Colleen R
@clr592.bsky.social
PhD Candidate researching Ukraine’s women border guards, working on border security for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ex-Minneapolis cop, now European expat. Cat mom 🐈🐈⬛
My email responses for the rest of the day - "apologies for my delayed response. My fat cat was sleeping on one arm"
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My email responses for the rest of the day - "apologies for my delayed response. My fat cat was sleeping on one arm"
Viljandi, Estonia 🇪🇪 with the bonus of popping into a local coffee shop and finding a cat 😻🐈
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Viljandi, Estonia 🇪🇪 with the bonus of popping into a local coffee shop and finding a cat 😻🐈
Valka, Latvia / Valga, Estonia - 1 town, 2 countries 🇱🇻🇪🇪
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Valka, Latvia / Valga, Estonia - 1 town, 2 countries 🇱🇻🇪🇪
Honored to attend the Arm Women Now exhibit at OSCE today. Women defending Ukraine need tailored uniforms and armor for effective, safe fighting. Ill-fitting gear restricts movement and protection. Properly fitted kit lets women be the strongest defenders.
#Ukraine #ArmWomenNow #WPS
#Ukraine #ArmWomenNow #WPS
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Honored to attend the Arm Women Now exhibit at OSCE today. Women defending Ukraine need tailored uniforms and armor for effective, safe fighting. Ill-fitting gear restricts movement and protection. Properly fitted kit lets women be the strongest defenders.
#Ukraine #ArmWomenNow #WPS
#Ukraine #ArmWomenNow #WPS
This might be the worst sports supplement marketing I've ever seen. In what world do you look at trump and think that's a physique to aspire to?
October 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This might be the worst sports supplement marketing I've ever seen. In what world do you look at trump and think that's a physique to aspire to?
I feel sad for those who don't get to enjoy Caturday snuggling with 3 big greys
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I feel sad for those who don't get to enjoy Caturday snuggling with 3 big greys
Made a friend here in Tirana 🇦🇱🐈⬛ Always travel with cat treats to get to know the locals
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Made a friend here in Tirana 🇦🇱🐈⬛ Always travel with cat treats to get to know the locals
On repeat. What an absolute banger of an album. #LifeOfAShowgirl #TaylorSwift
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On repeat. What an absolute banger of an album. #LifeOfAShowgirl #TaylorSwift
Beautiful day for punting in Cambridge (and ignoring the news cycle) 🛶🇬🇧
September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Beautiful day for punting in Cambridge (and ignoring the news cycle) 🛶🇬🇧
August slipped away into a moment in time...but not before crushing my reading list. Enjoyed my last full month of reading for pleasure before my PhD program starts. 📚 #BooksofBlueSky
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
August slipped away into a moment in time...but not before crushing my reading list. Enjoyed my last full month of reading for pleasure before my PhD program starts. 📚 #BooksofBlueSky
Swapped the barbell for running shoes this morning & celebrated Ukraine's Independence Day only way I never thought I would - running a 5km 🏃♀️
Had the best company running with my Ukrainian coworkers (and close friends) in celebration of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
З Днем Незалежності, Україна. разом до перемоги!
Had the best company running with my Ukrainian coworkers (and close friends) in celebration of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
З Днем Незалежності, Україна. разом до перемоги!
August 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Swapped the barbell for running shoes this morning & celebrated Ukraine's Independence Day only way I never thought I would - running a 5km 🏃♀️
Had the best company running with my Ukrainian coworkers (and close friends) in celebration of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
З Днем Незалежності, Україна. разом до перемоги!
Had the best company running with my Ukrainian coworkers (and close friends) in celebration of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
З Днем Незалежності, Україна. разом до перемоги!
Oh to be two foster fails turned grey chonks cuddling with their mom during Saturday morning coffee. (The one grey chonk asks that you ignore her ugly buzz cut to remove furballs).
#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
August 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Oh to be two foster fails turned grey chonks cuddling with their mom during Saturday morning coffee. (The one grey chonk asks that you ignore her ugly buzz cut to remove furballs).
