Lessa
@libraryofcontext.bsky.social
❤️🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🐸
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Working on a biography of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
I do not support the current White House occupiers.
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Working on a biography of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
I do not support the current White House occupiers.
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Lessa
@libraryofcontext.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Discussion: A Zelenskyy of Our Own
Searching for a leader
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President Zelenskyy's leadership skills are a feature of his personality, not his former career. Being a comedian or TV star should not be the main criteria for getting into politics.
#JimmyKimmel #StephenColbert #JonStewart
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#JimmyKimmel #StephenColbert #JonStewart
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In May, Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey joined the band O’Hamsters to record a Ukrainian version of Who’ll Stand With Us, featuring footage of Ukrainian soldiers.
Hearing it in Ukrainian gives even deeper meaning to the question, “Who’ll stand with us?”
Thank you, Ken!
Hearing it in Ukrainian gives even deeper meaning to the question, “Who’ll stand with us?”
Thank you, Ken!
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In May, Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey joined the band O’Hamsters to record a Ukrainian version of Who’ll Stand With Us, featuring footage of Ukrainian soldiers.
Hearing it in Ukrainian gives even deeper meaning to the question, “Who’ll stand with us?”
Thank you, Ken!
Hearing it in Ukrainian gives even deeper meaning to the question, “Who’ll stand with us?”
Thank you, Ken!
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Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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Well, today they couldn't contain the crowd.
Day 351 of the longest uninterrupted resistance in contemporary Europe, if not beyond.
2/2.
Day 351 of the longest uninterrupted resistance in contemporary Europe, if not beyond.
2/2.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Well, today they couldn't contain the crowd.
Day 351 of the longest uninterrupted resistance in contemporary Europe, if not beyond.
2/2.
Day 351 of the longest uninterrupted resistance in contemporary Europe, if not beyond.
2/2.
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A reflection about some foreign comments on the recent Ukrainian corruption scandal andreasumland.substack.com/p/psychomora...
Psychomoral Vagaries of Ukraine-Bashing
A reflection about some foreign comments on the recent Ukrainian corruption scandal
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November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A reflection about some foreign comments on the recent Ukrainian corruption scandal andreasumland.substack.com/p/psychomora...
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The regime: I’m gonna imprison you if you stand on the road on Rustaveli.
People of Georgia: Guess I’ll go to prison then.
The regime: Okay then I’ll physically prevent you from closing the Rustaveli road.
The people: Okay, let’s march and block roads elsewhere.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 351
📷 MOSE
People of Georgia: Guess I’ll go to prison then.
The regime: Okay then I’ll physically prevent you from closing the Rustaveli road.
The people: Okay, let’s march and block roads elsewhere.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 351
📷 MOSE
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The regime: I’m gonna imprison you if you stand on the road on Rustaveli.
People of Georgia: Guess I’ll go to prison then.
The regime: Okay then I’ll physically prevent you from closing the Rustaveli road.
The people: Okay, let’s march and block roads elsewhere.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 351
📷 MOSE
People of Georgia: Guess I’ll go to prison then.
The regime: Okay then I’ll physically prevent you from closing the Rustaveli road.
The people: Okay, let’s march and block roads elsewhere.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 351
📷 MOSE
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A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
Plus, Ukrainian media can and do publish scathing rebukes of their government on a regular basis.
Of course it's bad that some officials in Ukraine are corrupt, but it's still good that it is being persecuted. Some countries have it worse. In some countries the president can literally build a gilded ballroom from oligarch's bribes and get away with it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Plus, Ukrainian media can and do publish scathing rebukes of their government on a regular basis.
"For many, Ukraine-bashing solves the contradiction between the relative inaction of oneself or one’s nation vis-a-vis Russia’s expansionist war, in comparison to one’s own or one’s nation’s relative capability to help Ukraine and constrain Russia."
A short and not very sweet indictment of the world's feckless cowards.
A reflection about some foreign comments on the recent Ukrainian corruption scandal andreasumland.substack.com/p/psychomora...
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"For many, Ukraine-bashing solves the contradiction between the relative inaction of oneself or one’s nation vis-a-vis Russia’s expansionist war, in comparison to one’s own or one’s nation’s relative capability to help Ukraine and constrain Russia."
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There are over 70,000 women serving in the Ukrainian army — an increase of 40% since 2021.
Many of them choose high-risk, frontline roles as drone operators, combat medics, and engineers.
These are their stories🧵
Support Ukraine's defenders:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
Many of them choose high-risk, frontline roles as drone operators, combat medics, and engineers.
These are their stories🧵
Support Ukraine's defenders:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There are over 70,000 women serving in the Ukrainian army — an increase of 40% since 2021.
Many of them choose high-risk, frontline roles as drone operators, combat medics, and engineers.
These are their stories🧵
Support Ukraine's defenders:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
Many of them choose high-risk, frontline roles as drone operators, combat medics, and engineers.
