The Space Conquerors monument in Moscow. Photo by Anatoly Sergeyev-Vasilyev (1964).

"Happy" belated Earth Day. Here's what russia is doing to Earth.

Serebrianka forest, Ukraine

vyborg; 07/02

Закат над полями. Апрель 24. Sunset over the fields. April 24.

Me: just for fun clicking on bot in telegram in group Bot:

Planes of hope (c) @ bright_arts

don’t forget about Congo. don’t forget about Sudan. don’t forget about Palestine. don’t forget about Lebanon. don’t forget about the Uyghur Muslims. don’t forget about Iraq. don’t forget about Syria. don’t forget about Yemen. don’t forget about slavery.

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“Your sympathy is a great comfort to me and my daughter, who has endured such a severe trial at such an early age... She tells me that she would not for anything in the world wish to change the past, no matter how short, but happy it was; and I will never forget his look when the Tsar led her by the hand to his bed! It was pure happiness, and he recognized her all day when he was dying. He said goodbye to her, kissed her, and held her hand tightly in his until he died! We were on the road for four days and four nights, and she never left his bedside, kneeling next to him day and night, until at one o'clock in the afternoon she kissed him and he exhaled his young life! It was terrible for me, because I loved him very much and saw how all the happiness of the poor young bride had faded away... Minnie went to Darmstadt for the day to see his parents again. The whole dear family was so kind and sweet to her that the separation was doubly painful for her."

- Queen Louise of Denmark in a letter to Queen Victoria, on her daughter Princess Dagmar’s grief at the death of her fiancé, Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia. Dagmar went on to become Empress Maria Alexandrovna as the wife of Nicholas’s brother, Emperor Alexander III. Their firstborn son was named after the uncle he never knew, he is known to history as Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor.

Захотел купить машину. Оказалось купить машину это не тоже самое что сходить купить макбук в Ресторе!

Почему с машинами так сложно, странно, тупо, опасно, неприятно?

И самое бесящее — что за х@&₽₽я с цветом!? Почему кайфовые цвета продаются как особая, дополнительная, эксклюзивная блажь? Но вообще ты скорей всего просто не купишь нужный цвет, будь добр либо ждать годы, либо идти на@&₽)(й, просто потому-что!

А я не хочу потом ничего сам перекрашивать, я вообще не хочу сам ничего там в машине делать, хочу купить все страховки подписки на техническое обслуживание, арендовать подземную парковку и ездить в отпуска в своё удовольствие вокруг города в экспедиции, через пять лет сдать уже старую машину и с большой скидкой получить новую — всё!

Почему я не могу купить красную или жёлтую, или светло-серо-голубую машинку и кайфовать!?

Twigs. Porcelain jug designed by Vladimir Gorodetsky, made at the Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ), 1960s.

russia commits ecocide in Ukraine

repin's academy, russia

Чистяк весенний, или лютик весенний (лат. Ficaria verna). Апрель 24. Ficaria verna Huds. (Ranunculaceae). April 24.

“America first” indeed.

Bad when America does it, ❤️ when Russia does it.

I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve had to do a quick double take to see if it was a tankie or a rightwing Republican talking. If you examine it and listen closely, it’s really amazing how much their rhetoric overlaps. Sometimes the Venn diagram is just a big ole circle, which isn’t surprising because both parties care about the suffering of others ONLY if they like the people being harmed. Otherwise it’s cool indifference or worse, because they’re good with authoritarianism, imperialism and colonialism, because “communism” ☭ or some such bullshit. Completely morally and intellectually inconsistent with the beliefs they espouse.

Indistinguishable from conservative rhetoric.