my page is just my reading list tbh • my brain sometimes works at a glacial speed, please be patient with it + me, thx! 🌎🤝🏻🇺🇦 #СлаваУкраїні#FuckCancer 🥀
Okay, so I want to say something because this discussion is happening over on the podcast’s Twitter (discussion may need to be in quotes, tbf), and I want to say something as someone who’s done years of disaster research:
No, you don’t want to see that.
National Geographic named “In the Arms of Family” among its top photos of 2025.
Shot by Anglo-Swedish photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind, the image shows Olha Grinik holding her nephew Tymofii Tsvetkov, wearing a T-shirt that reads, “My dad wears the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
His father was fighting on the front lines as the family’s hometown near Avdiivka was destroyed by Russian forces, forcing them to flee to central Ukraine.
The photo is part of 5K From the Frontline, documenting seven years of the Grinik family’s life under war.
Photo: @anastasiatl
Eva, 13, studies mostly online—her school's bomb shelter is too small. She's lost touch with friends who fled abroad. Child stress levels jumped from 27% to 37% since fall 2024. Eva finds relief at Voices of Children NGO: "After meetings, I feel much better"
https://t.co/4jin2943l4
📷 Voices of Children
One road is all that keeps Ukrainian troops connected to Myrnohrad—and it only opens when fog blinds Russian drones.
The 38th Marine Infantry Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade can slip vehicles through, but only on the foggiest days.
Russian FPV operators from the elite Rubicon group watch the route constantly. Sabotage teams lurk along it.
If Rodynske village falls, that road closes for good. Clear skies might do the job first.
https://t.co/1YlFqf4Lwb
Polish general contradicts PM's assessment: Russian drones that entered Poland in September carried explosives, including decoy UAVs. 23 drones crossed NATO airspace from a swarm of several hundred, some penetrating 300km inland in the first mass incursion
https://t.co/n6AFzbkZTp
⚡️Prosecutors describe influence-peddling network in Ukraine's biggest graft case.
Suspects in a large-scale energy corruption case have allegedly manipulated senior officials as part of an extensive influence-peddling network, prosecutors said at court hearings taking place on Nov. 11-12. Specifically, suspects in the Energoatom corruption case have discussed who should be appointed to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's cabinet and whether Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko should be appointed as ambassador to the U.S.
https://t.co/YdFfKoizO1
@GavinNewsom Favourite damn caption HAHAH two words haven’t made me chuckle like this in a while. Thank you good sir!
Sincerely, your thoroughly entertained upstairs neighbour in BC
⚡️Belgium shuts down Brussels Airport due to suspicious drone sighting.
It is the first time Brussels Airport has closed due to drone activity. More drones were also spotted near Belgium's Kleine Brogel Air Base, which houses F-16 fighter jets.
https://t.co/lBn2lv9moZ
Russia is ramping up its Arctic military presence, directing nuclear weapons toward the US, UK, and Canada, Norwegian Defense Minister Ture Sandvik warned
Moscow is testing hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered torpedoes on the Kola Peninsula https://t.co/2OayaG6VIY
@VancouverPD I live less than one block from where this occurred (and saw the aftermath).
The amount of times I’ve made DIRECT eye contact with a driver, they slow down, then FLOOR IT nearly flattening me is just insane.
We need a light.
🚨OH MY GOD: Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto have just been caught on a hot mic discussing a deal (?) (he asks to speak with Trump's sons Eric and Don Jr - who do NOT work in government).
Did we just hear a major crime happen?
⚡️Lukashenko warns Ukraine could 'cease to exist', blames Zelensky for stalled negotiations.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview on Oct. 12 that he thinks Ukraine could "cease to exist as a state" unless President Volodymyr Zelensky "sits down, negotiates, and acts urgently."
https://t.co/rqOn9JRkXh
Czechia 🇨🇿 has deployed a helicopter unit to eastern Poland for NATO’s Eastern Sentry 🛡️
The vigilance activity involves air, land and sea capabilities, connecting Allies from the High North to the Black Sea and beyond
ISW warns Russia has entered “Phase 0,” laying the psychological groundwork for future war with NATO
Europe has seen drone incursions, espionage, and arson across multiple countries.
https://t.co/whmukY3Wu9