Larissa B.
@lbuschmann.bsky.social
🇺🇦🇳🇱 📚 a realistic optimist, born in Donbas, based in Amsterdam. Opinions are my own (had to mention this for my employer).
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Larissa B.
@lbuschmann.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
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Sounds like a great list to read in 2025!
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❗️Zelensky: The more freedom Putin has to act, the more dangerous the world becomes for everyone else.
That’s why patient zero must be stopped. He must be denied the space to act and the space to spread this evil.
That’s why patient zero must be stopped. He must be denied the space to act and the space to spread this evil.
September 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
❗️Zelensky: The more freedom Putin has to act, the more dangerous the world becomes for everyone else.
That’s why patient zero must be stopped. He must be denied the space to act and the space to spread this evil.
That’s why patient zero must be stopped. He must be denied the space to act and the space to spread this evil.
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Today, the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky marks 942 years.
Cut off from aid, ~1,700 residents endure drone attacks, mined roads, extreme food and medicine shortages, and unburied dead.
🧵 1/8
Cut off from aid, ~1,700 residents endure drone attacks, mined roads, extreme food and medicine shortages, and unburied dead.
🧵 1/8
September 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Today, the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky marks 942 years.
Cut off from aid, ~1,700 residents endure drone attacks, mined roads, extreme food and medicine shortages, and unburied dead.
🧵 1/8
Cut off from aid, ~1,700 residents endure drone attacks, mined roads, extreme food and medicine shortages, and unburied dead.
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This is what we’re dealing with.
September 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is what we’re dealing with.
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Who knew the Canadians could play the same game?
August 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Who knew the Canadians could play the same game?
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So much more than a Country Music Superstar.
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
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August 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So much more than a Country Music Superstar.
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
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Russia has stepped up large-scale hybrid&disinformation campaigns in Germany ahead of state elections.The operation,known as "Matryoshka," after the Russian nesting doll,or "Operation Overload,"aims to discredit democratic politicians, undermine trust in elections, and strengthen pro-Russian forces⤵️
August 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Russia has stepped up large-scale hybrid&disinformation campaigns in Germany ahead of state elections.The operation,known as "Matryoshka," after the Russian nesting doll,or "Operation Overload,"aims to discredit democratic politicians, undermine trust in elections, and strengthen pro-Russian forces⤵️
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Russians have destroyed the 300 year old Holy Nativity Church in Beryslav – the only surviving example in Ukraine of 18th-century wooden Cossack religious architecture.
August 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Russians have destroyed the 300 year old Holy Nativity Church in Beryslav – the only surviving example in Ukraine of 18th-century wooden Cossack religious architecture.
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Google Earth's new AI feature lets anyone fabricate inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a place has been drone striked to manifesting a nuclear plant in Iran. What could go wrong? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
July 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Google Earth's new AI feature lets anyone fabricate inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a place has been drone striked to manifesting a nuclear plant in Iran. What could go wrong? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
Story @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/google-earth...
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Canada strongly opposes the International Olympic Committee decision to admit russian athletes to competition with their flags and symbols. This is a step that normalizes and condones russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian athletes murdered by russians cannot speak out – so we must do so.
Ukrainian athletes murdered by russians cannot speak out – so we must do so.
I am appalled by the IOC’s decision to provisionally lift their sanction on the Russian Olympic Committee. Please see my statement on behalf of the Government of Canada, below:
July 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Canada strongly opposes the International Olympic Committee decision to admit russian athletes to competition with their flags and symbols. This is a step that normalizes and condones russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian athletes murdered by russians cannot speak out – so we must do so.
Ukrainian athletes murdered by russians cannot speak out – so we must do so.
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The International Olympic Commitee is rewarding the russian terrorist state for its increasingly deadly attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
Murdered Ukrainian athletes will never compete again but russians are free to compete with their flags and symbols.
Murdered Ukrainian athletes will never compete again but russians are free to compete with their flags and symbols.
⚡️ The IOC is dropping its ban on Russian athletes, letting sports federations decide if they can compete under their national flag again.
July 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The International Olympic Commitee is rewarding the russian terrorist state for its increasingly deadly attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
Murdered Ukrainian athletes will never compete again but russians are free to compete with their flags and symbols.
Murdered Ukrainian athletes will never compete again but russians are free to compete with their flags and symbols.
