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Happy New Year! Here's a suitably uplifting story of how a group of teenagers and a biologist replanted a forest in #Kharkiv burned down by a Russian glide bomb. They buried 40,000 acorns, some of which will grow into English oak trees. "Where we are standing will be Ukraine," one volunteer told me
‘The forest will survive’: the volunteers saving Kharkiv’s war-charred woodland
‘The forest will survive’: the volunteers saving Kharkiv’s war-charred woodland
Despite fighting going on just miles away, some Ukrainians are looking to the future – by planting sturdy English oaks
Yuriy Bengus, a biologist, surveyed a scene of destruction. The Zhuravli forest, on the northern edge of Ukraine’s second city,…
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Happy New Year! Here's a suitably uplifting story of how a group of teenagers and a biologist replanted a forest in #Kharkiv burned down by a Russian glide bomb. They buried 40,000 acorns, some of which will grow into English oak trees. "Where we are standing will be Ukraine," one volunteer told me
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Check out American violinist Lindsey Stirling performing Carol of the Bells, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song "Shchedryk."
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Lindsey Stirling - Carol of the Bells (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Lindsey Stirling
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December 21, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Check out American violinist Lindsey Stirling performing Carol of the Bells, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song "Shchedryk."
youtu.be/EKkzbbLYPuI?...
youtu.be/EKkzbbLYPuI?...
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The world continues to look to Syria to understand and gauge Russia's remaining strength and war fighting capacity as Assad's government has collapsed and Russia is scrambling to pull all their assets out of the region.
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Russia Has Surrendered in Syria Completely
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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December 11, 2024 at 1:10 AM
The world continues to look to Syria to understand and gauge Russia's remaining strength and war fighting capacity as Assad's government has collapsed and Russia is scrambling to pull all their assets out of the region.
youtu.be/lEkZjdsZxIY?...
youtu.be/lEkZjdsZxIY?...
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President-elect Trump mocked Canada’s prime minister in a post late Monday that described him as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” Trump’s mockery is the latest salvo after his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canadian exports.
Trump Mocks Trudeau and Canada in Post on Tariffs and Trade
The president-elect’s mockery of Canada and its leader is the latest salvo after his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canadian exports.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:36 PM
President-elect Trump mocked Canada’s prime minister in a post late Monday that described him as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” Trump’s mockery is the latest salvo after his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canadian exports.
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"Deepfakes, AI and the Battle for Democracy" zeteo.com/p/deepfakes-...
Deepfakes, AI and the Battle for Democracy
EXCLUSIVE: Watch this explosive documentary on how AI and deepfakes are used to manipulate people and create real-life violence.
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November 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
"Deepfakes, AI and the Battle for Democracy" zeteo.com/p/deepfakes-...
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Today is the 1000th day of a war that was begun by a Russian leader who believed it would be over in three days. One of the greatest military miscalculations in recent history.
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Today is the 1000th day of a war that was begun by a Russian leader who believed it would be over in three days. One of the greatest military miscalculations in recent history.
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Mikhail Zygar explains why Trump's victory is being celebrated in Moscow. Not just because of a change in Ukraine policy, but because "to many in the Kremlin, a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | What Is Trump to Putin? A Harbinger of America’s Collapse.
To the Kremlin, the president-elect is a harbinger of American collapse.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Mikhail Zygar explains why Trump's victory is being celebrated in Moscow. Not just because of a change in Ukraine policy, but because "to many in the Kremlin, a Trump presidency might bring about the collapse of the American state"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...