Ilya אש Ash
@ashcomco.bsky.social
Poet and journalist based in and around Jerusalem.
A Moscow transplant, worked in two media outlets later banned/closed in Russia.
Shooting daily JLM life.
Please, call me Ash.
Mostly on Mastodon: https://zirk.us/@ash
Moar: http://ash.com.co
A Moscow transplant, worked in two media outlets later banned/closed in Russia.
Shooting daily JLM life.
Please, call me Ash.
Mostly on Mastodon: https://zirk.us/@ash
Moar: http://ash.com.co
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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
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Nov 1951: Guinness ad
«GUINNESS
IS GOOD FOR YOU»
«GUINNESS
IS GOOD FOR YOU»
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Nov 1951: Guinness ad
«GUINNESS
IS GOOD FOR YOU»
«GUINNESS
IS GOOD FOR YOU»
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An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable.
The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
🏺
The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
🏺
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Sheehan Quirke (“The Cultural Tutor”) with a paean to the Victorian design ethos, which combined modern utility & often exuberant ornamentation, thereby imbuing even highly functional buildings and quite ordinary objects w/ a sense of timeless beauty. Alas, no more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYx...
How Did The World Get So Ugly?
YouTube video by The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sheehan Quirke (“The Cultural Tutor”) with a paean to the Victorian design ethos, which combined modern utility & often exuberant ornamentation, thereby imbuing even highly functional buildings and quite ordinary objects w/ a sense of timeless beauty. Alas, no more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYx...
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I think about the concept robot soft exorcism a lot which he has returned to a lot over the last half decade. Perhaps i will check out his books and return to your post at some point and have a better answer as to why the association sprung to my mind
faith.yale.edu/media/robot-...
faith.yale.edu/media/robot-...
Robot Soft Exorcism | YCFC
David Dark joins Evan Rosa to talk about his idea of
faith.yale.edu
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I think about the concept robot soft exorcism a lot which he has returned to a lot over the last half decade. Perhaps i will check out his books and return to your post at some point and have a better answer as to why the association sprung to my mind
faith.yale.edu/media/robot-...
faith.yale.edu/media/robot-...
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Your date is better in your pie
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Your date is better in your pie
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Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have
www.eff.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Five poems by a prominent soviet underground poet Yan Satunovsky (1913—1982) from the upcoming book Prosthesis Factory.
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
from Prosthesis Factory - Asymptote
76A sudden lurch—forward, back,once, twice,and they’re offa booth on wheels,a puddle,garden,clay,clay,sandy loam,loamy clay,and now—            nothing ...
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five poems by a prominent soviet underground poet Yan Satunovsky (1913—1982) from the upcoming book Prosthesis Factory.
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
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Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
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"The name's Eels. Live Eels."
It's Friday! You've made it through the week. You deserve an eel. don't you? Come on...don't be shy. You know you do.
Go ahead...take one from the tub. You've earned it.
Go ahead...take one from the tub. You've earned it.
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"The name's Eels. Live Eels."
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"No emotions, please, we're British." A review of Marianne Hauser's The Living Shall Praise Thee from the Liverpool Daily Post, 3 April 1957.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"No emotions, please, we're British." A review of Marianne Hauser's The Living Shall Praise Thee from the Liverpool Daily Post, 3 April 1957.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The Chevalier d'Eon, the Man-Woman, from the frontispiece to The Mysteries of Sex : Women Who posed as Men and Men Who Impersonated Women by C. J. S. Thompson (1938). Available on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Chevalier d'Eon, the Man-Woman, from the frontispiece to The Mysteries of Sex : Women Who posed as Men and Men Who Impersonated Women by C. J. S. Thompson (1938). Available on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/...
Five poems by a prominent soviet underground poet Yan Satunovsky (1913—1982) from the upcoming book Prosthesis Factory.
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
from Prosthesis Factory - Asymptote
76A sudden lurch—forward, back,once, twice,and they’re offa booth on wheels,a puddle,garden,clay,clay,sandy loam,loamy clay,and now—            nothing ...
