In Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785) German philosopher Immanuel Kant gave us his famous Categorical Imperative: Moral law can never change accdg to particular circumstances;humans must always be treated as ends in themselves, never as a means to other ends, e.g., as $-making machines.

@sagetruth.bsky.social · 2y ago

The United Health Care CEO incident underscores the growing frustration and exhaustion people feel about systemic inequalities. As billionaires continue to enjoy opulent lifestyles, many are left feeling disregarded. Meaningful changes to our health care system to be made. #healthcare

Russia is deploying a North Korean missile unit in Voronezh with 120 ballistic missiles; Russia is preparing to receive 30,000 North Korean troops to reinforce attacks on the front; Russia is bombing Kyiv with both its own and North Korean missiles; A Russian missile hits Poland; 1/2

Russia is preparing an assassination attempt on the CEO of Donaustahl, a company that produces and supplies combat drones; A drone with explosives was ready to blow up a plane in Leipzig. Ukraine has received another assurance of full support from the EU. 2/2

#Bucha

just saw street video of Russian fpv hunting a farmer in Kherson . adrenaline high now , nausea . what a disgusting sound . absolutely horrifying and so needlessly cruel

A squirrel wandered into a Ukrainian border guard position deep in Serebrianskyi Forest looking for food, and the soldiers fed her without a second thought Russia's war keeps stripping animals of their homes across forests 🎥 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

Merkel said, "I know who Putin is. My goal is to avoid the war by all means possible." So much for wandel durch Handel.

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

Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania: Entire political and economic elite of Germany was very close to Russia in terms of economic interests. No politician could change that. These commercial relations were very much dominant.

"The French organization “For Ukraine, for their freedom and ours” has condemned the presence of athletes linked to Russian security forces in the so-called “neutral” delegation set to compete in France,

as the reintegration of Russian and Belarusian athletes into international sport continues to gather pace." @pourlukraine.bsky.social www.pourlukraine.com/en/actualite...

Des nageurs de la Garde nationale russe aux Championnats d'Europe de Natation à Paris et Saint-Denis | Pour l'Ukraine

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🥹 Ukrainian soldier near the frontline spots an elderly woman who hasn't evacuated, she says she has nowhere to go. Without hesitation he offers her to move into his vacant home and live there for free, 1,000km away and safe from the Russian fascists.

I can't with these videos of Russians standing in fuel lines whining, "But why are they bombing us? What did we doooooo?" ​You invaded a sovereign state. You destroyed the peaceful lives of 40 million people. You leveled our towns and cities.

At the site of russia’s missile strike on Kharkiv, rescuers found an injured dog. One of his owners was killed, while the other is in the hospital with injuries. The dog is now in the care of veterinarians, who are doing everything they can for him. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview

This is Dmytro Skobel. He was only 18 when Russian terrorists killed him in a ballistic missile strike on the Kyiv region on July 24. He was a student and had his entire life ahead of him...🕯

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Genau.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 6d ago

KASPAROV: Russia, by the way, is the spearhead of the grander coalition led by China. It’s another big story that I’m writing now, another article, about Russia basically sliding into the Chinese embrace. So the Chinese dragon is gradually, you know, swallowing the Russian bear.

"My grandma shielded me when the drone struck..." Ten-year-old Matvii is one of the 25 people injured by a Russian jet-powered drone strike on a grocery supermarket in Chernihiv on July 26. Matvii suffered blast injuries and a leg wound. He underwent surgery and now faces a course of treatment.

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Monstrous 18-year sentence against 66-year-old Ukrainian from Russian-occupied Sevastopol

Russia’s ‘treason trials’ in occupied Crimea all seem to come from the same conveyor belt, with the sentence against Oleksandr Hlukhoiedov one of three churned out on virtually identical charges

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SIKORSKI: I was at NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008 when Ukraine’s NATO membership was discussed, and denied. When Russia invaded Crimea, Ukraine was constitutionally neutral country, which shows how absurd Russian claims that they had to invade because Ukraine was joining NATO.

In September, the 2 Million inhabitants of Sachsen-Anhalt, one of the 16 German Länder vote for their parliament. This is the current polling 👇

The German government is working on a plan on what to do if regions vote in extreme-right AFD governments which may not allow NATO troop movements or may otherwise want to impede defence policies and Russia deterrence. www.n-tv.de/politik/Sorg...

Sorge vor AfD-Wahlerfolgen - Bund arbeitet an Nato-Notfallplan

Im September werden in Sachsen-Anhalt und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern neue Landtage gewählt. In Umfragen liegt die AfD klar vorn. Die Sorge vor einem Wahlerfolg führt in Berlin laut einem Bericht zu konkre...

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This looks like a blooming hibiscus — or something else in the malvaceae family — growing out of a crack in a sidewalk! What a pleasant surprise it must have been to have discovered this lovely plant.

Flower Lovers@flowers-55.bsky.social · 7d ago

Found a single beautiful red flower growing out of a sidewalk #FlowerPower #BloomingBeauty #FloralVibes

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. @marcishore.bsky.social , @timothysnyder.bsky.social

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · last wk.

"Russia's invasion becomes a 'war in Ukraine.' Moscow's neo-imperial bid for a sphere of influence, where neighbors are to be murdered until they give up sovereignty, becomes "security interests." Ukraine's refusal to be massacred morphs into an obstacle to peace," writes Andrew Chakhoyan.

This is the best interpretation I've read so far. The "proxy-war" trope so loved by those on the far left who present themselves as virtuous anti-imperialists ONLY if the imperialists are Western, is tiresome. By repeating this ready-made phrase they show themselves for what they are: thought-less.

Christophe Kopp@chkopp.bsky.social · last wk.

"Il s’agit de dicter et de contrôler les cadres conceptuels dans lesquels est pensée la Russie à l’heure actuelle, afin que les Occidentaux n’envisagent pour l’après-Poutine qu’une seule formule : le maintien à tout prix de l’autocratie moscovite.

"Ukraine is winning, and evil will not prevail."

Silicon Curtain podcast@siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Putin's Mobilization NIGHTMARE: Why He Will Feed All Russia Into the Meat Grinder! youtu.be/8ybUtPwASfM

"You're impressed with how cool this is, aren't you?" Yes, we are. It's Ukrainian, so it must be good!

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · last wk.

Ukraine’s 429th Achilles Unmanned Systems Brigade used the Firefly guided munition to destroy a pipeline branch used by Russian forces near Kupiansk. The copter-dropped weapon autonomously guides itself to the target after release, even under EW interference. #Ukraine

"attackers targeted email servers at U.S. nuclear infrastructure facilities and companies in the military-industrial complex. The main goal of the cyberattacks is to gather intelligence for the war against Ukraine and to study cutting-edge American technologies." militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

Russian Hackers Targeted Emails of American Nuclear Scientists and Defense Contractors

Over the past year, a group of Russian hackers has been conducting a cyberespionage campaign targeting American nuclear scientists, defense contractors, and government officials.This is stated in a jo...

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