This could be so sweet! Hoping to meet the goal: ko-fi.com/africantrans...

People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this

⚡️Additional fires, explosions reported in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack. Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 1:30 a.m. local time amid reports of additional fires burning at residential buildings in the city.

Kostiantyn Huzenko, 28, a Kyiv photographer who documented the war and enlisted the 35th Marine Brigade in April 2024, was killed Nov. 1 in a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, the media outlet Ukrainer reported.

Tremendous loss as Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...

⚡️Update: 'Missiles, one after another' — 9 injured, outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure. Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight Oct. 10, injuring nine people, causing a residential building fire, and a blackout in the city's left bank.

"In every woman, there is a soldier." – Yaryna Chornohuz, poet on the field of battle Combat medic in the 140th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, giving voice to pain & hope for her country’s future. #ukraine @kyivindependent.com kyivindependent.com/in-every-wom...

Ukraine’s Mykola Bazhan (1904-83) had the Midas touch; all his verse turned to gold. This let him survive, barely, Stalin’s slaughter; he could make even Socialist Realism sound good. Yet his portrait of Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz in Odesa shows that he knew what drove true poetry.

The African Translation Project is at 53% !!! The clock is ticking!! YOU did this! Help them bring it home! ko-fi.com/africantrans...

All eyes on the Kickstarter. Hard limit. Come on. $768. *please* One big rally post could do it like *snap*. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

As the Polish military confirmed that aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

"This country and its social contract can fall apart with a quickness, and when it does, remember: There's no one coming to the rescue"

Hey, an animated version of Weston Wei's delightful cover of my forthcoming novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space. Off-kilter physics! A deadly family! A decision no one should have to make. Also, a lot of food. Coming April 7, 2006. Preorder now! torpublishinggroup.com/the-subtle-a...

In every era, songs are an honest mirror of a society’s mood. So let’s dive into the tracks Ukrainians sang along to just after winning independence—and the freedom to express themselves 👇 🧵 1/11

Happy Independence Day to Ukraine! I interviewed Maksym Butkevych, a brave human rights activist who spent over two years as a POW in Russian captivity. His fight for Ukraine's inclusive future moved me deeply. Watch our talk Friday on YouTube: Terrell J Starr Official. #ukrainianview

European leaders to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump #Ukraine

Goosebumps... Ukrainian Yaroslav Bazylevych shares his story at the rally in support of Ukraine in Munich. Thank you for these important words: "Russia killed my entire family. My wife Yevgenia, my three daughters Yaryna, Daria, and Emilia. 👇

what they said.

Iran-Israel implications for Ukraine | Ukraine This Week #Ukraine

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night It is too devastating to see how few there are” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Have you seen our upcoming work? We're so excited! And yes - it's ✨magical✨ ... (And devilish, and adventurous, and anti-capitalist... and all made with human love and community.) Here's what's on the way: 🧵

⚡️Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul end, Moscow demands Kyiv withdraw from 4 regions, no ceasefire agreement. "Trump still hopes something can be done," a source in the President’s Office told the Kyiv Independent after the talks concluded.

U is for Union

"Level or Live" comes out on Tuesday. If you like stories with found family, adventure, rescue, love, gaming, exploring a new world, some silly isekai tropes, and some lesbian spice, give it a try! I have 40+ other stories if that one isn't your style. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5FC1VPG

⚡️'Putin did not show up' — EU to adopt Russian sanctions on May 20 after Putin snubbed peace talks with Zelensky.

Happy Vyshyvanka Day!

Day 1,177: Zelenskyi arrives in Ankara, but Putin will not travel to Turkey for peace talks #Ukraine

Sometimes, the hard work is all worth it. You have time to join our Patreon to get this gorgeous issue.

Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche Who waccheth ovir thee Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul

Ukraine war briefing: Trump calls for ‘ideally a 30-day ceasefire’ backed with sanctions #Ukraine

🔴 Ukrainian authorities are investigating the execution of 268 Ukrainian POWs by Russian forces.

At Bacca-Phoenix bookstore in Toronto, they still have a couple of @atthisarts.com "Embroidered Worlds". They sold very well I was told. @edebell.com @valya.bsky.social

Anyway, if you appreciate the work @atthisarts.com has done and hopes to do, I'd be grateful for visibility to these wonderful, wonderful, books so we can finally stabilize. Joyce Chng Gigi Ganguly Cheryl S. Ntumy Avi Silver Gregory A. Wilson Bogi Takács Cat Rambo Linda D. Addison A.D. Sui ...

Hi everyone, my short story collection Power to Yield and Other Stories is on the recommended list and you can vote for it! Today is the last day and I would appreciate your votes :)

Unlike Trump, most Americans don’t have the luxury of being coddled by an army of staff as they age and face declining mental abilities. ICYMI: He’s halting promising Alzheimer's research and DGAF about our senior citizens. timesofsandiego.com/health/2025/... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Ukraine war briefing: Europe unveils new military support for Kyiv ahead of defence summit #Ukraine

Today, Ukrainians buried their children murdered in the Russian terrorist attack on Kryvyi Rih. No one in the White House press corps asked Trump about his thoughts or feelings on this day of anguished grief. No senior U.S. official had any words of comfort for Ukrainians.

For those who don't know, @jijennings.bsky.social @damianduffy.bsky.social @yvettel.bsky.social David Brame & I have brought Lion Man from ALL NEGRO COMICS (1947) back to life. Check out our BackerKit campaign. We're 35% funded with 12 days to go! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

My short interview with @jamienoguchi.bsky.social with the inaugural installment of WHAT YOU KNOW GOOD. youtu.be/Pdp9Hc-zlGY

Zelensky calls for increased pressure on Russia following drone attack on Kherson power plant #Ukraine

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

The center of Dnipro, Ukraine 🇺🇦 Russia is escalating more than ever before, launching +50 Shaheds at one city each day to overwhelm air defenses and strike many civilian and infrastructure targets

Kharkiv💔 Another brutal terrorist attack from the terrorist state. At least 9 people have been injured. There’s a civilized world that wants to live in peace. And then there’s russia that wants to tear everything to pieces. Civilized world > a bunch of deranged war criminals.

Ukraine’s Kobzars were once the nation’s living memory—blind troubadours who sang of war, loss, and resilience. Nearly erased by Soviet purges, their tradition endures, echoing through time.

Violating the law and the Constitution, Trump purports to have closed Radio Free/Radio Liberty, a medium which is the source of much of what we known about Russia and the post-communist world. Stanislav Aseyev was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tortured for his reporting for Radio Liberty.

Gratifying to see Andrey Kurkov’s THE STOLEN HEART in an @financialtimes.com roundup of “gripping new crime stories”! A tip of the fedora to the great Barry Forshaw, sleuth of sleuths. @harpercollins.bsky.social

Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...