"We're defending your freedom 400 kilometers east of Warsaw. While you avoid calling this a war, we are dying in your stead." Oleksandr Yakovenko, Ukrainian defense tech founder, has a message for Europe:

Truth!

"The conflict in Ukraine is a test of our commitment to freedom, and we must not falter." - Petr Pavel, president of The Czech Republic 🇨🇿

Russia’s Rosneft reports a 70 % drop in net income for the first 9 months of 2025, down to 277 billion roubles (~$3.57 billion). The company cited high interest rates, lower oil prices, a stronger rouble, and rising “anti‑terror security” costs as major pressures. Real reason: Ukrainian sanctions.

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

Kasparov 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Welcome to the world, Mica – our newest Voi grandson! Mweya led her ex-orphan herd back to the stockades after an eight-month absence, with great pomp and ceremony. The reason for all the fanfare? Mbirikani had given birth to a beautiful little boy! Read Mica's full debut story: t.co/GWT05guvHR

Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.

As a baby, Mzinga struggled to grasp the whole bottle drinking business. Today, she’s a total pro! We rescued Mzinga three years ago, when she was just a month old. It was a real fight to save her life. Today, Mzinga is known as a mini matriarch and a friend to everyone - even the resident rhinos!

"I Want You to Understand Chicago" aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Make a choice GOP. History is recording your names youtu.be/RMs7ILQ_n2Q?...

“Independence is a concept fundamental to the health of any democracy—and it has been systematically dismantled in Hungary…What’s left is a poor country subsumed with politics, propaganda, and polarization; a state that stomps out independence while feigning conservatism.” time.com/7332003/vikt...

Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

Looking possible that the Democrats might sweep the board today--which means attempts to pervert the 2026 Congressional election will go into hyperdrive. Get ready.

Huge congratulations to Harvard’s Naomi Oreskes for winning the Volvo prize! She is a pioneer in unmasking the financial interests and methods behind climate science denial. I’m proud to have published with her how Exxon knew exactly what they were doing. www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...

🔔Russian economic collapse alarm bells are ringing in the Duma. In the video below, Central Bank governor Nabiullina warns the Russian economy is so fragile that, if the interest rate is dropped to 3-4% right now, it will cause 1990s hyperinflation and economic collapse.📉

Arthi's tummy is always set to "food o'clock". He's the first to bellow for milk around feeding time and, after finishing his bottle, he trumpets for seconds. If no leftovers are around to be snaffled up, he'll make the most of the fresh browse on offer in the Park instead. #NewRescue

Our Defenders 🇺🇦 📹egor.ivanov_maestro

🇺🇦🚊🎹Ukrainian composer and pianist Evgeny Khmara performed on a piano right inside a Kyiv–Lviv train carriage.

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

“If you’re a pedophile, Washington is a sanctuary city,” the disgraced royal said.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

MAGA is the fifth column.

Without ACA tax credits, a 64-year-old couple making $90K would face an extra $26,000 a year in premiums. Democrats are working to protect families—Republicans are ready to let these credits expire.

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help. www.help99.co/patches/timo...

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas. Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage. They're selling out their own voters.

Republicans cheer and engineer shutdowns because shutdowns erode people's faith in government, and that benefits the corporations and billionaires who want to push government of the way, so they can amass more power and wealth.

A terrific cri de coeur and an important fire bell in the night by Michael Wood. "I don’t think our generals and admirals are soft. I served under one of them—my old battalion commander in Afghanistan—who was likely in that room. He was a relentless warrior..." open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

A drought survivor, Kilulu has made his mark at Voi since his rescue back in 2022. At that time, he was an emaciated orphan who needed an IV drip to revive him. Today, his theatrical behaviour and larger-than-life personality keeps everyone on their toes: swt.bio/kilulu

The pro-EU Party of Action & Solidarity has crushed the pro-Russia Patriotic Electoral Bloc in the Moldovan election. It won 51 seats - an outright majority. Moldova is now on a trajectory towards EU membership. A very bad night for Putin, who targeted Moldova with a wave of election propaganda.

It's pretty sick that American taxpayers are funding their own rights violations and kidnappings instead of educating the population for a greater common good.

“Pritzker put it in the starkest terms. ‘Any rational person who has studied history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under color of law, what comes next?’” open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...

#6 in our countdown: Keeper Joseph shares a tender goodnight with Korbessa. 💛 Our Orphans’ Project gives orphans like her love, care, and a path back to the wild. Give the gift of a second chance this Christmas: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/adopt #WildlifeMoments