Mark R. Stoneman

#RussiasWar #RussianAtrocities #RussiaIsATerroristState #InformationDisorder

@manton I’m receiving scan spam that is masquerading as email from Microblog’s help desk. I’m guessing this has nothing to do with your platform as such, but wanted to let you know, just in case.

Here we go again: "Russian disinformation campaign targets pro-Ukraine candidates ahead of midterms, lawmakers say." https://kyivindependent.com/russian-disinformation-campaign-targets-pro-ukraine-candidates-ahead-of-midterms-lawmakers-say/ #QuidProQuo #MuscovianCandidate #RussiaIsATerroristState

"Making the 'Ukrai­nian Natio­na­list': The KGB and the Produc­tion of an Enemy Image" by Evgenia Lezina, Geschichte der Gegenwart, 29 Sept 2026. https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/making-the-ukrainian-nationalist-the-kgb-and-the-production-of-an-enemy-image/ #PastAndPresent 🗃️

"Is Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge to 'Kill Everyone' by 2028 an Unrealistic Pipe Dream?" The Onion https://youtu.be/pu3Cr6qjbJI #satire

Today in my “War and Holocaust” class, we’ll start our discussion of Marion Kaplan’s Between Dignity and Despair. Kaplan shows that the Holocaust was not a foregone conclusion when the NSDAP took power. Rather, the Judeocide is the last stage in a process of radicalization. Jews encountered a […]

Via https://bsky.app/profile/paulnoth.bsky.social/post/3mycwweirxk26

"'It's significant': Ukraine fears US is withholding allied-funded air defense supplies to pressure Kyiv" https://kyivindependent.com/its-significant-ukraine-fears-us-is-withholding-allied-funded-air-defense-supplies-to-pressure-kyiv/ #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsACriminal #SupportUkraine […]

Quitting #CorporateSocialMedia is like planting a tree. The best time to do it was 20 years ago, and the second-best time is today. https://www.rawstory.com/no-kings-2678101228/ Don't be someone else's reason for staying on corporate social media.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsACriminal #ІдетеНахуй #SupportUkraine 🇺🇦

Dominic Lieven relates Russia's war in Ukraine to the histories of imperial collapse and nation state making in 30 minutes: https://youtu.be/nkXTdRgTvXo (Monterey Summer Symposium 2026 via @CivilNetTV).

Roy Cohn, the gift that keeps on giving.… BTW, “Gift” in German means “poison.”

Via https://stoneman.blog/ns Rüdiger Suchsland's "Hitler's Hollywood: German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda" (Kino Lorbeer, 2018) made for interesting viewing this evening. It weaves a fascinating array of scenes and themes into a personal rumination of what Nazi Germany's cinema might reveal […]

Rüdiger Suchsland’s “Hitler’s Hollywood: German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda” (Kino Lorbeer, 2018) made for interesting viewing this evening. It weaves a fascinating array of scenes and themes into a personal rumination of what Nazi Germany’s cinema might reveal about mindsets in the country […]

Sore body, restless night. Yesterday's vaccinations seem to be hard at work.

I really believe this. Trans people have taken some of the worst hits the administration could deal out, and unlike many elites and august institutions we haven't shrunk away or compromised ourselves. We're standing strong. At a time like this, that matters.

Sometimes I prefer social media at times I should be sleeping so I can hear about the misery and insanity in other countries with a lot less pestilential news oozing out of the White House. Dumpy Donny does bad stuff overseas, but people seem to be taking him less seriously these days.

Russian 'Democracy' https://youtu.be/oh1NuwWq5zU #RussiaIsATerroristState

Ukraine identifies another asymmetric weakness in the terrorist state—its size, its underdeveloped transportation system, its reliance on air transport. "Zelensky vows 'Russian sky will be de facto closed,' warns airlines, foreign governments…" […]

"Ultimately, we depend on the stories we tell each other." –Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024), last paragraph.

"Ultimately, we depend on the stories we tell each other." –Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024), last paragraph.