#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
This morning, I was driven to the train station in Lviv at 2am during curfew by the border guards. This blanket was on the seats of their duty vehicle 💔 we used to be a proper country
August 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This morning, I was driven to the train station in Lviv at 2am during curfew by the border guards. This blanket was on the seats of their duty vehicle 💔 we used to be a proper country
While Hegseth continues to attack the service of women in our military, here in Ukraine, they've woken up to the reality that you have to make use of the operational capabilities of all of society. When you're fighting for the very existence of your country, that requires recruiting women as well.
August 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
While Hegseth continues to attack the service of women in our military, here in Ukraine, they've woken up to the reality that you have to make use of the operational capabilities of all of society. When you're fighting for the very existence of your country, that requires recruiting women as well.
My job can be immensely frustrating. I'll admit, some days, I miss the action of being a police officer back home in the States. But today was not one of those days. What an absolute privilege it was to visit one of Ukraine’s BCPs & do a training assessment for the State Border Guard Service. 🇺🇦🛃
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My job can be immensely frustrating. I'll admit, some days, I miss the action of being a police officer back home in the States. But today was not one of those days. What an absolute privilege it was to visit one of Ukraine’s BCPs & do a training assessment for the State Border Guard Service. 🇺🇦🛃
Each time I come to Lviv, I make a point of visiting the cemetery for fallen defenders. It has doubled in size since I visited last summer. It's hard to look at this growing cemetery, which was an empty field pre-war, and not think we have failed Ukraine in their fight against russian aggression. 🇺🇦
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Each time I come to Lviv, I make a point of visiting the cemetery for fallen defenders. It has doubled in size since I visited last summer. It's hard to look at this growing cemetery, which was an empty field pre-war, and not think we have failed Ukraine in their fight against russian aggression. 🇺🇦
Lviv - life hums along, cafés full, kids laughing, trams going by. But war is stitched into every corner: fundraiser jars in coffee shops, recruitment posters, signs to weave camo nets. At 9am, the city falls silent to honor the fallen. Ukraine has adapted to this new normal but shouldn't have to.
August 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lviv - life hums along, cafés full, kids laughing, trams going by. But war is stitched into every corner: fundraiser jars in coffee shops, recruitment posters, signs to weave camo nets. At 9am, the city falls silent to honor the fallen. Ukraine has adapted to this new normal but shouldn't have to.
It's good to be back in Ukraine 🇺🇦
August 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's good to be back in Ukraine 🇺🇦
The Baltics are so underrated. Hopped on the bus in Riga and ventured north to Pärnu, Estonia 🇪🇪 what a great little city
July 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Baltics are so underrated. Hopped on the bus in Riga and ventured north to Pärnu, Estonia 🇪🇪 what a great little city
Me - used to living in Europe with walkable cities
Texas - spends 20 minutes walking outside in Austin and sweats through everything 🫠🥵
Texas - spends 20 minutes walking outside in Austin and sweats through everything 🫠🥵
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Me - used to living in Europe with walkable cities
Texas - spends 20 minutes walking outside in Austin and sweats through everything 🫠🥵
Texas - spends 20 minutes walking outside in Austin and sweats through everything 🫠🥵
Visiting the Texas State Capitol to heckle Governor Abbott.
July 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Visiting the Texas State Capitol to heckle Governor Abbott.
Texas may have been the finest portion of the globe when Sam Houston was alive (and was with Governor Ann Richards) but not anymore
I wish everyone could get the experience of going to a Texas history museum with my liberal mom and me for the lib commentary 🤌
I wish everyone could get the experience of going to a Texas history museum with my liberal mom and me for the lib commentary 🤌
July 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Texas may have been the finest portion of the globe when Sam Houston was alive (and was with Governor Ann Richards) but not anymore
I wish everyone could get the experience of going to a Texas history museum with my liberal mom and me for the lib commentary 🤌
I wish everyone could get the experience of going to a Texas history museum with my liberal mom and me for the lib commentary 🤌