These are their stories🧵
Support Ukraine's defenders:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
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November 13 is World Kindness Day. Facing the horrors of war that russia constantly brings to Ukrainian lands, Ukraine's defenders continue to fight for kindness, humanity, and strength — in even the darkest moments.
Help pay it forward today:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
Help pay it forward today:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Facing the horrors of war that russia constantly brings to Ukrainian lands, Ukraine's defenders continue to fight for kindness, humanity, and strength — in even the darkest moments.
Help pay it forward today:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
Help pay it forward today:
u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
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😠 Russia is preparing large-scale deportations of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories to Siberia.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
😠 Russia is preparing large-scale deportations of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories to Siberia.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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🔴 Zelenskyy: Ukrainian services have identified “around 400 locations of abducted children” inside Russia.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🔴 Zelenskyy: Ukrainian services have identified “around 400 locations of abducted children” inside Russia.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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🔴 Russian forces are scattering PFM-1 “butterfly” mines across the streets of Kherson, dropping the explosives from drones.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Russian forces are scattering PFM-1 “butterfly” mines across the streets of Kherson, dropping the explosives from drones.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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Russian forces killed three civilians with a drone strike on a two-wheel tractor in Kharkiv Oblast this morning as they traveled to collect pensions and aid, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
Russians kill three civilians with drone in Kharkiv Oblast while they were going to collect pensions and food
Russian forces killed three civilians with a drone strike on a two-wheel tractor in Kharkiv Oblast this morning as they traveled to collect pensions and aid, the Office of the Prosecutor General…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Russian forces killed three civilians with a drone strike on a two-wheel tractor in Kharkiv Oblast this morning as they traveled to collect pensions and aid, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
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There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
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Join us tomorrow Thursday at Independence Ave and New Jersey by Longworth House Office building from 3-6pm.
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Join us tomorrow Thursday at Independence Ave and New Jersey by Longworth House Office building from 3-6pm.
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
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pro tip: innocent people don't work this hard to keep the files that prove their innocence a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
pro tip: innocent people don't work this hard to keep the files that prove their innocence a secret
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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Call these House Dems and tell them to hold the damn line!
TX Cuellar - 202-225-1640
WA Gluesenkamp Perez 202 225-3536
TX Gonzalez (202) 225-2531
ME Golden (202) 225-6306
NV Susie Lee (202) 225-3252
#Healthcare #Shutdown #HouseDems
TX Cuellar - 202-225-1640
WA Gluesenkamp Perez 202 225-3536
TX Gonzalez (202) 225-2531
ME Golden (202) 225-6306
NV Susie Lee (202) 225-3252
#Healthcare #Shutdown #HouseDems
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Call these House Dems and tell them to hold the damn line!
TX Cuellar - 202-225-1640
WA Gluesenkamp Perez 202 225-3536
TX Gonzalez (202) 225-2531
ME Golden (202) 225-6306
NV Susie Lee (202) 225-3252
#Healthcare #Shutdown #HouseDems
TX Cuellar - 202-225-1640
WA Gluesenkamp Perez 202 225-3536
TX Gonzalez (202) 225-2531
ME Golden (202) 225-6306
NV Susie Lee (202) 225-3252
#Healthcare #Shutdown #HouseDems
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Join us today Wednesday at Independence Ave and New Jersey by Longworth House office building until 6pm. The House is in session and we have fine weather. 🌞🍁🍂
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Join us today Wednesday at Independence Ave and New Jersey by Longworth House office building until 6pm. The House is in session and we have fine weather. 🌞🍁🍂
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Keep calling your members of Congress and telling them to support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#CrimeaIsUkraine
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The never-before-seen Epstein emails released by Oversight Dems raise serious questions about why the White House continues to cover up the Epstein files.
This cannot go on. It’s time the American people got the truth. It’s time to release the files.
This cannot go on. It’s time the American people got the truth. It’s time to release the files.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The never-before-seen Epstein emails released by Oversight Dems raise serious questions about why the White House continues to cover up the Epstein files.
This cannot go on. It’s time the American people got the truth. It’s time to release the files.
This cannot go on. It’s time the American people got the truth. It’s time to release the files.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva called Mike Johnson blocking her swearing in "an abuse of power."
"One individual should not be able to unitaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress."
"One individual should not be able to unitaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress."
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva called Mike Johnson blocking her swearing in "an abuse of power."
"One individual should not be able to unitaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress."
"One individual should not be able to unitaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress."
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Republicans are scrambling to cover up the Epstein file, but we say anyone involved in Epstein's billion-dollar child sex trafficking ring must be brought to justice—whether Republicans, Democrats or, yes, even presidents.
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Republicans are scrambling to cover up the Epstein file, but we say anyone involved in Epstein's billion-dollar child sex trafficking ring must be brought to justice—whether Republicans, Democrats or, yes, even presidents.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"