Rusty Leffel

kcstudio.org/issue-driven-y… Thank you KC Studio Magazine for the expanded reach of our art installations and the concerns that drive us to create them. Let's all SPEAK OUT! Rusty & Paula

As we were bringing Colonel Andriy Melnyk and his wife Sofia back to Ukraine – through Zakarpattia and then across half the country to our free capital, Kyiv – this path was not marked by the discord that had so often knocked us, and Ukraine, off our feet in the past. There were no doubts about who Ukraine’s true enemy is, and who its friends, partners, and brothers are. And what was there was gratitude – our unconditional gratitude to all those who have dedicated their lives to serving Ukraine, and thanks to whom Ukraine withstands Russian strikes and continues to endure – gratitude to our warriors, gratitude to all our people. Colonel Andriy Melnyk returned to a different Ukraine – not the one he had been forced to leave, but the one he had dreamed of. He dreamed of it – as did thousands of other such significant Ukrainian figures. I thank all those who are truly doing their best to ensure that our Ukrainian national memory remains a living memory. I am grateful to everyone who has worked to make such returns of great Ukrainian figures possible and to give the Ukrainian People their own pantheon of heroes. Glory to every Ukrainian hero! Glory to all our Ukrainian warriors! Glory to our people!

@PaulHBeckwith @ExtinctionR

Something ‘unprecedented’ is now happening to Earth’s rotation, scientists say - BBC Science Focus Magazine apple.news/AT2oMx2QcQGmm5…

UK and Western Europe being brutalized by a "heat dome" fueled by dry African desert air, and "contorted" jet stream. Climate change is the main culprit causing this nearly-unprecedented heat event, otherwise impossible without fossil fuels.

Lots of us paying attention have been scared for a long time. Everyone else is about to catch up.

@Gerashchenko_en 🙏🙏🇺🇦

55 Russian missiles and 549 drones were intercepted or suppressed over Ukraine overnight. In addition, 19 Russian missiles likely failed to reach their targets, Ukraine’s Air Force added, noting that the information is still being clarified. According to preliminary data, impacts from 16 missiles and 51 drones were recorded across 54 locations, while falling debris was reported at 23 locations. 📹 Kyiv this morning

@IuliiaMendel 🙏🙏🇺🇦

Unbelievable. Almost Kyiv center. Lukianivka district. After a Russian attack of the city, it is known about at least one and over 20 wounded. 💔

@BohuslavskaKate @T_Krawchenko

Kyiv right now ‼️ Russian bastards attacked the city with ballistic missiles.

Kyiv was hell today. Missiles screamed, buildings shook, hearts raced. But one thought stayed: this isn’t our agony — it’s russia’s. They throw everything they have. Still — nothing. Go f*ck yourself, russia. We stand. You’re already dead.

@climatemessages @grannysidney 🙏🙏🌍

THE STABLE CLIMATE THAT SUPPORTED HUMAN CIVILISATION FOR MILLENNIA HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. #ClimateEmergency

@TheRealRhllor 🙏🙏🇺🇦

For Ukraine tonight Keep watch, O God, with all who work, watch, and weep this night. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, shield them Resurrected One from terror, all for your love's sake.

@EliotJacobson 🙏🙏

Your 'moment of doom' for May 23, 2026 ~ Positive feedback "As global temperatures rise, the thawing of the permafrost accelerates. This, in turn, causes the global temperature to rise even further as more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere." hwchronicle.com/113808/feature…

@PGDynes @ecochampionhk

When we say May’s heat record could fall, we don’t mean by a tiny margin anymore…we mean completely smashed. Historically, global heat records were broken by fractions of a degree. Now they’re being obliterated.

@den_kazansky @OlenaHalushka 🙏🙏🇺🇦

Another night of terror in Kyiv. Russians are attacking residential buildings with missiles. There are dead and wounded. A large market near the metro station is on fire. The Russians struck there to kill as many people as possible.

