Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚

Linguist, publisher, typographer, medievalist, immigrant. Into Le Guin, Wonderland, Hobbits, Unicode, minority languages. @evertype.bysky.social

[Baltic Takes @Baltic_Takes]

Latvia is giving us a glimpse of what the UN is supposed to be.

This is a Presidency of the Security Council that actually respects the UN Charter.

In an emergency session called this week to address Russia’s continued atrocities against civilians, Latvian Foreign Minister @Braze_Baiba called out Russia for its genocidal actions, its slaughter and terror, its blocking of grain exports to the world, its sabotage and shadow attacks across Europe, and its lies - all because Russia is unable to unable to make gains on the battlefield, despite throwing a million Russian men into the meat grinder.

“The facts are undeniable. Russia’s leaders’ statements and Russia’s actions prove the intent to destroy Ukraine, to destroy its sovereignty, territorial
integrity, and political independence, the Ukrainian nation itself and Ukrainians as a national group.”

She reiterated the rules of the UN Charter, on which European security architecture is also based, and reiterated that Ukraine is defending itself and the UN Charter.

“So when Russian representatives seek negotiations on the future of European security, we ask them simply to respect the UN charter. Not to distract. Not to deflect. Just to stop attacking the basic principles that all states have agreed to.”

She called for accountability for Russian war crimes and an immediate, unconditional ceasefire.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

This is phenomenal.

All the stories of history that you know (Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, WWII...) running in parallel with what was happing elsewhere in the world at the time. Incredible depiction.

[Stepsen 🇩🇪🇪🇺 @stepsenmccool]

😳😳

I am afraid this man is absolutely right and there is a huge problem coming our way.

😱

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@BradPhillipsUK I’m very sorry to hear it 😟

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

"Who speaks for Europe?"
"Kaja Kallas"
"There's no one to speak for Europe"
"K-a-j-a K-a-l-l-a-s, HR/VP"
"Why doesn't Europe have a representative?"
"This lady here ⬇️"

[Baltic Takes @Baltic_Takes]

“We are not wasting our time being worried,” Eerik-Niiles Kross explains to Frontline on @TimesRadio.

While Estonia is very grateful for its allies and their contributions, Kross explains that Estonia - like all countries - must always be responsible for its own security and also contribute to the defence of our whole alliance.

Kross grew up under occupation and became a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet resistance movement before later rising to chief of Estonian intelligence. Now an MP, he was recently honoured with the Magnitsky Human Rights Award for his Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign.

Do follow @EerikNKross if you’re not already.

Full interview here: https://t.co/bj5rwLnV8q

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Ceding Ukrainian land for peace is just abstract words. It’s not only about reality, even more about philosophy. Putin was talking about Donbas, but then he decided to occupy Kyiv, our capital. His words were about Donbas, but the reality was about Kyiv. He kept saying he was defending Russian-speaking people and then tortured hundreds and thousands to death in Bucha and other places. So that wasn’t about Russian-speaking people.

This is why when Americans asked, “Can you exchange Donbas for security?” I said right there, “Can you tell me what it means? What security? NATO?”

“Not NATO, but similar to NATO.”

“Similar? But you don't want the answer about Donbas to be ‘similar.’ You want a clear answer about Donbas. This is your goal. And this is Putin’s goal, for today. What will you do if we have security guarantees but not NATO?”

They took our nuclear weapons. I'm not a fan of nuclear weapons. I think the world would be a better place without them. But the Russians took our nuclear weapons, didn’t they? They did. Then they stopped our integration into Europe, then prevented us from being in NATO. And in the end they occupied us. This is why it’s an abstract question. Nobody trusts Putin to stop if we leave Donbas. He will pause. Then he will come back in one year, two years, or five years. And who will be guilty?

From an interview with DR Nyheder. (2/3)

[А. Z. Fоrеmаn: Seriouѕ Рhіlоlοgy, Ѕіlly Веhаvіоr @azforeman]

Me reading Hamlet's "To Be Or Not To Be" speech in a reconstruction of early 17th century English pronunciation

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@SubcommanderT I thought it was called “slash”.

[Subcommander Tal @SubcommanderT]

I love Spirk fans and think they are very creative in their interpretations of the Kirk/Spock relationship. Art should be open to different viewpoints. But I also think it’s hard for most people nowadays to understand the bonds that form between men during times of stress or war.

[Muse @xmuse_]

How cultures sound on a violin.

It's fascinating how different intervals can instantly evoke a whole culture.

Julia Kim plays 5 scales 🎻
Egyptian, Celtic, Chinese, Japanese, Sundanese.

[AJHalliwell @AJHalliwell]

Dan Curry guidance on how stars should move in windows across the Enterprise. #StarTrekTNG

[Kadi🇪🇪🌻 @TheFl0orIsLaVa]

As an Estonian, I find this an absolutely appalling misuse of our national colours.

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

Iran already dropped a LEGO video mocking Trump for his historic midterm ass-whooping and pathetic attempt to bribe voters with another empty promise of a check they would never receive.

Sound UP 🔊

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@802_indy @ansonmount Yes but announcing the forthcoming indictments with hype isn’t productive.

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@ansonmount @proffavorite Do you think he might’ve meant it in the spirit of Cmdr Data’s “Lock and load.”?

Not that it wasn’t provocative. I think stealth is probably better than warning in any case. 🖖🏻

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@ansonmount @WarpedArtisan Okay, that’s fair.

[Michael Everson 🧙🏻‍♂️📚 @Evertype]

@ansonmount Yes, but “fixing things” means Reconstruction (DOGE gutted the established bureaucracy) and that is going to have to include indictments and trials regarding treason and other violations of the Constitution. Biden didn’t do this after the insurrection, and that came at a cost.

[Conor Rogers @conorjrogers]

Austin Texas sounds like an Eastern European city that just overthrew a dictator

[Denise Crosby @TheDeniseCrosby]

As only Wil can articulate…@wilw