friend: how's the amazon job?

me: can't complain

friend: what's with the beeping collar?

me: *tearing up* can't complain

Whatever side you're on, whatever your ethnicity, this is truly a historic moment.
The UK has its first Goldman Sachs Prime Minister.

It’s amazing what biologically deterministic garbage some xenophobic content creators can get away with these days.

Squawk Box Garry Kasparov While it’s true that Kasparov is almost as good at playing chess as my iPhone, he is otherwise an idiot

The first recorded soccer match between Russian teams took place on October 24, 1897 in St. Petersburg. It is likely that prior to this foreigners played soccer there.

Some early photos include the 1912 Finland-Moscow match, 1910 Moscow-St. Petersburg match, + 1912 Olympics.

Italians might find this translation of Belarus-Eurasia worthwhile.

Since Russia is excluded from the “rules-based order,” this is the kind of culture that’s left over there.

Russian Houses in Europe offer Europeans places to stay warm for free this winter, while sanctioned Iranians offer their seized assets for the same purpose. In contrast, European leadership maintains its self-defeating course.

Since Russia is excluded from the “rules-based order,” this is the kind of culture that’s left over there.

Italians might find this translation of Belarus-Eurasia worthwhile.

Should I do an Ask Me Anything here one of these days?

There are some ̶s̶c̶u̶m̶ people whose job it is to bash The Motherland. I viciously mock these people (within the allowable parameters of the social media networks in question 😅) and do so voluntarily. After open-water swimming, trail running, and painting, it's a great hobby!

Prof Jeffrey Sachs at the Athens Democracy Forum said, 'The most violent country in the world since 1950 has been the US,' and the moderator immediately shut him up—talk about freedom of speech.

Me when I first joined Twitter vs me now.

Shoigu has held separate discussions with the US, Turkey, France and now the UK within the last 48 hours.