My great-grandfather Mykola was tall and handsome man. When Soviets started Holodomor - they were taking food from Ukrainians, were starving us - Mykola got a job at grain warehouse. Every time he went to work, he put on boots with wide lapels and walked around the warehouse.
Yesterday, Russia's missile attack on Dnipro killed a family of four: 2 children, their mother, and grandmother.
Their dog was photographed today sitting on the ruins of their house. It was then taken to a vet clinic and got treatment.
(I don't know the artist, unfortunately.)
Slovak National Railways just introduced free transport on all trains for all Ukranian citizens:
Source: https://t.co/UqL7gRnYhU
#StandWithUkraine#Ukraine
.@ZelenskyyUa's tv address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.
#StandWithUkraine#Ukraine#Україна#Russia#Россия
This article pops up here and there on both leftist and housing Twitter and every time I'm so infuriated by all the wrong tankie takes I decided to write a short thread about housing construction in socialist Poland
Me when fever hit after shot two: Work it immune system so proud of you!
Me today: I still love you immune system but you can work it less now. I wont be mad, promise.
The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) are kind of brilliant at a science level. I’ve had a few people in my real non-Twitter life ask me to explain how it works so I’m going to try my best here in this thread while I’m waiting for a patient to show.
I think everyone could use a lighthearted/happy story right now so here goes:
At the beginning of the pandemic I went through some painful personal stuff and would often go out at night for long walks because no one was around and I couldn’t sleep anyway. One night I was walking