The European Union, #Ukraine, Canada and international partners will meet on 11 May 2026, in Brussels, for the high-level meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
Bringing Ukrainian children back home
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been unlawfully taken. The international community is uniting to return them.
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When people use AI for writing assistance, it can shift their political attitudes by autocompleting sentences in biased ways.
Yet people are often unaware of the AI bias & it's influence
This is not merely about the facts presented, but how autocomplete worlds
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A new paper questions the quality of many authoritarianism scales (eg RWA) as they are confounded with cultural.
"Political Intolerance" is the best measure of authoritarianism, suggesting that the disapproval of belief diversity might be a core aspect of authoritarianism.
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Question: Are the slides for your presentation here available somewhere?
I was trying to follow along with them also, but a little hard to read some of them.
Thank you!
We reviewed @noupside.bsky.social fantastic book "INVISIBLE RULERS" and connected it to the research we have been doing on this topic for the past decade.
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This was written with @rmpillai.bsky.social & @steverathje.bsky.social
A small fraction of online actors exerts outsized influence over what the public sees, believes, and discusses. In a new paper, we trace how social media influencers turn fringe claims into viral narratives by exploiting a feedback loop between influencers, algorithms & crowds
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Seems to me like Trump is desperately begging Iran to sign a replica of the Obama JCPOA he tore up. All for the low low price of thousands dead, global instability, high energy prices, and a toll on ships through the once-free strait of Hormuz.
In Virginia, voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday for a high-stakes ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and potentially shift the balance of power in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/4tYikec
Virginia, don’t forget to vote YES tomorrow(4/21)!
Stephen Miller, Whiskey Pete, AND Brendan Carr will all be hooting up Trump as they parade their regime media.
One of the most notable figures today who does *not* fall for #gaslighting or the 4 pillars of abuse culture (humiliation, fear, favouritism, retaliation) is Prime Minister Mark Carney We are lucky in #Canada to have clearsighted #leadership
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Russia brings cynical new criminal charges against Crimean Tatar political prisoner with malignant brain tumour
Tofik Abdulgaziev has been charged with ‘contempt of court’ after expressing his indignation at being forced to sign a ‘clean bill of health’
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Terror unrelenting as Russian courts uphold 15-year sentences for ‘treason’ against an invader
Niyara Ermambetova was seized just days after her mother’s funeral, with her elderly father now left to look after her 2 children.
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For Ukrainians, cemeteries are more than personal memory, they hold the story of an entire people. That’s why many people work to preserve and rediscover these traditions.
Because of Russia’s war, many cannot visit their loved ones’ graves, making remembrance even more important.
These were never loud feasts — everything was restrained, intimate.
Due to shallow or distorted interpretations of Provody, heavily shaped by the Soviet period, the tradition has been slowly disappearing, especially in big cities.
A symbolic glass of horilka was passed around so each person could take a sip in memory of the deceased. No formal toasts were made — only quiet words such as, “May you be granted the Kingdom of Heaven, and may we not rush to join you.”
People would eat kolyvo (a type of ritual wheat dish), paska, kulish (millet porridge), cabbage soup, peas with smoked meat, roast pork, bread, dumplings, pies, cabbage rolls, fried fish, and dishes that the deceased loved in life. Some of the food was left on the graves.
In early Ukrainian beliefs, springtime remembrance of the dead symbolized the endless cycle of life — and the inclusion of those who have passed into that natural renewal.
Our ancestors believed that sharing a meal with the souls of the dead brought them peace, while also reminding the living of life’s cycle and strengthening family bonds.
This echoes many ancient rituals across the world, such as Mexico’s Day of the Dead and Japan’s Obon Festival.
They share a meal and say:
“Let those who lie here hold the earth, and let us who walk, wake it up.”
The tradition has pre-Christian roots, and the earliest written records of it date to the old Kyivan Rus chronicles of 1372.
This is Hrobky (literally “graves”) — a memorial week after Easter, when Ukrainians visit their departed loved ones in cemeteries.
Tables are set up at cemeteries, or families lay out tablecloths directly by the graves.
Every year around Easter, more and more people discover the Ukrainian tradition of eating at cemeteries. It often causes surprise or confusion — how can this be a thing?
We explain its deep meaning and long history. 🧵
If approved at the ambassadorial level, the decision will be adopted through a written procedure without further debate.
Radio Liberty's editor, Rikard Jozwiak wrote on X that there could also be an approval of the 20th sanctions package against Russia that has been stuck since early February.
The EU may unblock a €90 billion loan for Ukraine on Wednesday, April 22.
This amendment is the final element needed to launch the funding mechanism for Ukraine. The item has been included as one requiring no discussion (I-item), which typically indicates a prior agreement among member states.
👀 “We were never friends with Orbán,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
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