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I always read before sleep. Sometimes I read during the day. But always before closing my eyes. A few days ago I started reading "Walk the blue line" by Patterson. The is great, hard to put down. But I made a mistake - that's not a "before sleep" kind of read one should have... ๐Ÿ™ˆ

@jsto
Banning books only makes me want to read them. I actually recently bought Maus, thanks to the media coverage (I haven't heard about it before). It's next in line. And the Catcher is, by surprise, my favorite book since tinage years. Heh

I block anyone who reposts sources that have communist insignia on their accounts/pages etc.

when change happens slowly and you are in a middle of it - it's really hard to notice. but the change is there. having good readouts might help.


I left my country in 2014. I kept up with the news as much as I could. Same trend was always active - there is no/not enough change. I grew up in 90 and that was the time when you did not call cops, as the cops were all mafia. fast forward 2023 - I read a story from a famous blogger, she promotes an app that allows fast and discrete call to police in emergency. My country has huge progress in police reform, and that's the proof from the people themselves โค๏ธ

@poemblaze @Maude these are same russians that occupied Germany and then stayed there after the wall fell. When I visited Germany 10 years ago, there were more people speaking russian on the streets than people speaking English. The only thing I have to say to them - if they want to live in russia they should go to russia. Problem solved. They need to learn some respect of the country they inhabit.

Aha! Found it!

Belarusian partisans claim to have destroyed a rare Russian spy plane at an airbase near Minsk. If confirmed, this would be the most significant sabotage operation in Belarus since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began one year ago
- Business Ukraine Mag.

@StonedElf
I love vegan meat these days. it's so awesome than my husband and his brother started eating it as much as they can afford to buy. :) btw, I have eaten chicken that people grow themselves, in a distant village in Ukraine. it is absolutely different than anything one can buy on a market (ever)

NYPD issues a warning to every Jewish person about an upcoming violent demonstration against New York City Jews.

@0x56
special note on Wikipedia. unfortunately, it's full of russian propaganda

@Vonzales
actually... I'm listening to the book "outliers" and one of the first chapters is dedicated to something like this: how poorly designed education systems put people born in particular months at disadvantage (or plain failure). it's actually really good done research. highly recommend the book


Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine

The Aspen Institute has published a good analysis of the successes, failures, and absences of cyberattacks as part of the current war in Ukraine: โ€œThe Cyber Defense Assistance Imperative ยญ Lessons from Ukraine.โ€

aspeninstitute.org/publication

Whatโ€™s your favorite book?

Maybe there are people for whom this isnโ€™t a loaded question. Iโ€™m not sure Iโ€™ve met any of them. โ€œFavoriteโ€ is a freeze-up word, a demand impossible to meet. Picking just one? Are you serious? But there are 17 books from just last year that are my favorites!

Molly Templeton

tor.com/2023/02/23/what-we-tal

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