When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears Into the deep blue sea The blood of foes ... then will I leave These hills and fertile fields—
I'll leave them all and fly away To the abode of God,
And then I'll pray .... But until that day I know nothing of God.
Oh bury me, then rise ye up And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family, The family of the free, With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me.

Wonder why Ukraini is resisting Putin so freaking hard? I do and my family came outta there. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch says look to poetry. The beloved Ukrainian poet laureate Taras Shevchenko, c. 1845:

When I am dead, bury me In my beloved Ukraine,
My tomb upon a grave mound high Amid the spreading plain,
So that the fields, the boundless steppes,
The Dnieper's plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear The mighty river roar.
1/

Oh snap they got me right between the eyes. These thermometers work great and I heart WCK. Gifts!

All Proceeds to World Central Kitchen
Now, through Monday March 28th, buy a blue or yellow ThermoPop for $24.50 (normally $35.00) and 100% of your purchase price will go to support World Central Kitchen.
https://www.thermoworks.com/thermopop/?sku=TX-3100-BL

(could also just directly donate to WCK)
/nosanitize

Putin unified the Baltics (to the EU), part #137:
"...if damage to power equipment creates an electrical shock in Ukraine, the rest of the European network...should hold power steady at 50 hertz across the entire zone. “It was almost heroic to come and save Ukraine in this way,” Jermalavičius told IEEE Spectrum yesterday.
Jermalavičius says the situation also has helped the Baltic states on Russia’s far western flank: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-europe-electricity-grid

Together we stand

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOTkH0MWQAgjkj3?format=jpg

/nosanitize

#streetart #latvia

Please please turn them into tractors.
"...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. "

Ukrainian scrap metal association says it's preparing to process seized Russian military vehicles.

The group said on March 17 that it was researching other countries' experience in turning military equipment into metal scrap.

Really could have used this...25 years ago.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/16/new_cobol_contender/

#cobolForever

Let's go.
"On the supposedly difficult question of ‘criminal intent’, prosecutors should have no trouble convincing a jury. Full speed ahead is the only proper course." -Tribe & Aftergut

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/16/donald-trump-criminal-charges-january-6-capitol-attack

Careful what you read out there, ESPECIALLY on social media platforms. Case in point Ovsyannikova, presumably now in jail, prolly ain't tweeting.

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/03/the-fake-twitter-account-of-marina-ovsyannikova-and-how-to-spot-such-fakes/

Correlation, not causation. Maybe.
1. China signals it will front Putin some cash
2. China's financial indicators fall down the stairs into the well

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1503361316253155329.html

Peters and Knisley "devised and executed a deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment, and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people,"

They were right! Election fraud happened! They perpetrated it. Every time.
Jail.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/republican-county-clerk-indicted-in-scheme-to-leak-voting-machine-passwords/

It's just a thought

A 10-Point Plan to Reduce the European Union’s Reliance on Russian Natural Gas

https://www.iea.org/reports/a-10-point-plan-to-reduce-the-european-unions-reliance-on-russian-natural-gas

nb: it can be _easily_ argued that the IEA is not a progressive, lefty, ... it's a think tank for petro is my take.

Good speech, Zylenskyy. Молодці!

"We know that hatred that the enemy brought to our cities with shelling and bombing will not remain there. There will be no trace of it. Hatred is not about us. Therefore, there will be no trace of the enemy. We will rebuild everything. We will make our cities destroyed by the invader better than any city in Russia. "

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-07-22/h_cd3a31a1d5bdb76f5a160c78db802da5

Hey CNN: two yy's

A lot will be said about grain shortages going forward. If you look around you might find a local grain mill. I have at least two nearby.
Buying local grain/flour will increase availability where it's vitally needed and generally help reduce dependence on Russian stocks.
Something to try.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3421786-zelensky-we-are-already-forming-special-funds-to-rebuild-ukraine-after-war.html

Where's the sign-up sheet, I got tools and experience