Just adopted two incredible void babies, it turns out one of them is a puppy in disguise #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #happiness

Re:Navalnaya article:"Ordinary Russian citizens" overwhelmingly support Russia's genocidal invasion or don't care enough to organise. We attribute far too much significance to the tiny minority who occasionally speak out to *checks notes* ... request that […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, *the only language Russia understands is force*. People who have spent the past couple of years "de-escalating" or nuclear scaremongering, you have, inadvertently or not, been encouraging Russia to keep pressing further. #Ukraine #poland #Russia #War […]

Er, no, we couldn't live with that. Equating victim and aggressor is completely unacceptable. The blame for Russia's full-scale invasion lies solely with Russia. #Ukraine #Russia #kyiv #UkraineWar #russiainvadedukraine #News #War #genocide

The noise pollution caused by constant helicopter surveillance is so, so much more disruptive than Notting Hill Carnival itself

Trump and Putin's respective officies didn't release simultaneous statements. Usually, if these decisions are made together, the statements about what will ensue are corroborated. This gives me reason to believe the Putin Alaska trip is not as set-in-stone as it might seem #Putin #Russia […]

I'm so tired of people going to the Baltics to write articles about the "persecuted" Russians who live there. You're not being persecuted if you refuse to learn the language of the country you live in. The language bar is so low, too. It's laziness and chauvanism. #estonia #Russia #Lithuania […]

Russia launched waves of missiles and drones on Kyiv before dawn on Thursday, killing at least 14 people including a six-year-old boy, and wounding well over 100 others https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-strikes-kill-least-14-people-kyiv-6-year-old-boy-among-dead-2025-07-31/ #Ukraine #kyiv […]

Can't believe this is a "hot" take at the moment, but I for one prefer the sun to a long period of "anticyclonic gloom" or whatever the hell that was last year when we didn't see any blue sky for several months. #UK #Weather #heatwave

Pretty impressed at the sheer volume of people turning up to parade or spectate in obscenely bad weather in Tallinn today #tallinn #estonia #songfestival #laulupidu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k7vll16l3o #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #kyiv #News

Been awarded a Society of Authors grant for my next project!!! 🎉

"Could the Soviet Union have been that bad? In fact, it was worse" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/05/baltic-countries-russia-us-nato/682719/ #Russia #ussr #Coldwar #coldwarhistory #histodons #estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #baltics #colonialism #Ukraine #UkraineWar

The phrase "war in Ukraine" is heinous and it keeps being normalised. It's Russia's invasion, Russia's genocide. #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #genocide #RussiaUkraineWar

Estonian authorities detained a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker early Friday morning, close to the (very beautiful!) Aegna island, near Tallinn Bay. https://news.err.ee/1609662026/estonian-navy-detains-russian-shadow-fleet-oil-tanker #estonia #tallinn #baltics #BalticStates #Russia […]

"Russia's ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih last week killed nine children, the highest number of Ukrainian children killed in a single attack since 2022. Russia targeted a playground in an otherwise residential area with a cluster munition to cause as many casualties as possible. Ukraine […]

My wonderful colleague Oliver Moody's new book, Baltic: The Future of Europe — examines not just the Baltic states but the Baltic sea region as a whole, of which constituent nations should serve as models for the west, as opposed being seen as a military […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Passed a Dutch frigate which has been helping monitor/protect Baltic undersea cables in the Arctic (taken shortly before a very chilly swim)! #Frigate #Baltic #russiainvadedukraine #Ukraine #Russia #estonia #Finland #arctic #Norway #War

The massacre in Bucha, the mass graves in Izium – it is as if these atrocities never happened. Now the truth is being taken out and shot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/world-russia-ukraine-bucha-izium-atrocities #Ukraine #Russia #Bucha #Invasion #warcrimes #genocide […]

I've cannot believe I only just found out that an English translation of Meri's Silverwhite will be published in May! This is unbelievably exciting news! https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/silverwhite/ #estonia #lennartmeri #baltics #Baltic #saaremaa

A short piece on the Russian prosthetics industry amid war, for @cepa.org https://cepa.org/article/putins-limbless-generation-struggles-for-support/ #Russia #Ukraine #prosthetics #disability #amputation #War #RussiaUkraineWar

Giving a talk to the British-Lithuanian Society at beginning of February. Details 👇 #Lithuania #baltics #Latvia #estonia #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #NATO #Security #Propaganda #geopolitics #Disinformation #War

Russians attacked Kherson State University, according to rector Oleksandr Spivakovsky facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2791081201064198&id=100004870359031 #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #News #Breaking #UkraineWar

This is one of the most gripping and informative articles I've read in some time – incredible work @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @propublica.org https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole #proudboys #MAGA #Trump #dsa #US #USA #militias #migration #January6 #conservatism

Cats deeply unimpressed with crochet powdered wig in their stocking #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Christmas #Xmas #stockings #indignation #shame

"We must be able to prevent the risks posed by ships in Russia's shadow fleet" – Finland's Alexander Stubb after a briefing on likely vandalism of undersea Estlink 2 power cable between Finland and Estonia […]

A recent sunrise, early on the Cape #silentsunday #capecod #ma #sea #sunrise

#Syria #SyriaNews #RussiaUkraineWar #assad #News #Russia #Saydnaya #Democide #damascus #CrimesAgainstHumanity

It has been far too long since I last saw these sillybillies and I'm overjoyed they still remember me 💜 #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #bondedpair #Animals

"The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20. Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed" #Ukraine #Russia #kyiv https://ua.usembassy.gov/mascot-update-u-s-embassy-kyiv-ukraine/ H/T @hanse_mina

A really important article: so many Russians who migrate abroad in the midst of war refuse to learn the local languages, and continue to treat independent countries as if they're Russia's backyard […]

In 2023, Chernihiv Drama Theatre survived a Russian missile strike. Yesterday, the theatre received the news that one of their actors Petro Velykyi was killed on the frontline. 18 more theatre workers keep fighting against the ru invasion (Source […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Test to see if this post bridges to Bluesky! Follow me here. #bluesky #Mastodon #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #journalism #Media #baltics #estonia #Latvia #Lithuania