February 28, 2022

Fleeing Kyiv

This morning's heavy bombardment outside the city finally got through to a couple of vloggers that maybe they needed to leave. I feel sorry for the guy making this video, he was so proud of his new flat in Kyiv six months ago. Now he's without a home again.

Posting because it shows the reality of being a refugee early in a war. Also because of a funny story about how even gopniks have their uses, after all.

February 27, 2022

Just before the invasion, traveling from Poland to a village on the Russo-Ukrainian border

This is sort of a companion to the unarmed villagers blocking a tank in northern Ukraine.

It doesn't matter how little people have, they will fight like hell to keep it. That is the lesson of wars over the last 70 years.

February 9, 2022

First woman to land a quad in Olympic competition

and she landed more than one of them! Credit where it's due: