Librarian / Introvert / Fond of swearing / Hoping the world will cease being stranger than fiction soon. Black and LGBTQIA+ lives matter. Truth matters.
Estonians are a singing nation. So are Ukrainians. Singing means freedom and gives freedom.
Thousands gathered in Tallinn's historic Song Festival Grounds to sing “Oi u luzi chervona kalyna” and raise money for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Powerful.
#EstoniaSingsforUkraine
In the category of "Russian disregard for facts and reality," here is a picture showing a couple who, in the context of the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow yesterday was included in a slideshow titled "Russian victims of WWII."
One problem:
It is a picture of Bonnie and Clyde
A Ukrainian family spent three weeks in a cellar with Russian soldiers. When I interviewed them I found their strange relationship has lessons for how to win the war….With thanks to my colleague Andrii Bashtovyi who first told me about this story https://t.co/2FkDN4cw6U
Residents in #Shanghai screaming from high rise apartments after 7 straight days of the city lockdown. The narrator worries that there will be major problems. (in Shanghainese dialect—he predicts people can’t hold out much longer—he implies tragedy).