Ermine figurine, porcelain, vintage. ZIK Konakovo, USSR, 1974-1991. Author is Sh. Shukvani.
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ermine figurine, porcelain, vintage. ZIK Konakovo, USSR, 1974-1991. Author is Sh. Shukvani.
"Chess" porcelain tea set, USSR, 1963.
September 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Chess" porcelain tea set, USSR, 1963.
33 years ago, today, the USSR made its greatest contribution towards humanity by ceasing to exist.
December 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
33 years ago, today, the USSR made its greatest contribution towards humanity by ceasing to exist.
OTD in 1940 USSR occupied Lithuania to prevent them forming “anti-soviet government”. This was followed by “Elections” that were “won” by pro-USSR party who “voted to join USSR”.
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
June 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
OTD in 1940 USSR occupied Lithuania to prevent them forming “anti-soviet government”. This was followed by “Elections” that were “won” by pro-USSR party who “voted to join USSR”.
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
Gas station near the city of Sochi. USSR, 1976
September 24, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Gas station near the city of Sochi. USSR, 1976
This is how they managed statistics in the old USSR.
Trump wants to fire the federal government’s chief labor statistician — Erika McEntarfar — because he doesn’t like the reality of job weaknesses undermining economic growth.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooled sharply over the l...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is how they managed statistics in the old USSR.
Republicans out here reinventing the USSR one step at a time
September 7, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Republicans out here reinventing the USSR one step at a time
OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.
June 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.
Spoiler alert. It was the USSR. As proved by the USSR admitting the USSR did it.
Imagine us objecting to independent investigations into our barbarities in this day and age.
Imagine us objecting to independent investigations into our barbarities in this day and age.
April 25, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Spoiler alert. It was the USSR. As proved by the USSR admitting the USSR did it.
Imagine us objecting to independent investigations into our barbarities in this day and age.
Imagine us objecting to independent investigations into our barbarities in this day and age.
This is a very important tankie concept.
-When it comes to crimes of USSR, Russia is *not* the USSR
-When it comes to "defeating nazism" & being the self declared successor state thst gets the UNSEC council seat, it *is* the USSR
It is the Union of Schroedingers Soviet Republics.
-When it comes to crimes of USSR, Russia is *not* the USSR
-When it comes to "defeating nazism" & being the self declared successor state thst gets the UNSEC council seat, it *is* the USSR
It is the Union of Schroedingers Soviet Republics.
August 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This is a very important tankie concept.
-When it comes to crimes of USSR, Russia is *not* the USSR
-When it comes to "defeating nazism" & being the self declared successor state thst gets the UNSEC council seat, it *is* the USSR
It is the Union of Schroedingers Soviet Republics.
-When it comes to crimes of USSR, Russia is *not* the USSR
-When it comes to "defeating nazism" & being the self declared successor state thst gets the UNSEC council seat, it *is* the USSR
It is the Union of Schroedingers Soviet Republics.
from the article "There is no sex in the USSR" about the iconic catchphrase from the joint US–USSR broadcast that aired 40 years ago today!
July 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
from the article "There is no sex in the USSR" about the iconic catchphrase from the joint US–USSR broadcast that aired 40 years ago today!
OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.
June 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.
NATO meeting
"...catastrophic, reminiscent of the turbulent 1990s after the collapse of the USSR."
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"...catastrophic, reminiscent of the turbulent 1990s after the collapse of the USSR."
1
July 7, 2026 at 5:38 AM
NATO meeting
"...catastrophic, reminiscent of the turbulent 1990s after the collapse of the USSR."
1
"...catastrophic, reminiscent of the turbulent 1990s after the collapse of the USSR."
1
OTD in 1940 USSR occupied Lithuania to prevent them forming “anti-soviet government”. This was followed by “Elections” that were “won” by pro-USSR party who “voted to join USSR”.
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
June 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
OTD in 1940 USSR occupied Lithuania to prevent them forming “anti-soviet government”. This was followed by “Elections” that were “won” by pro-USSR party who “voted to join USSR”.
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
Imagine doing that in today’s day and age…
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
December 26, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Government not by fact but by ideology. Always a disaster because officials try to make reality fit their vision. Lysenkoism in the USSR, which tried to change the laws of nature, created famines that killed tens of millions of people in the USSR and China.
TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
LADAPO: Absolutely not
T: You didn't even do a projection?
L: It's an issue of right & wrong
September 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Government not by fact but by ideology. Always a disaster because officials try to make reality fit their vision. Lysenkoism in the USSR, which tried to change the laws of nature, created famines that killed tens of millions of people in the USSR and China.
Straight up USSR and NoRK shit.
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Straight up USSR and NoRK shit.
In authoritarian USSR you got 112 days paid maternity leave
June 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In authoritarian USSR you got 112 days paid maternity leave
The car with the USSR flag was given a special treatment.
December 22, 2024 at 9:42 AM
The car with the USSR flag was given a special treatment.
In authoritarian USSR, tens of thousands of women didn’t get lobotomies in the 1940s and 50s
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In authoritarian USSR, tens of thousands of women didn’t get lobotomies in the 1940s and 50s
OTD in 1940 USSR issued ultimatum to Lithuania to let us occupy & form pro-USSR government or we would invade them & install pro-USSR government. It totally had nothing to do with a secret clause in a treaty with the nazis.
We became the world's largest country by peaceful means.
We became the world's largest country by peaceful means.
June 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
OTD in 1940 USSR issued ultimatum to Lithuania to let us occupy & form pro-USSR government or we would invade them & install pro-USSR government. It totally had nothing to do with a secret clause in a treaty with the nazis.
We became the world's largest country by peaceful means.
We became the world's largest country by peaceful means.