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reading d.gray-man is like finding the wildest most insane soap opera ever made but you can only watch 20 minutes of it every 3 months. and sometimes you get 30 minutes but other times you barely get 15.

#so true😂 #to think Ive been following this for like... 18 years??????? #latest chapter is insane #but nothing has yet beaten that one where we learnt Mana and Nea used to be the same person #dgm

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it’s insane to me that people are painting the protestors at columbia and yale as “anti-war.” in fact they are very much pro-war! they have cheered for iranian missiles and hamas rockets, shouted “october 7th will be every day” and “burn tel aviv to the ground.” they don’t want the war to end, they just want the side they support to succeed in killing more jews. absent that, they themselves are happy to harass and physically assault local jews that they can get their hands on.

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#sigh #another night in the bathroom #russia is a terrorist state #russian culture #russian imperialism #russian invasion of ukraine #war crimes #genocide #ukraine

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My next post in support of Ukraine is:

Next site, the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi (Кам'янець-Подільський) in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Its name is derived from an Old Slavic word, kamin, which means 'stone' and from the historic region known as Podilia. The literal meaning of the name is 'The Stones of Podilia.' It's believed by some historians that there was an earlier city built on the same spot by the Dacians, an ancient people from what is now Romania, Moldova, and parts of Ukraine. The earliest mention of the current city is from 1062. In 1241, it was destroyed by the Mongols. In 1352, it came under Polish rule. The castle in the city (which I posted about earlier in the🧵) was expanded by the Polish kings to guard against the Ottoman & Tatar invasions. Though, in 1672, the city did become part of the Ottoman Empire for a short while. It was returned to Polish rule in 1699. In 1793, after the Second Partition of Poland, the city became part of the "russian" empire. During WWI, it was occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1915. When the "russian" empire collapsed in 1917, it came under the control of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was chosen as its capital when Kyiv was captured by the Bolsheviks. In 1921, it came under the control of the soviet union until 1991, when Ukraine declared its independence.

#StandWithUkraine

#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

#i was there #its so magical #kamyanets-podilskiy #ukraine

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#ukraine #russian invasion of ukraine

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"20 Days In Mariupol" is finally on Netflix!

https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81771289?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=cp&vlang=en&clip=81771482

Please everyone go watch this first-person POV journalist footage of the blockade of Mariupol that was compiled into the format of a movie.

#20 days in mariupol #ukraine #україна #20 днів у маріуполі #russian invasion of ukraine #russian culture #russian imperialism #genocide #fascism #terrorism #oscar #best documentary #journalism #war crimes #укртумбочка #укртамблер #укртумба #netflix

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Hot take but we should treat people who fill their blogs with pictures of Stalin and Mao with the same level of suspicion we treat people who fill their blogs with portraits of Hitler and Mussolini.

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This is art tbh.

The moment when on the word "teki" (enemy) in "no one has any enemies" the camera shifts to Askeladd falling dead in Thorfinn's arms.... Pure kino.

#vinland saga #thorfinn #askeladd #Youtube

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THIS.

This guy from Romania put everything down splendidly.

I understand, most "woke" US teens want to push "US bad" narrative nowadays to look cool, but for those of you guys who feel depressed - because your media has been constantly telling you about America's many failures in foreign politics in the last 50 years as if it was all a failure.... But guys. Guys. My guys. Americans.

YOU LITERALLY FREED A DOZEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

FREED. Do you understand me?

People here in Eastern Europe CELEBRATED it like they celebrated the end of WWII. People CRIED and hugged and went to the streets when the fucking empire fell.

People created human chains that SPANNED COUNTRIES to tell the world they do not want to be part of USSR (Google "The Baltic Way").

In Ukraine, the all-country vote for leaving USSR got the overwhelming ~90% in favor support throughout all the country (YES, IN RUSSIAN-SPEAKING DONBAS TOO)

The propaganda (fed by Russian spies in the West) has warped your own impression of yourselves, so I am putting it all in perspective so you would know - you did some incredible good too, guys. You helped a dozen of previously military occupied countries free themselves.

And now you are helping the same countries protect their Independence when the same regime that had occupied them previously have now recovered its strength and have started trying to re-collect them all again.

