Ciaran Dillon

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@Frenchywilson @trussliz And so would we.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

This is a map of black soil — the most valuable agricultural land in Europe. As you can see, most of it lies in Ukraine.

Because of this, Ukraine’s territory was one of the most densely populated areas in the pre-industrial era. At a time when food couldn’t be transported across half the globe, people could survive and flourish only where it grew well.

Six thousand years ago, there were settlements of up to 10,000 people on Ukrainian lands. These communities were farmers; they produced linen clothing and developed pottery-kiln technologies unmatched anywhere else in the world for the next two millennia. They left no written language, but they created practical models out of clay — miniature houses showing tools, people, and daily life. And remember: this was the era when the first cities were emerging in Mesopotamia, long before the pyramids were built.

Herodotus writes that a Scythian king once asked each subject to bring an arrow so he could count the population — and received seven million. Whether that number is precise or not, it tells us that the region was heavily populated. Alexander the Great sent his general Zopyrion to conquer Scythia; the entire army vanished, along with Zopyrion himself. Alexander was wise enough not to try again — perhaps that’s why he never lost another battle.

Ukraine never experienced natural famines. That’s why Ukrainians are so individualistic: if you can grow your own food, you don’t need a “strong leader” to survive. In russia, it was different — harsh, swampy lands forced communities to share scarce food and follow a leader as if he were a god.

But we did experience famines — all artificially created by Moscow. In 1933, millions of Ukrainians were deliberately starved when their food was seized. Every Ukrainian family carries a horror story from that time.

Today, Ukraine can feed the entire EU and already feeds millions in North Africa and Asia. If russia succeeds in taking over, it could trigger a global crisis simply by cutting off these supplies. Hungry and desperate people will be forced to flee, with Europe becoming their last hope.

Are you ready for that? If not — help Ukraine.

Author: Volodymyr Kukharenko

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@rshereme This last bit is especially important today. Russia already encourages and facilitates the movement of people into Europe and does so to spread disunity and destabilize our societies (even as it and its proxies ramp up rhetoric against the very people they encourage to move).

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@Megatron_ron Bit late. And what will actually change? Nothing.

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@C0ldCanadian @NTSupFirepower @OliverJia1014 What absolut BS. Russia has put NATO on it's borders and doesn't care, and has put missiles in Belarus in direct challenge to NATO and doesn't care. Why? Because this isn't about NATO, it's about having an excuse to invade Ukraine and steal land and resources.

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@mikegalsworthy @JonathanPieNews He is funny, but I wonder if he'll do the same for the incoming government who will be just as bad, albeit in different ways, to the last lot. I hope so.

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@HEwelu @nexta_tv Why do you think Putin wants the land?

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@Jeremy_Hunt I live in Godalming & can say without doubt that £100k/year is more than enough to cover nursery fees, even with our high cost of living locally.

And I say that as a parent paying nursery fees with minimal help from the gov and significantly less than that sum.

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@MamikonPaints That's incredible

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

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[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

It's been common knowledge for years that processed and red meat is carcinogenic so great news to see a cross party group call for better food standards.
Better yet, we need to reduce our consumption of processed and red meat
@guardian
https://t.co/AMAgAvzQLW

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@_syph0n Not just teaching bud; I'm in the construction field and have a little one. Lucky to get an hour or two free anywhere!

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@piersmorgan He laughed at the joke! And you can bet he laughed at the jokes about other people quite happily

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@EmmanuelMacron do you have any shame? And the #EU is allowing itself to be led around by this charlatan. Aren't the people of #France embarrassed by their president yet? This on the back of the Leroy Merlin fiasco.
#BoycottRenault
https://t.co/cu4IE1Jorc

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@DmytroKuleba @trussliz Come on @trussliz ; we can step up and do more in Britain but we need to push the #EU to tighten sanctions, and target nations supporting Russia

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@altrighthero1 @afneil @TwitterSupport Deliberate and misleading propoganda to aid a fascist army occupy and exterminate a sovereign country. Something Twitter should take seriously

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@fascinatorfun Come on, you think there is a shade in the murder of civilians? When is that acceptable? When Putin invades the next country, what will the excuse be then?

[Ciaran Dillon @mcodillon]

@piersmorgan Because we're weak in the West