NEW: The Russian “University Shifts” program continues to deport Ukrainian children to Russia to prepare them for future careers in Russia. 🧵(1/7) Read the full update: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov came to NYC to show his new movie, 2000 Meters to Andriivka. The film is heartbreaking, but a true must-watch. It perfectly sums up why Ukrainians won’t stop defending their country, despite the human cost. It’s not just land, it’s their past and future.

Folks who are in #NYC or nearby, tomorrow (Sunday) is the only day when you can see the famous Ukrainian play The Witch of Konotop by 🇺🇦 Franko Theatre.The 8PM show is sold out, but there are still some tix left for the matinee at 4PM. fca.ua/en/konotopsk...

When mommy and daddy spend a fortune on your quinceañera and nobody from school shows up.

It’s that time again. Post your favorite signs from today for entry in my Top 15 No King sign contest!

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

New Yorkers celebrating #NoKingsDay #NYC

Make sure you DEFINITELY don't do this...😐

Remember how Durov said he doesn’t cooperate with FSB? “When we investigated who controls the infrastructure that keeps TG’s billions of messages flowing, we found a man with no public profile but unparalleled access: Vladimir Vedeneev, a 45-year-old network engineer.” istories.media/en/stories/2...

OTD in 1571, the Khan of Crimea Devlet Giray burned Moscow to the ground 🔥🥂 In the summer of 1571 tsar Ivan IV agreed to vassalage to the Khan of Crimea and pledged to pay him tribute, as he had previously paid to the Golden Horde.

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, the heir to the Belgian throne, isn’t sure whether she will be allowed to continue her studies at Harvard - she‘s a foreign student and Trump wants to revoke Harvard’s rights to enroll foreign citizens😵‍💫

What’s our favorite day of the week? #FiverFriday ! My first fiver goes to Syaivo @limosavar.bsky.social , combat medic of Azov Brigade. Today is her birthday, and she’s raising funds for drones for Azov.

4 months of Trump presidency: 0 new 🇺🇸 aid packages for 🇺🇦. Existing humanitarian aid program has been scaled back. 0 new sanctions packages against Russia. Enforcement of the existing ones has been weakened. Trump imposed 10% tariffs on almost all countries incl 🇺🇦 but not on 🇷🇺.

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

I've been reading about the planned 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner of war exchange between Ukraine and Russia. It's striking that three categories are involved: civilians, soldiers—and CHILDREN. Once again, Russia has stolen Ukrainian children to fully treat them as hostages.

Food for millions wasted, children left to go hungry, and America’s reputation permanently damaged.

Happy 🇺🇦 Vyshyvanka Day! Today I’m wearing a vyshyvanka with embroidered lyrics from the Red Viburnum song: Our volunteers are marching Into a bloody fray To free our Ukrainian brothers From Moscow’s chains. And we will raise up that red viburnum, And we shall cheer our glorious Ukraine!💙💛

Russia is running a new marine spoofer in eastern Gulf of Finland. Seem a combined circle and oval (new?) spoofer. It is rather leaky though and lots of ships are "sent" deep into Finland. Theoretically this could direct a crude GPS-munition aimed at eg Primorsk into populated areas of Finland.

So, undocumented immigrants without criminal history are deported to El Salvador, foreign tourists without hotel reservations are detained and sent to ICE detention facilities, yet 17 relatives of El Chapo are allowed to enter the US? 🤯

American historian Timothy Snyder: Ukraine, not Russia, bore heaviest civilian toll in WWII Snyder also warns that Russia uses history to justify aggression against Ukraine. euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/08/a...

Friends, please sign the petition requesting that libraries in NYC buy more Ukrainian books 👇 www.change.org/p/expand-ukr...

On the morning of 8 May, russian troops struck a community in Sumy Oblast with aerial bombs, completely destroying one house and damaging three others. Rescuers managed to pull an elderly woman alive from the rubble.

This is horrible. A hate crime.

🧵Douglas Macgregor: a compilation of his most horrible and absurd quotes "The first five days, Russian forces, I think frankly, were too gentle" 2022 "Let's be clear about one thing, It's Ukraine who is prolonging this war!" www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/43...

Here is some more about Chris, who is reported to have been helping to dismantle a Russian explosive device when the incident happened. www.bbc.com/news/article...

“The Great Russian Culture” for you: A russian man filmed himself smashing a carefully restored antique German BMW with a Mosin rifle in honor of Victory Day. Russians are only capable of destroying what others have built🤷‍♀️

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Rest in Glory, Chris Garrett 💔🕯️ www.thesun.co.uk/news/3483686...

"We are not ending a war — we are indulging a war criminal. And the longer we pretend this is a conflict to be negotiated, rather than a criminal aggression to be terminated, the more respect — and security — we will lose." kyivindependent.com/a-minerals-d...

1/ A map of gulag (soviet union 🇷🇺 version of nazi concentration camps) - System existed 1923 - 1961 - According to estimates 18M people were deported to these camps - At least 1.6M people were exterminated in these camps

NEW: Hegseth had at least a DOZEN signal chats going, set up using an unsecured "dirty" line on his private phone from his Pentagon office. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Important article with new details about the russian plot to plant bombs on cargo planes in Europe 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

He has zero respect for the arts. He’s a monster

Don’t look up, folks. According to the CSIS Space Threat Assessment 2025, in addition to constant interfering with GPS signals in Europe, russia may be developing a nuclear space-based anti-satellite weapon, but Witkoff said Putin wants peace, and who are we to doubt his words? 🤡 Link below

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

Running for Azov 🏃‍♀️ # freeazovstaldefenders

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Those who advocate for abandoning Ukrainian lands and people to russia are, in fact, advocating for the establishment of many more torture prisons like this, where Ukrainians are beaten, electrocuted, and starved to death. russian occupation is not peace. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Pedro Almodovar: “Trump and his friends, millionaires and oligarchs, cannot convince us that the reality we are seeing with our own eyes is the opposite of what we are living… Immigrants are not criminals. It was Russia that invaded Ukraine.”👏 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.

Even pro-Trump New York Post understands that Witkoff’s amateurish ‘negotiations’ with russia were a total disaster🤷‍♀️

Today @theguardian.com published the second part of the investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna 💔 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Thank you, dear Canadians, for being smarter than us Americans 🥹 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

🫠 Elon #Musk is fueling lies that hurt Ukraine. Using his platform on X, Musk spreads false claims that contribute to the disinformation war. We’ve tracked how Musk’s actions are influencing the narrative. Full investigation ⬇️ texty.org.ua/articles/114...

Congratulations, dear French: you’re gonna have a new russian spy nest in the center of Nice. Russian Orthodox Assosiation independent of the Moscow Patriarchate was evicted from the church, now it belongs to muscovites. Ask Estonians or Latvians how 🇷🇺 uses its churches abroad.

This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.