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Our thought, our song Will not die, will not perish… Oh there, people, is our glory, Glory of Ukraine!

@NataliaAntonova Hurry up before I flood the corridor, mate! I swear on me nan's grave, if you're just sat there scrollin' on yer phone I'm comin' in there with a bloody batterin' ram!

Those awful “gather” signs, why are they everywhere Stupid giant clocks Black and white tile in bathrooms that makes it look like a pub bathroom - so you’re just expecting some drunk man named Nigel to start pounding on the door

Electronic Warfare units near Kherson have received a second batch of power generators 484,000 UAH 💪 They will ensure the uninterrupted operation of EW systems, enabling Ukrainian forces to more effectively destroy russian drones. Thank you for supporting🇺🇦air defenses🙏

@adic_9 This how you end up getting counterfeit products from reputable vendors.

Happy end of Amazon commingling day to all that celebrate!!!

Doctors tried to save her. They failed. A 6-year-old girl, Yevheniia Serhiienko, died in hospital after a russian shelling of Shostka, Sumy region. Her sister Daria, 20, was killed trying to save her. Two daughters. One family. Destroyed. This is what russia brings.

"Why have Putin and his lieutenants created large political clans?...the main reason may be that they see this as a genuine method of governing a country whose democratic institutions (above all elections and free media) they long ago put out of operation." —Roman Badanin journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi…

JUST IN: Three thousand ships are anchored in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Twenty thousand seafarers are aboard them. Fresh food ran out two weeks ago. Perishables are rotting in refrigerated holds whose generators are burning through the last reserves of diesel. Water is rationed. Mental health is deteriorating. No mass evacuation plan exists. No humanitarian corridor has been negotiated. No international body has the authority or the means to move twenty thousand people off three thousand ships through a five-nautical-mile channel controlled by the IRGC. These are the people who move the global economy. Every barrel of oil that reaches a refinery was carried by a seafarer. Every container of goods that stocks a shelf was loaded by one. Every tonne of fertiliser that feeds a field was shipped by one. The war has trapped the invisible workforce that makes globalisation function, and the world has not noticed because the world never notices seafarers until the shelves are empty. The ships themselves are worth tens of billions. The cargo aboard them is worth more. Crude oil, liquefied natural gas, urea, ammonia, consumer electronics, automotive parts, and 200 cryogenic containers of helium that are boiling off at a rate that no engineer can reverse. The stranded fleet is a floating warehouse of every molecule the global economy needs, and the molecules are degrading while the crews ration drinking water. The cargo is valued higher than the people guarding it, and neither can move. The IRGC’s Larak corridor clearance system does not only control entry. It controls exit. A vessel that wants to leave the anchorage zone must obtain the same clearance code, submit the same documentation, and receive the same pilot escort as a vessel seeking to transit. The customs border works in both directions. These crews are not stranded by geography alone. They are stranded by bureaucracy, the same bureaucracy Iran wrapped in the language of sovereign maritime governance when the parliamentary committee approved the Hormuz Management Plan. The toll booth charges for passage through. It also charges for passage out. No centralised evacuation exists because evacuation at this scale would require IRGC approval, and requesting approval would legitimise the system the United States refuses to recognise. So the crews wait. The International Transport Workers Federation issues statements. P&I clubs cover individual medical evacuations by helicopter. Flag states, predominantly Panama, Liberia, and the Marshall Islands, register ships but do not operate navies. The system that made global shipping cheap by divorcing flag from nationality has left twenty thousand people without a government willing to retrieve them. The seafarers are from the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia. Countries whose workers crew the world’s merchant fleet because the monthly pay of $1,500 to $3,000 exceeds anything available at home. They signed contracts to deliver cargo across oceans. They did not sign contracts to become indefinite residents of a war zone, rationing water on a ship whose cargo of ammonia could feed a million people if it could reach a port that is 40 nautical miles and one IRGC clearance code away. The helium boils off. The fertiliser waits. The crude oil sits. And the people who carry it all drink less water today than yesterday. The supply chain has a human body at the very bottom of it. The body is thirsty. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@Jpod_art I too ate far too much today.

Ok, here

❗️The consequences of the explosion at one of the largest petrochemical plants in Eastern Europe. Nizhnekamskneftekhim in russia Official version? “Equipment failure.” Reality? 58 injured. 3 dead. A plant that produces synthetic rubber, ethylene, polyethylene - the backbone of industry. And suddenly - it just… “failed” Funny how the most “reliable” systems keep exploding lately. No war, right?

A russian An-26 with 29 people on board crashed into a rock in Crimea.

@MmisterNobody I bet Trump is in the Palm Beach Pete files too

🚨Something doesn’t add up. Two weeks ago, he was just a “random guy” in a convertible. Now he’s flying private to L.A. That kind of money doesn’t come from one viral video.

@SuGaR_Babbyyy Hang it back up on the wall and it will sort itself based on the orientation of the hook on the back.

No cheating Do you know the answer?

@Moodak Somehow It’s actually an eagle going really slow

When I was a kid, I thought the USPS logo was a truck going really fast

@Jpod_art Congratulations! First joke of the day🤣

I’m Pregnant

@samhaves Not having an iMac Pro is a let down

Apple 50th anniversary installation at the office featuring classic Mac lineup

@ozpollyanna @arpitrage Nation states that view crypto as a threat may now have the resources and motive to do so.

@arpitrage Which ironically undermines the economic motivation to do so. Same is not true for Ethereum.

Only problem is if someone successfully hacks a bitcoin wallet through brute force, the value of all bitcoin goes to zero

@KylePlantEmoji Wagyu is a marketing term in the US. It has replaced Angus. It literally means nothing, and I don’t even think it’s enforced the way Angus was (though that was/is enforced vey loosely).

THE WHOLE POINT OF WAGYU IS THAT IT HAS A LOT OF INTRAMUSCULAR FAT IF YOU'RE MAKING GROUND BEEF, YOU CONTROL THE FAT/LEAN RATIO WHY WOULD YOU MAKE GROUND BEEF OUT OF WAGYU I'm sorry for yelling

Seventh day after the first strikes, the Russian port of Ust-Luga is still on fire.

@alloverit727 @bert_gilfoyle @RadioFreeTom All well and good if global markets don’t exist and your own producers won’t export to meet their demand.

@bert_gilfoyle @RadioFreeTom @Ukrainolution Then I ask: who benefits from the strait being open? Potash? Comes from Canada. Light sweet? Permian. Sour heavy? Venezuela/Can. Keeping the strait open for your enemies is the height of folly. Now China needs to show its hands.

It took a almost a century for the United States to build a global system of trade, security, and cooperation, and these guys are going to throw it away because they screwed up and have to save face.

@SzabadonMagyar KitKats

Cirrhosis?

🟥 Russian gymnast turns her back during Ukraine’s anthem At the World Cup stage in Sofia, 15-year-old Russian gymnast Sofia Iltyeryakova, competing under a “neutral” status, stood with her back to the flags during the medal ceremony. The anthem was played for the winner — Ukraine’s Taisiia Onofriichuk. Ukraine’s gymnastics federation calls it a violation of ethics and Fair Play, demanding she be banned from international competitions.