Stephen Bileckyj / Орест Стефан Білецькій 🇺🇦

@cylmaa.bsky.social listening for 3 mins while a till assistant attempts to sell a subscription, all the while while I’m standing with my arms full waiting to get served is beyond irritating. I will go elsewhere for my pet supplies.

My girlfriend at the time took me to see opera for the first time, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers. I couldn’t help but sob through the male duet, and it was at that point she decided she would marry me (so she told me years down the line, as my wife).

This is what brought down Enron

And…. It was the Women’s Head of the River Race today (WeHORR), taking on the arduous Championship rowing course from Chiswick Bridge to Putney Bridge. 324 boats, each with eight women plus a cox. Always helluva spectacle and worth celebrating.

www.wehorr.org

NEW: This is brilliant from Trudeau.

"Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner & ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying, murderous dictator. Make that makes sense." 💥

In the UK we honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for peace and liberty, here at the Cenotaph.

No exaggeration to say that the world order that they died for now is unravelling before our eyes….

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine