Portrait of an Unknown Woman
the author - born and raised Ukrainian (Ivan Kramskyi), bought by the Ukrainian patron, Pavlo Haretonenko (sugar magnate, art collector). Stolen by soviets, "nationalized" and relocated to Tretyakov Gallery.
#russia

Hello, world!

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Not a big fan of social networks, but decided to give this one a chance.
I'm into politics (don't like to talk about Ukraine? - you won't like talking to me). Also - dogs, science fiction, and dogs.
Biologist, Data Scientist. Software engineer wannabe

#history #colonization
So, most people know or at least heard about colonization of Americas & what consequences on indigenous peoples it had.
How many of you know about colonization of Siberia? And what happened to the indigenous peoples of Siberia. If nothing - here is a decent starting point (guess what, diseases are also present in this story):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia

#Ukraine
Really nice video about the Geography of Ukraine. Highly recommend. Smart, precise and entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnKU_osbg3s

#books
huh, apparently, there is no platform that allows you to find friends via book tastes. I thought goodreads could do it, but no.
disappointing

#books
I told my husband about "Can't Hurt Me" by Goggins, he found an audio book and listened it.
Alcohol was his favorite drug for years, he always maniacally wanted to loose weight but couldn't quit drinking.
And then he stopped drinking overnight.
I am literally shocked by the effect of this book as this was his problem for decades and nothing could persuade him to reduce the intake. Until now. 😳

I've made a mistake and visited a local fb page (I have a naked fb account that sits there for other people to get in contact if needed, I don't use it). what hit me right in the face is the amount of hostile and angry comments from reps toward dems. how miserable your life should be if you spend your life trashing other people on the internet with such zeal and hate? I'm genuinely sorry for these folks, it's probably exhausting. angry people have angry bodies

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64882475

#Georgia #russia #Ukraine
to Georgian current gov-t: well, fuck around and find out

#books
Just finished Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. I did not expect I'd love it so much. The thing a contemplating reader needs to know - the title is ironic. The book is NOT about "famous geniuses" or "admiration of unusually successful people". If anything, it's the opposite. Highly recommend for anyone who likes do dig deep into the fabric of the society.

nothing new here. a daily reminder: exercise!

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64790527

some good news. celebrating small victories matters imo
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64814505

even if it's not lab leak, the resistance China puts up against investigation of the origin is so suspicious that I can't drop thinking about the matter. There is definitely something bad happened that they don't what the world to know about.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64806903

to be clear. I did have a gov owned device in the past - a laptop. it was my working laptop. I always tried to avoid using ANY non-job related web-sites. taking into account that I'm not on social media (joined CoSo several months ago), that wasn't hard. for personal use I have my phone and my own laptop.