Also on holiday but reading novels. I seem to remember that the image was exposed not to be of Brezhnev himself. I used to use it in my classes and then dropped it, because of its alleged inauthenticity. Too lazy and too poor internet to do research on it now.
I think this image was exposed as being taken from a film.
The driver of the car is wearing shorts. Not really done in Iran. Indeed not really possible. Iran is not some alternative version of Florida, even if all these pictures might depict some places in Iran.
I have walked this street many times. As have millions of Russian tourists. But the times when shock still had value have probably passed a long time ago. Oh beautiful Lviv. My heart breaks for you.
Congratulations. Well deserved.
The historic Bernardine Monastery in Lviv, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, is on fire after a russian drone attack.
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Bei all dem Furchtbaren um uns herum droht das Leiden in der Ukraine unterzugehen. @arturweigandt.bsky.social kämpft nach wie vor für die Menschen dort. Wir können ihm helfen.
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We truly live in an age that proves that destruction is much easier than construction, that creating negativity is much easier than positive affirmation, and that no man is too stupid or too evil to wreck things for all. And I have several candidates in mind here.
„Honestly, I am convinced that real performance in graduate school wasn’t understanding these men. The real performance was pretending you did.“
Amen.
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Babies running academia.
Display of items confiscated at Tbilisi airport. And I was worried about the pickled cabbage in my hand luggage.
Rustaveli Avenue now, on day 465 of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia.
In fact he was missing the wall coming down because he was teaching me (among others) a class at Dartmouth. He introduced me to Christa Wolf, Borchert, Heiner Müller and Böll. It was a memorable class, punctured by a historical event nobody expected.
Multi-layered relationships to Russia in Tblisi.
Ukraine still stands. And Vienna still stands with Ukraine. Including its large Iranian exile community which came out in force this year. The pain that hung over the square and everyone on it was palpable. One could almost touch it.
Let’s leave it here. Four years of war have taken a toll on all of us, even us who experience it second hand.
I write under my real name and you know who I am. To twist my words to shut down my point is also not so anodyne. You came with your knowledge of Carroll and I came with my knowledge of history. Is this not what should engender a civilised exchange?
I said nothing of this kind. I only pointed out that to circulate this kind of information is a staple of Russian propaganda. I have seen it first hand in Germany. I was not saying anything about Caroll being a propagandist or being incompetent. These are your words.
What other choice does he have? It would be fateful to go into negotiation room with Russians thinking they are divided. But you have made your point. All I did was to point out that it is a tried and trusted tactic. It should be possible to make this point without having my head bitten off.
Long answer necessary to this one. Yes, they were dividEd. But in several instances that division was fostered by KGB or created by rumours. In most cases they lost more than the division was worth. Rumours often personal, eg concerning betrayal, enrichment or sexual deviation.
All I am saying is that the trope is familiar to the historians‘ eye. Apart from that I wonder how helpful it is to have this information in the public when trying to achieve a cease fire. But I recognise that the duty of the journalist is to report.
It is how large parts of the democratic movement were paralyzed in the 1980s.
I think every delegation has divisions. And every journalist can fall prey to being used. I have no opinion if this is the case here. But In my work on perestroika I see precisely this tactic The KGB plant story that opposition divided. Sometimes true but always detrimental to have it in press.
but then the ‘insinuate there is division’ is a trusted tool of russIan propaganda.
The people here profoundly shaped/influenced society and culture as we are experiencing it right this moment. No wonder we feel the way we do about ourselves, really
I know. And there are so many. Trying to get an exhibition at The Wende Museum together.
You are more up to date than me. Did not know it was up there. Thanks for watching and flagging it.
My husband is from Aber. His grandmother lived in the building to the left when it was still a hall of residence. It was a nice surprise to see a familiar view where I did not expect it. Aber noir - the magical and sinister.
