Kevin
@kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social
I post a lot about: Ukraine (especially Zelenskyy). US politics (sigh), immigration, trans rights, Milwaukee, cats.
Other interests: maps, photography, video editing, language learning.
My channel: Zelenskyy with EN subtitles youtube.com/@nezlamnyy
Other interests: maps, photography, video editing, language learning.
My channel: Zelenskyy with EN subtitles youtube.com/@nezlamnyy
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How it started/How it is going
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How it started/How it is going
welp I guess I am not getting groceries. They canceled again. What a waste of two evenings. Is there a decent grocery delivery service **that takes SNAP** ?
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
welp I guess I am not getting groceries. They canceled again. What a waste of two evenings. Is there a decent grocery delivery service **that takes SNAP** ?
can someone explain the joke? is this not a real equation?
at least I don't pretend to be smart
at least I don't pretend to be smart
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
can someone explain the joke? is this not a real equation?
at least I don't pretend to be smart
at least I don't pretend to be smart
I'm chatting with a customer service rep who is probably a real person because I assume they'd pick a Generic White Person name if it was AI. Also his English is not that great.
But maybe they thought of that and want me to think it's a real person 🤔
(I'm very polite in any case)
But maybe they thought of that and want me to think it's a real person 🤔
(I'm very polite in any case)
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I'm chatting with a customer service rep who is probably a real person because I assume they'd pick a Generic White Person name if it was AI. Also his English is not that great.
But maybe they thought of that and want me to think it's a real person 🤔
(I'm very polite in any case)
But maybe they thought of that and want me to think it's a real person 🤔
(I'm very polite in any case)
I just can't imagine a time traveler from 1990 coming to 2025 and saying no thanks, I'm going back. Even a cishet white guy would be amazed at the technology and prosperity and safety.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I just can't imagine a time traveler from 1990 coming to 2025 and saying no thanks, I'm going back. Even a cishet white guy would be amazed at the technology and prosperity and safety.
LIES
I don't know whether to try again tomorrow or what. Or suck it up and pay a bunch for instacart.
I don't know whether to try again tomorrow or what. Or suck it up and pay a bunch for instacart.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
LIES
I don't know whether to try again tomorrow or what. Or suck it up and pay a bunch for instacart.
I don't know whether to try again tomorrow or what. Or suck it up and pay a bunch for instacart.
God we are so fucked without an opposition party. I'm not a long-term doomer, but it is going to take AWHILE and a LOT of work to basically build a party from scratch that cuts out these useless assholes.
“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
God we are so fucked without an opposition party. I'm not a long-term doomer, but it is going to take AWHILE and a LOT of work to basically build a party from scratch that cuts out these useless assholes.
The format of those YouTube shorts really annoy me, BUT they get so many more views. 780 in three hours is a lot for me. (I posted it here as an attachment, but here's the link: youtube.com/shorts/O-yYm...)
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The format of those YouTube shorts really annoy me, BUT they get so many more views. 780 in three hours is a lot for me. (I posted it here as an attachment, but here's the link: youtube.com/shorts/O-yYm...)
I'm fascinated by big accounts who clearly hate it here and hate the people who reply to them and yet post 50 times per day anyway
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm fascinated by big accounts who clearly hate it here and hate the people who reply to them and yet post 50 times per day anyway
imagine a world where all the people Trump said were socialists actually were socialists
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
imagine a world where all the people Trump said were socialists actually were socialists
I am never getting my groceries, huh. Last night they just canceled the order and they haven't even packed it yet tonight. Is Amazon on strike? I wish there was an alternative for the same cost. (I do not have a car and I have to use SNAP to pay, which not all stores take.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I am never getting my groceries, huh. Last night they just canceled the order and they haven't even packed it yet tonight. Is Amazon on strike? I wish there was an alternative for the same cost. (I do not have a car and I have to use SNAP to pay, which not all stores take.)
