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Two years of illegal war against Ukraine

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  It is now two years that Russia tried to invade Ukraine and started an illegal war against its people. Russia has attacked hospitals, homes, destroyed the city of Mariopol, murdered the people of Bucha, attacked food storage in Odesa, destroyed the Kakhovka Dam to use it as a weapon of war... Yet Putin survives, yet the Kremlin's rule continues...  Russia invaded the neighbor country Ukraine and remains with impunity seating at the UN Security Council and other UN functions... pulling strings in the global economy...   I still have hope that the good people will win and there will be justice, but it is crazy that it is taking so long. It is not acceptable that a country illegally invades another, kills, rapes, destroys, ignores all human rights and remains with impunity... in the XXI century. The world cannot allow this, it is too barbaric!
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An open letter to Mr. Elon Musk

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Background A couple of months ago I wanted to write to Mr. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and current owner of Twitter. Of course Twitter does not enable direct messages to Elon Musk, so here is what I want to say, in the form of an open letter. Of course, if I was writing to him directly I would identify myself properly, which I am not doing here, still I am writing my own opinions. The letter Dear Mr. Musk, Greetings. Let me begin by thanking you for your contributions to the development of electric vehicles, battery technology and solar home systems, as these are crucial technologies for the planet's sustainable future. About me. I am a middle age woman from Europe. I was studying in the US in 9/11/2001 during the Twin Towers terrorist attack. Like many others, I watched in shock through live TV as the drama unfolded. In my view, violent and deadly attacks against civilians were intolerable then, and are intolerable now.     Reason to write this letter. The reason why I am writing to
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Against the Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda

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  Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" The Russian Propaganda has been actively spreading lies for many years, as described in this article by Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews  published in 2016. If you have read my previous posts, you know how propaganda and hate speech have been used to justify atrocity crimes throughout history, including during the holocaust and the years that preceeded it. Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime was the architect of the holocaust. Although humankind has said "never again" can such atrocities repeat, "never forget!", history seems to repeat itself as authoritarian rulers keep using the same recipe to get rid of groups of people that they want to remove of their way. This is what has inspired the caricature above of Putin reading Hitler's book "Mein Kampf", with the title "so it began, again!". A bit of truth To fight disinformation with information, here is another caricature, now inspired by Putin's
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