Rose Mason
@rosemmason.bsky.social
Autodidact historian, mostly central and eastern Europe.
historical musicology
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Слава фламінго!🦩
"Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"
historical musicology
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Слава фламінго!🦩
"Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"
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Rose Mason
@rosemmason.bsky.social
· Mar 3
"The Russians' bungling incompetence really comes down to the fact that they didn't even bother to learn anything about us."
—Сергі́й Жада́н / Serhiy Zhadan
"Sky Above Kharkiv," p.42-43
March 21, 2022, 12:51pm
—Сергі́й Жада́н / Serhiy Zhadan
"Sky Above Kharkiv," p.42-43
March 21, 2022, 12:51pm
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Happy Berlin Wall fall day! Good riddance to the Wall and the regimes that had built it. Celebrate the freedom that followed and don't fall for revisionism. The hard next decade was the pain of extrication from a failed political and economic project. This is my high school class on that day.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Happy Berlin Wall fall day! Good riddance to the Wall and the regimes that had built it. Celebrate the freedom that followed and don't fall for revisionism. The hard next decade was the pain of extrication from a failed political and economic project. This is my high school class on that day.
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Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness."
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness."
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!
I'm just a self-taught historian of eastern Europe & it's infuriating that I have a better understanding of ru & its history than Western policy makers. No one will listen to me but there are plenty of people with PhDs who've tried to warn these policy makers, and they won't listen to them, either.
On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv, pleading for a no-fly zone to stop Russian airstrikes.
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm just a self-taught historian of eastern Europe & it's infuriating that I have a better understanding of ru & its history than Western policy makers. No one will listen to me but there are plenty of people with PhDs who've tried to warn these policy makers, and they won't listen to them, either.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course!
Interesting if true!
Russia’s FM Lavrov appears to have fallen out of favor with Putin after a disastrous call with Rubio, which led to the cancellation of the Putin-Trump summit
Well at least he hasn’t fallen out of a window… yet
Russia’s FM Lavrov appears to have fallen out of favor with Putin after a disastrous call with Rubio, which led to the cancellation of the Putin-Trump summit
Well at least he hasn’t fallen out of a window… yet
Путин отправил Лаврова в опалу после срыва саммита с Трампом - Русская служба The Moscow Times
www.moscowtimes.ru
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A horse is a horse, of course, of course!
Look at these darling Ukrainian children!
A heartwarming trend is spreading across Ukraine: cafés let kids “buy” drinks with autumn leaves, bringing a bit of joy and wonder amid Russia's brutal war.
🧵 1/4
🧵 1/4
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Look at these darling Ukrainian children!
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Friends,
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Friends,
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
In the comments to my post about a Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva performing in Barcelona there are a lot of statements that the ballerina cannot do anything on her own, that her job is art, not fighting against the Kremlin's regime.
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Data on fallen volunteer soldiers from different countries who gave their lives for Ukraine as of October 27, 2025.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Data on fallen volunteer soldiers from different countries who gave their lives for Ukraine as of October 27, 2025.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
Here are the 21 countries whose soldiers have made the greatest sacrifice.
In total, volunteer soldiers from 65 countries around the world have died defending Ukraine.
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A beautiful film about a small group of artists living in Kharkiv and their experiences during full-scale war.
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
Art as Resistance in the War on Ukraine | Full Documentary | POV | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A beautiful film about a small group of artists living in Kharkiv and their experiences during full-scale war.
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
#Ukraine
youtu.be/1tMHu8WxoUs?...
A happy ending in Ukraine.
what a lady
On September 10,Anna,a resident of Pokrovsk,Donetsk region,heavily pregnant,left the city by bicycle amid constant Russian shelling.The 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade reported that a Russian drone targeted her twice but,fortunately, missed
Soldiers of the brigade met Anna&evacuated her
📹hromadske
Soldiers of the brigade met Anna&evacuated her
📹hromadske
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A happy ending in Ukraine.
This is mostly for gullible russians, so that if the attack happens, the russian people will know ahead of time who to blame. As if NATO countries could be bothered to get off their rear ends to do ANYTHING.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is mostly for gullible russians, so that if the attack happens, the russian people will know ahead of time who to blame. As if NATO countries could be bothered to get off their rear ends to do ANYTHING.
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Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.
Source: Der Spiegel
Source: Der Spiegel
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.
Source: Der Spiegel
Source: Der Spiegel
I don't know how I missed this, but last year members of the NYCPD and San Antonio PD participated in UAE swat games with Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen PMC Akhmat. The pro-Russia Akhmat has committed numerous war crimes in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
‘A gift to Moscow’: dismay as NYPD takes part in UAE Swat games with Chechnya and Belarus
Event has already been widely used as PR opportunity for notorious Chechen unit accused of war crimes in Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I don't know how I missed this, but last year members of the NYCPD and San Antonio PD participated in UAE swat games with Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen PMC Akhmat. The pro-Russia Akhmat has committed numerous war crimes in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
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"Developing our linguistic capacities — to master diverse concepts, to follow an intricate argument, to form judgments, to communicate those to others — is the development of our capacity to think. Cognitive degradation threatens democratic processes."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Developing our linguistic capacities — to master diverse concepts, to follow an intricate argument, to form judgments, to communicate those to others — is the development of our capacity to think. Cognitive degradation threatens democratic processes."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
Факінґ басьтардс.
