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The State of the Union for the month of April!!
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Unspeakable sadness… it’s hard to find words…💔

On Sunday, April 12, on Easter, Oleksiy Kolesnyk died.🙏💔

He volunteered on February 24, 2022.
Smiling, courageous, modest, genuine.

That’s how we remember him.
That’s how he will forever remain for us.❤️🇺🇦

May your memory be bright, Hero!🙏🇺🇦❤️

Freeze warning TONIGHT: How low will temperatures fall?

Areas most likely to experience freezing lows are outside the Beltway, away from water. Urban zones inside the Beltway and along the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay probably avoid freeze.

Details at cwg.live

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.

Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.

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Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

dublin_drone
Joey Batt
"Basking sharks are back in Dingle bay 🇮🇪

Just in time the first basking sharks have surfaced around Dingle bay and other locations on the West coast of Ireland"

Italy Implements a New Labor Leave that Allows Workers to Care for Sick Pets - Italy Italy has implemented a new labor policy that allows employees to request leave to care for their sick pets. In specific cases, the leave will be paid.

Italy has become the first in the world to legally recognize that caring for a domestic animal can justify an authorized absence, in some cases, a paid one.

Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.

Brazil has created the South Atlantic’s largest marine protected area, spanning about one million hectares. Supported by Conservation International, the reserve—roughly the size of Jamaica—aims to safeguard biodiversity, fisheries, and critical ocean ecosystems.

❗️France and Germany have backed a limited EU integration path for Ukraine, proposing “symbolic” pre membership benefits without voting rights or access to key EU funds. The plan would allow gradual integration while delaying full financial and political participation until full accession. #Ukraine

#NAFO
@official-nafo.bsky.social

Are we on Substack? It would be the right place for livestream, Gavril, many things.

BSky is going to scale up under new leadership. Concerned it may become the next bad (old bird site).

A Soviet training plane. Rifle fire. Russian drones going down over the Black Sea near the coast of Odesa

Ukraine's 11th Army Aviation Brigade is hunting Shaheds and recon UAVs over the Black Sea coast in a Yak-52 — a 1970s trainer aircraft.

📹 TG/khornegroup

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil depot in occupied Crimea, refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast Ukraine continued its onslaught of attack on Russian oil infrastructure overnight on April 18, striking multiple targets in occupied Crimea and in Russia's Samara Oblast.

⚡️Ukraine reportedly strikes oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast.

Ukraine's military reportedly struck the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast on the morning hours of April 18, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

(And his son in law)

JD Vance: "The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the US. So, we go back to the US having not come to an agreement ... they have chosen not to accept our terms"

ECONOMIST @justinwolfers.bsky.social : “Even a quick Iran deal won't undo the damage already done.⁣.. The economy doesn't just snap back. Some of this is permanent.”

(Stock losses, elevated oil prices, and a $350B defense budget increase —> $3–4K in added taxes per household)

“The Secretary of Defense is not connected to reality.”

Join us again tomorrow Sunday at H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park from 3-5pm. Congress returns on Monday. 🌸🌸🌸
Keep calling your members of Congress and tell them to support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦

Ukraine war briefing: Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack.

Ukraine war briefing: Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners #Ukraine

5/ Read the full update: isw.pub/IranUpdate04...

NEW: Iran and the United States have fundamentally different interpretations of the ongoing negotiations, which will generate friction. (1/5)

Iran Update Special Report, April 11, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate04...

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Presidential Office, says wars cannot be won without people, rejecting the idea that drones alone can secure victory for Ukraine. He stresses that while technology plays a role, the absence of sufficient personnel leads to defeat in war #Ukraine

Zelensky says Ukraine’s decision to give up nuclear weapons was a “deception,” arguing NATO membership should have been the minimum guarantee, and criticizes signatories for failing to provide security as Russia now uses transferred assets in war. #Ukraine

❗️Zelensky says Putin rejected proposals to test his intentions, including leader-level talks on territory and deploying US and European troops along the front line. He adds Moscow downplays land demands while targeting Donbas, warning this signals plans for further advances into Ukraine. #Ukraine

❗️The next Ramstein-format meeting is scheduled for April 15. Ukraine's Ministry of Defense will present updates on its war plan to compel Russia to peace and outline priority cooperation areas to partners. #Ukraine

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Europe cannot expand its role in the Strait of Hormuz while dealing with Russia’s war against Ukraine. She notes Gulf states have not supported efforts against Moscow and stresses cooperation cannot be a one-way street. #EU

JD Vance abruptly wraps up his very short news conference in Pakistan, and while he walks away ignores questions about the Strait of Hormuz and whether the failure of the negotiations means the US is headed back to war

Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program ECHO Thursday, April 9th, 2026 12:00-1:00 PM PT Long COVID Teams: Identifying Post-Exertional Malaise, Assessing Functional Capacity, and Coordinating Care Presented By: Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L Occupational Therapist – Private Practice OT4ME.com iECHO Registration The Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program will now be hosted in iECHO. Once you have registered, you will receive reminder emails 30 minutes ahead of the session’s start time with a link to join.

Free webinar today in just over 2 hours wherever you are in the world.

Register here:
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I have been impressed by Amy Mooney in the past and have no reason to believe she will be anything but good in this webinar.

#LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise

Moldova formally exits Russia’s post-Soviet CIS as Sandu signs withdrawal decrees President Sandu's decrees complete a break that parliament voted through on 2 April.

Moldova has formally begun withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Russia-led bloc created from the ruins of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The move caps years of gradual disengagement since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine – part of Moldova's broader push toward EU integration.