Una Bergmane

this is explicitly genocidal

New perspectives on Romani pasts, presents and futures YouTube video by The Ruta Association

This was a very, very interesting The RUTA Association webinar. I learned a lot and ordered these two books for the Helsinki University library. Can't wait to read them. Highly, highly recommended www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_85...

Another Special Military Operation is upon us.

It's that time of the year again

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

I'm sure it's fine that the guy who just started a war posts like a 12-year-old

🥲

I am devastated to hear of the passing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam. He was a refugee of the Rohingya genocide living in Buffalo, New York. Border Patrol agents wrongfully detained him and dumped him on the street in brutal winter conditions. Blind and walking with a cane, he died trying to get home.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

I use Mistral ( French AI tool). Some things can be improved (its Latvian and Finnish language skills), but some are better than Chat GPT or Copilot (for example, reading handwriting) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

paldies!!!!

The occupied territories of Ukraine that the US now treats as merchandise were somebody's homes once.

Jā!!! ciest nevaru Outlook šīm iemesla dēļ

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Mariupol Memory Park In the spring of 2022, the troops of the Russian Federation destroyed our city. Tens of thousands of people died. However, our Mariupol values, our experience of openness, cultural reflection and stru...

www.mariupolmemorypark.space/en/

Another very important RUTA seminar already tomorrow Feb 27.

Mazliet pastāstīt, ka esmu pret karu un tad publicēties (un būt advisory board) režīma žurnālā viņam tiek "ļauts" jo šāda krievu (un rietumnieku) akadēmiķu sēdēšana uz diviem krēsliem (pret karu, bet tomēr sadarbojos ar režīmu) ir režīmam ļoti izdevīga un pat vajadzīga.

Jūs varat jautāt un es varu atbildēt, ja vispirms atbildēsiet uz manu jautājumu. Kāpēc režīma un kara pretinieks publicējas šādā žurnalā?

Kāpēc cilvēkam kurš neatbalsta karu un Putina režīmu vajadzētu publicēt savus rakstus žurnālā kurš viss ciešākajā veidā sadarbojas ar Putina režīmu?

Russian scholar detained in Latvia minutes before lecture on North Korea Scholar says he is backlisted from Latvia due to his views on North Korea

The Russian Anti-War Committee rushed to his support, so I wonder if Lankov and others are listed as advisors of this Russian propaganda journal against their will or if one can be anti-war while advising a journal "edited" by Lavrov.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

One of them Andrei Lankov was listed persona non grata in Latvia, still entered the country, was detained and expelled to Estonia, which was the next destination of his North Korea lecture tour.

Finland to boycott Milan-Cortina Paralympics opening ceremony Finland will boycott the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics after the IPC granted wildcard entries to Russian and Belarusian athletes. Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Poland will al...

"Estonia, Latvia and Poland will also stay away from the ceremony."

www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/theme...

That war is not in a movie I watch - it’s outside my window

It’s beyond fear. It’s pure extract of horror. It changes you

In a few hours my brain finally processed it: war came to my city
Something broke in me when it did.

I will never forget those first Russian missiles and artillery four years ago. There have been many more dangerous situations since, much closer explosions, but never again have I felt such paralyzing fear, not only for myself but for everyone I love.

No Time To Heal: the psychological rehabilitation of a Ukrainian soldier after Russian captivity Ukrainian soldiers suffering from PTSD, depression and anxiety are sent to the Forest Glade – Ukraine’s first centre for the treatment of psychological trauma – before returning to the frontline. Afte...

"They made us feel who we are to them: I already saw the hatred in these people's eyes towards us [...] The way they tortured and beat us...you'd have to be a sick, sadistic person to do that. There was almost no food there."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Neņemiet no kara neko. Ukraiņu karavīru dzeja neņemiet no kara neko jo karš ņems kaut ko no jums jo karš skries jums pakaļ kā suns

Ukraiņu karavīru dzeja. Paldies Satori un Mārai Poļakovai !

satori.lv/article/nene...

And fantastic scenes in Georgia tonight.

1000s took to the streets of Tbilisi again (Day 454), with the theme support for Ukraine, including a rousing rendition of "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" (Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow)
#SlavaUkraïni

Helsinki

Darbs Ukrainas atbalstam turpinās. Kopā ar kolēģiem Kijivā sākam Labas gribas koalīcijas valstu līderu darba sesiju.

Nekrīti izmisumā. Vēstule zinātniekam, kura dzimtenei Krievija uzbruks nākamajai viņi centīsies tev atrast drošu vietu sistēmā. šī drošā vieta būs “personīgais stāsts”

Slava Ukrainai, tās varoņiem un varonēm, šodien un katru dienu.

Darjas teksts kā atgādinājums, ka katram roka jāpieliek Ukrainas atbalstam. Lai šī vēstule nebūtu rakstīta mums.

www.punctummagazine.lv/2024/01/08/n...

It feels important and almost urgent to re-share the text by Darya Tsymbalyuk today. "DO NOT DESPAIR. A letter to a scholar whose homeland will be attacked by Russia next."

Glory to Ukraine, its heroes and heroines today and all the days to come. daryatsymbalyuk.com/DO-NOT-DESPAIR