Shaun Pinner

shaunpinner.bsky.social

30 December 2024 05:04

Latvia transferred 612 cars confiscated from drunk drivers to Ukraine for service on the front

Eric Alper

thatericalper.com

30 December 2024 04:58

Derek and the Dominos' "Layla" was about Eric Clapton's love for Pattie Boyd, wife of his friend George Harrison of The Beatles. So why Layla? It's from The Story of Layla and Majnun by 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi, about a man in love with a woman he couldn't have.

Stranger in a Strange Land

strangerinasland.bsky.social

01 December 2024 05:31

5/ Ukraine’s democracy challenged Putin’s autocratic narrative, offering Russians a different future. He also wanted Ukraine’s rare metals, food production, and strategic location. To Putin, Ukraine has always been part of Russia, and reclaiming it caused the 2022 invasion. Nothing to do with NATO.

Shaun Pinner

shaunpinner.bsky.social

01 December 2024 05:30

Russia’s 3 day war has resulted in spin, blatant lies and scaremongering with the threat of Nukes almost daily but the reality is that in some places along the frontline Russia have barely made it 30km past their own border after 3 years of fighting and over 700,000 casualties.