L. Daschko
@daschkoco.bsky.social
World traveller/Word translator. History PhD specializing in Austria-Hungary and Ukraine. He/him.
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At least four people reported injured in Kharkiv.
Freezing temperatures. Destroyed apartments. Some homes burned, others flooded during firefighting.
Freezing temperatures. Destroyed apartments. Some homes burned, others flooded during firefighting.
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
At least four people reported injured in Kharkiv.
Freezing temperatures. Destroyed apartments. Some homes burned, others flooded during firefighting.
Freezing temperatures. Destroyed apartments. Some homes burned, others flooded during firefighting.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s push to lift the ban on Russia reveals a complete and total moral rot. As Russia continues to slaughter Ukrainian athletes and footballers daily, FIFA is prepared to welcome the murderers back to the field.
Lifting this ban doesn’t just let Russia compete;
Lifting this ban doesn’t just let Russia compete;
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s push to lift the ban on Russia reveals a complete and total moral rot. As Russia continues to slaughter Ukrainian athletes and footballers daily, FIFA is prepared to welcome the murderers back to the field.
Lifting this ban doesn’t just let Russia compete;
Lifting this ban doesn’t just let Russia compete;
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⚡️'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return
"Six-hundred seventy-nine Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting t...
kyivindependent.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
⚡️'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
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15 people were murdered and seven injured in the russian terrorist attack against the DTEK miner's bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The miners were going home after the work shift.
This is horrifying. russia continues murdering Ukrainians every single day. It doesn't want peace.
This is horrifying. russia continues murdering Ukrainians every single day. It doesn't want peace.
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
15 people were murdered and seven injured in the russian terrorist attack against the DTEK miner's bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The miners were going home after the work shift.
This is horrifying. russia continues murdering Ukrainians every single day. It doesn't want peace.
This is horrifying. russia continues murdering Ukrainians every single day. It doesn't want peace.
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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New in PN: Trump blames Canada
"It isn’t just Trump that Canada can’t trust. It’s us, the American people. Trump may have low approval now, but his numbers were even worse after J6 and we still returned him to power. At this point, no one can have faith that everything will go back to normal."
"It isn’t just Trump that Canada can’t trust. It’s us, the American people. Trump may have low approval now, but his numbers were even worse after J6 and we still returned him to power. At this point, no one can have faith that everything will go back to normal."
Trump blames Canada
And tears our closest international relationship apart.
www.publicnotice.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 PM
New in PN: Trump blames Canada
"It isn’t just Trump that Canada can’t trust. It’s us, the American people. Trump may have low approval now, but his numbers were even worse after J6 and we still returned him to power. At this point, no one can have faith that everything will go back to normal."
"It isn’t just Trump that Canada can’t trust. It’s us, the American people. Trump may have low approval now, but his numbers were even worse after J6 and we still returned him to power. At this point, no one can have faith that everything will go back to normal."
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“Golden Age” is literally how Turkmenbashi & his enablers referred to his rule over Turkmenistan. The man was so fond of gold that he had multiple golden statues of himself erected all over Ashgabat. To hear the U.S. Secretary of Commerce use these exact words when addressing Trump is disorienting.
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 AM
“Golden Age” is literally how Turkmenbashi & his enablers referred to his rule over Turkmenistan. The man was so fond of gold that he had multiple golden statues of himself erected all over Ashgabat. To hear the U.S. Secretary of Commerce use these exact words when addressing Trump is disorienting.
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Kyiv is in total blackout,
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
January 31, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Kyiv is in total blackout,
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
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So there’s currently a nation-wide blackout in Ukraine, no heating, no water, no nothing, while this is the weather
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 AM
So there’s currently a nation-wide blackout in Ukraine, no heating, no water, no nothing, while this is the weather
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Close enough, welcome back 1993.
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Close enough, welcome back 1993.
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Dread Deepens to Record High as Canadians Rally to a More Churchillian Carney www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
Dread Deepens to Record High as Canadians Rally to a More Churchillian Carney
[Ottawa – January 30, 2026] Canadians are entering 2026 with a darker view of the world than at any point in the past generation. A record proportion now believe the world is becoming more dangerou…
www.ekospolitics.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Dread Deepens to Record High as Canadians Rally to a More Churchillian Carney www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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We can honor Catherine O'Hara through buying, renting, and streaming her filmography over the next few days, so that the revenue is more than the box office receipts for "Melania" on opening weeken--oh, excuse me...
[puts finger to ear]
...okay, yes, I'm being told that's already happened.
[puts finger to ear]
...okay, yes, I'm being told that's already happened.
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
We can honor Catherine O'Hara through buying, renting, and streaming her filmography over the next few days, so that the revenue is more than the box office receipts for "Melania" on opening weeken--oh, excuse me...
[puts finger to ear]
...okay, yes, I'm being told that's already happened.
