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Konrad Iturbe @konraditurbe.dev · 23h

Venezuelan volunteers fighting in Ukraine's armed forces (503rd separate assault brigade)

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 1d

What a pathetic little man

SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 2d

As russia launches one of its most destructive strikes on Ukraine, leaving Kyiv without power and civilians dead and injured, Trump is busy thanking putin for licking his ass.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 2d

Are you thinking "TFI Friday"? Well in Ukraine it's just another day of lying in a trench, piloting a drone, evacuating hot spots, treating the wounded, or trying to keep the family safe.

And it's Day 1325 of this, following another night of little sleep for Kyiv. Here's the🧵

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 2d

We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 2d

It’s getting really hard to read all the self-congratulatory bullshit from EU political leaders while this is going on.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

⚡️Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports.

Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 3d

It funding the insurance companies again, isn it?

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 4d

Wait, the US government shutdown is over one of the parties refusing to fund healthcare, and they are still a political party in the country, with like, support and actual voters and stuff? 🤯

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 4d

I've seen people without uniforms but with real guns picking up coffee at Starbucks near my hotel. That's an image I will never forget.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like Russia.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 4d

NGL, if now there's ever talk of going to the US to promote a game or attend a conference, I'll have to seriously consider the possibility of my plane falling out of the sky or of ending up in a concentration camp. Before, I only had to consider the possibility of getting shot in the street.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 5d

I doubt he deleted it. You can go look in his Twitter. I’m blocked and I’m not there anymore.

krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote and deleted 3 (three) posts. Gave up.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 5d

In Europe, there are like 50 people in total who use it, and I’m one of them

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 5d

Bluesky is barely even there to begin with

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know if people realize just how fucked we all are if shit goes down in France how I think shit is about to go down in France.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 6d

Man, this is turboass. I’m really sorry. DM me if you think I can help somehow!

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 7d

So do u think the artists who care so deeply about human suffering will expand the spotify strike on russia too or

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 7d

Russian 5 October massive attack damaged Lviv's "Without Borders" kindergarten — Suspilne.

Religious sites were also hit, with the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary sustaining damage to the church building, catechetical school, and utility buildings.

📷Suspilne Lviv

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 7d

⚡️Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills 5, injures 14.

A large-scale Russian attack across Ukraine killed at least five people and injured at least 14 overnight on Oct. 5, according to the authorities.

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Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills 5, injures 14

In Lviv Oblast, four people were killed, and another four were injured, the State Emergency Service said on Telegram.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 7d

The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men’s eyes.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 7d

If you meet anyone from Czechia, could you please do me a favor and ask them whatever the fuck we ever did to them to deserve this?

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 8d

The fact that he was forced to resign is the reason why we love Lithuania. This despicable behavior is completely normalized in much of the rest of Europe.

Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 8d

"The latest controversy erupted after the news portal Lrytas.lt published an interview with Adomavičius in which he declined to answer questions directly about Lithuania’s support for Ukraine and the status of Crimea, calling the questions “provocative”."

www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...

Lithuanian culture minister resigns after one week in office amid backlash

Lithuania’s Culture Minister Ignotas Adomavičius resigned Friday after just one week in office, following public backlas...

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 8d

Watch carefully, everyone. The whole world must see this.
This is what russia brings to the world — only dеstruction.
Nothing else. This country knows no other way.
Every day, russia dеstroys more and more Ukrainian cities.
World, do not stay silent.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 9d

There’s no way Orban is not three fascist pigs in a trench coat.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 9d

⚡️'We don't want to share their fate' — Orban says Ukraine membership would drag EU into war with Russia.

"Ukraine is a country with a very difficult fate. Why should we share in this difficult fate? We have our own fate, which is much easier than that of the Ukrainians," Orban said.

'We don't want to share their fate' — Orban says Ukraine membership would drag EU into war with Russia

"Ukraine is a country with a very difficult fate. Why should we share in this difficult fate? We have our own fate, which is much easier than that of the Ukrainians," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor O...

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 9d

I swear to god Czechia.

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