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fellas is it terrorism to be queer
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So, here are just a few the things that have happened this week so far
- Orcas are attacking yachts off the coast of Spain.
- Approximately 600 refugees drown in a maritime disaster off the coast of the Greece. Coast Guard observes the carnage without intervening.
- Billionaires undergo journey to the Titanic in DIY death trap built in the backyard of a guy who reads Ayn Rand unironically. Everyone on board dies when the “submersible” suffers a catastrophic implosion.
- The UPS Teamsters Union has voted to go on strike, demanding, among other things, AC in their trucks. Something I’m sure you thought they already had. Because why don’t they? UPS is one of the largest private postage companies in the United States, and if the strike proceeds long enough, it will undoubtedly be broken up by the Biden Administration, much like the potential railway strike last December.
- The trial date of former US President Donald Trump is set for August. This is the trial for the nuclear docs he was storing in his shower in Florida, not the shady business practices he held in New York or the election fraud he is currently being investigated for in Georgia.
- Hunter Biden, son of current US President Joe Biden, has plead guilty to tax crimes and the illegal possession of a firearm. Opponents of the administration are displeased because Hunter was not charged with what they feel is his most serious offense, being Joe Biden’s son.
- Violence has once again broken in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, as Israeli settlers and the IDF continue to encroach and commit atrocities further and further into Palestinian territory.
- SCOTUS delivers a highly unexpected ruling on how the Biden Administration has handled immigration, allowing it to proceed with its current plans. This is one in a serious of surprisingly progressive decisions by the court. Given the far right leanings of the court, many suspect this is simply SCOTUS setting up to cushion the blow of their inevitable strike down of a student loan forgiveness program. A decision that will likely be just as unpopular as the strike down of Roe v Wade, given the millions of US citizens relying on said debt forgiveness.
- Speaking of which, this week is the one year anniversary of SCOTUS striking down the court’s previous decision on Roe v Wade, robbing women across the US to the right to an abortion.
- Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk set up a cage fight.
- A massive gas explosion rocks central Paris, injuring dozens of people.
- Logitech suffers an immense blow to its stock prices as a result of their involvement in the Titan Comedy. Conversely, independent video game Iron Lung sees its downloads shoot through the roof.
- The Wagner Group, a Russian PCM with numerous neo-nazi affiliations, launches and then abandons a coup against Russian High Command in a period of less than 36 hours.
Can someone PLEASE explain to me just what the fuck is going on here?
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Priozerskiy rayon, Russia
"There are numerous references to the church being in the Guinness Book of World Records for being “the world’s only church built on a tiny island,” but these claims have proven difficult to confirm."
From CNN: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet president who took down the Iron Curtain, dies
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet president who took down the Iron Curtain, dies
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Troitskiy bridge (Trinity Bridge) , St Petersburg, Russia
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Hello! I’m a great fan of your work truly.
The thing is I’m Russian. I’ve heard that you prohibited publishing you books in Russia. I totally understand you position, Ukraine deserves freedom and life without war. Though I feel like I need you to know that the iron curtain is a scary thing that many Russian residents are experiencing right now. We, who do not support government’s politics, are afraid to live in this world, where we can’t even have access to foreign books, movies, shows and other art works (let alone scientific papers) . And I do believe that books can build bridges between a reader and other countries’ cultures. It may even help people see through government’s propaganda and help spread awareness. Right? Without foreign authors our country will drown in propaganda, there’ll be no way out. And I don’t want it to happen. I still believe Russia will be free too.
Of course you can do whatever you want with your works. I just want you to be mindful of the danger of the iron curtain in my country and how authors can help people.
Thank you!
P.s. Neverwhere is my comfort book. I’m rereading it right now, when times are tough.
Sorry for my English by the way, my letter can sound rude, I’m not articulate enough :(
I haven't prohibited my books from being sold in Russia -- I can't. For a start, there are valid extant licenses to my existing Russian publishers out there. What I can do is state that I won't sell new books to Russia while Putin is in control. And I'm sure you're right about books building bridges, but I have to do something, even if it's small and symbolic, within my power to say, I don't agree with what Russia is doing to Ukraine.
You know instead of symbolically punishing Russians you could actually help Ukrainians. I'm sure you've got some spare cash and im sure there's some groups in Ukraine or helping Ukrainian refugees that could use it. You could even just use your platform to highlight groups that need donations.
I do. I donate, and I donate a lot. That wasn't the question.
And I use all of my social media platforms to push people to UNHCR, and to solicit donations for their work with people fleeing the war in Ukraine -- and the other 70 million refugees around the world they help. I'm very happy to repost it here...
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Dae-K aka Daena Key (Russian, based Moscow, Russia) - 1: Bog, 2021 2: The Road, 2017 3: Molech (colored), 2020 4: Railway Inferno IV, 2017, Paintings: Digital Art
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A conductor on the Pskov-Moscow train feeds a cat named Felix sausage during a short stop in Staraya, Russa. Felix shows up every day at 22:40 & has for several years. All conductors are aware of Felix & prepare sausage in advance.(Source: Reddit)
ALL CONDUCTORS ARE AWARE OF FELIX
Сосиски для кота Феликса
Sosiski dlya kota Feliksa (according to Google translate = Sausages for Felix the cat)
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Welcome Home!!! (The Mansion of Baron Von Stieglitz)
“Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (1 September 1814, St. Petersburg - 24 October 1884, St. Petersburg), Russian financier and philanthropist. Born the only son of Ludwig von Stieglitz - a Jewish German-born banker who immigrated to Russia and converted to Christianity, and who became court banker to Alexander I and was made a baron - he took over his father’s banking business at the latter’s death in 1843. He became Russia’s leading financier, the first governor of the Bank of Russia and, in addition to contributing to many other charities and institutions, was founder of the Central College of Technical Drawing (now the A. L. Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Industrial Art Academy) His Renaissance Revival mansion on the English Embankment in St. Petersburg was constructed on the site of two older buildings - and at the enormous cost of 3.5 million rubles - from 1859 to 1862, to the designs of architect Alexander Krakau. After the death of Stieglitz in 1884, the mansion was inherited by his adopted daughter, and then purchased by the State Treasury in 1887 as the intended residence of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich shortly before his marriage to Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna, daughter of King George I of Greece. (The building is sometimes referred to as the palace of Grand Duke Paul.) After the death of his twenty-year-old wife during the birth of their second child in 1891, the Grand Duke did not return to live in the building. For a long time afterward it stood vacant. Eventually it became home to various Soviet institutions, and was recently acquired by St. Petersburg State University. The university’s planned restoration is expected to cost fifty to sixty million dollars.”
1. Concert Hall
2. Dining-room
3. Library
4. Blue Drawing-Room
5. Yellow Drawing-Room
6. Golden Drawing-Room
7. Main Study Room
8. Study of Baroness Stieglitz
9. Ballroom
10. White Drawing Room
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Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic. The extremely cold climate in Vorkuta, where temperatures can be as low as minus 50C (122°F), and unemployment have led to an exodus of people, turning some settlements into ghost cities.