Three giant, morally bankrupt corporations - Heineken, Nestle, Auchan - not only continue to do business in Russia, but have actually expanded their operations there, and/or directly supplied the Russian military.
If you have the choice to buy alternative brands, you should.
Last year Heineken launched 61 new products on the Russian market, roughly one every 6 days. In a statement yesterday - a full year after the invasion - they promised to exit Russia at some undefined future date when they find a suitable buyer for the business. #BoycottHeineken
Heineken calls the war in Ukraine "a terrible human tragedy". This is the type of "peace now" handwringing that supports the Russian narrative. Call the war what it is: an unprovoked genocidal invasion of a country that posed no threat to Russia by civilian-murdering barbarians.
Russian supermarkets are still filled with Nestlé products. Nestlé claims that it has stopped export of all 'non-essential' products to Russia - but in practice this seems to mean Nespresso capsules and, er, very little else. #BoycottNestle
An investigation by @LeMonde_EN and @the_ins_ru has shown that @AUCHAN_France not only didn't leave Russia as they said they would, but in fact *directly* supplies goods to the Russian army in occupied Ukrainian territories, claiming they are 'humanitarian aid'. #BoycottAuchan
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The Yao manuscripts called "guo shan bang" are translated by Alberts as "Passport for Crossing the Mountain". They are also called "Yao charters."
These fascinating docs trace the origin of the Yao people from Panhu, the mythical dragon-dog who transformed into a man. 1/
This is not a religious text. It is, rather, a charter issued under the Southern Sung emperor Li-tsung (Lizong) in 1260. It confirms twelve Yao clans in the possession of their lands and recalls the legend of their divine ancestor, P’an-ku (Pangu) or P’an-hu (Panhu). 2/
The Passport is the single most important Yao document, and examples have been found in Yao villages throughout South China, and as far south as Northern Thailand.
Such documents are copies of the original Passport issued in 1260, the origin of which is no longer certain. 3/
Exceptionally important new 15-part thread by Alexey Navalny @navalny outlining his vision for Russia's future, and stating *unambiguously* that Russia must withdraw to the 1991 borders of Ukraine (ie leave Crimea entirely) and pay reparations to Ukraine for wartime destruction.
Navalny makes the obvious point - seldom stated so clearly though - that Russia is a vast and sparsely populated country with an aging population - the last thing it needs is new territories, it needs to focus on developing the territories it already has.
He also makes the point - again seldom stated so clearly - that the burden of paying the necessary financial reparations to Ukraine would be substantially or entirely offset by the flood of new investment a democratic Russia under parliamentary governance would attract.
Roald Dahl, 2001 vs 2022 editions:
In James and the Giant Peach, the Cloud-Men have become Cloud-People, Miss Sponge is no longer “the fat one”, Miss Spider’s head is no longer “black” and the Earthworm no longer has “lovely pink” skin but “lovely smooth skin”.
Roald Dahl, 2001 vs 2022 editions:
In Fantastic Mr Fox a description of tractors, saying that “the machines were both black”, has been cut. “Bunce, the little pot-bellied dwarf”, is now plain old Bunce.
Advertising billboard for a gold merchant in Bantwal, Karnataka, written in Tigalari script. Historically used to write Sanskrit in southwest India, Tigalari is now increasingly used - as here - for the Tulu language, as a visible manifestation of Tulu culture and identity.
Naxi Dongba manuscript, Yunnan, mid 19th century. The remarkable Dongba script, both pictographic and ideographic, is the only largely hieroglyphic script to have survived into the 20th century. Used by Naxi priests, it's associated with the Bön religious tradition of Tibet. 1/
This Naxi manuscript in Dongba script was collected around Yerkalo (Yanjing in Chinese) by the French missionary and naturalist Monseigneur Felix Marie Biet (1838-1901) in the period 1865 to 1878 when he was stationed there, prior to his appointment as Bishop in July 1878. 2/
Another Naxi pictographic 納西象形文字 manuscript collected by Biet in the 1870's. Use of the script was reserved for Dongba priests, primarily for ritual purposes. The books were recited by a Dongba during the performance of religious ceremonies such as funerary rites. 3/