They should get the UN to write stern letters to the Republicans. They're very good at that. That's why the russians stopped bombing Ukraine, lots of "we're very concerned" letters from the UN.
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
They should get the UN to write stern letters to the Republicans. They're very good at that. That's why the russians stopped bombing Ukraine, lots of "we're very concerned" letters from the UN.
anyone have an explainer for whatever happened today wrt the Senate and all that? I logged off around midnight last night so the last news I saw was that 8 senators made a deal. Did they vote? what happens next? what the house doing?
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
anyone have an explainer for whatever happened today wrt the Senate and all that? I logged off around midnight last night so the last news I saw was that 8 senators made a deal. Did they vote? what happens next? what the house doing?
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Presenting regular russians to you.
Me: there has been 6 air raids. It's exhausting.
Him (in ua): it's just the beginning.
Me: what?
Him (in ru): You've been asking for it for 30 years. Say thank you that it's not chemical weapons or radiation.
#UkrainianView #UaView #NAFO
Me: there has been 6 air raids. It's exhausting.
Him (in ua): it's just the beginning.
Me: what?
Him (in ru): You've been asking for it for 30 years. Say thank you that it's not chemical weapons or radiation.
#UkrainianView #UaView #NAFO
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Presenting regular russians to you.
Me: there has been 6 air raids. It's exhausting.
Him (in ua): it's just the beginning.
Me: what?
Him (in ru): You've been asking for it for 30 years. Say thank you that it's not chemical weapons or radiation.
#UkrainianView #UaView #NAFO
Me: there has been 6 air raids. It's exhausting.
Him (in ua): it's just the beginning.
Me: what?
Him (in ru): You've been asking for it for 30 years. Say thank you that it's not chemical weapons or radiation.
#UkrainianView #UaView #NAFO
Another clip from the Guardian interview filmed on 8 November, translated and subtitled by me.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Another clip from the Guardian interview filmed on 8 November, translated and subtitled by me.
Zelenskyy speaks directly about how "3, 4, 5 countries" think they can decide the rest of the world's fate, and how Africa's resources and people have been exploited. He's drawn some parallels in speeches, but this is the most direct he's been with a non-African interviewer (The Guardian).
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Zelenskyy speaks directly about how "3, 4, 5 countries" think they can decide the rest of the world's fate, and how Africa's resources and people have been exploited. He's drawn some parallels in speeches, but this is the most direct he's been with a non-African interviewer (The Guardian).
Zelenskyy directly condemned European colonization and exploitation of Africa in an interview released today. I'll get subtitles up later. He's had many interviews with journalists from African countries and other former colonies, and has often drawn parallels, but this is very direct *at Europe*.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Zelenskyy directly condemned European colonization and exploitation of Africa in an interview released today. I'll get subtitles up later. He's had many interviews with journalists from African countries and other former colonies, and has often drawn parallels, but this is very direct *at Europe*.
Go to bed. You can yell at Schumer in the morning.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Go to bed. You can yell at Schumer in the morning.
if you are on eastern time, log off and go to bed.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
if you are on eastern time, log off and go to bed.
I'm like... anarcho-curious
Anarchism: Doesn't Sound So Silly Now, Does It? An introduction
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I'm like... anarcho-curious
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
at least there are a lotta great jokes on here tonight
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
at least there are a lotta great jokes on here tonight
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The meaning of democracy is that the people rule. The American people do not rule; in fact, I think a lot of them suck. So it's not a democracy. It's only a democracy if the people are cool. This is why Saudi Arabia is democratising so quickly; it's because of air conditioning
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The meaning of democracy is that the people rule. The American people do not rule; in fact, I think a lot of them suck. So it's not a democracy. It's only a democracy if the people are cool. This is why Saudi Arabia is democratising so quickly; it's because of air conditioning
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institutional dems will really be like "you believe in hardline stances? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, bipartisan incrementalism" and then not get any incrementalism
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
institutional dems will really be like "you believe in hardline stances? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, bipartisan incrementalism" and then not get any incrementalism
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Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!