📿 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓖𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭 📿

This is what social Darwinism sounds like.

Arseny Turbin - one of Russia’s youngest political prisoners.

At 14, Arseny Turbin was putting anti-Putin flyers into mailboxes around his town.
At 15, he was sentenced to 5 years, beaten, and mistreated in prison.

That’s what autocracies do: they fear children with a conscience, and anyone who refuses to stay silent.

The widest of today’s gender gaps on the three abortion questions, 20 percentage points, is seen in Americans’ identification as pro-choice, with 61% of women and 41% of men using that label to describe their views. This compares with a 13-point gap in 2022 and no more than 10-point differences in any reading before Dobbs. The gap has expanded since 2022 because pro-choice identity has dipped among men, from 48% to 41%, while it has held steady among women. Currently, 32% of women and 54% of men identify as pro-life. Similarly, there is now a record-high 17-point gap between women (57%) and men (40%) in their belief that abortion is morally acceptable and a record-high 15-point gap in women’s (56%) and men’s (41%) support for abortion being legal in all or most circumstances. These divergences are also the widest since 2022 and represent a marked change from the two decades prior to Dobbs, when women’s and men’s views were much closer. Source: gallup.com

Women and men are drifting further apart in the US, especially on what to do with women’s bodies.

Some say “That’s democracy! Everyone gets a say”
Sure. Except only one side pays the price: physically, emotionally, legally.

You can’t call it “equal debate” when only one gender risks dying for it.

"The freest country in the world," I repeat to myself as I carefully choose my words, wondering if they’ll be the reason I’m deported back to a homeland where my beloved law enforcement awaits to imprison me for speaking those very words I came here to say.

LA… freedom looks different today 😔

Alexei Navalny

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 — 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

Today would have been Alexei Navalny’s 49th birthday.
Rest in power, Alexei.

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Exactly! I've been in such a good mood all day today 🤗

It will definitely be included in military textbooks.

Seems like Ukraine didn’t share the plan with the US.
Any guesses why?

Trojan Horse, 2025 edition

🇺🇦 One of the most successful military ops in history just happened ✨
Cheap Ukrainian drones flew out of a truck… and destroyed strategic bombers deep inside Russia — the very ones bombing Ukrainian cities.
Russia can’t replace them — they’re relics of a dead empire.

Hybrid war is already in the EU: cyberattacks, disinformation, sabotage, terror.
If full-scale war comes, military analysts agree: 🇺🇦 Ukraine has the only army in Europe ready to fight.

But they need weapons.

If you're in the EU, pressure your government.
Support Ukraine or you might be next.

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

Adam was literally the first alpha male.
God said, “Don’t eat the fruit or you’ll die.”
Eve ate it — didn’t die, just got smarter.
So Adam followed, then blamed everyone but himself when it backfired.
Don't be an alpha. Be accountable.

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❌ Take healthcare from millions.
❌ Slash benefits for the poorest.

All so:

✔️ Billionaires can buy more yachts, fund more far-right parties worldwide
✔️ Get tax breaks on gun silencers.

“Big”? Sure — it adds $5.7 trillion to the national debt.
“Beautiful”? Maybe. But not for you.

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There's even a Wikipedia page about him, though only in Russian.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%...

"no torture — no asylum"

Andrei Trofimov, a political prisoner from my hometown.
We both spoke out against Putin and the war in the same local community groups.
He got 10 years for that — then 3 more for speaking out again in court.
Think he can apply for asylum now that he’s already in the Gulag?

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bsky.app/profile/from...

Golden toilet decor in the apartment of a Russian corrupt official.

Has any psychologist studied why corrupt officials always have such terrible taste?
Gold toilets, gold curtains, gold jets...
I used to think it was just a Russian thing. But even in the “freest country in the world,” power still has a gold fetish.

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Nothing to see here — just a Russian priest picking up license plates 666 for his shiny Land Cruiser.
Most Russians couldn’t dream of this car, but hey, salvation comes at a premium.
Business as usual for religious entrepreneurs — in any religion, in any country, if you ask me.
#HolyBusiness 😇💰

A world map from Reporters Without Borders showing press freedom by country, with colors ranging from green (good) to dark red (very serious issues). Europe and Australia are mostly yellow and green, the U.S. is orange, and Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan are dark red.

The U.S. dropped to 57th place from 180 in the World Press Freedom Index — right between Liberia and Gambia. Pretty grim.
But then I remember: my home country, Russia, is at 171st place. Only Nicaragua, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Iran, and Syria are lower 🤷

Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia, and Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia.

Mysterious new illness spreads among Putin’s friends — symptoms include sudden “schedule conflicts” and a deep fear of sanctions. Doctors recommend avoiding Moscow’s May 9 parade at all costs 😷
Vučić, Fico are “too sick” to come. Modi has his own war now. Even Lukashenko is “maybe late.”
#ParadeFlu

How do we measure the effectiveness of a prison system? By recidivism rates. Norway focuses on rehabilitation and humane conditions, with a 5-year recidivism rate of 38.7%. The U.S., relying on punishment and harsh conditions, sees 77%. Does harshness work? No. Rehabilitation does.

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Politicians: we have a demographic crisis! Women, why don't you give birth to new taxpayers?
Women: well... we need childcare, economic security, and equal parenting.
Politicians: got it — ban abortion, cut school lunches, slash social services, shame childfree women, and give medals for baby #6 🙄

Examples from so many countries show how easily basic human rights can be lost when far-right fanatics come to power. Sadly, we have to keep fighting even just to hold on to the rights we already have. That’s also what May Day is about 🌿✊