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Paulette MacQuarrie

@pawlina.bsky.social

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Producer/host, Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio (est 1990) in Vancouver & Nanaimo, BC. Publisher of Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook. Married 40+yrs & living happily ever after on Vancouver Island. No DMs pls unless I know you or ask. #IStandWithUkraine

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · Mar 24

Recently on Nash Holos I interviewed two authors of young adult novels set in war-torn Ukraine: 2022 Mariupol and 2014 Crimea. Both great reads but also gut-punching, even for adults. Definitely must-reads & must-shares.
#Books #UkrainianView #Writers
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Kidnapped From Ukraine and Swimming With Spies - A chat with the authors of two new novels

YouTube video by Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 8h

On October 10, Russia struck a residential building in Kyiv known far beyond Ukraine for its mural by Australian artist Guido van Helten. The mural depicts a Ukrainian girl in a traditional embroidered shirt. Now, the very building that carried this image of Ukraine has been heavily damaged.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 7h

Your statement is patently absurd. But that's what you lot aim for. Bit of advice: mend your ways and look for honest work. Your boss is running out of money so get ahead of the curve while you can, Ilya. 😉

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 9h

Well to be fair he doesn't vilify Ukraine and Zelenskyy as much as he used to. For him, that's something. Not enough to support Ukraine but at least causing somewhat less damage. Given the majority of Americans support Ukraine... in the only bi-partisan issue uniting Americans at this time..

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 11h

It's always about the money. The root of all evil.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 12h

An act of desperation. The propaganda front is the only one where they are not being demolished. Yet. Take comfort in the well wishing and supporting messages. Those are the real human ones. The others are a scorched earth bot attack. They deserve nothing but contempt and ridicule.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 13h

He still insists on aligning with a loser? Must be some compromat ...

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Karen!

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Valya Dudycz Lupescu @valya.bsky.social · 1d

"In every woman, there is a soldier."
– Yaryna Chornohuz, poet on the field of battle

Combat medic in the 140th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, giving voice to pain & hope for her country’s future. #ukraine @kyivindependent.com

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'In every woman, there is a soldier’ – Yaryna Chornohuz, the brave poet fighting Russia

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in The Kyiv Independent's first-ever print edition, titled "The Power Within." You can order a copy in our e-store. If there were four women named Y...

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

I am pleading with the world’s opinion columnists, with tears in my eyes, to please learn the difference between ammo depot and residential building

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Yana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 1d

while the west loves to proclaim that russia failed and is losing the war they are missing 2 very important points:
russia is not planning on stopping

and even worse

russia is learning

Ukraine is tired of paying a heavy price for inaction
the war is far from over

help us defeat russia

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

The worldwide mass media is a disgrace to humanity.

Andreas Umland @umland.bsky.social · 1d

That currently ballistic missiles and drones are, as every other week, hitting one of Europe's oldest national capitals is not really news anymore.

Maybe it will be reported in worldwide mass media tomorrow. Maybe it won't.

Greetings from Kyiv.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly without Amazon I would not have been able to get this book to market. 😞But I appreciate your position. When principled people vote with their pocketbook, it often leads to positive changes in the marketplace. However if you would like the cookbook, it's available from B&N & other booksellers.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear. Will this finally kickstart the survival instincts of the ORCs and end the war?

Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 1d

An abnormally cold winter threatens all of Russia, meteorologists warned. The country will be hit by severe frosts, snowfalls, and sharp temperature fluctuations.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, temperatures will drop to –20°C in December, and down to –30°C during the New Year holidays.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Just dropped off 30 copies of the Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook at Sandy's Ukrainian Kitchen Market store in North Nanaimo mall. Great for Christmas gifts or for yourself! Also available on Amazon if you're not on Vancouver Island. a.co/d/1BE1hT6

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Closing the barn door a bit late ... still, better late than never, supposedly.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

What a cunning power play. The breathtaking brilliance of this man.

Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine will nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — if he delivers Tomahawk missiles — President Zelenskyy

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

If ROC can't have it, no one can. Nihilistic ghouls.

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Good news. But how much longer yet??
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REwN...

Moscow Stock Panic: Russia’s Market Freefall

YouTube video by Jason Jay Smart

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

This man just never tops being brilliant.

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Ukraine strikes back with precise, targeted attacks, and unlike Russia, we know exactly what we aim to achieve. Peace, of course. We are not waging war for the sake of war, as Russia does. Even Hamas shows deal-making acumen, but not Putin.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing numbers. Yet the Trump admin is so reluctant to do it. How much clearer a sign that they do not consider themselves answerable to the electorate?

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Data from a recent Harvard CAPS/ Harris Poll survey of Americans on Ukraine and Russia (October 1-2)
▪️72% of Democrats &73% of Republicans support providing weapons to #Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia
▪️71% of Democrats&86% of Republicans support additional economic sanctions on Russia ⤵️

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. What most of the world does not understand.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 2d

Show Archives and Podcast Feed changes

Update: October 8, 2025 Late last year, I was hit with a takedown notice by my podcast hosting platform where I had been archiving the shows for many years. Fortunately, I appealed and was given a …

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Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 2d

This is so incredibly sloppy as propaganda goes. Obviously putler is scraping the bottom of the barrel for American puppets.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 2d

Brave people.

Paulette MacQuarrie @pawlina.bsky.social · 2d

But the world wasn't interested and just scoffed at the Ukrainian diaspora.

Ukrainian History @uahistory.bsky.social · 2d

"Look closely, America...!"
A leaflet from the 1950s distributed by the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S.
Ukrainians were warning the world about Moscow’s imperialism 70 years ago.