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sjurkep.bsky.social
Cats and faces are my favourite things. Currently I care mostly about Ukraine and the preservation of liberal democracy.
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If we want democracy to win, we have to run the authoritarian playbook in reverse. That means building up power in all the competing places that authoritarians see as obstacles to conquer or neutralize. Here's how:

submitted 53 minutes ago • 1 comment

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1272 comments

@piscolitty.bsky.social @thinkingmunk.bsky.social X is a propaganda weapon. It needs to be abandoned.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Sanna Marin throwing some impressive shade here: ”To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it. There is no trade-off between investing in the defence of Europe as a whole and investing in the defence of Ukraine—they are one and the same.”

submitted 2 days ago • 28 comments

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

submitted 3 days ago • 537 comments

Hey @ioponomarenko.bsky.social @irynavoichuk.bsky.social @ukrainianana.bsky.social @ricktheukrainian.bsky.social @reshetz.bsky.social @dim0kq.bsky.social @mthrsuperiorben.bsky.social and all the rest of 🇺🇦: Even though the world keep finding new ways to slap you in the face, you're still awesome 💙💛

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments