Beirut on a clear day
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Beirut on a clear day
Lakkis farms
Vintage Lebanon travel posters from pan American Airlines
Beirut, where east meets west
Baalbek Roman ruins
Baalbek
A ginger cat on a chair
#BBCNews - As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go
www.bbc.com/news/article...
By @sommervilletv.bsky.social
#UkraineWar
A cat in your face
When you’re trying to write
She rules the roost
A cat on a knee
Tabitha belongs to no man
A brown Labrador on a wooden floor.
Our Frank
Ukrainian postage stamps illustrated with a camera journalist and correspondent under fire
The Mission: Truth postage stamp of the Heroic Professions series is a symbol of gratitude to those who make the truth heard, who risk their lives to defend us from the enemy with the power of truth. This stamp issue is a tribute to the memory of media professionals killed by Russia.
"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uk
Strangely reassuring
Donetsk hound
They’re being well looked after by a nine year old and his family.
Some kittens in a box
Three kittens in a box
And a box of kittens
Three overwhelming puppies
A puppy invites tummy rubs
Snarling pup submits
Relentless Ukrainian assault
Let’s pretend it’s an everyday occurrence
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Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wg
Read: Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control www.bbc.com/news/article...
Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a very good piece.
When you are, to quote Starmer, the result of a squalid experiment doing untold damage to the UK then what do you self-define as?
Living your life in opposition to a culture is unsustainable so how do you find/make/sustain your own?
First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan
apnews.com/article/leba...
Desperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/
A FT analysis has identified a number of detention facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold. The experience has left lasting scars. https://on.ft.com/3IAh26M
In Ukraine, some people with tourniquets can’t escape because drones are waiting to kill them. “There are so many people [in] Ukraine now with tourniquet syndrome, because the tourniquet’s on for more than six hours. They’re all getting very high arm amputations, leg amputations.” on.ft.com/3TKYraF
“Alissa managed to keep both kids on the countertop, one hand on each, still trying to reassure them. As the house came undone, she grabbed one in each arm. This is the part that will forever haunt me. If I or anyone else had been closer to them, we would have helped her”
How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
