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Here it comes, the long-ass thread about sports and politics in Russia. Strap in. This is a subject near and dear to my heart. The main point: never, ever, ever take seriously any talk by any Russian athlete/sports official/sports writer that sports and politics must be separate.

I want to thank the Russian Academy for this Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mariupol official tells ⁦@nvanderklippe⁩ that 10,000 people may have been killed in the besieged city since the war began. “And if the Russians keep shelling, we may see more than 20,000 people killed” theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in 🇺🇸 weapons, likely not limited to just military-specific equipment but also including small arms + ammo, are unpredictable & likely disastrous. Specially when they are given to paramilitary groups w/out accountability.

⚡️All Big Four accounting and consultancy firms quit Russia. Accountant firms EY and Deloitte severed ties with Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, following KPMG and PwC.

⚡️U.S. is looking into the potential impact of cutting off imports of Russian oil, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors Chair Cecilia Rouse said. “But what’s really important is that we maintain a steady supply of global energy,” she said.

❗️ Mass detentions during protests against the invasion of Ukraine in Moscow #StopPutinNOW

Once upon a time IKEA coming to 🇷🇺 and establishing itself all over the country was seen by many ordinary Russians as a sign of better times coming for them. Now it’s all closing. It’s a true tragedy.

Russian soldier in Kherson having trouble opening a door to an electronics store. t.me/insiderUKR/23179

I can’t wrap my mind around the existence of this clip. teapaw.org/StefanThumann/status/1…

Some 20 Yemenis, mostly students, are stuck at the Ukraine/Poland border and Poland is refusing them entry. Imagine fleeing the war in #Yemen only to be stuck in #Ukraine right now. #YemenisinUkraine

it’s funny and deeply frustrating that our society believes it’s complicated to figure out if someone is autistic, ND, or NT when honest answers to just a few questions could tell you definitively bc every group thinks fundamentals of the other groups’ brains don’t even exist

If you have a medical (N95/KN95/KF94/surgical) mask, that should go against your face with as good a fit as you can manage. The advantage of putting a cloth mask over it is that it makes the seal better, and makes sure your air goes through the high filtration mask and not gaps.

Here is the 285-page, $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit that election tech company Smartmatic filed today in state court in Manhattan against Fox, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell: smartmatic.com/uploads/Smart… Intro: "The Earth is round."