Happy Independence Day from all of us at Balakun! Today we honour Ukraine’s resilience, culture, and unbreakable spirit. 🧵⬇️

Today Ukraine marks Flag Day 🇺🇦 , honouring the blue and yellow that carries the spirit of a nation determined to prevail. For all our incredible students, mentors and friends Слава Україні

Congratulations to the people of #Ukraine We are truly happy for you #Democracy Power to the people youtube.com/shorts/mQdbx...

#Monday_motivation We have sayings for Mondays, lol, mostly ugh 😅 Here's a saying from #Ukraine Write in the #comments what you think it means No #cheating So for today Тримайся! #Languages

If you want to support Ukraine, but maybe you are struggling to donate, or perhaps you want to do something more practical but aren't sure where to start, well Balakun could be just for you! It's just an hour of your time a week, and you could make a connection with an amazing person in Ukraine!

If you do one thing this Friday, please make it following and supporting @balakunua.bsky.social They’re doing amazing stuff, working with Ukrainians to support them with language skills. #NAFO #Fellas #Ukraine #ESL

Wishing all our mentors, students, and supporters a peaceful and joyful Easter. Thank you for being part of our mission to connect people through language, culture, and kindness. Великдень — час надії. Easter is a time of hope. 💙💛

Some great things happening at @balakunua.bsky.social and some incredibly talented people volunteering to help make it something special. I feel very honoured to be able to support Ukraine in such a meaningful way.

For follow a fella Friday I’m once again punting for @balakunua.bsky.social We got lots of new volunteers last week, but we’re always looking for more people, and we’re only asking for your time. The more volunteers we have, the more Ukrainians we can help, that’s the simple arithmetic.

Trumpism didn’t start with Trump. This essay explores how decades of political, economic, and cultural shifts made his rise inevitable medium.com/@shaughan.ri...

If you are Ukrainian or aiding Ukraine use this tweet as a follow train, drop your handles or lists below and follow each other. Let’s help new users connect. #3E #StandWithUkraine

We will be sharing more stories from members of our community and we would love for more of our students at @balakunua.bsky.social to contribute. This is Nazar medium.com/balakun/meet...

And another one! This one has a link at the leading to authors YouTube channel. More coming this month! @balakunua.bsky.social medium.com/balakun/i-wi...

And two short stories from Nazar medium.com/balakun/phon... more stories coming from our @balakunua.bsky.social students coming soon

Good morning, English learners! Here are some exercises for your daily practice. Feel free to share your solutions in the comment section or get in touch. Wishing you all a wonderful day! #learnenglish #englishlearning #learningjourney @rivkah1401.bsky.social @balakunua.bsky.social

Hello! New story on our Balakun publication. Please read and share. We have more stories coming from our @balakunua.bsky.social community this month. Students if you want to contribute a story let us know. We can help translate and edit for you medium.com/balakun/fait...

With considerable focus on what Trump is going to do regarding aid and support for Ukraine (although his Foreign Aid freeze hasn't impacted supplies yet), I've put together this piece on common misconceptions around aid for Ukraine. medium.com/@shaughan.ri...

With considerable focus on what Trump is going to do regarding aid and support for Ukraine (although his Foreign Aid freeze hasn't impacted supplies yet), I've put together this piece on common misconceptions around aid for Ukraine. medium.com/@shaughan.ri...

We were so happy to have a few minutes on Kyiv Radio to talk about Balakun! Our @shav.mainbastards.online told listeners about what we do on @sarnatska.bsky.social show! Subtitles are in Ukrainian but you can auto translate on YouTube youtu.be/bp6Q3I0UVXo?...

Absolutely delighted to have been able to take part. Happy to be able to contribute towards Ukraine’s victory! Слава Україні 🇺🇦

UK to back Ukraine ‘beyond this terrible war’ with 100-year pact, says Starmer #Ukraine

Yes

Wild times

Canada, UK, Germany are primary targets for the Russia right now. Elon Musk is helping the Kremlin amplify its influence operations and bankrolling the politicians favourable to Putin. This is an attack on democracy and an operation to decrease support and aid for Ukraine.

It’s 48 minutes long, but this is a full sim of a conventional Russian attack on the UK. Worth a watch. youtu.be/naMnnOK9Yng?...

Have you practiced today?

Don’t worry, Vatnik nonsense is alive and well on LinkedIn everyone 🤦🏼‍♂️

The @economist.com has been increasingly using a rage bait approach to engagement farming on its social accounts for the last couple of years. It’s a very frustrating strategic shift and one of the reasons I cancelled my subscription. They used to elevate the conversation, now they pander to it.

🌍 New Medium Article: The Budapest Memorandum In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances. Decades later, the cracks in this agreement are glaring. Read my latest article about it 👉 medium.com/@shaughan.ri...

This has, without question, been one of the most rewarding things I've done in the last few years. I am consistently astounded by the people who give their time and energy to make Balakun a success! #NAFO #Fellas #MUGA

What Banksy says…

Firstly, Helsing is a pretty based name for a defence contractor, secondly, this thing looks pretty awesome. ✅ Jamming resistant ✅ Swarm capable ✅ 100km range defence-industry.eu/hx-2-helsing...

Excited for this space! #NAFO Come along to the other place and join us this evening!

We will be taking part in a Space in the other place later on today, hosted by @aprilsparkles1.bsky.social If you want to learn more about Balakun and what we do, feel free to drop by! twitter.com/i/spaces/1yo...

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

Grover posting

Being Governor of Illinois is one of the great honors of my life — and one of my favorite parts is getting to talk with Illinoisans about the work we're doing to get big things done. I'm excited to officially launch my account here and share updates with you all.

Tokayev on Kazakhs being disrespected by Russia yet again:

TV Pirveli journalist Mariam Gaprindashvili was thrown down and beaten by the Russian regime police. #GeorgiaProtests

Yi Peng 3 dropped its anchor into the Baltic Sea. Went dark on AIS and dragged it along the bottom, destroyed comms cables. Hull and anchor bear traces of the deed. Investigators suspect pre-mediation and that RU intelligence directed it.
 Bojan Pancevski in a remarkable WSJ-piece.

Happy Thanksgiving to the American #Fellas on here. Enjoy this Cthulerky 🐙🦃

Now there are over 100 Main Bastards 🇬🇧 in this starter pack 💪🏻 #Mainbastards #NAFO #NAFOExpansionisnonnegotiable #MUGA

Curious about the Archer that Ukraine are currently using? Looks awesome and you can make a brew in it 👌🏻🫖 youtu.be/UpjayweRQqg?...

An Idiot’s Guide to why some people don’t trust governments and institutions: “84% of people who responded to the consultation said they opposed the plans” Then why conduct a consultation if you’re just going to go ahead with it anyway? Just say you’re cutting costs and take some ownership.

“Siri, show me a comment that goes really f*cking hard.” If you don’t follow Timothy Snyder, you should 👇🏻

Excellent thread. Xitter is where many of us found #NAFO and Ukraine, but the reality is that our efforts there are very much wasted. The game is rigged. We need to ensure that people (and businesses) see Bluesky as a viable, long term, alternative to X, and not just a flash in the pan.

Tuesday in Kyiv , Ukraine : sun shining , birds chirping and air raid siren crying over the city . Something horrors are built on

Guess it was BMI not the CIA that got him 😏