88 yr old Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos featured in #nyt Public Square - Illysyrations of people in protest by Olivier Kugler #stoptheGenocide #Gaza

The implications of hydro warfare in the Persian Gulf - www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ae900e6...

The visit of President Zelenskyy to Syria on April 5, 2026, is, without exaggeration, historic.

It is the first visit by a President of Ukraine to Damascus

📹: Apro-Ukraine rally in Idlib, Syria, opposing Syrian normalization with Russia, October 2025/ Thomas van Linge

Stop Bill C-9, Defend Civil Liberties

It's our last chance to demand that Prime Minister Carney drop Bill C-9, and reject pro-Israel efforts to restrict Charter-protected freedoms, including criticism of Israel. share.nwmd.social/s/HRwJO8ZU

Re-discovered Katie through a piece she recently wrote for the Christian Courier - we followed each other on Twitter, but see she is no longer active - would like to see her here on BS

How did this age from feet in the mouth sycophant?

❗️Massive Russian attack on Ukraine last night.Russia has been attacking Ukraine for over four years now

29 missiles(about half of them ballistic ones),480 drones attacked Ukraine

Kharkiv:a whole entrance of a residential building destroyed.As of now,7 people confirmed killed,2 of them children

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Foreign page uses AI videos to stir outrage against Muslims Millions of Facebook users are watching and commenting on fake, AI-generated videos of Muslims appearing to complain about life in Australia.

Millions of Facebook users are watching and commenting on fake, AI-generated videos of Muslims appearing to complain about life in Australia.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/foreign-page-u...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

The new abnormal After four years on high-level alert, defence against invasion becomes a gruelling routine. But could the normalization of war in Ukraine be positive for long-term planning, the public good and the so...

This must-read will make you re-think the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Esp those who identify as "anti-war" should read it. For most Ukrainians, what matters more is not when the war ends but how, many have adapted to the realization that the end is not in sight www.eurozine.com/the-new-abno...

The War? Getting Better and Better, Say Kremlin Mouthpieces The words used by the Kremlin’s talking heads about the war in Ukraine are at odds with their gloomy facial expressions.

The War? Getting Better and Better, Say Kremlin Mouthpieces

The words used by the Kremlin’s talking heads are at odds with their gloomy facial expressions — and reality.

My latest for @cepa.org :
cepa.org/article/the-...

The Trump admin has abandoned Ukraine. It hasn't actively put its lot with Ru's war effort. Does Rubio want to be congratulated for it? Or are they considering jumping in on Ru's side? Either way, the admin's Ukraine policy is shameful from a moral standpoint and the opposite of what Americans want.

Putin Cannot Erase Ukraine No Russian invasion can undo Ukrainian nationhood.

In Feb 2022, those who took Western intelligence reports seriously wondered who the Ru-installed puppet would be. @oxanashevel.bsky.social and I predicted Ukrainians would fight hard and a puppet couldn't rule, Ru would have to try to achieve full occupation: www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukr...

Disastrous naivite. You either do security with Ru or against Ru. You can't have it both ways. The first way failed miserably as early as 2008. Clinging on to the idea that seeking Pu's agreement would lead to anything but Ru paralyzing/controlling Ukraine is delusional.

Remember that we made it out of the basement Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth year. With peace negotiations at a standstill, traumatized communities face a tough question: What does it mean to memorialize a war when ...

"Everyone breathed in dust and wiped condensation dripping from the ceiling off their faces. They were forced to sit constantly. Legs became swollen from immobility. Skin cracked and began to rot. They slept sitting down. They died sitting down."--Angelina Kariakina and Hanna Mamonova

In Ukraine, the Battle of Truth vs. Myth has Already Been Won - Policy Magazine As we mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a few points strike me as most important. The first is that this war has been — its

Spot on. "Meetings happen, but the fundamental problem remains: Russia’s objective is not land, but the destruction of Ukraine. [..]The dark truth remains. Nothing could be more dangerous than any kind of victory for Putin or defeat for Ukraine." www.policymagazine.ca/in-ukraine-t...

Звернення Президента у четверті роковини початку повномасштабного вторгнення Росії в Україну YouTube video by Офіс Президента України

If you watch only one thing today.
This is it.

As some who studied @ZelenskyyUa speeches. This one is back to basics. We, the people, together united are what makes Ukraine strong.

Shoring up that state centered civic duty.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAU...

On the one hand, the Trump administration is telling Europeans to take care of their own defense. On the other hand, they are supporting leaders and parties who are pro-Russian, opposed to European unity and don't want Europe to defend Ukraine or anything else.
Which is the policy?

Lunchtime Live - 24/02/2026 - BBC Sounds News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.

🎙️Today I spoke to BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live programme about some of the things that we have learned during the past four years since #Russia's mass invasion of #Ukraine. The segment begins 1 hour and 12 minutes into the recording
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Shows you how much Ukraine has achieved with the moderate, cautious help of its allies. It has thwarted russia's plans, in the process defending Europe and the international order.

The most honest thing I can admit now is that I no longer know how this ends. Four years ago we believed in weeks, in seasons, in turning points. We were wrong — not only about the length, but about what this would become. War has settled into the structure of life itself.

Russia Invaded Ukraine in 2014 Four years ago, Russia expanded its genocidal war against Ukraine into a full-scale invasion, and before anything else, I want to take a moment and thank everyone who has stood by Ukraine, whether pub...

My thoughts on the 12 years of Russia’s genocidal war.

Also, I want to thank everyone who has stood by Ukraine 💙💛
Slava Ukraini!!

Tomorrow, many of you will think of Ukraine.

As Ukraine faces pressure to accept capitulation, remember: there will be no peace without justice.

We owe justice to every innocent life taken by russia's war.

For every fallen defender. For every murdered civilian. For every atrocity committed.

Poem 'Epitaph on a tyrant' by WH Auden

W H Auden (1939) responding to the rise of fascism

The final couplet is brutal and brilliant

The juxtaposition of laughing & crying, his tears are not empathy but triggers of violence

Not naming the tyrants make this feel less like history, more like prophecy

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#AntiFascist

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved

Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

ICE agents seizing people opens old wounds in Native corridor ICE agents seizing adults and children is opening old wounds in the "Native Corridor" in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Watching $ICE agents seize people, and their children, reopens trauma in #Minneapolis’ #Native corridor www.aptnnews.ca/nation-to-na... #indigenous #Trump