Fuck it, I’m going to intermittently live tweet Intervision. Putin filmed a very serious address specifically for the event! I bet the contestants feel special! Shockingly, it didn’t fit the attempt at camp happening on the stage.

There’s a lot going on here that reinforces my general dislike of La Maison that started after a former employee told me about working there. I will admit some of their pastries are decent though.

Spurs 🥺

Surely this time. Surely...

This would be a huge blow to independent media in the Caucasus.

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

Only four years until civil war in Germany(!), says RIA Novosti. “Some experts” think European leaders want a European army to “suppress the future German revolution.” Scary stuff.

Россия 200. «Медиазона» впервые публикует имена погибших на войне россиян. Уже третий год мы собираем и ведем список российских потерь в войне с Украиной. Сегодня мы впервые выпускаем не только обезличенную сводку, но и публикуем список имен целиком. 200.zona.media

Three years after the full-scale invasion began, and nearly two and a half since this piece was published, it’s still something I come back to and read occasionally as a reminder of the toll of this war.

“After [Navalny's] death, it felt like there was no hope anymore. Today, I listened to Yulia, and she talked about [hope], about how we need to believe, and maybe I will have hope again,” one attendee said.

I’m not sure making your opponent’s brain larger and associating him with a cult classic is a winning strategy.

After reading much of RIA Novosti’s opinion page today, I combed through the catalogue to have a real look at their AI-generated cover images, and there’s quite a variety within their awful AI style. Racism, cute pipelines, terrorist birds… something for everyone. Oh, and clowns, a lot of clowns.

“We wanted to saw the Western world into pieces, but he decided to saw through it himself,” one Russian state television host said.

One way I cope.

Come for the pictures of frosty runners, stay to realize you should learn about Chyshaan.

How dare they insult the water. There are few sweeter delicacies on this earth.

Today, my parents told me that Stanford and Cal are in the ACC, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and I don’t know what to do with that.

The Syrian opposition flag was raised at the country’s Embassy in Moscow on Monday morning amid cheers and applause from the balcony. Video: Izvestia Read more: www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/09/s...

What an embarrassment! The government is excluding Riga from Rail Baltica.

Are you still wondering why people spend so much time following Russian pro-war Telegram, what kind of channels there are, what they find useful about it, or how they keep their sanity intact? Researcher Ivan Filippov explains. meduza.io/en/cards/eve...

Russia has a new family-values-themed event/contest to boost Putin's rating ahead of the presidential election, and let me tell you, the website is cute. meduza.io/en/feature/2...