[puts finger to ear]
...okay, yes, I'm being told that's already happened.
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I tend not to get upset about the deaths of celebrities I have never encountered, but Catherine O’Hara had such a profound effect on, well, everything.
Brilliant performer, hilarious, unpretentious, so proudly Canadian. She was so great in everything. Gone way too soon.
Brilliant performer, hilarious, unpretentious, so proudly Canadian. She was so great in everything. Gone way too soon.
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I tend not to get upset about the deaths of celebrities I have never encountered, but Catherine O’Hara had such a profound effect on, well, everything.
Brilliant performer, hilarious, unpretentious, so proudly Canadian. She was so great in everything. Gone way too soon.
Brilliant performer, hilarious, unpretentious, so proudly Canadian. She was so great in everything. Gone way too soon.
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Horrendous news.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...
people.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Horrendous news.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
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Census shows a dramatic slowing in population growth from declining net migration--immigration is slowing and emigration is rising, the latter can reflect both voluntary deportation & brain drain
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Census shows a dramatic slowing in population growth from declining net migration--immigration is slowing and emigration is rising, the latter can reflect both voluntary deportation & brain drain
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
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-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
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Average Ukrainian soldier whose killed dozens of people in largest war since WW2:
*Wears a Pikachu patch and another that says "ZSUHub," never issued a unit patch*
ICE Agent:
*Patch has a dagger through a skull dripping blood on an ace of spades with crossed M4s behind it*
*Wears a Pikachu patch and another that says "ZSUHub," never issued a unit patch*
ICE Agent:
*Patch has a dagger through a skull dripping blood on an ace of spades with crossed M4s behind it*
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Average Ukrainian soldier whose killed dozens of people in largest war since WW2:
*Wears a Pikachu patch and another that says "ZSUHub," never issued a unit patch*
ICE Agent:
*Patch has a dagger through a skull dripping blood on an ace of spades with crossed M4s behind it*
*Wears a Pikachu patch and another that says "ZSUHub," never issued a unit patch*
ICE Agent:
*Patch has a dagger through a skull dripping blood on an ace of spades with crossed M4s behind it*
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Seen this pretext to invasion plot playbook before: Crimea, Donbas. Nihilists and Putinists. No new ideas.
After the State Department confirmed that Alberta separatists met with the Trump administration, Canada's prime minister says he expects the United States to always "respect Canadian sovereignty." Next: little green men. Canada should expect Trump to use the Putin toolkit.
Carney says he expects U.S. to 'respect Canadian sovereignty' after Alberta separatists meet with Trump team | CBC
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Seen this pretext to invasion plot playbook before: Crimea, Donbas. Nihilists and Putinists. No new ideas.
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As someone with a fair number of followers there, I was occasionally asked for advice or a boost from people running campaigns and the hardest thing to get through to them is “I get why you asked me, but Twitter doesn’t matter.” It *was* fun, informative but overall not really much of a driver.
US leadership spends all day trying to get likes & retweets on platform that specializes in deepfake porn and fascist memes.
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
As someone with a fair number of followers there, I was occasionally asked for advice or a boost from people running campaigns and the hardest thing to get through to them is “I get why you asked me, but Twitter doesn’t matter.” It *was* fun, informative but overall not really much of a driver.
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On the day of the liberation of prisoners of Auschwitz, Kharkiv joins the rest of the world in honoring the memory of Holocaust victims.
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
On the day of the liberation of prisoners of Auschwitz, Kharkiv joins the rest of the world in honoring the memory of Holocaust victims.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the more than 6 million Jewish people killed during the Holocaust, and its countless other victims.
We honour the survivors and their stories as we reaffirm our commitment to combatting antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
We honour the survivors and their stories as we reaffirm our commitment to combatting antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the more than 6 million Jewish people killed during the Holocaust, and its countless other victims.
We honour the survivors and their stories as we reaffirm our commitment to combatting antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
We honour the survivors and their stories as we reaffirm our commitment to combatting antisemitism and hate in all its forms.
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Two sources at US embassy in Rome confirmed ICE participation at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games 2026; and said that “federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details (Rubio and Vance) and would not run any immigration enforcement operations”. This has been also confirmed by AP.
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Two sources at US embassy in Rome confirmed ICE participation at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games 2026; and said that “federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details (Rubio and Vance) and would not run any immigration enforcement operations”. This has been also confirmed by AP.
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⚡️ Public safety warnings issued after Russian drone strike on Lviv Oblast oil terminal.
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.
Public safety warnings issued after Russian drone strike on Lviv Oblast oil terminal
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.
kyivindependent.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
⚡️ Public safety warnings issued after Russian drone strike on Lviv Oblast oil terminal.
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.
"People with chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions are advised, if possible, to stay indoors," officials said.