Juliane Fürst

My husband is from Aber. His grandmother lived in the building to the left when it was still a hall of residence. It was a nice surprise to see a familiar view where I did not expect it. Aber noir - the magical and sinister.

It turns out that talking about Russia's corrosive influence on the West and talking about Epstein isn't either or.

In Kyjiw ist nun eine Holocaustüberlebende erfroren, wie die @novayagazeta.bsky.social berichtet. Sie lebte zurückgezogen in Podil. Ihren Namen hatte sie im Waisenhaus erhalten, wo man sie abgegeben hatte, als ihre Eltern in Babyn Jar erschossen worden waren: Bezfamilnaja („Ohne Nachnamen“). Sie
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Ich bin in Kyjiw, und mir wird bang. Ich meine damit nicht nur die Angst vor den Explosionen nachts, die Wände erzittern lassen, die den Menschen alles nehmen, ihr Leben, das ihrer Liebsten. Oder die Sorge um die vielen Freunde, die schon Medikamente gegen Depressionen nehmen und in kalten, dunklen Wohnungen sitzen, die um ihre Alten fürchten oder um ihre Babys. In diesen Tagen, in denen das sonst so hartnäckige Kyjiw in Teilen kollabiert, wächst in mir die Furcht, dass die Worte, die wir aus der Ukraine in den Westen schicken, verhallen: Europa. Muss. Aufwachen. Neue Sanktionen verhängen. Taurus liefern. 1.000-mal gesagt und geschrieben.

In der morgigen @diezeit.bsky.social findet sich auf der Seite 1 ein Leitartikel meiner Kollegin @oliviakortas.bsky.social , die in Kyjiw lebt, der so wahr ist und beklemmend und bestürzend, dass ich ihn jeder und jedem ans Herz legen möchte. Hier der erste Absatz:

The problem is who truly believes that a Trumpian USA will honour any security guarantees? And who thinks that Russia will be an honest deal maker?

The massacre of Iranian protesters reminds of Tiananmen Square - an event that is still shrouded in the darkness of deadly secrecy. The Chinese regime bought itself out of the memory of mass murder by making China rich and imposing silence. Hard to see what Khameini can offer in order to forget.

As Kyiv residents face brutal winter blackouts and heating disruptions caused by Russian strikes, World Central Kitchen is delivering thousands of hot meals.

De facto however it was done all the time. I arrived several times after the curfew and taxis were waiting to take people home.

Who would have thought that the news from Iran would be the most hopeful reading experience of the day. Indeed, the whole year so far.

Zelenskyy: Russians are exploiting cold snap and trying to hit as many energy facilities as possible Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia is exploiting the freezing cold weather and attempting to strike as many Ukrainian energy facilities as possible. He added that it is of ...

I know there is a lot going on but it has largely fallen from the headlines that Russia is using the current freezing weather in Ukraine and attacks on power and heat infrastructure to try to freeze millions of civilians, a clear crime against humanity www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

By the numbers: Mentions of 'peace' in Christmas and New Year's addresses, combined:
Zelenskyy: 32
Putin: 0

Zusammen mit der @bravery-ev.bsky.social startet heute ein wichtiger Fundraiser und ein neuer Meilenstein in der Ukraine Unterstützung. Zwei weitere gepanzerte Fahrzeuge müssen her: Einmal für die Medics in Pokrovsk und nochmals für Kherson.

bravery.berlin/waswirtun/ev...

You can do revolution once in this setting. But not twice.

It is also a matter of perspective. For millions of people the collapse of the Soviet Union was not anybody‘s fault but what they wanted and had demonstrated for. It is fascinating how we all are caught in the terminology of ‘catastrophe’, following Putin’s definition.

Wohltätigkeit ist das Gegenmodell zum Sozialstaat.

Frohe Weihnachten. Merry Christmas. May true peace come.

Poignantly this song by Mykola Leontovych was used in 1919 in a cultural diplomacy campaign to get international recognition and guarantees for the new independent Ukrainian Republic. The attempt failed but the song went on to become world famous. Hopefully, we can do better.

Sometimes I marvel at the amount of work political scientists put into trying to scientifically study what wedge issues would divide the far right and then some chaos goblin of fate throws out into the world the wildcard of: "being mean to the violently murdered director of the Princess Bride."

When small nations forget that they need the upkeep of the international order more than anyone else: Belgium’s refusal to release funds for Ukraine is short-sighted and forgetful of history.

Implication is that she will cook you at some point, no? Makes me almost want to return to Duolingo.

Belgium seems to have forgotten that the drive to establish an international order after WW I was not least based on the empathy attributed to a neutral Belgium that had been invaded by Germany simply because it was the shortcut around the French defence lines.

‪According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, Witkoff gladly payed 550 rubles (6 euros) for a cheburek while visiting Moscow in August and that is all you really need to know about his aptitude for making deals in Russia

And the forum has been cancelled on orders from
the Kyrgyz security services.

Discussing the legacy of Russian colonialism is off limits in Kyrgyzstan

What is astonishing is not that Trump wants business with Russia (he has done that for decades), but that he thinks that these deals will be honoured. Maybe he should ask Shell about Sakhalin. Or Ukraine about the Budapest memorandum.

Die Opfer des russischen Genozids kommen nicht vor

@efdavies.bsky.social erklärt warum der Vorstoß der #US-Regierung im Kontext des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine faktisch eine russische Wunschliste ist, die die Souveränität der #Ukraine, der #NATO und EU-Staaten aufheben will

A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Ukraine: Between a Rock and a Hard Place European allies once again find themselves on the sidelines as Ukraine tries to salvage something from a messy and potentially dangerous peace plan. It will fall on Kyiv and Brussels to ensure that no...

The EU finds itself on the sidelines as Ukraine tries to salvage something from a messy peace plan.

It will fall on Kyiv and Brussels to ensure that no negotiated ceasefire leaves the door open to renewed Russian attack, argues @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

Trumps "Friedensplan" ist nicht mal die größte Unverschämtheit Dass Russland einer Friedenslösung zustimmt, die der Ukraine echte Sicherheitsgarantien gibt, war immer eine Fantasie. Ein Waffenstillstand wäre jedoch eventuell erreichbar gewesen. Stattdessen steht ...

Was seit Trumps Amtsantritt international rund um den Überlebenskampf der Ukraine passierte, ist aus ukrainischer Sicht ein einziges Trauerspiel. Mein Kommentar für @ntvde.bsky.social zum erneuten Versuch Washingtons, Kyjiw unter Druck zu setzen. www.n-tv.de/politik/poli...

Correct. And noticed the same Spiegel magazine.

As seen at the Wendemuseum.