I keep Facebook as I follow some groups on chess, to keep track of my family across the globe, and to network where I now live in Tasmania. My favourite aspect is the memories. Today's memory for me was very poignant. I wrote it when my Dad had passed away, but my Mum was still alive, though she has since also passed away. It's not their anniversary today, but the cake in the photo shows their long life together 🙂
"Today is VE Day, and while I'm not usually one to focus too much on remembrance days, I'm thinking about how Britain, and other countries went to war because of the invasion of Poland. After those terrible war years, my Mum and Dad coming from different backgrounds, nationalities and cultures, were brought together in that post war period and an Anglo-Polish family began. It makes me think how much better this world would be if people didn't judge other people based on where they're from, or what they have, or how they look or sound. VE was a win against Fascism and the bigotry and hatred that those regimes implemented. I'm seeing a rise in bigotry and hatred again, and I hope we can rise against it so the sacrifices made by those during the 1939-1945 war weren't in vain."
An alleged Russian-made missile was discovered in a forest in western Poland two weeks ago. Polish authorities are investigating the case, but the government is yet to make a statement about its findings.
The case has so far raised more questions than answers.
💔 A Polish border guard resuscitated a child from Ukraine who was not breathing
"Border Guard sergeant Mateusz Kondrat, who at that time was processing entry to Poland, immediately got out and took the child from the stunned mother. He placed the child on his left hand with his stomach and gently hit him several times on the back. After a minute of artificial respiration, the boy regained consciousness." #Ukraine️ #Poland
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the financier of the Wagner Private Military Company, stated by May 10 he would hand over his mercenaries' positions in the city of Bakhmut to Kadyrovites, the troops of Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, subordinated to Russia’s Armed Forces. #Ukraine️ #Russia#Russian#Putin#EU#NATO#Zelensky#war#news#Moscow#USA#UK#Germany#Poland
Russian Telegram channels publish a video of Wagner PMC reportely using forbidden incendiary rockets of Grad MLRS ok the area of Bakhmut where the Ukrainian Army is located.
Car-sharing cars and scooters are shown floating in the river, taxis are being called to the other side of the city, and pedestrian navigation is working intermittently.
Russia accuses US of being behind drone attack at Kremlin against Putin
Lol - yes, Steve from Ohio bought a drone from a Moscow local wal-mart, Armed it with a Black Cat firecracker, launched it from across the street, then blew it up near the flag pole.
Their representative polls found that "the further away from the GP, the less people are willing to share their #HealthData" and yet BEUC concludes that while data use by medical profl's should require #OptIn consent, for secondary use by #BigPharma and #BigTech an #OptOut option is enough. ❓❓❓