Monica

A Seattle Kraken fan but my 1st love will always be the Detroit Red Wings. Joined My Peak Challenge in 2017. Look for me in the mountains.

[Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov @vseviov]

To those wondering why Estonia supports Ukraine with such conviction — this is why.

Russian occupation is never benign.

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

It was my great honour today, on Estonian Flag Day, to present the Estonian National Museum with the flag of the President of the Republic that was saved from the advancing Red Army in 1944 and kept hidden in Australia for more than 80 years.

The remarkable journey of this flag, preserved by a young Estonian scout who carried it into exile and safeguarded it for decades, is a story of courage and resilience. It is also a testament to how dearly we cherish the symbols of our statehood and independence.

In today's turbulent world, the story of this flag reminds us that freedom cannot be taken for granted. It must be protected with the same courage and determination shown by those who saved it.

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@wildestdreams_3 ABBA was amazing, probably aging myself, but I saw them when I was in high school at the old Mercer Arena, where the Breakers played hockey. White spandex suits and enormous platform shoes on all 4 of them.

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@bearmccreary @Outlander_STARZ @sonymusic Season 1, of course, and season 8 with the amazing Annie Lennox.

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@jwhittenbergK5 😂😂

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

For Estonia, freedom came not in 1945, but in 1991.
Today marks the end of World War II in Europe. We honor the millions who sacrificed their lives to defeat Nazism and remember the immense suffering caused by both totalitarian regimes that devastated the continent.

But for Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and much of Eastern Europe, May 1945 did not bring freedom. It marked the continuation of Soviet occupation, repression, deportations, censorship, and the destruction of national sovereignty for decades to come.

Remembering history truthfully is not revisionism. Erasing occupation and calling it liberation is.

Today, the Kremlin continues to weaponize WWII history to justify imperialism and aggression, especially against Ukraine, while ignoring the crimes committed under Soviet occupation.

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@pwhl__detroit @DetroitRedWings Congrats! Can’t wait to come out and see a Seattle Torrent game at LCA!

[Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine @MFAestonia]

The Soviet Union was an occupier, not a liberator. This history must be stated clearly.

[Seattle Kraken @SeattleKraken]

may the 4th be with you 🌌

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

Happy Star Wars Day. May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day.

#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

[Harrison Ford @HarrisonFordLA]

May the fourth be with you

[Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine @MFAestonia]

In 1944, the USSR reoccupied Estonia and used military force to crush the efforts of Estonian citizens to restore statehood.
The Soviet propaganda machine tried to normalise the occupation by calling it liberation.
The Soviet Union didn't have its own Nuremberg.
#WordsMatter

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@PWHL__Seattle It’s been a blast watching this team come together and I can’t wait to see where we go from here!

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@ScottOake @FriedgeHNIC Oh that’ll be the best finale! Hands down your most entertaining
interview subject! 😂

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

[Monica @MPB_mac]

@GinoHard_ @wildestdreams_3 Geez I miss that guy. 😂

[MoD Estonia @MoD_Estonia]

Today Estonia remembers the March deportations of 1949. Over 20,000 innocent people were torn from their homes and sent to Siberia. Now Russia is repeating these crimes in Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine.

[Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine @MFAestonia]

#OTD, we remember the more than 20,000 Estonians, who were forcibly deported by the Soviet regime to Siberia in March 1949.

Entire families and communities were erased overnight simply for being Estonian. People were driven from their homes at gunpoint, packed into cattle wagons, and sent on a brutal journey across thousands of kilometres. Many never returned. Those who did carried the trauma for the rest of their lives.

77 years later, the Russian regime continues to use the same methods, illegally deporting Ukrainians, especially children, deep into Russia, severing them from their families, their language, and their homeland. Forced labour, indoctrination, and abuse remain common tools in Russia’s arsenal.

Today, we honour those who suffered in 1949 and stand with those facing similar crimes in Ukraine. Memory is a form of resistance, and remembering ensures these atrocities are neither forgotten nor repeated. Russia must be held accountable.

[Baiba Braže @Braze_Baiba]

🕯️ #OTD , we remember victims of the illegal Soviet occupation and its atrocities. Just in one night more than 42,000 innocent Latvians were put on cattle trains and sent to Siberia to die, perish, suffer. We will never forget.

#NeverForget