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Lesley Hughes

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Aliide

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People have become far too used to Ukrainians dying.

#Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #genocide #Invasion #imperialism #News #War

(3) Olga Tokariuk A

@olgatokariuk
It is shocking how little coverage there is of an
unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine due to
Russia's destruction of its energy grid. It's -20C
outside and half of the country experienced a total
blackout today. Metro trains stopped operating in Kyiv
and Kharkiv today. Rolling blackouts have been
ongoing for weeks, often with no heating and running
water inside people's houses. People get sick and die
because of this. In the meantime, Russians laugh and
call for more strikes to punish Ukraine for its
unwillingness to surrender. These are strikes affecting
millions of civilians amid the harshest winter in
decades. These are crimes against humanity that
Russia is confident it will get away with. We cannot let
that happen
1:36 pm - 31 Jan 2026 - 28K Views

January 31, 2026 at 3:15 PM

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon

@sheephorse.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy

[Spoils todays NYT Connections puzzle]

The first line of the NYT Connections puzzle is pretty funny considering they got called out by Only Connect a few weeks ago.

(IMO, the NYT Connections puzzle is certainly a directly rip-off of the Only Connect […]

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