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‼️🇺🇦🇵🇱 Russia is preparing an information provocation to split relations between Ukraine and Poland, - TsPD
On July 5, the FSB plans to publish falsified documents regarding the events of World War II, in particular the Volyn tragedy, in order to undermine Ukrainian-Polish relations.
On July 5, the FSB plans to publish falsified documents regarding the events of World War II, in particular the Volyn tragedy, in order to undermine Ukrainian-Polish relations.
July 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
‼️🇺🇦🇵🇱 Russia is preparing an information provocation to split relations between Ukraine and Poland, - TsPD
On July 5, the FSB plans to publish falsified documents regarding the events of World War II, in particular the Volyn tragedy, in order to undermine Ukrainian-Polish relations.
On July 5, the FSB plans to publish falsified documents regarding the events of World War II, in particular the Volyn tragedy, in order to undermine Ukrainian-Polish relations.
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This is Ukraine’s foreign minister:
‘We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism’
‘We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism’
June 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This is Ukraine’s foreign minister:
‘We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism’
‘We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism’
No words. The barbarians keep their nonsensical war against civilians and cultural heritage
🇺🇦💔 Zelensky: As of now, 28 people are injured and four have died in the capital. Due to the Russian strike on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Assumption Cathedral burned down - a church whose history began in the 11th century.
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June 15, 2026 at 7:06 AM
No words. The barbarians keep their nonsensical war against civilians and cultural heritage
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Russia has attacked a UNESCO heritate church
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv&All Ukraine:One more Russian crime against humanity,against history, against Christianity -the roof of one of the holiest places in the Christian world is burning - the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra in #Kyiv."
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv&All Ukraine:One more Russian crime against humanity,against history, against Christianity -the roof of one of the holiest places in the Christian world is burning - the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra in #Kyiv."
June 15, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Russia has attacked a UNESCO heritate church
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv&All Ukraine:One more Russian crime against humanity,against history, against Christianity -the roof of one of the holiest places in the Christian world is burning - the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra in #Kyiv."
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv&All Ukraine:One more Russian crime against humanity,against history, against Christianity -the roof of one of the holiest places in the Christian world is burning - the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra in #Kyiv."
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The letter: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vidk...
www.president.gov.ua
June 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The letter: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vidk...
Barbarians
🇺🇦💔 Occupied Toretsk. Russia has arrived…
June 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Barbarians
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🔴 BREAKING: Russia launched a massive overnight aerial attack across Ukraine on June 2, hitting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and other major cities with waves of drones and ballistic missiles.
June 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
🔴 BREAKING: Russia launched a massive overnight aerial attack across Ukraine on June 2, hitting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and other major cities with waves of drones and ballistic missiles.
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Donaldb Tumpb has spoken.
May 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Donaldb Tumpb has spoken.
There is always the first time… Is America moving to the next low even faster? #lawlessness
An American president sues/extorts his own government, then settles with his own justice department to funnel money to his criminal allies. He will go down in history as the president who came up with forms of corruption never contemplated before.
May 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
There is always the first time… Is America moving to the next low even faster? #lawlessness
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US Treasury extends sanctions waiver for Russian oil by 30 days.
Of course they do. Nobody cares that Russia leveled a residential building onto sleeping families using that oil money just days ago. Unfuckingbelievable.
Of course they do. Nobody cares that Russia leveled a residential building onto sleeping families using that oil money just days ago. Unfuckingbelievable.
May 18, 2026 at 5:27 PM
US Treasury extends sanctions waiver for Russian oil by 30 days.
Of course they do. Nobody cares that Russia leveled a residential building onto sleeping families using that oil money just days ago. Unfuckingbelievable.
Of course they do. Nobody cares that Russia leveled a residential building onto sleeping families using that oil money just days ago. Unfuckingbelievable.
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‘The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said at the beginning of March that the southern suburbs of Beirut “will become like Khan Younis”. What Israel did to Gaza it is now doing to Lebanon.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
Selma Dabbagh | Displaced
Last Wednesday, the reporter Amal Khalil and photojournalist Zeinab Faraj were on assignment in south Lebanon when...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
‘The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said at the beginning of March that the southern suburbs of Beirut “will become like Khan Younis”. What Israel did to Gaza it is now doing to Lebanon.’
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...