#timeLineCleanse

Ukraine brings back almost 20 children from Russian-occupied territories, Russia over past week "Each of them has endured pressure, intimidation, and attempts to undermine their identity. Today, they are finally safe," a statement read.

Yes !

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Sweet.

Orcs are clever enough to kill civilians in Europe, but incompetent at protecting their own systems.

Perhaps… they were used to getting away with it.

Netherlands' Alkmaar class minesweeper, to be transferred this Spring to Ukraine.

In the early days of russia's fullscale invasion of #Europe, the enemy sunk the Ukrainian minesweeper, #Henichesk.
This Spring, #NL delivers a replacement. Same name, same mission to save many lives.
#dankJeWel

Swedish power plant targeted by pro-Russian group in 2025, government says A pro-Russian cyber group tried to disrupt operations at a Swedish thermal power ​plant last year, the Swedish government said on Wednesday, adding ‌that Russian hybrid attacks had become more frequen...

Why do the mainstream continue to feign surprise, and lead the weak of mind to explain that Europe isn't at war with russia ?

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Lovely, smart. No fuss, practical, but it makes your eyes pop !!!

Indeed. Whether from the kremlin's koolaid, or the morning palinka, we may never know.

We were all young once. It is what we do that shapes us, inside and out.
Sell your soul to russia, what's your body going to look like anyway?

Indeed. And once we get a taste of better, the disinformation that Western democratic institutions are in decline, that we are "rotten", seems not so ponderous, not so inevitable after all.

#Europe, and a world in mere lament about the rise of authoritarianism and the weakening of democratic institutions (amidst russia's hybrid onslaught), we now have a taste of restoring democracy.
It will be a long hard road but a necessary road. But grounded in reality, not wishful thinking.

Brilliant !!! Impetuous, beautiful inside and out.

Eventually someone will make the connection between the illustrious "#AI Revolution" and the not-exactly-green data centres built in communities.
If government fail to enact policy, big business gets away with forcing communities to pay their cost of doing business.

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal.

Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November.

It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

Evil wants to break spirit,
But in doing evil, makes most spirits stronger.
And this is why, mostly, they fail.
And why evil failed today.

#hungary #hungarianElections2026

Da, comrade, I grew up with your parroting the kremlin's narrative, and I not buy it anymore. BTW are you sitting in the data centre in Nigeria or in NOIDA? Or, fearful enough, the kremlin funded another?

Da, comrade, I grew up with your parroting the kremlin's narrative, and I not buy it anymore. BTW are you sitting in the data centre in Nigeria or in NOIDA? Or, fearful enough, the kremlin funded another?

A photo by Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Malolettka, taken after a massive strike on Kyiv, won the World Press Photo 2026 international competition. On April 9, the winners of 42 regional contests were announced. Yevhen Malolettka won in the #Europe category.

A photo by Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Malolettka, taken after a massive russian strike on Kyiv, won the World Press Photo 2026 international competition.

On 9. April, winners of 42 regional contests were announced. Yevhen Malolettka won in the #Europe category.

Exactly. One of the key reasons I emigrated. The European way of working amongst multiple democracies around shared values (as dysfunctional as that sometimes be) shows them up.

Here I disagree. It is not in their interests, but in the flailing contraction of an empire. I appreciate that folks want to make sense of current events, but to make sense of the senseless, is harder.

Good social experiment. You have the perfect leader, as a reflection of culture.

Love the the Artemis crew.

Four extraordinary humans: brilliant, disciplined, and deeply mission-driven.

What stands out even more than their intelligence is their character.

Kindness. Positivity. Humility. Empathy.

The future of space exploration shouldn’t just be bold, it should be human.
🚀✨👇

Dear Americans, last time I checked, that brutal, lawless despot was still in office, there were no impeachment proceedings, and as a European I must infer that this is all talk.

today a 21 year old asked me if there were phones when i was 21 😃

A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.

Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. —Hamlet, act 3 scene 2.

#Easter — 2026
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#timeLineCleanse.

Happy Birthday to a great musical artist, Tracy Chapman.

Breaking Bad - Everyone knows it's Windy YouTube video by Jipax10

What a phony. Though I can't throw stones, considering Wilders & Baudet.

Who rides his limo through DC every day
Smiling at every MAGA he sees?
Who went to Kyiv and blackmailed Zelensky?
Everyone knows it's #Lindsey.

Absolutely. And I will not be silent. So good to see you speaking up.
(1970's Worst Witch books fan here, who has the perspective that that hateful phony ripped off the Worst Witch to make Harry Potter.)