Pavel Yakovlevich
@pavellawrence.bsky.social
Interests: Mali, cognitive dissonance, Nagorny Karabakh, 1619, piñatas, that sad montage in Up, Владислав Юрьевич Сурков, Shelburne Farms, truthiness, music as a weapon, Just Transition, Terry Gross, Open Space Technology, Molly
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@ 20:06 -- Watch this performance by #IanMcKellen of #Shakespeare that he premiered on the playwright's 400th birthday in 1964.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
@ 20:06 -- Watch this performance by #IanMcKellen of #Shakespeare that he premiered on the playwright's 400th birthday in 1964.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Is this American life? Hard listen here, but seems critical to place yourself in this position. www.thisamericanlife.org/880/what-is-...
What Is Your Emergency? - This American Life
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
www.thisamericanlife.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Is this American life? Hard listen here, but seems critical to place yourself in this position. www.thisamericanlife.org/880/what-is-...
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Benito's reaction in video form
February 2, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Benito's reaction in video form
It was wild hearing about Bad Bunny and his "options" for protest at the Super Bowl on this @nytimes.com podcast. And then having to pause the podcast to explain to kids the story of Colin Kaepernick. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/p...
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
It was wild hearing about Bad Bunny and his "options" for protest at the Super Bowl on this @nytimes.com podcast. And then having to pause the podcast to explain to kids the story of Colin Kaepernick. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/p...
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA won record of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for “Luther.”
More from the Grammys: bit.ly/49Sb9gB
More from the Grammys: bit.ly/49Sb9gB
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Kendrick Lamar and SZA won record of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for “Luther.”
More from the Grammys: bit.ly/49Sb9gB
More from the Grammys: bit.ly/49Sb9gB
The power of observing. Mr Nobody Against Putin is charming and heartbreaking. Slava Ukraini! And to those consumed by the half-truth and propaganda. Yes, "teachers win wars".
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The power of observing. Mr Nobody Against Putin is charming and heartbreaking. Slava Ukraini! And to those consumed by the half-truth and propaganda. Yes, "teachers win wars".
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
Saving immigration enforcement by abolishing ICE makes perfect sense, "hardly radical". It is better understood with examples from other countries. Institutions fail, especially when they are built on half-truth and lies. @startribune.com
And with these images in international media...
And with these images in international media...
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Saving immigration enforcement by abolishing ICE makes perfect sense, "hardly radical". It is better understood with examples from other countries. Institutions fail, especially when they are built on half-truth and lies. @startribune.com
And with these images in international media...
And with these images in international media...
I aspire to have the compassion of an ICU nurse, the sense of duty to bear witness when I see something wrong and the courage to defend a vulnerable person who is attacked by a masked soldier. Everything I see in #AlexPretti.
January 25, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I aspire to have the compassion of an ICU nurse, the sense of duty to bear witness when I see something wrong and the courage to defend a vulnerable person who is attacked by a masked soldier. Everything I see in #AlexPretti.
Reading @nytimes.com and @mashagessen.bsky.social this morning, I go to what Carney said last week:
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Reading @nytimes.com and @mashagessen.bsky.social this morning, I go to what Carney said last week:
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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I find this common right-wing critique of protest movements, where they emphasise how "organised" they are, so weird. Seems to rest on an understanding that protests can only be valid if they're a spontaneous outpouring of emotion and not if they have any actual goals
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I find this common right-wing critique of protest movements, where they emphasise how "organised" they are, so weird. Seems to rest on an understanding that protests can only be valid if they're a spontaneous outpouring of emotion and not if they have any actual goals
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Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
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Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
Tell us what you really think, @economist.com.
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Tell us what you really think, @economist.com.
Instead of re-posting the vile, inexcusable lies and racism of the POTUS, learn about Somalia with @crisisgroup.org #somalia
www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/p...
www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/p...
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Instead of re-posting the vile, inexcusable lies and racism of the POTUS, learn about Somalia with @crisisgroup.org #somalia
www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/p...
www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/p...
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together." 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together." 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
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“Trump's decided to sink the EU,” declares one Russian paper today. Lots about Greenland in the Russian press. But also domestic economic problems: “Prices ready to soar”, Moscow cafes closing & “Russia’s car industry completely dependent on China’s.” #ReadingRussia
"The idea to annex world's biggest island firmly lodged in Trump's head" Russian paper on Greenland.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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January 21, 2026 at 7:48 AM
“Trump's decided to sink the EU,” declares one Russian paper today. Lots about Greenland in the Russian press. But also domestic economic problems: “Prices ready to soar”, Moscow cafes closing & “Russia’s car industry completely dependent on China’s.” #ReadingRussia
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
"The demanded electricity is not generated in this parish, it’s not used in this parish. It merely passes through, leaving no trace of itself or it’s benefits, just the infrastructure to transmit it."
@apkeedle.bsky.social
andrewkeedle.com/2026/01/03/j...
@apkeedle.bsky.social
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Jevon’s Paradox
Jevon’s paradox is when an increase in efficiency of a resource can lead to the increased use of that resource instead of a reduction as you might expect. In 1865, William Stanley Jevon noted this …
andrewkeedle.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM
"The demanded electricity is not generated in this parish, it’s not used in this parish. It merely passes through, leaving no trace of itself or it’s benefits, just the infrastructure to transmit it."
@apkeedle.bsky.social
andrewkeedle.com/2026/01/03/j...
@apkeedle.bsky.social
andrewkeedle.com/2026/01/03/j...
"Private, gated, limited. The hottest ticket in town. Inside these gates, the Trump mansions where winners reside."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Sc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Sc...
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"Private, gated, limited. The hottest ticket in town. Inside these gates, the Trump mansions where winners reside."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Sc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Sc...
Best headline of the day. www.ft.com/content/f789...?
Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant
Boom times in EU sustainable finance
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Best headline of the day. www.ft.com/content/f789...?