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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 05:59 UTC

На добраніч 💤

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 05:47 UTC

this is a great week to wear hearing aids that I can just take off at will

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 05:29 UTC

Huh? He was extremely famous in Ukraine long before social media.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 05:21 UTC

goodbye to the English portion of my skyline

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 04:52 UTC

There are very big boomy explosions here and I'm extremely grateful I know exactly what they are (fireworks)

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:54 UTC

mine has always been "be able to safely interact with wild animals without consequences" imagine being able to snuggle these bears and rub this leopard's belly

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:42 UTC

100% untrue. I'm making friends and connections that I never would have otherwise. I'm learning about language and culture. Learning about other people, and really understanding them, is a prequisite to accomplishing anything worthwhile.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

Гарної дороги!

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:41 UTC

why so early?!

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

my jerky neighbor has one and now I'm super tempted to write нахуй but it's very unlikely anyone will get it

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:13 UTC

I've been looking at too many memes because the first thing I saw was ІДИ

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 01:48 UTC

it's really something to scroll past Americans yelling at each other and see a Ukrainian soldier posting from the front. I don't want to draw attention to him but here's an excerpt (translated): All my life I dreamed of being knee-deep in clay at 4:30 am. In an hour and a half we go "forward" again.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

nothing is gonna change over the weekend, guys go lower your blood pressure

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

(for Americans)

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:13 UTC

this is how I screwed up

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:12 UTC

😆 Я думаю, що я вжив не те слово. Може, "привабливий"? Чи є іменник, який означає "cuteness"?

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:06 UTC

me and American politics today

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:44 UTC

damn I really started some shit! 😆

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:58 UTC

so "not all men" was correct?

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:58 UTC

Lots of drinking going on tonight!

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:55 UTC

sure and there are lots of things going on now that I don't talk about because I don't know enough to educate others. I am REALLY informed on Ukraine, relative to 95% of Americans, so I can answer almost any question. No one can or should listen to me on other conflicts.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:52 UTC

I totally understand and I can't guarantee they're doing anything, but I talk to people *who already trust me* for some other reason, with whom I have a pre-existing relationship. And it's in the context of some conversation, it's not a sales pitch. At the very least it keeps some attention on it.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

or one guy I talk to in person, he has two children. I say "OK imagine Canadians came and took them away and you have no idea where they are now or if you'll get them back." People know how that would feel, it hits them in the heart. ISW maps and headlines don't do that.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

Almost no American can really imagine what fighting on the front or hearing explosions is like. It's too abstract. But everyone has experienced sleep deprivation (for other reasons) and losing electricity (albeit temporarily). I ask them to imagine TWO FUCKING YEARS of that, and they can.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

I feel it's really important for Westerners to get out of the bubble of online supporters. I talk to Ukrainians first because I like you all, but also I can make the IRL conversations very personal, e.g. "I have friends who have no electricity or drinking water, who are kept awake by explosions."

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:41 UTC

It does feel like shouting into the void sometimes. I talk to people in person and I feel that's effective. People who aren't online all the time don't know what's going on. I've had conversations with my barber and my doctor in the last week. I sent the doctor a link to Hospitaliers.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

Also those 23% probably think they're "for peace," but actions speak louder than words. They're not actually doing anything to stop it. 23% of russians could definitely stop the war. They could wreck their entire economy. So they don't *actually* care that much.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Westerners will say that russians have to answer positively because of their oppressive government. Well, what about the 23%? If the government is so oppressive that they punish people for answering polls, how are 23% not afraid to say they're opposed?

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

that's probably the Canadian diaspora version, split the difference

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

Так я допомагаю вам підкорити світ.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

yeah context makes it clear))

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:19 UTC

olx )) I did order something from there in 2022 and it was ... a challenge lol I didn't know any Ukrainian, she was writing in russian (from Odesa), but somehow it worked out

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:12 UTC

Oscar stayed there throughout the meeting, which was a medical appointment. I'm not sure if that is a HIPAA (privacy) violation or not. The nurse was amused though.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:10 UTC

not sure what Sunn is but I responded to another person

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:10 UTC

it's like :) without the eyes - to show you're joking or otherwise soften it you look cute in that dress) I'm going to steal it from you)) The more ) the more emphasis - but don't go nuts with it)) The reverse ( is just what you think it's been raining all week( oh no I'm sorry you lost your job((

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

no, you say "що?" a lot

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:01 UTC

I guess he’s joining us

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:54 UTC

This is exactly where I need to sit for a video call in 5 minutes

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

Yeah. People don't see how close we are to losing it, and how hard it will be to get it back. It's not going to be the same situation as yours - Canada and Mexico are not a threat - but we are going to have to fight and no one really knows what to do.

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

My ukrainization is so thorough that I keep using ))) in conversations with Americans who don't know what I mean))

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:46 UTC

К

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Kevin 💙💛 @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

мені здаєтсья, що багато американців більш sensitive, бо нас не ... have to struggle as much? At least, це моя теорія.

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