The U.S. State Department says Russia is using a banned choking agent against Ukrainian troops and various “riot control agents” as a “method of warfare” (i.e., it’s not an isolated incident), which violates the Chemical Weapons Convention. state.gov/imposing-new-m…

my brain when looking at photos of occupied Columbia Univ

Embassy staff from the USA, UK, Germany, France, and Poland are invited to skip the line to view Moscow’s May display of NATO-member equipment captured in Ukraine. Great to see that diplomatic outreach is still possible in these dire times.

Seriously, a lot of people in the streets of Tbilisi tonight video by Radio Tavisupleba (I think)

world, meet Victoria Shi—

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These stories out of Russia’s regions are always a hoot: a mayor in the Tver region publicly vowed *not* to pave the road to a local man’s home, supposedly because the man “shed tears for Navalny” and “praised Zelensky,” but it turns out the mayor is just taking his revenge on a…

Kremlin bots and Telegram channels are spreading a fake video that shows German author and anti-fascist activist Katrin Himmler (the great-niece of Nazi figure Heinrich Himmler) supposedly calling on Europe not to turn over Ukrainian men to “the bloodthirsty dictator Zelensky.”

если Твиттер и Фейсбук — своего рода курилка, то курить запретить надо и здесь

This charming fella, Dmitry Vedernikov, is the 11th crime boss to escape his decades-long imprisonment in Russia in exchange for joining the invasion. He looks like one of Putin’s liberators if I’ve ever seen one. agents.media/na-vojnu-v-ukr…

uh oh, now Team Navalny is canceling Paul McCartney and Prince

Activists (“left-wing extremists”) claim responsibility for burning down the summer home of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger. Their issues with him center on Rheinmetall’s refurbishment of German Leopard tanks for Ukraine. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202….

US Senate approves legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the bill to Biden to sign bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Ukraine’s Security Service has raided the home of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church clergyman, reportedly for “spreading pro-Russian propaganda & justifying Russia’s armed aggression,” which is illegal speech in Ukraine. His whole church might get banned soon. kommersant.ru/doc/6679633

Seda Suleymanova’s friends are doing everything they can to pressure the police to conduct a real investigation into her disappearance and suspected “honor killing” murder. One even flew to Grozny and submitted to a polygraph. kavkazr.com/a/podruga-pohi…

The only people who like my tweets now are porn bots.

meanwhile in america

some weather they're having over St. Petersburg

🔔 Update: Alexander Paranuk said Wednesday that he was being sent to a “punishment cell,” purportedly for leaving his compulsory labor facility to get a doctor’s appointment ticket from his wife. Earlier, he said prison administrators reacted “harshly” to Meduza’s interview.

UN experts say they have proof that Russia fired a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile at Kharkiv. reuters.com/world/un-exper…