Rose Rudd @roseannerudd@qoto.org

Via Michael McFaul:

There was no assassination attempt on #Putin. First, the drone used had no capacity to do major damage, let alone kill someone in the building. Second, Putin does not live (or sleep) in the Kremlin. Please stop repeating this Russian propaganda line. Thank you.

#Russia #Ukraine

Start with SCOTUS

#EU looks to create sanctions 'blacklist' on corrupt individuals worldwide

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/335735

Via Taniel:

Big news in #Michigan: A county clerk who was an election denier faced a recall election. (She was accused of mishandling equipment.) She massively lost tonight & will be out of office.

(This is a very red area.) https://t.co/qZx7UnbkSI

I boost like a mug, even though there’s always some crank in the gallery who smugly announces “I’m muting you because you boost too much.” Go kick rocks, you anti-boostite. https://isfeeling.social/@matt/110293764114902837

Ukraine can win, even in Crimea. And if they do, the reverberations will be felt around the world. Jeffrey Goldberg and I reported from Mikolaiv, Kherson, Odessa, Kyiv:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/counteroffensive-ukraine-zelensky-crimea/673781/

First thing in the morning

Who wants to go for a walkie? SOUND UP
#Greyhounds
#GreyhoundsOfMastodon

The world’s attention should be focused on Ukrainian soldiers at Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Mar’yinka. They are fighting the Russian fascist invaders tenaciously. They’re our brothers and sisters who deserve our respect, admiration and most of all – support.

In the Texas Hill Country folks are crazy for bluebonnets, but my favorite wildflower is the winecup. They’re rarer, and more adorable, and the color is just outrageous. Like if a tulip got busy with a rose and their progeny went off-grid.

#plants #wildflowers #texas

Disney sending the lawyers down to the mouse vault to use their tiny hammer to break the "find out" glass and go for the governor lololol, extremely here for this

Breaking from EJeanCarroll for sec, this from Angry Staffer, and it breaks my heart/makes my blood boil. Navalny is a damn hero:

According to #Navalny’s daughter, Russian prison officials are destroying the food he purchases and are not letting him eat more than a little bit at a time while he’s in solitary confinement.

He’s lost a *ton* of weight. #Russia

It's been four weeks since my colleague and friend Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. He remains in isolation despite entreaties by U.S. officials & many others.

I continue to stand with Evan and his family in asking for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan

https://www.wsj.com/news/evan-gershkovich

Just as my father died, my wife discovered a robin's nest on a wreath at our door. We have been waiting anxiously as we've watched the mother in the nest, hoping. Then, this morning, capturing a glimpse as the mom was off finding breakfast, new life:

#DogsOfMastodon

@kbsez @GottaLaff @Teri_Kanefield I'm a former trial lawyer, former prosecutor, and current mediator. I have both represented and sued some of the largest companies in the world. I am very experienced, and VERY good, at what I do.

At trial, Dominion would not and could not have received an apology. Period. The vanishingly rare circumstances in which a court could order a retraction do not exist here.

At trial, Dominion would not have received $787.5 million, which is 45x its highest annual earnings. If a jury awarded it that much, the court almost certainly would have reduced it on remittitur.

This is a superb and stunning settlement. Dominion has hurt Fox badly, exposed Fox's lies, and done the American public a massive service. If you feel otherwise, fine – but that's all it is: a feeling. Factually, you are incorrect, and to soothe your feelings you should take recourse to bourbon or cannabis, not social media.

Thank you.

#CAD tool developers - please add a #catMode to your products.

This would be a helpful feature where a cat has arrived and is lying on your arm, and now the user interface needs a complete parallel set of one-handed shortcuts.

You'll need to do this twice, as the cat may lay on either your left or right arm.

#kthxbye #UX

From #Russia #opposition activist Vladimir #Kara-Murza 's statement:
" I know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate. When it will be recognized that two times two is still four; when a war will be called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals"
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/10/vladimir-kara-murza-final-statement-court/

Lighter tweeting today as I amend university forms to disclose my selling grades to my students. Apologies for the innocent oversight.

IT'S GONNA BE A SPRINT FINISH FOR THE WOMENS' FIELD AT THE #BostonMarathon

SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS BUT I AM VERY EXCITED!!! 😭

Liveblog: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/04/17/live-updates-the-2023-boston-marathon