honestly disgusting

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Per @pabloreports.bsky.social — Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez’s husband says they “don’t know where she is” after she was grabbed by ICE. Their Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/prayers-an...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

finally watched Casablanca. wild in this day and age for something to actually live up to the hype

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I look forward to never having to see or hear the word "warfighter" ever again.

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We learned during trump 1.0 that russia paid bounties to the taliban on our soldiers, and we did absolutely nothing. russia isn't our friend, but trump really, really wants to be russia's friend—and has for a long time. www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/u...

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Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says (Published 2020)

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

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Why Attack Iran?

Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Does anyone honestly believe Donald Trump cares about the freedom and wellbeing of the Iranian people? Does anyone think this illegal war is anything but an act of narcissistic malice?

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