Amen. GIFT link. Including this all across my syllabi. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)

It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.

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We’ve been sweating about how russia evades sanctions and what to do with it. Ukraine found the best answer: bomb wildberries warehouses.

It’s been 4,5 years of full-scale war, but russia continues to astonish every day with the depth and scope of its brutality against civilians.

Russian "human safari" in Kherson continues. Police have released footage showing Russians using a drone to hunt a civilian in the city. The victim is a 52-year-old market vendor from the Mykolaiv region, who suffered a blast injury, shrapnel wounds, and a concussion.

Warehouse: what keeps Russians support the state Firefighters: what the Russian state really is Fire: a preview of the future for both

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3d ago

Wildberries in Samara today. Those firefighters are the epitome of pretending to work.

Wildberries in Samara today. Those firefighters are the epitome of pretending to work.

Little has changed since then. Same colonial sentiments from Moscow, slightly different wording.

Yan Matusevich@ymatusik.bsky.social · last wk.

Still wild reading Soviet justifications for Russian colonial expansion into Central Asia. This one is from a 1963 book by Soviet-Kyrgyz historian Begimaaly Jamgyrchinov.

New article on how Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are building resilience amid great-power rivalry. The approach can be labeled ‘resilience by design’ and combines state-led domestic strengthening, regional cooperation and diversified diplomatic partnerships. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Resilience by Design: How Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Survive amid Great-power Rivalry

Russia’s war against Ukraine and intensifying rivalry among the world’s great powers have increased Central Asian states’ vulnerability to psychological and economic coercion. Yet most studies of r...

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As the Russian Amazon warehouse burned, its workers were trapped inside because management feared that letting them escape would give them a chance to steal. www.instagram.com/p/DbRB7vdDkG...

Новая Тыва | Чаа Тыва on Instagram: "❗️Взрывы на объектах Wildberries глазами сотрудников из нашей республики. Подробно в фотокарточках⬆️"

3 likes, 1 comments - new_tuva on July 26, 2026: "❗️Взрывы на объектах Wildberries глазами сотрудников из нашей республики. Подробно в фотокарточках⬆️".

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I have some bad news for Loomer

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2w ago

People embracing a racist who trashes US democracy because she also now supports Ukraine need to understand what they are supporting. You must own this as well. There is one side in support of freedom and the rule of law, and this is not on that side.

The Ukrainians have found center of gravity in Russian domestic legitimacy for war. It’s consumerism and comfort the Russian society loves so much in exchange to quiet support of foreign violence. Not hundreds of thousands of dead in their name.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fire in the Wildberries warehouse in Saint Petersburg from above 🤩

Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb and the Black Sea www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Global Economy Is Suddenly Fighting an Energy Stranglehold on Three Fronts

The closing of the chokepoints at Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb and the Black Sea collectively imperils roughly a quarter of the world’s oil supply.

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Net positive, for sure www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Laura Loomer Apologizes For Downplaying Ukraine War: 'I Feel Like Such An *******'

The noted Trump ally did something rare for a MAGA member on Tuesday.

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Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration's cuts and changes to foreign aid.

Fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts, study finds

Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in ​the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines ‌after the Trump administration's cuts and changes to foreign aid.

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Yamal

Rafiki Presents Simba in The Lion King

ALT: Rafiki Presents Simba in The Lion King

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Spain so deserves a victory!

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

FINALLY!!!!

That’s why Americans won’t be watching football any time soon.

Can you win the World Cup with 10 men and without a shot on goal? We might be about to find out

Spain so deserves a victory!

Go 🇪🇸!

PETRAEUS: Ukrainians have stopped Russians cold on the front lines. The areas are just blanketed with drones. Ukraine has better drones, better operators, and more of them, which is astonishing given that Ukraine is 1/5th size of Russia, and 1/10th or 1/15th size of its economy.

Russians fired about 40 ballistic missiles at Kyiv in just 53 minutes – a record. The aggressors attacked civilian targets that don't make any military sense. Russia is a terrorist state and nothing else. Russia is not a country or a society – it's merely a poison to the world.

Total devastation across Kyiv in Russia's largest attack ever on the city. These burning buildings are residential. Damn Russia to hell for its war and genocide on Ukrainians. And shame on the West for not stopping Russian genocide as legal duty dictates.

Lols what kind of score is this 😂

Ok this is fun!

Ok, they are awake now!

We now know how enormous amounts of plastic and polyester burn

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 3w ago

Moscow region… WOW 🤯