Key West low temp was only 84° again today - hottest spring low temp on record - 3 times this month alone. It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change. The trend is clear. As we approach summer, 75% of record warm morning lows in Key West have occurred since 2000. This extreme trend in AM lows is consistent with other sites close to the Gulf Coast, where the water is warming and low level moisture is increasing. Greenhouse effect maximizes at night and there’s also urbanization. Although if you’ve been to the Key West airport you know it’s a stone’s throw from the ocean. Thanks @extremetemps for the H/T!!

@Kyiv @OlenaHalushka 🙏🙏

This may be the most infernal night in Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war. Dozens of ballistic missiles, crusie missiles, hypersonic missiles and drones attacking the capital non-stop. Explosions are so loud, that the ground is shaking. Just praying that everyone sees the sunrise alive and safe.

@ClimateBen Thank you @ClimateBen for so much caring, concern and information you share with each of us to consider in our relationship with our planet and each other.

This is bullshit I'm taking a break.👍 Look after yourselves and each other. 🕊💚

@WeatherProf “GMST stands for Global Mean Surface Temperature …estimated global average of near-surface air temp(s)over land and sea ice, as well as sea surface temp(s) over ice-free ocean regions. …measures changes in the Earth's climate over time.  Wikipedia climate.metoffice.cloud”

It’s crazy how fast the surface temp warming has accelerated. Look at the last column. Each new entry is the past 10 year average. It’s now .5°C per decade. El Niños boost in 2026-27 is temporary, most will abate in 2028, but it will add another stepped increase to global surface temps. (El Nino redistributes heat from the deeper ocean to the surface).

@volodarskijo 🙏🙏🇺🇦

Двоє братів… Дві долі, пов’язані одним життям і однією страшною трагедією… Юрій та Віталій Карась — звичайні хлопці з Чернігівщини, які жили й працювали в Києві, будували плани, підтримували рідних, мріяли про майбутнє. Та 14 травня російська ракета безжально перекреслила все… Удар по житловому будинку забрав їхні життя. Забрав у батька — синів, у брата-військового — найдорожчих людей… Особливо боляче усвідомлювати, що гuнуть ті, хто просто жив, працював, любив і ні в чому не був винен. Росія знову принесла смерть у дім мирних українців. Нехай пам’ять про Юрія та Віталія житиме у серцях усіх, хто їх знав. Щирі співчуття родині, близьким та друзям. Сил пережити невимовний біль втрати… Вічна пам’ять братам. Світла їм дорога…

@kiraincongress @GBNEWS @Nanaakua1 🙏🙏

Explaining what it feels like to live at war to the audience of @GBNEWS and amazing @Nanaakua1. Always a pleasure to be at the studio 🇺🇦🇬🇧

@ZelenskyyUa 🙏🙏

Our intelligence services reported receiving data, including from American and European partners, about Russia preparing a strike with the Oreshnik missile. We are verifying this information. We are seeing signs of preparation for a combined strike on Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv, involving various types of weaponry. The specified intermediate-range weapons could be used in such a strike. It is important to act responsibly on air-raid alerts, starting this evening. Russian madness truly knows no bounds, so please protect your lives – use shelters. Second, we are drawing the attention of our partners in the United States and in Europe to the fact that the use of such weapons and the prolongation of this war also sets a global precedent for other potential aggressors. If Russia is allowed to destroy lives on such a scale, then no agreement will restrain other similar hatred-based regimes from aggression and strikes. We count on a response from the world – and on a response that is not post factum, but preventive. Pressure must be put on Moscow so that it does not expand the war. Third, we are preparing our air defense as much as possible, and we will respond fully justly to every Russian strike. We have given permission for a parade, but Russia has no permission for madness. This war must be ended – we need peace, not some missiles satisfying the sick ambitions of one individual. I thank everyone helping to protect lives. Once again, please take care of yourselves and use shelters tonight.