Up to no good

Ukrainian living through war and crushing absurdity of life. Might have gone mad, but hey, who's gonna tell? Wanna help? Donate here - https://savelife.in.ua/en Believe me, you'll feel better

[karlyuchka]

The way westerners view the language situation in Ukraine baffles me. No, Ukrainians aren't some magical bilingual nation, which is bilingual just because.

There is no difference between a Ukrainian not being able to speak Ukrainian and an Irish person not being able to speak Irish. Both are the result of imperialism and oppression.

But for some reason people are upset at the fact that English is dominant in Ireland, but dislike derussification (restoration of national identity after centuries of russian imperialism, oppression and genocide).

Why? Because while imperialism is evil, its definition is obviously "evil western europeans with boats". Also, how can Russia be evil when it has bears, snow, vodka and balalaikas?

Decolonisation is good, unless it's in Ukraine (or any other victim of russian terror, but people dislike Ukraine the most for some fucking reason)

[kisses-in-the-void]

1) The Ukrainian language was repeatedly banned through the centuries. 2) People in occupied areas of Ukraine are literally being killed by russians for speaking Ukrainian today.

Anyone who reads these two sentences and still wants to whine "ohhh but what about the rights of russian speakers" is an idiot and a clown and I despise and disrespect them.

[damnhitsuzen]

may I have a moment of your attention?

fuck russia and russians

thank you

[propalahramota]

Fuck yeah I love Ukrainian language, 30 different word for being miserable

[damnhitsuzen]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jayce/Viktor (League of Legends), Jayce & Jinx & Viktor (League of Legends), Ekko/Jinx (League of Legends) Characters: Jayce (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends), Jinx (League of Legends), Ekko (League of Legends)

daaaaamn

I am back and this monstrous chapter is finally out!  So I had a very busy autumn and dragged this chapter as if my life depended on it. When I planned to publish it in a long-ass boring train trip, I missed my train, barely got on another, made a sudden detour into Czechia, changed train where my wagon got on fire (literally), and by the time I got to the rental apartment I contemplated visiting some church with a plea to lift a curse I obviously carried with me. Anyway, let's get back to people who are way more miserable than me! How's that healthy dynamic and great communication going for the trio?

Love to all kudos, bookmarks, and comments! You are the best and have no idea how happy you make me.

[damnhitsuzen]

Out of all perpetually late European trains today, mine left earlier and without me.

Never been happier to understand Slovak and Czech exactly enough to bash Polish railway together

Let's hope I will get to Warsaw today

[snovyda]

U Are the Universe (Ти - космос), dir. Pavlo Ostrikov

[vintage-ukraine]

A couple of months ago I got hit by a sudden repair cost that my landlord wouldn't cover. It took all of my admittedly not very vast savings. Two weeks ago the contract at my job ran out and they decided not to prolong it cause they've been cutting staff already. To add to the injury they informed me that they had accidentally overpaid me somewhere last year and thus would be deducting 70 percent of my last salary to counter it (just go ahead and stab me in the back while you're at it, come on). Now I can't make rent this month and got no savings left to cover it. I'm terrified I would be evicted because moving is expensive, especially if you don't have a car. I'm a refugee and I don't have much of a support system to fall back on.

I have debated making this post, because I feel horrible and like an absolute failure, especially at a time when so many are in much greater need than my own, but I can only promise to give back in mutual aid what's given to me one day soon when I'm not in survival mode anymore.

Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/A0A4190KI9

PayPal: [email protected]

Please, please, only give if you absolutely can afford it. If you're also in the pits, please, take care of yourself first, my friend. Make sure your cup is at least halfway full.

Flowers by Vira Dovhalevska, 1959

[damnhitsuzen]

Ah, the joys of period:

first, you're starting to worry that it's getting late;

then it comes and you're dying twisted into a pretzel under a blanket

Like, yay, but also fuck

[kamogryadeshi]

‼️A 38-year-old woman, a 12-year-old girl, and a six-month-old baby were killed in a Russian attack in the village of Pogreby, Brovary district, Kyiv region, the head of the Regional Military Administration, Kalashnyk, reported.

The enemy attacked the village of Pogreby, Brovary district, on the night of October 22. The bodies of the deceased were found at the scene of a fire in a private house.

It is also known about another person killed in the Brovary district - a man born in 1987, who was fatally injured by shrapnel.

[folklorespring]

Lviv / War (2022-2025) by Yurko Dyachyshyn

[folklorespring]

RUSSIA IS A TERRORIST STATE

[folklorespring]

I will never understand how there're just some guys who come home and their wives probably say "honey, how was work" and he says "nice, killed people in their sleep with ballistic missiles" and she's like "yay love our blood money"

[vintage-ukraine]

Intelligent Creature by Mykola Nebelytsia, 1993

[vyvilha]

you guys really need to be educated on russia's indigenous people. some of you will rightfully call out isnotreal and usa on being settler colonies dependant on stealing land and killing it's indigenous population but then say that "i don't support russia but they aren't the same". tell that to yakut, buryat, chukchi, chechens, cirkassians, ingush, ossetians, tatars, nenets, tuvans, bashkirs, udmurts, qirimtatar of illegally occupied crimea, and many, many others. their land stolen, their culture on the verge of extinction; they're facing racism and discrimination in their own land, their activists are being thrown to prisons. russia is no different from usa

[merrymorningofmay]

the specific feeling of disappointment when you're in the middle of something and your phone buzzes and you're like "yay, that must be a friend texting me!" and then the siren goes off outside and it's like ah

[damnhitsuzen]

There's a specific combination of buzzing my air raid alert app and city app have that makes a specific buzz. It sets off my mind before I get to the conscious thought

It's like that sound effect from Debbie Downer skit plays in my head and then here it goes whhuuuuuuoooooooooooooouuuuuuh

[lucylehane]

Catherine Tate and David Tennant as Beatrice and Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Josie Rourke, 2011)

[anoonimthepoorchad]

If someone from the west keeps posting the amounts they donate to Ukraine, does it feel like bragging to you?

Nope! Not at all! Always glad to see posts like these! The main thing is the donation, and even if the person genuinely wants to brag, I am more than willing to express gratitude to them!

To me I'm glad for my people to receive help and for the people helping to feel appreciated! And it helps bring the attention to the people in need of support! It's a major win-win in my point of view!

Just please be sure to check the charity before donating, there are several international official ones linked in my pinned post. Plus Ukrainian mutuals can reblog trustworthy charities or just collect money to help people who were injured or had their homes destroyed.

[aif0s-w]

Talking about the donations you made is actually great! Seriously.

Sometimes Ukrainian twitter users even try to cancel rich Ukrainian celebrities who don’t donate or don’t talk about their donations publicly 👀

Here in Ukraine talking about your donations is very, very important. This helps “promote” the donation culture. People hear that you donated -> they are reminded about the fundraiser -> they might donate as well!

Also, people are more likely to donate when they can see that someone they know has donated as well.

We also have a saying that “small donations don’t exist”, cause even if you donated $1 that’s still very helpful. In fact, most of the budget of some famous Ukrainian charities actually comes from donations that are less than $4.

And, while we’re on the topic of donations, here are some valid, well-known and respected Ukrainian charities that I have personally donated to:

https://savelife.in.ua/en/ - help the army

https://prytulafoundation.org/en/ - help the army or civillians

https://www.hospitallers.life/ - medical help

Huge thanks to everyone who donates!