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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16h

Dnipro is under a heavy Russian drone attack at the moment. Footage circulating online shows vehicles burning following strikes in the city. Emergency services are already on site.

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 21h

Wonderful to have @abcurry.bsky.social among the contributors to Volume 38 of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry' on ‘Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History'

Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 21h

My article for Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Vol. 38 has officially been published. I wrote this a while ago, so I can’t bring myself to read it just yet. But maybe you will!

Thanks so much to the editors for their support along the way and especially to @guesnet.bsky.social for the invitation.

After Death: Identity, Tradition, Ethics, and the Dead Jewish Body in Poland | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

This chapter explores the deceased Jewish body and the ways in which the dead contributed to the relationship of the living to their own Jewish identity in Poland. During the interwar period the dead Jewish body was a significant part of identity ...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 21h

My article for Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Vol. 38 has officially been published. I wrote this a while ago, so I can’t bring myself to read it just yet. But maybe you will!

Thanks so much to the editors for their support along the way and especially to @guesnet.bsky.social for the invitation.

After Death: Identity, Tradition, Ethics, and the Dead Jewish Body in Poland | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

This chapter explores the deceased Jewish body and the ways in which the dead contributed to the relationship of the living to their own Jewish identity in Poland. During the interwar period the dead Jewish body was a significant part of identity ...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 23h

And Agata’s beautiful contribution!!
@agpal.bsky.social

Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 23h

A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

Kabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ...

doi.org

Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 23h

A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

Kabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ...

doi.org

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 1d

This @financialtimes.com comment nailed it: ‘gangster colonialism‘

www.ft.com/content/b3a2...

Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro

Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens

www.ft.com

SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 1d

Fires burn and smoke rises from an oil depot near the town of Usman, in the Lipetsk Oblast of Western Russia, following a drone attack earlier tonight by Ukraine.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

A second undersea communications cable was severed in the Baltic Sea within a week.

www.reuters.com/business/med...

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 2d

Greetings from Kyiv.

Briefly about the night:
a medical facility was hit in the city – four people injured, one killed.
I heard explosions, but they were definitely in another district.

Bombers expected (but not actually) in the morning returned to their airfields.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 2d

During the night of January 5, Russian forces struck Kyiv and the region. A medical facility in the capital was hit, killing one person and injuring three. In Kyiv region, residential buildings and critical infrastructure were targeted. A man was killed in Fastiv district.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 2d

Photos show the scale of the fire at the Energia plant in Yelets, Lipetsk region. The factory produces autonomous power sources and chemical batteries for aviation, civilian fleets, electronics, medical devices, emergency systems and other equipment.

(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 2d

Latvia's Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, reports that a undersea cable was damaged:

A damage to an optical cable belonging to a private company has been detected in the Baltic Sea near Liepāja. The incident has not affected Latvian communications users.

Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 3d

January (detail), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, Italy), c. 1400

A fresco of people in a snowy landscape dressed in not very seasonally appropriate medieval costume engaged in a snowball fight

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

National security advisors from Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, the Baltics, Poland, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, NATO, the EU Council, and Commission have arrived in Kyiv. Today, they’ll work with Ukrainian officials on security, economic issues and more.

Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 4d

Rescuers have pulled the bodies of a 22yo mother and her toddler son from the rubble of their home in Kharkiv, which russia struck yesterday with two ballistic missiles. This poor baby has never seen peace in his life 💔

Siding with russia means supporting this terrorism.

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 4d

Great thread @paulisci.bsky.social

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 5d

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

🧵

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 4d

!?!?

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 5d

Students will eat food made from soy beans

It is not unlikely that the freshmen who enters Technology in the year 2026 will be served food made from soy beans or peanuts and perhaps bananas. Such is the possibility set forth by Dr. Samuel C. Prescott, '94, Head of the Department of Biology and Public Health, in the last of the series of Popular Science lectures arranged under the auspices of the Society of Arts by its Secretary, Professor H.M. Goodwin, '90.
--The Technology Review, April 1926.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d

"I don't sleep at night,I knit [socks].I knit as best I can so their feet are warm in them."

95-year-old Mrs Sofiia Dukhovych from the village of Krylos,Ivano-Frankivsk region,has been knitting socks for Ukrainian Defenders for three years.During this time,she has knitted over 270 pairs

📹Reporter

SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 4d

What Western media are writing about Ukrainian intelligence chief Budanov, who is set to become the new head of the Presidential Office:

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

Czech banks are closing accounts and denying services to small arms manufacturers and related individuals because their business involves supplying weapons to Ukraine. Even relative say their personal accounts were shut, and some firms struggled to open accounts for pro‑Ukraine charities.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

Horrible scenes in Kharkiv. A strike hit a residential building in broad daylight, at least 17 injured, including children. People may still be trapped under the rubble. It’s January 2nd, and Russia is terrorizing civilians again.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4d

The moment of the missile strike on Kharkiv.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 4d

Kharkiv right now ‼️ people may be trapped under the rubble.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4d

The mayor of Kharkiv reported that Russia struck the city with two missiles, directly hitting apartment buildings. Sadly, there are fatalities.

"Russia does not want this war to end and every day does everything it can to make the war continue." - Zelensky added.

(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 5d

Ukraine‘s President Zelenskyy has offered GUR head Kyrylo Budanov the role of the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.

Good choice.

Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 5d

🤬 Russia attacks energy facilities in two Ukrainian oblasts on 2 January

Russia attacks energy facilities in two Ukrainian oblasts on 2 January

Russian occupying forces struck energy infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv oblasts on the night of 1-2 January 2026.

www.pravda.com.ua

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 5d

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Do read O'Brien's summary of the US changing sides in 2025.

'a challenge to the survival of liberal democracy and the rule of law... it left other democratic states leaderless and divided... emboldened Russia and China ...upended the world order more than anything else since 1945'

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 7d

On the last day of 2025, I tried to sum up in this free piece the big stories of the year. Boil it down, however, and one story surpasses all others, be that for the Russo-Ukraine war or global geopolitics overall.
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides

open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides

Amongst many stories, one stands out

open.substack.com

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 5d

Former U.S. national security aide Philip Gordon argues that Zelensky should reject the Trump‑brokered peace plan. Gordon says its central security guarantee, modeled on NATO’s Article 5, is too weak, allowing the U.S. to withhold support unless an attack is “significant, intentional and prolonged.”

Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 5d

🔥 Good morning from Ukraine. russia was burning again.

Reports say two oil refineries in the Samara region were hit overnight.
🔥 Novokuibyshevsk refinery - on fire.
🔥 Kuibyshev refinery - on fire.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 5d

Students will eat food made from soy beans

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