(1) Putin on Ukraine and the West: Key takeaways from latest speech
The collective West clinging on its “crumbling dominance” has been the ultimate driver of the crisis
(2) "Conflict was inevitable"
(3) "Kiev actively sought weapons of mass destruction"
(4) "Ukraine established as ‘anti-Russia under the close guidance of their Western handlers....." who "are simply pushing Kiev to continue the bloodshed. They are supplied with more & more weaponry batches, intelligence & other assistance, incl military advisers & mercenaries”
(5) "Kiev & West exhibit ‘shocking cynicism’... acting like the Nazis did when they tried to drag as many innocent victims as they could to their graves... European & US press did not even notice this tragedy in Donetsk... simply moral degradation, complete de-humanization"
(6) "Today, the entire planet has to pay the price for the ambitions of the West, for its attempts by any means to maintain its crumbling dominance.. Concerned only with their “vested interests & super profits” Western elites led the world into the current situation through
(1) New York University (NYU is demanding apologies from pro-Palestine student activists, assigning “moral” homework in a disciplinary process by forcing them to attend "Ethics Integrity Series" classes which include students would be assigned a “reflection paper"
(2) the students are explicitly instructed not to “justify” their actions & were told to turn their papers in by May 29 in “12-point Times New Roman or similar font”
(3) one student said: “I’m not going to apologize for opposing genocide.” The risk to her — someone who has finished her Ph.D. work — is the threat of a mark on her transcript, she said, for a failure to comply
(1) Giant pandas Ya Ya & Le Le can finally come home to China following recent allegations of mistreatment of the pandas by the Memphis Zoo by animal rights activists
(1) Today in Hong Kong, a teenager was jailed for 3 years over 29 offensive posts published on YouTube, Discord & the LIHKG forum in a span of 28 months, after pleading guilty to the charges #RaamWTF
(2) Chui Hoi-chun, an 18-year-old part-time waiter, was convicted of for parodying “March of the Volunteers” on social media in the 2nd conviction under the national anthem law, as well as for charges of insulting the flag & publishing seditious remarks
(3) what he did - & he committed some of the offenses while "studying in New Zealand"
(1) More McBNO woes 😰: McBNO boners from Hong Kong who've moved to the UK share tips on how to stay warm during the current energy crisis in the UK in Facebook groups for exchanging tips on coping with new life there #RaamWTF
This one lamented that he got frostbites on his
(2) foot soles & toes, & can't sleep, had to buy a heater to warm his feet.... according to him, it helps to put one's feet with frostbites in front of this heater for 30 mins
This one found out that sticking bubble wraps on windows makes the flat warmer
(3) This one wants to avoid buying too many candles to keep warm (costs money), said a friend taught him to wrap up used up leftover candle wax with foil & burn it to keep warm
(1) FT interviewed 23 sex workers in Cardiff in the UK, incl a former civil servant who had to become a prostitute to feed her family, incl her husband - he even drove her to have sex with a customer in a hotel - she said: “I’m doing this for my family, my house, and my husband”
(2) why the former British civil servant, who is her 30s, started to sell her body
(3) Five of the 23 British sex workers interviewed say they returned to the sector in 2022 & that rising living costs wholly or partly influenced their move - the no of male sex work has also risen in recent years with the rise of casual selling on online platforms