Found this mug commemorating Kyiv’s 1500 anniversary (1982) in a thrift shop in Tartu, 🇪🇪!

Spotted this highly evocative scene while crossing the border from Romania into Zakarpattia, Ukraine, last week. A sad symbol of the shameful US withdrawal from global affairs.

ChatGPT helped me create this caricature to go along with the article.

Finally picked up my copy of @paulaerizanu.bsky.social’s new book about Moldovan history based on many interviews with people who have lived through the major events and changes of the last century. Can’t wait to read it!!

From now on I will only be responding to “Almost Professor,” thanks.

If you’re at ASN 2025 today, please come to our panel on resistance and resilience in Ukraine! I’ll be presenting co-authored work on the effects of Ukraine’s 2015-20 decentralization reform on public opinion. 🇺🇦 @nationalitiesp.bsky.social

Ran a 5K in support of Ukrainian 🇺🇦 veterans with @awettig.bsky.social. Ukraine isn’t in the headlines as much these days - except for Russia’s disingenuous talk of a ceasefire. But Ukrainians are still fighting for their freedom. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

Today is 3rd anniversary of 🇷🇺 bombing of Mariupol drama theater 🇺🇦, where civilians were sheltering. They wrote ДЕТИ (children) in front of the theater, but 🇷🇺 bombed anyway. Hundreds were killed. Actors from the theater performed in Chișinău 🇲🇩 today, sharing their experiences.

First post on here so have to make it good… might as well be my weekend pickling