I don’t like it on here anymore (could change) & I am increasingly in Ukraine. I wanted a place to organise my thoughts and draw attention to projects, fundraisers. So I have a substack, free ofc (but with fundraisers for those who like spending money)) smalldeedsbigwar.substack.com

On the brink of historic failure: Western policy towards Ukraine smalldeedsbigwar.substack.com/p/on-the-brink…

Children in a Russian kindergarten were presented with a scale model of the ruins of the Ukrainian city Bakhmut destroyed by the Russian army. If Russia isn't defeated and decolonised now, these kids will be raised to kill and die for Russian imperialist ambitions in the future.

Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP Social and Behavioural Sciences, Oxford Academic) is now out! In this not very short 🧵, I provide an overview of the contents & key themes, & offer a few parting thoughts about who should read it (TLDR: everyone 😀). 1/14

Fascinating that there are some 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia and ‘leaders’ in the West are concerned that helping Ukraine target Russian positions in Russia that launch attacks against Ukrainian civilians would be escalatory and turn Western countries into co-combatants.

💯. How else can we explain the Trump govt's handling of the pandemic? (Drink bleach.) How else can we explain the inability to come up with a health policy? How else can we explain targeting of women and a professional middle class? He doesn't want to make the nation stronger.

I can't help thinking if Moscow is using this as a rehearsal for this week, if their guy in Washington doesn't win.

I am moving to the Blue Sky. Follow me there for posts on Ukraine, Russia, information and media manipulation. @ adamure

Join us for a discussion on "Russian Cognitive Occupation: Destroying Ukrainian Identity through Media, Education and Indoctrination" at King's College London 🗓️10 Dec, 18:15-19:30 📍 King’s College, Bush House, South East Entrance Register here👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/russian-cogn…

The Moscow city court has just upheld the verdict against my dad, the appeal failed, he stays in prison.

The second-best army in Ukraine is becoming increasingly comical by the minute.

VOA has made a significant impact on the world since World War II and continued to do so until this past Saturday. I’ve already told you how, during the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, many Ukrainians first learned about it through VOA radio broadcasts from the U.S. The

Добра ніч, dear friends. We close this day with "Poem About a Crow" by Victoria Amelina 🇺🇦, trans. by Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦: theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…. Eternal Memory, Victoria. Your poetry is always with us.

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Soon enough

"Is there much point continuing this?" Nick Ferrari despairs at treasury minister Emma Reynolds' inability to answer basic questions on Labour's new infrastructure project. It's an instant LBC classic...

If nothing had been agreed beforehand, I might just eat one of my hats. Possibly.

A Donetsk resident decided to visit the local football arena that was unveiled on this day 16 years ago. One that hosted the UEFA Euro Cup and a Beyoncé concert in 2012. “Everything is dead now. But who knows maybe one day…”. This was indeed one of the best arenas in Europe.

Disgusted to see the cynical use of ‘Sit Down’by Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧. No permission was granted, and we are looking into our options. The song and most of our topical lyrics, make it very clear where we stand, and it’s the antithesis of this organization

I can’t. The monsters killed her. I spoke to her a few weeks ago. For f^^* sake. God damn, god damn them, god damn Russians. Burn in hell