#america #ukraine #eastern europe #baltic states #ussr #soviet union #russian imperialism #russian culture #russian invasion #russia is a terrorist state #україна #укртумбочка #укртамблер #укртумба

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This was the boy he had grown up with, he thought; this was the Robert Baratheon he’d known and loved. If he could prove that the Lannisters were behind the attack on Bran, prove that they had murdered Jon Arryn, this man would listen. Then Cersei would fall, and the Kingslayer with her, and if Lord Tywin dared to rouse the west, Robert would smash him as he had smashed Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident. He could see it all so clearly. That breakfast tasted better than anything Eddard Stark had eaten in a long time, and afterward his smiles came easier and more often, until it was time for the tournament to resume.

oh yes, Sansa Stark is in fact, her fathers daughter.

#sansa stark #got #ned stark

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The trees will tell you where the front line is.

Damage to the environment of Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression amounts to 60 billion USD. A total of 4,200 instances of environmental crimes committed by Russia have been documented in Ukraine.

#ukraine #russian invasion #russia is a terrorist state #russian invasion of ukraine #russian imperialism #russian culture #україна #укртумба #укртамблер #укртумбочка #ecocide #genocide #war

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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Winston Churchill

#too bad hundreds of lives are lost in the meantime #sarcasm #ukraine #usa #russian invasion of ukraine #war #americans #україна #укртумбочка #укртамблер #укртумба

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- Where are all Ukrainian writers? Why there are so few of them?

Just one example of hundreds similar cases:

Geo Shkurupiy was born on April 20, 1903, a Ukrainian writer of the avant-garde genre. Shot by the NKVD (the Secret Police of the USSR) on December 8, 1937, in Leningrad. His place of rest is still unknown. His wife, Varvara Bazas, was assigned the WTM category — "the Wife of a Traitor to the Motherland". Together with their son Georgiy, they - as an "enemy of the people" family - were forcibly evicted from Kyiv by the Soviet authorities.

#ukraine #ukrainian literature #ukrainian culture #україна #укртумбочка #укртамблер #укртумба #russian imperialism #russian invasion #russia is a terrorist state #genocide

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No, but seriously.

Was anyone going to tell me that Vinland Saga is an actual cinematic masterpiece that strongly condemns any sort of war glorification and violence and not, in fact, another edgy Viking raiding-pilaging-raping culture wanking fest or was I just supposed to find that out myself, accidentally, 5 years after it aired, when I was mind-numbingly bored and clicked on it because I couldn't find anything better to watch on Netflix?

#the way stupid ppl talked about it in 2019 I totally dismissed it😭😭😭 #its just funny how its like... the POLAR opposite of what I expected #based on how fans described it on social media 😆 #AND MY FUCKING GOD THE SOUNDRACK THE SOUNDTRACK HOLY FUCK IT SUITS MORE TO A SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT NOT AN ANIME #my pianist heart got orgasm from that soundtrack #also top1 main villain's death scene among ALL the cinema I've watched. seriously. I'm not exaggerating here #I've watched it two weeks ago and I'm still under the impression

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Local kids are collecting things that belonged to their dead friend.

A book on Chemistry for the 7th grade, children drawings, younger brother's book on Math for 1st grade, an Alphabet book, old photos...

In Synelnikove, Russian missile killed a whole family in their own house - a grandmother, her daughter and her two granddaughters - 14 and 8 years old. Doctors were able to reanimate the youngest child - a boy of 6.

#ukraine #russia #russian invasion of ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #russian imperialism #russian culture #genocide #war crimes #україна

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Fun thing to do for Americans today:

Call your congress people and demand that they vote for the Ukraine aid bill.

It's been almost 500 days since congress last approved aid to Ukraine. 🇺🇦 forces are severely lacking in ammunition there, which means they cannot protect their cities and energy infrastructure and have to leave soldiers at the frontline without cover because they need to ration their firepower. Civilians are dying, soldiers defending freedom and democracy are dying. Ukraine will lose and cease to exist if they run out of weapons.

Russia is 100% responsible for the war, but inaction makes the USA complicit and will lead to a bigger war in Europe that is very likely going to include NATO directly, meaning your fellow countrypeople will actually have to come here and fight. Don't want that? Then fucking support Ukraine NOW! It's the morally right and logical thing to do and serves your own interests!!