Please remember you are likely to see even anti-war and anti-intervention Iranians celebrate Khamenei’s death (if confirmed) as he has been a source of death, tyranny, destruction, and has held Iran back.

Evening.

over on twitter they're doing "Vidkun Quisling was doing the best he could" revisionism

Dusk:

❗️Multiple explosions reported in Kharkiv. Russia is attacking the city with drones!

What worries me is the number of people in politics who see politics as life or death. I can remember when a losing speech would have been 'Oh well, maybe South Manchester isn't ready for a right-wing MP' now it's framed as a civilisational battle - and voters have picked the wrong side.

Evening.

Kharkiv today is sunny an cold

Dusk:

“We were with you people four years ago, and we are with you now.” — Stephen King 💛💙

Morning.

French textile and environmental artist Edith Meusnier, who creates woven sculptures sited in installations amongst nature #WomfnsAr

The heroic guerilla struggle against chain bakeries. If this doesn't free Gaza nothing will www.jewishnews.co.uk/gails-bakery...

The Supreme Court tried to save him from himself, but he's too stupid to grab the life preserver.

Dusk (2)

“I charged the power banks. Here, take one.” That’s modern Ukrainian love language.

Dusk (1)

In Malynivka, Kharkiv region, the bodies of two more victims have been found under the rubble of a warehouse building‼️ As of now, the death toll from the Russian attack has risen to three people, while two others have been injured.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Kudos to Yorkshire Evening Post for getting the local angle www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/princes...

Will never stop reminding people of this

'Also, the one-bite pizza reviews will be presented by Salman Rushdie until further notice' theonion.com/barstool-spo...

Some silly moments here but these nights sound like a great idea observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Today:

It's always struck me that gambling is the only modern vice that governments have not just left alone but encouraged. You can feed your food budget into a fixed-odds machine but god forbid you should light up a cigarette

Morning.

Explosions continue in Kharkiv ‼️Russian attack started with drones and continues with missiles.

Dusk:

Russia carried out a massive MLRS attack on Kherson. Six civilians were injured. Rescuers pulled two women alive from the rubble — one from a destroyed house, another from a damaged apartment.

Thoughts going out to Americans on my TL having to deal with silly voter ID arguments. (Do you really need to show your passport to get on an Amtrak?)

'What this reading of the world shockingly fails to grasp is that freedom, democracy, equality, justice, and dignity are not Western values but human ones. To demand them is not to succumb to empire but to refuse it' Sahar Delijani lareviewofbooks.org/article/iran...

A russian drone struck the car of the village head in Oskil, Kharkiv Oblast, as he was delivering bread to residents. The car burned down completely. The man survived with minor injuries.

This weather is driving everyone crazy

Despite constant Russian bombings, shortages of heating and electricity, and extreme cold, Kharkiv is preparing for Valentine’s Day 💝

Never been into Tudor books, but fantastic historian Stephen Greenblatt shows how Marlowe brought laughter and light into the bleak world of Elizabethan England. Recommended: www.penguin.co.uk/books/446587...

❗️Emergency blackouts reported across nearly all of Ukraine.

‘I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as ‘the scandal of the century’. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.’ How Epstein’s victims and survivors took a back seat to politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a russian drone deliberately struck a bus carrying miners after their shift. 12 killed. 7 injured.

Consultation on the government's new immigration laws still open until next Thursday. Don't let them drive a bus through ILR! ukhomeoffice.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Russia struck a market in Kharkiv with a Molniya drone. Two civilians were injured.

Called it

This is what life looks like in a frontline city. In Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, anti-drone nets are being installed.

Evening:

‘Bring back Woolies pick ‘n’ mix or we vote for the lunatic right’

Morning.

Blackout in Kharkiv after the russian attack ‼️ The temperature outside is -12°C

Today: