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Two weeks ago I had almost 30k followers on Instagram but @meta is silencing voices in #ukraine
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My new account is up
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Huge thanks to all the fellas who donated, shared, and helped make this truck possible! 🔥
More trucks, more saved lives! 🙏
🐈All three vehicles from our 17th joint NAFO × Special Kherson Cat fundraiser have been delivered and are already serving Ukraine’s defenders!
🚛 67th Mechanized Brigade, “Rosomakhy”
🚐 AZOV Brigade
🚌 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade
Three vehicles, three units, and three thank-you videos from the people putting your donations to work.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible! 🇺🇦
Cette étudiante à bac+8, deux masters et un doctorat, a coûté à l’État environ 120 000 € de formation. Ajoutez le contrat doctoral public qui a presque certainement financé sa thèse, soit 105 000 à 120 000 € sur trois ans, et le fonctionnement d’un laboratoire de biologie, 10 000 à 30 000 € par an et par doctorant : on arrive à une fourchette de 230 000 à 300 000 €, sans compter bourses et APL si elle y avait droit. En face, elle aura versé environ 3 000 € de droits d’inscription en dix ans.
À un moment, il faut dire la vérité : un système où l’on peut enchaîner deux masters puis une thèse sans que personne, ni l’étudiant ni l’université, ne se pose la question des débouchés, forme des chômeurs. La collectivité a le droit de demander ce qu’elle finance.
Nous n’avons pas besoin de milliers de sociologues, de linguistes ou de spécialistes de la biologie des organismes quand la recherche publique en recrute quelques dizaines par an. Le droit à la formation existe ; le droit à être formé indéfiniment aux frais de tous, non.
Dans quel monde ils ont vécu toutes ces années. 🤦♂️
Ils ont choisi leurs études selon leurs envies, leurs centres d’intérêt, parfois leurs convictions idéologiques, en se souciant peu des débouchés. Le marché du travail ? On verrait plus tard. L’État trouverait bien une solution. Après tout, avec autant de diplômes, la société leur devait forcément quelque chose.
Et puis les études se terminent. Et là, surprise : personne ne les attend. 😱
Cela fait pourtant vingt ans qu’on explique que certaines filières en histoire, sociologie, philosophie ou littérature offrent des perspectives professionnelles limitées. Vingt ans qu’on voit des amphithéâtres se remplir d’étudiants qui semblent découvrir, à 25 ou 30 ans, que leur diplôme intéresse assez peu les employeurs.
Pendant ce temps, on manque de professionnels dans le bâtiment, la restauration, le soin, et de compétences techniques dans de nombreux secteurs.
Alors évidemment, se retrouver sans emploi après huit années d’études, c’est difficile. Mais à quel moment a-t-on décrété que les choix individuels devaient automatiquement devenir des obligations collectives ?
Un diplôme prouve qu’on a suivi et validé des études. Il ne prouve même pas nécessairement qu’on possède les compétences recherchées par une entreprise. Et surtout, il ne donne aucun droit sur le travail d’autrui.
On peut aimer la philosophie, consacrer sa jeunesse à l’histoire médiévale ou faire une thèse sur les représentations du genre dans la littérature du XIXe siècle. Très bien. Mais il faut aussi accepter que la société ait d’autres besoins que ceux auxquels on a décidé de se former.
Il reste alors à apprendre autre chose, à se reconvertir, à entreprendre, à s’adapter. C’est parfois ingrat, parfois difficile, mais c’est aussi cela, devenir adulte.
À force de leur expliquer que tous leurs désirs étaient des droits, on a fabriqué des diplômés qui considèrent désormais la réalité comme une injustice.
La Fontaine avait trouvé la conclusion il y a trois siècles : « Vous chantiez ? J’en suis fort aise. Eh bien ! dansez maintenant. »
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10,000 Maniacs-
Because The Night❤️❤️
MTV Unplugged 93
Happy 63rd Birthday to Natalie Anne Merchant🥳🎊🎉🎂,highly respected American singer-songwriter,the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs before carving out a prolific solo career.
Boston Brian: Boston's Birds | 69th SB / Help99 / Freedom Convoy MTU donorbox.org/boston-brian-bo…
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Participez au FR de Constantine pour la fourniture d'équipements techniques non létaux à l'UA. D'avance merci. ⤵️
Hello everyone. Today I’m starting another fundraiser to get engineering equipment to Ukraine, and I’m asking for your help by sharing, donating, and liking this post. Even if you can’t donate, sharing it genuinely makes a difference.
Plase watch the video with their CV90 Crew explaining the importance of this equipment.
The donation link is in the comments below.
A good friend of mine from the 21st Mechanized Brigade of the UAF has been working on improving the survivability and effectiveness of the 🇸🇪 CV90 IFVs and, most importantly, the soldiers inside them.
He recently reached out to me asking for help getting engineering equipment for his brigade.
This is one of those things that doesn’t look as dramatic as drones, armored vehicles, or weapons, but it directly saves lives.
A properly dug fighting position, trench, vehicle shelter, or reinforced position can be the difference between soldiers surviving an artillery or drone attack and not coming home.
Unfortunately, because of bureaucracy and often simple neglect by higher command, excavation equipment remains critically overlooked. It is one of the most obvious low-hanging fruits on the battlefield: relatively inexpensive machinery that can save soldiers’ lives and protect multimillion-dollar equipment.
The brigade already has several excavators, but they are in critically bad condition. We are already working on getting those repaired. But even if every one of them were operational, it still wouldn’t be enough for the brigade’s needs.
