Stìobhan Ell

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Stìobhan Ell

Stìobhan Ell

@zangezi

Producer of mainly instrumental music under the name Sonophyla. Master of Arts in History and Russian Language & Literature.

Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Katılım Nisan 2009
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Stìobhan Ell
Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@BrianMcDonaldIE Split the bill if both are earning more or less the same. If one is earning substantially more, then he or she pays. Anything else is sexist BS, but then Russia lives and breathes sexism, right up to repealing laws against domestic violence. Still, when in Rome (or Питер)...
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Brian McDonald@BrianMcDonaldIE·
A St Petersburg bar, Rzhavye Vily (“Rusty Pitchforks”), has put out an ad rejecting the modern dating trend of splitting the bill, making it clear who’s expected to pay.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@ClassicalSocdem Why? There is no proximal threat to Europe. Russia has no interest. It's on track to becoming the next hi-tech supercivilization. Any future threats won't come from the East. Start respecting the global south and embrace the multipolar world.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@BCStruggleLeag And they defeated Hitler by dismantling their huge industrial base and reassembling it in the Ural mountains beyond the range of the Luftwaffe's bombers. Resourceful and resolute, the Soviets deserved to win.
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BC Struggle League@BCStruggleLeag·
CIA historians have MANUFACTURED the idea that the Soviets won WW2 only through the "lend lease." Soviet industry manufactured the VAST MAJORITY of their supplies.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@Saffron_Sniper1 An astonishing transformation. I lived in Moscow in the early 90s and well recall how degraded and shabby everything was (people excepted). Kudos to gospodin Putin and the whole Russian Federation.
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Saffron Sniper@Saffron_Sniper1·
Why is no one talking about this? After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia faced chaos, hyperinflation, and poverty. Then Vladimir Putin came to power. He stabilized the economy, addressed the existing crisis, and restored Russia’s strength and pride on the world stage 🇷🇺
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@Old_But_Gold50s Ever so slightly incongruous to pair the ball scene from War and Peace (set during the Napoleonic wars) with Shostakovich's famous waltz.
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🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨
🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨@Old_But_Gold50s·
Shostakovich’s Russian Waltz isn’t just a dance—it’s a feeling. 🦋 At first, it glides like any elegant waltz, light and graceful. But listen closer… there’s a gentle melancholy underneath, a whisper of nostalgia and depth only Shostakovich can capture. It’s beauty with a shadow, joy wrapped in longing—classic Russian soul on every note.
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Jvnior@Jvnior·
Hussam Abu Safieh is one of the Palestinian doctors (among 95 other doctors) that will be killed by the “Israeli death penalty for hostages.” Do not let them murder him. Repost this.
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D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦
D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦@DakdaR22·
"Russia has tried to colonise Ukraine for over 300 years — it’s cultural genocide. This is Russia’s last colonial war. Ukraine should win, and Russia should lose.“ - R. Sikorski Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Wow🫡
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Stìobhan Ell
Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@dominictsz China saves the world, one technological breakthrough at a time. Having studied Chinese history at uni in the late 80s, I'm not surprised China would become the global leader in almost everything. Awesome effort, people!
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Dominic Lee 李梓敬
Dominic Lee 李梓敬@dominictsz·
China has announced a new policy to reach 15 gigawatts of solar thermal power by 2030, nearly 10 times more than today! The goal is to make the cost of solar thermal power similar to that of coal power! This is what happens when your country invests in technologies instead of funding wars!
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@BrianMcDonaldIE Russia is Eurasian. Has Mitrokhin never been to a European city? All food cultures have benefited from influxes of immigrant cuisine. Shame - Yavlinsky's party was the only one with integrity during the 'Wild East' of the early 90s. Or so it seemed. The rest were grifters.
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Brian McDonald@BrianMcDonaldIE·
The former chairman of Russia’s liberal, pro-Western Yabloko party claims it feels like Moscow is gradually becoming an "Asian city" and calls for restoring its European feel. SERGEI MITROKHIN: "It feels like Moscow’s slowly turning into some kind of Asian city. Everywhere you look it’s shawarma [and] doner spots. That whole vibe, very Eastern. "I still think Russia’s a European country, and Moscow’s a European capital. People here should be getting the kind of services you expect at that level, not drifting into something more Asian."
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@Dame_D_Low36 I'm 'white' and I love many things about Africa. There are racists everywhere but rarely are they a majority. European elites have long espoused ethnosupremacist ideas about Russians and other Slavs. Hatred is universal; it's not limited to identity based on skin colour.
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Dam3 Dolla$ 🔴⚫️🟢
Dam3 Dolla$ 🔴⚫️🟢@Dame_D_Low36·
The world will remain war ridden and corrupt until every black person breathing realizes that white people despise everything about them and they MUST reflect the same energy towards them on a daily basis. When Pan-Africanist try to spread this information we’re constantly frowned upon…but that’s our ultimatum as blacks
David Hundeyin@DavidHundeyin

By the way, if you're African and you're new to geopolitical awareness, you can use this picture as a guide to know who is on your side and who is your enemy in this world. Notice how China and Russia voted? Then notice how your oyibo faves voted (or abstained, which is also a type of vote)? Shebi "not everything is about race"? You see how white people ALWAYS instinctively bunch together, from Andorra to Norway, whenever it's time to do some racist shit? That's called Pan-Europeanism. The antidote is Pan-Africanism.

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Stìobhan Ell
Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@NewOrder_TV Many celebrities in the west have risked their careers to speak out against the deep state and USraeli aggression in West Asia. We all know who they are.
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New Order with Afshin Rattansi@NewOrder_TV·
🚨🇷🇺Putin Questions SILENCE of Western Voices on the 🇮🇷Iran War 💬“These lovers of the epistolary arts haven’t written anything about the current tragic events,” Putin said, taking aim at celebrities, intellectuals, and media voices known for issuing open letters and moral statements on international conflicts. -Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised the hypocrisy of Western public figures for their selective outrage, a hypocrisy visible to the entire global south as the West’s cultural elites remain silent on a war of aggression by the US and Israel against Iran
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@DavidHundeyin The problem with this kind of graphic is that it conflates the official position of govts with that of their citizens. NZers were very much against apartheid in SA and, as a multicultural society, against slavery. Our politicians (all neoliberals) do not represent us.
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David Hundeyin@DavidHundeyin·
By the way, if you're African and you're new to geopolitical awareness, you can use this picture as a guide to know who is on your side and who is your enemy in this world. Notice how China and Russia voted? Then notice how your oyibo faves voted (or abstained, which is also a type of vote)? Shebi "not everything is about race"? You see how white people ALWAYS instinctively bunch together, from Andorra to Norway, whenever it's time to do some racist shit? That's called Pan-Europeanism. The antidote is Pan-Africanism.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@jacksonhinklle Are any cities ready for this? Thinking cables, jamming and hacking of electronics by malicious actors, not to mention human error.
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Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸
Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸@jacksonhinklle·
🚨🇨🇳BREAKING: China has invented the world's first mass-produced flying car—XPENG AEROHT's "Land Aircraft Carrier" takes to the skies over Haixinsha, Guangzhou, for the first time. The all-electric airframe can fly at up to 360 km/h.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@sashameetsrus Too few Americans, undoubtedly, but many in the anglophone world are not ignorant of 20thC history, including the nefarious role played by Ukrainian and Baltic fascists.
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Sasha Meets Russia@sashameetsrus·
Too few are aware of the genocide committed by Nazi Germany against the people of the Soviet Union.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@IRAN_urgent_24 Boom! Succinct. Incisive. Withering. Prof Marandi speaks truth to imperial power.
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Rick Sanchez@RickSanchezTV·
⚡ BREAKING NEWS BY TRUMP
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Rick Sanchez@RickSanchezTV·
Sanctions on Russia have already strained European households. Now the Iran war is making it worse: energy costs could skyrocket by up to 40% if this drags on. How do Merz and Rutte respond? By backing escalation instead of shielding their people. Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha warns Europe is heading for a massive energy shock. We break it down on The Sanchez Effect.
Rick Sanchez@RickSanchezTV

Europe’s leadership is driven by hostility toward Russia — at the expense of its own people. Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha: “We are committing suicide.” He warns that in today’s Europe, dissent means isolation: conform to pro-LGBTQ, pro-migration, and anti-Russia policies — or be cast out. My guest exposes EU’s destructive path, only on The Sanchez Effect.

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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@RickSanchezTV Just watched your interview with Lubos Blaha. Great stuff! My thoughts exactly. Leaders must serve their people.
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@vick55top Is it too late for her to go back to playing in her metal group?
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Victor vicktop55 commentary@vick55top·
The foolish Prime Minister of Japan has gone and paid tribute to the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. "irane_tavana"
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Stìobhan Ell@zangezi·
@BrianMcDonaldIE During my time living in Moscow in the early 90s I was driven to my English tutoring job in one such Volga. Smooth ride! Great suspension. Had to be, on account of the abysmal state of the capital's roads at the time.
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Brian McDonald@BrianMcDonaldIE·
SHOT reports that classic Soviet Volga cars are gaining popularity in the US, with buyers drawn to their old-school design and solid build quality. Prices reportedly range from around $10,000 to $40,000, with models from the late Soviet period (1970s–1990s) especially in demand.
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