Author | Lightnews

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 20

1 1

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is what social Darwinism sounds like.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 18

In a stunning admission, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans' real goal is to kick seniors and the disabled off Social Security:
"Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce."

3 12 16

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 14

At 14, Arseny Turbin was putting anti-Putin flyers into mailboxes around his town.
At 15, he was sentenced to 5 years, beaten, and mistreated in prison.

That’s what autocracies do: they fear children with a conscience, and anyone who refuses to stay silent.

Arseny Turbin - one of Russia’s youngest political prisoners.

1 10 24

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 13

Women and men are drifting further apart in the US, especially on what to do with women’s bodies.

Some say “That’s democracy! Everyone gets a say”
Sure. Except only one side pays the price: physically, emotionally, legally.

You can’t call it “equal debate” when only one gender risks dying for it.

The widest of today’s gender gaps on the three abortion questions, 20 percentage points, is seen in Americans’ identification as pro-choice, with 61% of women and 41% of men using that label to describe their views. This compares with a 13-point gap in 2022 and no more than 10-point differences in any reading before Dobbs.

The gap has expanded since 2022 because pro-choice identity has dipped among men, from 48% to 41%, while it has held steady among women. Currently, 32% of women and 54% of men identify as pro-life.

Similarly, there is now a record-high 17-point gap between women (57%) and men (40%) in their belief that abortion is morally acceptable and a record-high 15-point gap in women’s (56%) and men’s (41%) support for abortion being legal in all or most circumstances. These divergences are also the widest since 2022 and represent a marked change from the two decades prior to Dobbs, when women’s and men’s views were much closer.

Source: gallup.com

4 13

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 9

"The freest country in the world," I repeat to myself as I carefully choose my words, wondering if they’ll be the reason I’m deported back to a homeland where my beloved law enforcement awaits to imprison me for speaking those very words I came here to say.

LA… freedom looks different today 😔

1 1 22

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 5

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 — 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

Today would have been Alexei Navalny’s 49th birthday.
Rest in power, Alexei.

1 10 39

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

💯

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

Exactly! I've been in such a good mood all day today 🤗

2

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

It will definitely be included in military textbooks.

1 2

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

Seems like Ukraine didn’t share the plan with the US.
Any guesses why?

3 15

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

🇺🇦 One of the most successful military ops in history just happened ✨
Cheap Ukrainian drones flew out of a truck… and destroyed strategic bombers deep inside Russia — the very ones bombing Ukrainian cities.
Russia can’t replace them — they’re relics of a dead empire.

5 8 45

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hybrid war is already in the EU: cyberattacks, disinformation, sabotage, terror.
If full-scale war comes, military analysts agree: 🇺🇦 Ukraine has the only army in Europe ready to fight.

But they need weapons.

If you're in the EU, pressure your government.
Support Ukraine or you might be next.

1 10

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · Jun 1

Adam was literally the first alpha male.
God said, “Don’t eat the fruit or you’ll die.”
Eve ate it — didn’t die, just got smarter.
So Adam followed, then blamed everyone but himself when it backfired.
Don't be an alpha. Be accountable.

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

2 2 25

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 23

💯

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 23

❌ Take healthcare from millions.
❌ Slash benefits for the poorest.

All so:

✔️ Billionaires can buy more yachts, fund more far-right parties worldwide
✔️ Get tax breaks on gun silencers.

“Big”? Sure — it adds $5.7 trillion to the national debt.
“Beautiful”? Maybe. But not for you.

2 5 13

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 18

😳

1

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 18

There's even a Wikipedia page about him, though only in Russian.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%...

4

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 18

"no torture — no asylum"

Andrei Trofimov, a political prisoner from my hometown.
We both spoke out against Putin and the war in the same local community groups.
He got 10 years for that — then 3 more for speaking out again in court.
Think he can apply for asylum now that he’s already in the Gulag?

1 6 23

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 17

🤣

1

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 16

bsky.app/profile/from...

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 16

Has any psychologist studied why corrupt officials always have such terrible taste?
Gold toilets, gold curtains, gold jets...
I used to think it was just a Russian thing. But even in the “freest country in the world,” power still has a gold fetish.

Golden toilet decor in the apartment of a Russian corrupt official.

2 6

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 16

Has any psychologist studied why corrupt officials always have such terrible taste?
Gold toilets, gold curtains, gold jets...
I used to think it was just a Russian thing. But even in the “freest country in the world,” power still has a gold fetish.

1 1 15

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 7

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

2

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 7

Nothing to see here — just a Russian priest picking up license plates 666 for his shiny Land Cruiser.
Most Russians couldn’t dream of this car, but hey, salvation comes at a premium.
Business as usual for religious entrepreneurs — in any religion, in any country, if you ask me.
#HolyBusiness 😇💰

1 3 12

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 4

The U.S. dropped to 57th place from 180 in the World Press Freedom Index — right between Liberia and Gambia. Pretty grim.
But then I remember: my home country, Russia, is at 171st place. Only Nicaragua, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Iran, and Syria are lower 🤷

A world map from Reporters Without Borders showing press freedom by country, with colors ranging from green (good) to dark red (very serious issues). Europe and Australia are mostly yellow and green, the U.S. is orange, and Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan are dark red.

5 7 34

📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿 @fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social · May 4

Mysterious new illness spreads among Putin’s friends — symptoms include sudden “schedule conflicts” and a deep fear of sanctions. Doctors recommend avoiding Moscow’s May 9 parade at all costs 😷
Vučić, Fico are “too sick” to come. Modi has his own war now. Even Lukashenko is “maybe late.”
#ParadeFlu

Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia, and Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia.

1 6 31