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five poems by a prominent soviet underground poet Yan Satunovsky (1913—1982) from the upcoming book Prosthesis Factory.
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
I'm so delighted that his poetry is finally available in English for you to know and love! < 3
www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/prost...
#booksky #poetry #samizdat
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Recently, I can’t stop thinking how that little song by Psoy Korolenko [1] has turned out to catch up with us — to be about us too directly and too precisely, much more than I could’ve ever anticipated.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WO...
#ישראל #Israel #Russia #JewishLife #JewishMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WO...
#ישראל #Israel #Russia #JewishLife #JewishMusic
The Number
YouTube video by Neoangin - Topic
music.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Recently, I can’t stop thinking how that little song by Psoy Korolenko [1] has turned out to catch up with us — to be about us too directly and too precisely, much more than I could’ve ever anticipated.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WO...
#ישראל #Israel #Russia #JewishLife #JewishMusic
music.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WO...
#ישראל #Israel #Russia #JewishLife #JewishMusic
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Rooting for the black hole
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Rooting for the black hole
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Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.
I am almost mad myself.
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.
I am almost mad myself.
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From “Historical Chronicles” to “The Age of the USSR”: How Russian television justifies war and repression through “historical” films
Since 2014, Russian television has been glorifying Soviet leaders, justifying totalitarianism, and demonizing the West.
Since 2014, Russian television has been glorifying Soviet leaders, justifying totalitarianism, and demonizing the West.
From “Historical Chronicles” to “The Age of the USSR”: How Russian television justifies war and repression through “historical” films
On Sept. 11, 2024, Russian journalist and television host Nikolai Svanidze passed away. His most significant legacy lies in his educational documentaries, which conveyed Russian history — including it...
theins.press
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From “Historical Chronicles” to “The Age of the USSR”: How Russian television justifies war and repression through “historical” films
Since 2014, Russian television has been glorifying Soviet leaders, justifying totalitarianism, and demonizing the West.
Since 2014, Russian television has been glorifying Soviet leaders, justifying totalitarianism, and demonizing the West.
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Hearing rumours that Reform are going to promise to pardon Guy Fawkes.
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hearing rumours that Reform are going to promise to pardon Guy Fawkes.
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David Litwa is THE authority on Gnostic writings. Justin Sledge + David Litwa discussions are seriously not to be missed if you’re into the topic.
August 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
David Litwa is THE authority on Gnostic writings. Justin Sledge + David Litwa discussions are seriously not to be missed if you’re into the topic.
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I now have a place where you can buy me a coffee. But please keep in mind that I really like coffee. I like it a lot. And I drink it fast. If you guys give me $80,000 to buy coffee, I will do exactly that and I will drink it all in one day. My body will explode.
buymeacoffee.com/lowqualityfa...
buymeacoffee.com/lowqualityfa...
Low Quality Facts
Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting.
buymeacoffee.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I now have a place where you can buy me a coffee. But please keep in mind that I really like coffee. I like it a lot. And I drink it fast. If you guys give me $80,000 to buy coffee, I will do exactly that and I will drink it all in one day. My body will explode.
buymeacoffee.com/lowqualityfa...
buymeacoffee.com/lowqualityfa...
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Mediazona and CIT recently sparked some controversy by disputing a report from Ukraine's military intelligence project "I Want to Live" that supposedly contains leaked Russian KIA records. I read through the reservations and wrote up this summary.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Counting bodies, casting doubts Independent Russian analysts dispute the reliability of alleged Russian casualties leaked by Ukraine’s military intelligence — Meduza
This week, researchers at the independent news website Mediazona and the OSINT project Conflict Intelligence Team disputed the reliability of alleged Russian military records leaked by Ukraine’s milit...
meduza.io
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Mediazona and CIT recently sparked some controversy by disputing a report from Ukraine's military intelligence project "I Want to Live" that supposedly contains leaked Russian KIA records. I read through the reservations and wrote up this summary.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...