Many people recognize this composition
For example it's known as aΒ #Christmas carol, "Carol of the Bells" in the USA
But the original title is "#Shchedryk"
Composed in #Ukraine by Mykola Leontovych about 110 years ago
The original lyrics tell a story of a swallow flying into a household at #NewYears. To sing of the wealth that will come in Springtime
Here it is symbolically performed in the machine hall of a thermal power plant destroyed by Russian strikes
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Define the word "composure"
Update (sort of, this is a different bird, but an update in terms of #wildlife rehabbers in #Ukraine working with #birds wounded in #war):
A #bird, a #hawk later named FPVshka, attacked a Russian #drone, but lost a wing in the process. Now it has a forever home in an #aviary in #Dnipro
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"Meet Shrike.
This brave fighter rightly decided that Russian drones had no place on our (and his personal) territory, and atta...

"Two villains, one goal"
#DerSpiegel's new cover
Yup
Random linguistics note:
"Ziel" is "goal" in German but "soul" in Dutch. "Two villains, one soul" is even better
#EU #Europe #Putin #Trump


"These go to 11"
#RobReiner as Marty DiBergi
#ChristopherGuest as Nigel Tufnel
The mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" (1984)
You will be visited by three spirits
#threeSpirits #FrederickDouglass #HarrietTubman #JohnBrown


"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
- Westley, to Buttercup, in "The Princess Bride"
Directed by Rob Reiner
#RIP #RobReiner and #MicheleReiner
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Extremely tragic circumstances


This fucking guy
He's one for the ages
Ukrainians are angry at a tone in Western #media lately that #Ukraine is losing
#Disinfo from the usual #socialMedia #troll farms and #plutocrat influenced channels shilling a #narrative for a corrupt #agenda
So what does #Zelensky do?
He goes to the frontline in #Kupiansk and films himself there
While the #West repeats #Kremlin lies that #Russia controls it
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Zelensky is something else
Tough, crafty, true
In a world of dipshits
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