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Rose Mason

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Autodidact historian, mostly central and eastern Europe. historical musicology Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 Слава фламінго!🦩 "Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · Mar 3

"The Russians' bungling incompetence really comes down to the fact that they didn't even bother to learn anything about us."

—Сергі́й Жада́н / Serhiy Zhadan
"Sky Above Kharkiv," p.42-43
March 21, 2022, 12:51pm

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2h

This👇. The world expected Ukraine to give up on Feb. 24, 2022, and when it didn't, but instead fought and continued to fight, it became too embarrassing for its "allies." Imagine that: Ukrainians' will to fight for the very ideals its allies claimed to espouse is an embarrassment for those allies.

Yana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 2h

the world wants nothing more than to sweep this war under the rug

they would be satisfied if Ukraine just simply gave up

why else would they torture a country by withholding weapons?

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 15h

9 people were injured in russian attack on Kyiv tonight.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

Yurii Shapovalov, a doctor, spent 7 years, 7 months, and 3 days imprisoned in Russian-occupied Donetsk for his pro-Ukrainian position.

Yurii is a native of Donetsk and a physician with 30 years of experience. He worked as a neurophysiologist at the diagnostic center of the regional hospital.

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 16h

It makes me happy to see Argo looking at Cora so lovingly, so protectively. And yes, dogs DO love their people; I don't care what anyone says or thinks, including science.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 21h

HOW WAS UR DAY SMOL HOOMAN

it was great, i got to be a baby

Giant Bernese mountain dog and tiny baby sitting next to one another as if in conversation

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 18h

Look, hooman, you have opposable thumbs, and dogs don't, OK?

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 19h

Baptists were among the most persecuted religious groups in early republican America, which is why a number of them sought Jefferson's opinion in their famous letter from late 1801, asking for clarification about the establishment clause in the 1st amendment (though not explicitly naming it).

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d

To get a sense of where things stand: Here's an exchange from earlier this year, in which a Baptist minister was told by a Texas Senator that she didn't understand the Gospel because she cited Baptists' historic support for church-state separations as one reason to oppose the Ten Commandments bill.

Testifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev. Jody Harrison invoked the violent persecution of her Baptist forefathers by fellow Christians in colonial America.

Harrison hoped the history lesson would remind Texas senators of Baptists’ strong support for church-state separations, and that weakening those protections would hurt people of all faiths.

Instead, she was rebuked.

“The Baptist doctrine is Christ-centered,” Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, responded sharply. “Its purpose is not to go around trying to defend this or that. It is to be a disciple and a witness for Christ. That includes the Ten Commandments. That’s prayer in schools. It is not a fight for separation between church and state.”

Harrison was not allowed to reply, but in an interview said she was stunned that a lawmaker would question a core part of her faith. The exchange, she said, perfectly encapsulated why she has fought to preserve church-state separations — the same religious protections that Campbell said are a distraction from bills that might bring school kids to Christ.

“It was a wake up call,” she said. “I don’t think people — even many churches — realize that this is going on right now, and that is alarming.”

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 20h

Henlo. Any questions about "reasonable suspicion" in the 4th amendment re Ms. McLaughlin's pronouncement on Fox should be directed to constitutional law prof. and Lorg Floof person
@evanbernick.bsky.social
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THAMK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Ukrainian Mi-24 Helicopter in Action

The low-flying gunship fires unguided rockets at Russian positions before turning back.
📹 Soniashnyk

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 1d

Can we hope that when (if?) the war in Gaza in over the world, and especially the West will finally turn their attention to this mass murder. The violence is bankrolled by the West's closest allies/partners, it's not like there is no leverage and it is just a local fight. Or am I just too naive?

Sacha de Wijs @sachadewijs.bsky.social · 1d

El-Fasher, Sudan — besieged by the RSF since May 2024 — has become “an open-air morgue” for starving civilians. The world’s silence is shocking. Since 2023 Sudan has seen 150k civilians killed, 15 million displaced & 25 million people facing acute hunger www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

RSF attack on hospital in Sudan’s el-Fasher kills 12, medics say

The attack by the paramilitary on the hospital wounded 17 others, and is the second such attack in 24 hours.

www.aljazeera.com

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

The Ukrainian sci-fi drama You Are Space, directed by Pavlo Ostrikov, won the top prize at the 12th Future Gate Sci-Fi Film Festival in the Czech Republic

At heart of story is Andrii, Ukrainian space trucker who becomes last human in universe
📸 Ukrainian State Film Agency

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Prof. Finkel! You always — unwittingly, I'm quite sure — rescue me with your humor just when I'm ready to throw my arms into the air. I'm truly grateful to you for this.

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 1d

I am happy they were rescued, and hope they all get the medical attention they need, especially the 15-year-old boy.

Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Two more families with children have been resuced from occupied Ukraine.

One family lived under occupation more than 4 years - their 15 year old son has a musculoskeletal disorder but was refused treatment. They also have an 8yo daughter.

And here a girl, now 18, and her mother made it home.

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 1d

Before I scrolled down to your comment, my first thought was "Andy Card and Bush redux."

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

He as well as others at the time saw war as purifying. Conrad was the architect of the apocalypse (See Lawrence Sondhaus, "Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf: Architect of the Apocalypse," 2000).

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. Hitler was very much a product of his own time; these ideas about struggle and war come from the 19th c, post-1859 (Darwin), and also played a huge role in the thinking of Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, the Chief of the General Staff in Vienna in 1914.

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

OK, I want all you folks out there who are still pushing the "it's the West's fault," "it's ru's fear of NATO expansion," and "not one inch" tropes to please, *please,* for the love of intellectual honesty, stop embarrassing yourselves. Just stop it.

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Nadiia Omelchuk🇺🇦 @ukrainianart.bsky.social · 5d

Friends, to be honest, I'm a little sad🥺
I put a lot of time, soul and love into each jewelry, but very few people see my posts, and there are almost no orders.

If you like what I do, please share, leave a comment, or make a order💙💛
I'm waiting for you on Etsy or in DM📩
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...

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Natalka @natalkakyiv.bsky.social · 2d

No eye, no teeth, health issues? No problem! Off into the meat grinder you go!

FYI: Category "V" with a red stamp means that the person is currently unfit for service and requires additional treatment, rehabilitation or other medical procedures.

Video: Military Unit 38838 of the Kaliningrad region

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Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

How fortunate, Stas, that you just happened to snap the photo as the bird was looking in the right direction.🐦 Wrong bird, I know, but my choices are limited.

Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 3d

I love Oslo:)

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

Every dog I've ever had does this—using their paws to scratch at s'thing—usually on the couch or love seat—that appears to me—a hooman—not to be there. I figure, though, if all dogs do it, there must be a reason for it, perhaps known only to them. So I just shrug my shoulders & tell them to carry on

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

Was wondering the same thing. If they're limited to < a full tank and are waiting in a long line, well golly gosh.

Rose Mason @rosemmason.bsky.social · 2d

I've never been able to tell the difference between his and her toys.

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Prof. Orhan Dragaš, PhD @odragas.bsky.social · 3d

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