Yulia Tell

Live, travel, adventure and don’t be sorry

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Remember, there was video of January 6, too. Lots and lots of video. Way more than of this. They actually *did* assault and kill cops. But they convinced half the country that they didn’t see what they saw—or that it wasn’t that bad.

Remember all of it.

[City of Portland, OR @PortlandGov]

We are hearing a lot about our hometown in the media. This is our Portland today: people visiting Saturday Market, feeding geese, sipping espresso, biking, playing in the park, and going to food carts.
 
Learn how Portland is standing up for our community at https://t.co/n3hJOtSnY7.

#Portland #DowntownPortland #SanctuaryCity #LovePortland #ThisIsPortland

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

I remember I was visiting Moscow in April 2014, just after Putin had annexed Crimea and invaded Donbas. I was doing training for regional broadcast media organizations. I remember walking accidentally into a meeting of media owners that wasn't meant for me. They were talking about how to survive the clampdown on media's reporting and navigate thr meteorically rising censorship without losing their licenses.
I still remember the hushed voices in which these media owners from around the country agreed that "this is insane" and "the whole Crimea thing is crazy" BUT "for now it's better not to rock the boat".
I visited the next year too. The owners looked depressed, having lost 1/3 of their revenue in one year. But they still agreed "better not to rock the boat" and "it's a price worth paying to preserve our independent media".
10 years later there's zero independent media in Russia.
I just can't not see the parallels with what's happening with US media now. Seems reversible now. But is it.

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

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[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I think today was an inflection point - maybe small, but real.

The President, having launched a global trade war, feted in the Oval Office a Central American dictator who runs a mega-prison known for starvation and torture - a prison to which our government has, by its own admission, sent at least one person "in error."

They disappeared a man without a single criminal charge who's lived and worked here for 15 years - who was alleged to be a member of a gang based in a state he never lived by one anonymous informant. No other evidence. No trial. No conviction. Nothing but a legal order that he not be deported to El Salvador, where he's now serving a life sentence.

The Supreme Court just ruled, without any noted dissent, that the government must facilitate the man's release.

But Trump and his dictator friend said no. They laughed. They mocked the journalist who asked whether they'd abide by the Court's order. The Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the White House Deputy Chief all lied about the facts of the case. Then the President repeated his proposal to send American citizens to the dictator's prison, and asked him to build five more.

The same day we found out that the government knowingly disappeared a PhD student for nothing but an op-ed, a man's 19-year old son who agents admitted was the wrong kid, and a visa-holding Russian scientist at Harvard who forgot to declare frog embryos at the border.

But: it's all breaking through. It's getting more coverage. More people are paying attention. More elected Democrats are speaking up. More conservative pundits and legal scholars are speaking up. Even Joe Rogan thinks it's bullshit.

Now we have to keep pushing. This is much bigger than immigration or deportation policy - this is about whether we live in a free country or a police state. It's the whole ballgame.

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

@POTUS As a Russian American I am forever grateful 🤍🩵🤍 #russiawillbefree

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

It’s Thursday August 1, 2024 AND EVAN IS FREE!!!!

Detained by the Russian FSB Mar 29, 2023, 1 year & 124 days ago, today in a prisoner swap, EVAN HAS BEEN FREED!

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!

#IStandwithEvan

[Yulia Navalnaya @yulia_navalnaya]

Лилия Чанышева
Ксения Фадеева
Илья Яшин
Вадим Останин
Владимир Кара-Мурза
Олег Орлов
Александра Скочиленко
Алсу Курмашева
Андрей Пивоваров
Герман Мойжес
Кевин Лик

Вот список россиян, кого удалось спасти из лап Путина.

Огромная, очень долгая и трудная работа, переговоры длиной в несколько лет, февраль, новая попытка многих людей все как-то склеить и всех спасти.

И вот все эти люди на свободе.

Это большое счастье! Каждый освобожденный политзаключенный — это огромная победа и радость. Никто не должен находиться в заложниках у Путина, подвергаться пыткам и умирать в путинской тюрьме.

Нам ещё есть много за кого бороться: Даниэль Холодный, Вадим Кобзев, Алексей Липцер, Игорь Сергунин. Мы приложим все усилия, чтобы они были освобождены.

Свободу всем политзаключенным!

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

The deal that secured the freedom of Paul, Evan, Alsu, and Vladimir was a feat of diplomacy.

All told, we’ve negotiated the release of 16 people from Russia – some of whom were unjustly held for years.

All have endured unimaginable suffering.

Today, their agony is over.

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

@portlandgeneral Could you please provide an update for NW Thompson/NW Blue Sky Lane - we have no power since yesterday 7am. I’d like to plan accordingly (i.e.relocate to a hotel or smth) if this is not realistic to be restored today. Sent you a DM just now with exact address. Thank you!

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

Land doesn’t vote, people do

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Another US election, another "Land doesn't vote, people do" style map showing the election results.

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

@WiCnet A very happy Syrax 🐉

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

@WiCnet Rhaenyra Targaryen with Syrax

[ЭХО @echofm_online]

Андрей Макаревич:

«Я расскажу вам про страну
Я расскажу вам про страну,
Где в храм впустили сатану
На гибель сына гонит мать,
А поп велит вам убивать…»

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Elon Musk's "thoughts" on Russia and Ukraine today prove the theory of why Trump likes Putin and Kim. All these guys like one another because they think they think alike, like power-obsessed sociopaths for whom human lives are mere statistics and inconveniences.

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

Hey @elonmusk - it is cool to be sending rockets to space, but how about including either a spare tire or a flat tire kit with your Teslas? 🙄🧐 Your Tesla Roadside Assistance is pretty useless if you need it outside of the big cities… 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent” (c) Isaac Asimov

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

So heart breaking to see Notre-Dame in flames :(

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Notre-Dame de Paris en proie aux flammes. Émotion de toute une nation. Pensée pour tous les catholiques et pour tous les Français. Comme tous nos compatriotes, je suis triste ce soir de voir brûler cette part de nous.

[Yulia Tell @yulekka]

Awesome energy of @gwenstefani at #googlenext19 - what a night!