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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 5h

Tremendous loss as Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66

He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Update: 'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure.

Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight Oct. 10, injuring nine people, causing a residential building fire, and a blackout in the city's left bank.

'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure

"From the explosions that just occurred — a ballistic missile attack is ongoing. Missiles one after another, air defense is active," Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.

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Valya Dudycz Lupescu @valya.bsky.social · 2d

"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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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 25d

Ukraine’s Mykola Bazhan (1904-83) had the Midas touch; all his verse turned to gold. This let him survive, barely, Stalin’s slaughter; he could make even Socialist Realism sound good. Yet his portrait of Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz in Odesa shows that he knew what drove true poetry.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 18d

The African Translation Project is at 53% !!!

The clock is ticking!! YOU did this! Help them bring it home!

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Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project; Current Need: $2500 by 22 September - to begin translation of: The World and Its People / Dunia na Watu Wake by Ahmad Simba Mwaita, Translated from Kwswahili - (translator...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 18d

All eyes on the Kickstarter. Hard limit. Come on. $768. *please*

One big rally post could do it like *snap*.

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Rally Time, image of judgy clock

$1105 to include translation, Ahmad Simba Mwaita, translated from Kiswahili, explores masculinity through East African family, Paivapo Press, South Africa, woman owned, led

$768 to enable audiobook, Andrew and Alicia: brother-sister narrated, anti-fascist, pro-human, Jewish, cute, comedic, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan, woman owned, led

36 minutes - Not giving up!

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U

It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Sep 10

As the Polish military confirmed that aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In first for NATO, Poland downs Russian drones amid mass attack on Ukraine as Putin tests Western resolve

Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones have entered Polish airspac...

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · Aug 28

"This country and its social contract can fall apart with a quickness, and when it does, remember: There's no one coming to the rescue"

Defector @defector.com · Aug 28

"More than any other event of the 21st century—including 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis—Katrina is the catastrophe that best illuminates the dark path that has led us to 2025." defector.com/hurricane-ka...

Hurricane Katrina Showed How Quickly It Can All Fall Apart | Defector

When an acclaimed director has a new movie out, I always like to revisit their previous work in the lead-up to the new one. In preparation for Highest 2 Lowest, the latest Spike Lee Joint, I…

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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hey, an animated version of Weston Wei's delightful cover of my forthcoming novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space.
Off-kilter physics! A deadly family! A decision no one should have to make. Also, a lot of food.
Coming April 7, 2006. Preorder now!
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Aug 24

In every era, songs are an honest mirror of a society’s mood.

So let’s dive into the tracks Ukrainians sang along to just after winning independence—and the freedom to express themselves 👇
🧵 1/11

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Terrell Jermaine Starr @terrelljstarr.bsky.social · Aug 24

Happy Independence Day to Ukraine!

I interviewed Maksym Butkevych, a brave human rights activist who spent over two years as a POW in Russian captivity. His fight for Ukraine's inclusive future moved me deeply.

Watch our talk Friday on YouTube: Terrell J Starr Official. #ukrainianview

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · Aug 17

European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump #Ukraine

European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · Jul 16

Goosebumps... Ukrainian Yaroslav Bazylevych shares his story at the rally in support of Ukraine in Munich. Thank you for these important words: "Russia killed my entire family. My wife Yevgenia, my three daughters Yaryna, Daria, and Emilia. 👇

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 26

what they said.

God @thegodpodcast.com · Jun 25

The reason we fight against fascism is because of love. Love for our friends and family. Our children deserve better than this. They deserve not to live in a place where they must fear getting shot. We love them. So we have to win. And in time, we will. The axe forgets but the tree remembers.

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · Jun 22

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week #Ukraine

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Jun 3

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · May 28

Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · May 19

Have you seen our upcoming work? We're so excited!

And yes - it's ✨magical✨ ...

(And devilish, and adventurous, and anti-capitalist... and all made with human love and community.)

Here's what's on the way: 🧵

A whimsical unicorn looks out over a floral forest, magical towers, and a starry sky. Illustration by Ulla Thynell.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · May 16

⚡️Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul end, Moscow demands Kyiv withdraw from 4 regions, no ceasefire agreement.

"Trump still hopes something can be done," a source in the President’s Office told the Kyiv Independent after the talks concluded.

Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul end, Moscow demands Kyiv withdraw from 4 regions, no ceasefire agreement

Some of Russia's demands include the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from their own territory as a condition for a ceasefire, an unnamed Ukrainian source told Sky News.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · May 15

U is for Union

Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · May 15

Also just LOOK how cute their merch is, buy some swag to support the freshly-minted Sesame Workers Union! shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/...

Sesame Workers Union

Sesame Workers Union is a group of Sesame Workshop (of Sesame Street) workers organizing with OPEIU Local 153 to improve working conditions across the industry. Proceeds go to workers experiencing har...

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Miya Kressin @miyakressin.bsky.social · May 2

"Level or Live" comes out on Tuesday.
If you like stories with found family, adventure, rescue, love, gaming, exploring a new world, some silly isekai tropes, and some lesbian spice, give it a try!

I have 40+ other stories if that one isn't your style.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5FC1VPG