I just watched Oz Katerji’s “The Battle for Kyiv” (Byline Media, 2024). It covers events that happened 4 1/2 years ago, but it still feels immediate.… Continue at https://markstoneman.com/2026/08/29/i-just-watched-oz-katerjis.html #RussiaIsATerroristStte

"Solovyov the Unhappy" https://markstoneman.com/2026/08/29/solovyov-the-unhappy.html #RussiaIsATerroristState

If a subscription-based app requires a login just to look at it, I delete it. If a website requires me to disable my ad blocker before I’ve even seen it, I move on. #LifeIsTooShort

"How a Ukrainian [youth] survived FSB filtration and escaped Russian occupation" (Kyiv Independent, Aug. 26), https://youtu.be/pdCwslqd-EA #RussiaIsATerroristState

“Former Pussy Riot member escapes Russia after 3 years of forced work for FSB” by Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent, Aug. 24, 2026. https://kyivindependent.com/former-pussy-riot-member-escapes-russia-says-fsb-forcibly-recruited-her/ FWIW, I posted a longer comment there. #RussiaIsATerroristState

Taken with my iPhone SE 3rd gen in panorama mode on the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, NH, on Sat. The elevation gain to the top is only about 925 feet, but that was meaningful for me. It’d been too long since I walked on granite ledges with a view. #NH Cross-posted […] [Original post on zirk.us]

"My Phone's Unreliable Activity Measurements on a Hike" https://markstoneman.com/2026/08/24/my-phones-unreliable-activity-measurements.html

Taken with my iPhone SE 3rd gen in panorama mode on the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, NH, on Sat. The elevation gain to the top is only about 925 feet, but that was meaningful for me. It’d been too long since I walked on granite ledges with a view. #NH Cross-posted […] [Original post on zirk.us]

"My Phone's Unreliable Activity Measurements on a Hike" https://markstoneman.com/2026/08/24/my-phones-unreliable-activity-measurements.html

The Ukrainian–English dictionary seems to have had an upgrade in iPadOS 27. When I trigger the contextual menu with a long press and select "look up," I no longer come up empty when the word has been declined or conjugated in some way. (I'm still very much a beginner, so others' mileage might vary.)

Cringe: "Thank you for trusting us with your information." In an email from a U.S. online pharmacy (owned by a huge health insurance company) requesting information outside its remit. Capitalism isn't satisfied with leaving health to the patient and their health care team, it seems.

> "Few people anticipated this war; before it happened people said it was impossible. But nothing is impossible in history. We cannot take historical reality as something that is already provided, we have to work against it to create a new reality. > > –Yaroslav Hrytsak, _Ukraine: The Forging of […]

Looks like we’re gonna need a Fugitive ICE Act soon.

"Odd Internet Speak -- Using 'Correct' to Express Agreement" https://markstoneman.com/2026/08/07/odd-internet-speak-using-correct.html

Sleepy day. The short visit from my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter wore me out. We spent much of our time indoors so that my mother could enjoy the wee one's company, but we also managed to spend a little time in Swift River at a small public beach.

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

Knapp eine Woche nach dem Anschlag in Berlin wird den ersten CSDs die Förderung gestrichen – alles also wieder beim Alten: “Vielfalt" ist kein Förderziel. Der CSD in Rathenow ist nun gefährdet. Queere Sichtbarkeit wird nur gut geheißen, wenn es in den eigenen Kulturkampf reinpasst.

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Just give me a moment—I can’t recall which thing I was going to express outrage over.

Capital One Financial hits back against a lawsuit over its decision to close ‌the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago with a disclosure that marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to the US president's family business. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

🪑 Woman by the Water — By Bakr in Vejle, Denmark 🇩🇰 New Street Art Worth Seeing! (12 Photos, Vol. 18): worldartutopia.com/new-street-a...

Hugh Roberts (Uni Exeter) introduces translations of moving poetry by Ukrainian soldiers in a conversation with Adelie Pojzman-Pontay on _Ukraine the Latest_. It starts at 12:30 in today’s episode. youtu.be/7AXCoKZkX… 🇺🇦 #WarPoetry #RussoUkrainianWar #StandWithUkraine

A sweet slice of ordinary life in extraordinary times by the Kyiv Independent: the watermelon harvest in an unoccupied part of Kherson Oblast, youtu.be/dCASqlOEH… 🇺🇦 🍉 #StandWithUkraine

A sweet slice of ordinary life in extraordinary times by the Kyiv Independent: the watermelon harvest in an unoccupied part of Kherson Oblast, https://youtu.be/dCASqlOEH0M 🇺🇦 🍉 #StandWithUkraine

Hugh Roberts (Uni Exeter) introduces translations of moving poetry by Ukrainian soldiers in a conversation with Adelie Pojzman-Pontay on _Ukraine the Latest_. It starts at 12:30 in today's episode. https://youtu.be/7AXCoKZkXMI 🇺🇦 #WarPoetry #RussoUkrainianWar #StandWithUkraine

"When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering" – Important opnion piece by Andrew Chakhoyan – https://kyivindependent.com/when-righteous-calls-to-end-the-war-become-warmongering/ #RussoUkrainianWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #LanguageMatters