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Russia murdered volunteer Olena Polynina, who rescued stray animals, in Sloviansk.
According to her fellow volunteers, that day Olena had packed food and set out to feed the strays she cared for. At that moment, Russian forces struck the city with a multiple rocket launcher.
According to her fellow volunteers, that day Olena had packed food and set out to feed the strays she cared for. At that moment, Russian forces struck the city with a multiple rocket launcher.
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Факінґ басьтардс.
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Вічная пам’ять🕯️
Interesting watching what looks like tanks pushing the Toblerones aside.
New footage from the August 2024 Kursk offensive shows the 314th Engineer Battalion clearing Russian obstacles for Ukraine’s 225th Assault Regiment. Their work opened the border and launched a campaign that pinned down Russian forces for months.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Interesting watching what looks like tanks pushing the Toblerones aside.
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Zelensky confirmed Ukraine is already using new domestically produced missiles named “Flamingo” and “Ruta,” with mass production expected by the end of the year. He also mentioned expanded production of various Neptune missile types and missile-drones like “Palyanytsia” and “Peklo”.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Zelensky confirmed Ukraine is already using new domestically produced missiles named “Flamingo” and “Ruta,” with mass production expected by the end of the year. He also mentioned expanded production of various Neptune missile types and missile-drones like “Palyanytsia” and “Peklo”.
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My further gratitude to the Hamburger Stiftung für politisch Verfolgte for the opportunity to convey the Ukrainian position in the West:
VIDEO | Woche der Pressefreiheit in Hamburg: Zuflucht für ausländische Journalisten - SAT.1 REGIONAL
Zum dritten Mal findet die Hamburger Woche der Pressefreiheit statt. Laut „Reporter ohne Grenzen“ ist diese aktuell auf einem historischen Tiefpunkt – in vielen Ländern können Journalist:innen nicht f...
www.sat1regional.de
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My further gratitude to the Hamburger Stiftung für politisch Verfolgte for the opportunity to convey the Ukrainian position in the West:
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🇺🇦🎖️ Zelensky awarded two soldiers with the Cross of Combat Merit of the 138th Separate Battalion of the 115th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, Oleksandr Tishayev and Oleksandr Alikseenko, who held positions on the contact line continuously for 165 days.
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🇺🇦🎖️ Zelensky awarded two soldiers with the Cross of Combat Merit of the 138th Separate Battalion of the 115th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, Oleksandr Tishayev and Oleksandr Alikseenko, who held positions on the contact line continuously for 165 days.
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Such a great quiet happiness to be in Kyiv right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Such a great quiet happiness to be in Kyiv right now
Even if Macron said what Sachs said he said in 2023, that doesn't make it factually correct. Ever since the fall of the SU, the US and Europe have done everything they could to accommodate ru re Ukraine's NATO accession. He is moreover overlooking the lived experiences of millions of people.
Jeffrey Sachs: "In 2023, I had a conversation with President Macron, and I said, 'Mister President, this war came from NATO enlargement,' and he said, 'You are absolutely right!'"
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most! 🤡
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most! 🤡
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Even if Macron said what Sachs said he said in 2023, that doesn't make it factually correct. Ever since the fall of the SU, the US and Europe have done everything they could to accommodate ru re Ukraine's NATO accession. He is moreover overlooking the lived experiences of millions of people.
Happy to know this, but it doesn't surprise me. Ukrainians excel in engineering and digital technology.
🇫🇷🇺🇦 During exercises in France, the only interceptor drone that successfully operated during a storm was based on Ukrainian technology, the military reported.
The test was originally planned for normal weather conditions, but when a storm began, specialists decided to continue the exercise.
The test was originally planned for normal weather conditions, but when a storm began, specialists decided to continue the exercise.
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy to know this, but it doesn't surprise me. Ukrainians excel in engineering and digital technology.
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The US, Japan, Australia and Canada have begun a rapid evacuation of their embassies in Mali following a fuel blockade and attacks by the Salafi Jihadist group JNIM.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The US, Japan, Australia and Canada have begun a rapid evacuation of their embassies in Mali following a fuel blockade and attacks by the Salafi Jihadist group JNIM.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
Everyone please stop what you're doing and read this, a testament to the disturbing world of Russian propaganda, which not only is well-nigh inescapable in social media throughout the world, but thrives among groups that are described here that prey upon the gullible and unknowing.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Everyone please stop what you're doing and read this, a testament to the disturbing world of Russian propaganda, which not only is well-nigh inescapable in social media throughout the world, but thrives among groups that are described here that prey upon the gullible and unknowing.