Their full request is for 3 excavators, transportation for them, a crane, and pickup trucks.
The total cost would be around $240,000.
I wish I could say we can raise all of it, but with the current level of donations, I don’t think that is realistic.
So we scaled the fundraiser down to $100,000.
That will allow us to purchase 3 excavators and a truck capable of transporting them.
It is still a huge amount of money. But these machines will not sit somewhere in storage. They will be working every day, digging positions, protecting vehicles, and giving Ukrainian soldiers a better chance of surviving.
And that is why I’m asking for your help.
If you can donate, even a small amount helps.
If you can’t donate, please like and repost this post. The more people who see it, the better chance we have of reaching this goal.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our previous fundraisers and continues supporting Ukraine.
Don't mind the snow in the video, they asked for this in march, and unfortunately I couldn't fundraiser until today. But we have been working on repairing their equipment and supplying some machines since June.
Donation link is in the 1st comment below.
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Si les français avaient ne serait-ce que 2 sous de culture économique, cette déclaration devrait définitivement la discréditer à prendre la plus haute fonction de notre République.
Hélas chacun étant concentré sur son nombril et son égocentrisme, cette déclaration n'aura aucun impact sur son sort électoral.
Le problème des retraites est dérisoire par rapport au montant des déficits et à l’intégralité des dépenses inutiles.
Il y a aujourd’hui, par exemple, de nombreuses agences et comités Théodule qui dévitalisent le pouvoir politique et qui, au passage, coûtent une fortune.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Les instances consultatives ministérielles (« comités Théodule ») représentaient un coût de ~30 millions d’euros en 2025, tandis que les retraites représentaient 422 milliards d’euros la même année, soit 14 000x plus.
vie-publique.fr/en-bref/303627…
drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/sites/default/… (Page 99)
ifrap.org/fonction-publi…
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The ISSL KYIV × NAFO 69th SB merch is waiting for you! 😉
Beanies, tees, hoodies, stickers & pins — all made in Ukraine, with 100% of net proceeds going to support Ukrainian defenders 🇺🇦
Get your gear → isslkyiv.com/en/collections/…
Wear the merch and support the defenders!
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I'm an American, a U.S. Army veteran, and I live in Europe.
And I'll tell you something that might upset a few people back home.
I want my fellow Americans to enjoy the same rights, freedoms, and quality of life that millions of Europeans already enjoy.
I want Americans to have access to affordable healthcare without worrying about going bankrupt because they got sick.
I want American students to pursue higher education without burying themselves in decades of debt.
I want Americans to enjoy stronger digital privacy laws, meaningful consumer protections, paid parental leave, and guaranteed paid vacation.
I want police officers held to rigorous standards of accountability, where de-escalation is emphasized and deadly force is genuinely a last resort.
I want Americans to understand that freedom isn't just about what the government cannot do to you. It's also about having the security and opportunity to actually enjoy your life.
And before someone starts screaming about socialism, understand something.
European countries are capitalist democracies. They have private businesses, entrepreneurs, private property, competitive markets, and individual liberties. They've simply made different decisions about what protections their citizens should enjoy.
Europe isn't perfect. No place is. But pretending America has nothing to learn from other democracies is ridiculous.
I served my country. I love my country. And I don't believe patriotism requires pretending that America is the best at everything.
In fact, I believe the exact opposite.
Real patriotism means wanting your country to improve, even when that means admitting another country does something better.
I don't want Americans to have fewer freedoms.
I want them to have MORE.
More protections. More opportunities. More security. More accountability. More freedom to live their lives without being financially destroyed by illness, education, or circumstances beyond their control.
And having lived on both sides of the Atlantic, I know that much of this is possible.
We should stop asking why Americans can't have these things and start asking why they're expected to settle for less.
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Supporting Russia today is like supporting Nazi Germany in 1940.
Don’t bother to change my mind.
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Americký karikaturista Jeffrey Koterba má jasno. A každý normální člověk taky.
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🧵Ukraine just won its biggest offensive of the year by keeping it a secret from its own army.
Commander Biletskyi banned his officers from logging their advance on their battlefield app because it leaked. 1/🧵
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Patch collection from one of our recurring donors 🫡
Show us what you’ve got, fellas! 👀👇
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I am beyond exhausted.
I've spent the entire day reaching out to anyone and everyone I can, trying to find support for our soldiers and the civilians still living here in Donetsk Oblast.
We are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis.
Curfew is expected to increase to 19 hours a day. Businesses are packing up and leaving. The situation is getting worse, and the people who remain are going to need more help than ever.
And somehow, at the worst possible time, my Facebook account has been restricted following what I believe was a mass-reporting attack, and my Instagram has been deactivated.
I've started a LinkedIn account, and I'll be putting more effort into my other platforms while I try to resolve this mess with Meta.
linkedin.com/in/april-hugget…
It's incredibly disappointing. Especially when social media is one of the most important tools I have to reach people willing to help.
I feel like the #US government has turned its back on us, and every day it becomes harder to find the support we desperately need.
But tomorrow I'll get up and keep working, because my soldiers still need equipment, civilians still need assistance, and none of this stops just because I'm exhausted.
If you can help, or connect me with someone who can, please reach out.
We need people now more than ever.
#SupportUkraine
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Broe trucks on a whole new level! 🔥
Thanks to everyone supporting Ukrainian defenders! 🇺🇦
Check out this cool truck that was delivered to Ukraine as part of our Train to Kyiv fundraiser!
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