I sent a new Hidden Ukraine letter yesterday. This one is from Volyn (northwestern Ukraine). A green railway tunnel, an old house with history, a rapeseed field. Ukraine that rarely appears in the headlines. If you missed it, it’s on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/157862...

Greetings from Kyiv. Calm Saturday here. Once again, I found myself near the water. In a world of noise, I keep gathering everyday life.

Beauty is everywhere — the key lies in the ability to see it. Ivan Marchuk, renowned Ukrainian artist

Greetings from Kyiv. It was the most calming scene I’ve seen in a long time. They had been sitting there for a while. Watching. Listening. I joined their silence.

I promised my Patreon supporters a secret live walk this Thursday. But severe weather has pushed the event I wanted to show to next week. Sorry. The secret live walk will still take place. Maybe we’ll do one this weekend too.

My last stop for today. Chornobyl Museum. By destroying museums and galleries, russians try to destroy our culture and memory. We will rebuild.

It’s about care. Free hire of strollers and wheelchairs at Book Arsenal Festival, Kyiv.

At the exhibition “New Military Landscape.” A field of flowers. A bright sky. A tank. The glitch breaks the illusion of a beautiful landscape. 🇺🇦 Igor Gusev, 2026

Kyiv. City centre. A woman clearing the damage from the night attack near the antique bookshop. We won’t give up. I know. I see.

I’m sorting out videos from my trip and want to add some tulips to your feed. May beauty be with you

When bsky doesn’t like my posts

Gas isn’t the story. It’s the pattern. I watched costs rise in real time running a business. Shipping. Fuel. Materials. Everything stacks. This is what pressure looks like before it spreads. If you’re researching relocation or trying to get your safety plan together, start with the Surviving

Politics is changing fast as Greens take over in councils around the country. But #HouseofLords has a long way to go to catch up....

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US-China Summit Talks, Ukraine Developments, and Middle East Diplomatic Updates #breakingnews #worldnews #currentevents #newsupdate #headlines #newsalert #news

Starting tonight, we will be covering March Madness from the Toyota CBS Center Court featuring Bracket Mountain!  We’ve got your front row look at every thrilling matchup all tournament long!

Once, charts told a story of care; now, they feel like checkboxes and overload. 📖 Read the editorial in JNN vist.ly/4udsd 💬 Share Your perspective ⬇️ : What would make the medical record meaningful again? #neuronurses #medicalrecord

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We’re making sodium-ion batteries and solar panels in Australia. Powering AI, homes, and industry. Made here. Built to power the world. #haveachatai #authenticatedintelligence #ai #sodiumionbatteries #solarpower

BULGARIA WINS A HISTORIC , FRAUGHT EUROVISION SONG CONTEST GOOD SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING WORLD, IT'S GREAT TO WAKE UP TO THIS GOOD NEWS...8:05 SWE TIME DAILY MAIL / WOW MEDIA CHANNEL Published: 00:01 BST, 17 May 2026 Updated: 02:02 BST, 17 May 2026

History is made! A Humanoid Robot just SHATTERED the human world record in a 21KM marathon in Beijing.#robotrecord #ai #futuretech #breakingnews #worldrecord #reelsviral #reelsvideo #reelschallenge #reels #news #curiousfellow @highlight

Chinese man caught secretly filming women on a subway

The latest war in the Middle East has far-reaching effects, including on countries ravaged by conflicts of their own. After three years of war in Sudan, a public health clinic in Qoz Nafisa village in Khartoum state is struggling to get medicine to thousands of patients.

Meanwhile in the Navy

California & the White House do not share the same values, especially when it comes to feeding our kids. This SNAP/CalFresh disruption wasn’t unavoidable. The administration has the funds to prevent it. This is an intentionally manufactured hunger crisis, & American families are paying the price.

Jimin em 2.0

@quizical.bsky.social @technologytimes.bsky.social @11thdwarf.bsky.social @aladybutterfly.bsky.social I’m Amir from Gaza.😞🥹 www.paypal.com/paypalme/Ami...

Some things are easier to turn into a song than say directly.

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Oh shit I forgot to post them here, but I’m doing a daily series of sports rambling, and let me post them all here starting with day 1

Natural-sounding and difficult: A Fresh Energy by Gaskin.

¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

In a new episode of "In Focus SoCal," host Tanya McRae speaks with LA Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, who hopes people choose riding on Metro to easily get around town. Watch the interview here: http://specne.ws/GBMkNA

Alan Milburn: "The social contract is built on a very simply basis.. each generation should do better than the previous generation. That's a contract that's been broken"

04-20-2026 15:12 For the last hour he has been making thumping noises directly above the sofa, has been stomping heavily, and has followed to the other room several times. All recorded.

Ben Gvir says Israel will not “allow” Trump to make deal with Iran 🤔

Segunda semana en cartelera y #ElAgenteSecreto llega a nuevas ciudades gracias a la excelente acogida del público. 🙌 📞 👉 Dona Sebastiana te espera en todos estos cines: 🎟️ elasticafilms.com/catalogofilm... Con @laaventuracine.bsky.social.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Guts Video Data Bank Staff, Sparking Outcry #midwestagendaartnews #mediaart #artarchives #newmedia

The Phenomenon of Thousands of Americans living abroad renouncing their U.S. citizenship is growing & 2025 will witness the Highest Rates of Emigration Abroad Since 1929. How Did the Dream of Millions of Immigrants Turn into a Nightmare? &What Drives Americans to Give It Up?

“When you are so close against the best team in the world, they are tough to control and so tough to play against. You take them to penalties, you want a different outcome today and it didn't happen.” Mikel Arteta reflects on Arsenal coming up just short in the UCL Final  💔

HIMAWARI hair whip! #MysteryWrestling24 Watch the full show replay on mysterywrestling.com! #MysteryWrestling 🤼‍♂️

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All around Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, I am hearing many perspectives, with one consistent theme: Congress should be about supporting a country and community where everyone can succeed. #macombmichigan #oaklandcountymichigan #michiganders #jobs #opportunity

Research vs. casual chat for ideas — Elisa Insua on the difference between deep investigation and loose conversation, and which one actually unlocks creativity. Full interview @aaronjackarts #ElisaInsua #ConceptualArt #Shorts

The nerve of these people to call his father a POS. Who do they think they are trump?

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My cannabis sommelier is teasing me with some new amazing flower that has come in. What a tease. I’ll grab a bag tomorrow. #weed

MAGA IS WRONG ABOUT WOKENESS

Join us for a special #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club writing workshop on Thursday, May 29 at 7 PM ET, co-hosted by Willie Greene, founder of @wetheurban.bsky.social: a virtual sanctuary for Black creativity, mental health, and empowerment. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...

I tend to personify my anger as a nameless bird and GOD I am glad that thing's quiet enough now. Metaphorically, it has been chirping in my ear with the volume of a gunshot for 30+ days. My head has been so full of feathers it was hard to think. GODS above I'm glad I can rest and quiet that thing

For those of you who have been complaining about too many red lines (and too many human lives spared by Russia) - this is the kind of escalation Moscow will certainly not tolerate. Please circulate as appropriate.

Over the past two years, law student and writer Ahmad Ibsais has used his blog State of Siege to amplify voices from Gaza, voices that remind us what resilience sounds like. 🎬 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

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Love Island: "America's sexiest singles will land in Fiji looking for love while competing for a share of $100,000. I mean, wow, YOU could get half a tank of gas for that!" Rising price of gas probably engenders mostly tears but, still, laughter is good for the soul!

“It was everything I needed. I don’t even have the words to say how happy I am,” says Elisangela. Following a 23-year struggle, SEMEANDO helped turn Latin America’s largest occupied building into a legally owned building providing safe and dignified housing.

Young people need affordable, efficient housing. But what’s getting in the way of this? To find some answers, Duane Siegrist and Andrew Martins are joined by guest Chuck Goddard who brings decades of invaluable experience in planning, development, and public service to the table.

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Parece que Bananinha tá encrencado.

Russie 🇷🇺 On se moque parfois de la désinformation Russe : pas cohérente, mal faites, improbables etc... Mais l'objectif de Moscou n'est pas de convaincre, c'est de noyer les flux d'informations et d'amener à douter de tout ⤵️