A simblr sharing Ukrainian cc finds, celebrating Ukrainian culture, keeping the world's attention on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and mercilessly mocking Putin, who is a war criminal, a shitty historian, a bigot, a coward, an autocratic dictator, a terrorist, and an asshole.
Information for anyone who wants to make a donation in support of Ukraine:
Ukrainian charity fund "Come Back Alive"
Ukrainian charity foundation of Serhiy Pritula
United24 - the official platform for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine
The Hospitallers - Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion, which provides first aid and evacuates wounded Ukrainian soldiers
These are the main platforms that most Ukrainians (myself included) regularly use to donate to support our armed forces. Ukraine needs military aid, because only through victory we can achieve peace. Russia's only goal is to destroy us. If Russia is not defeated, there will be no future for Ukraine.
These funds buy vehicles for the evacuation of the wounded, thermal imagers, body armor and everything else our defenders need to survive.
Why you should NOT donate to the Red Cross
Any help, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated.
Thank you ❤️
In the cultural context and in the historical context, Russia has been attacking Ukraine for hundreds of years. This is just the latest iteration. This is embedded... Russian sense of ownership of Ukraine is embedded in Russian literature, Russian education, and so the idea that Putin just came up with it is absurd. I mean, just historically, this is clearly part of Russian culture and Russian history. This is just what they do. This is not the first time they're trying a genocide [in Ukraine]. So obviously it's not just Putin, that [would be] just ignoring history.
The Rus culture was born in Ukraine. Modern historians have to label the original Rus culture 'Kievan Rus' because Muscovites have appropriated the words 'Russia' and 'Russian'.
Throughout the history of Muscovite rule they have subjugated their Rus and Slavic neighbors, appropriating their cultures while conveniently never having to make any of the sacrifices of empire. The Rus could be peasants and cannon fodder and the Muscovites could sit in their strongholds in Moscow and St. Petersburg and make decisions about how the people they conquered could live.
During the USSR it was no different. Just look at where all the nuclear incidents happened. They put the money and training into keeping things safe where they were, with the Russian people paying the price. Even in today's war of aggression in Ukraine conscription is mostly happening outside of major population centers around Moscow.
This is why the Muscovites must keep Ukraine, their 'little Russia'. Even if it costs them everything and makes no sense. Without Ukraine, they aren't even Russian. This is why they must devalue and destroy any form of Ukrainian culture they can't steal for themselves. The world cannot see where everything 'Russian' really comes from. It will lay bare the fact that the Muscovites only cultural contributions have been aggression and violence.
A flower crown for all your Ukrainian sims. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
Dissia's Roses Headband - 4t3 conversion
The other rose crown I've promised, even lower poly and super Maxis Match
Original link: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/Dissia/downloads/details/category/sims4-accessories-female-hats/title/roses-headband/id/1620369/
Now your Jewish sims can share these delicious little potato pancakes with their goyim friends, which is how I first experienced them.
And it's a great chance to cover some popular Russian disinformation campaigns, so let's do that.
Ukraine is not a Nazi state.
It is not now, and never has been in the past.
Yes. The western portions of Ukraine fought alongside Nazis in WW2. The country had previously been occupied in part by Poland and the Soviet Union before being occupied by Nazi forces. Ukrainians who wanted their independence were led to believe that compliance with the occupying Nazis might be the best way to be free from their historic occupiers.
It was a deal with the devil, but the Ukrainians were desperate. The country was ravaged by a famine during the 1930s which was artificially created by Soviet policies instructing government actors to steal food and starve the population. Official Russian sources still deny the extent of the destruction, but it's estimated that the Holodomor killed 10 million Ukrainians between 1930 and 1933. The gentiles of Ukraine sold out their Jewish neighbors for the chance to escape a genocidal regime that wanted to kill all of them for being Ukrainian.
The country had a large and thriving Jewish population that was targeted by Ukrainians seeking to appease their German occupiers. They committed massacres, staffed concentration camps, and participated in all manner of war crimes. It isn't responsible to sugar coat, minimize, or rationalize that kind of horror. It happened and there is no justification.
But it was all for nothing. The Nazi government shut down the Ukrainians attempt at a sovereign government, allowing only the partial devolution of powers granted by empires to the nations they subjugate. After the war the country fell back into the grasp of the Soviet Union. Any progress towards Ukrainian independence was erased.
So there was occupation and there was collusion with the Nazis. If you feel like that warrants calling Ukraine a Nazi state, you gotta go look at what happened in France when it was occupied by the Nazis.
But what about the Nazis in Ukraine now, you ask. And my response is 'But what about the Nazis in America now?'
The proliferation of right-wing fascism isn't a Ukraine problem, it's a global problem right now. And in the scheme of things, Ukraine is working harder to expand rights and embrace a diverse citizenry than any country that's already in NATO and the EU. Especially the USA.
Time for something positive--the Dissent Pins company has partnered with Kyiv Volunteer to donate to three bakeries in Ukraine that are providing meals to "Ukrainian armed forces, civil protection forces, volunteers, and Ukrainians who are suffering during the Russian invasion."
$2.50 buys 5 loaves, $50 buys 100 through the same link as above, and if you want to make a $250 or more donation, email [email protected] to set up a direct donation to Kyiv Volunteer.
Meanwhile, a collection of enamel pins, stickers, T-shirts, and jewelry designed by Ukrainian artists is also being sold by the same company, all profits going to Ukrainian-led organizations such as Kyiv Pride among several others listed here. Artists credited include Victoria and Vitalina Lopukhina, Mykola Kovalenko, Lida Feday, and Tubik studio.
It’s here!! This EP for s4 has some real GEMS. I’m still in the process of converting some, but here’s one I’ve started first!
Barely got around to putting the finishing touches on these. I had to edit the HECK out of the mesh and textures to make it look this way and it’s been a true labor of love and a lot of fun (if I just forget the frustrating parts)
Details:
YM and AM Bottom
Three presets (one plain, one with the original camo colors, and with a black and white diffuse that you can recolor to any tint you want!) | Three channels (Pants | Boots | Soles) [and a static belt overlay]
Custom Thumbnail | Enabled for Everyday, Athletic and Outerwear | Disabled for Random
Compressorized | 1.2 MB
TOU [Emphasis on NO REUPLOADING]
Feel free to edit the textures or whatever as you like.
Credit: mesh by EA, TSRW, Milkshape, Photoshop, Paint.NET
Thanks to @itheaxel for testing these during the first iterations. 🤗
Notes/Known Issues:
The textures are kinda low quality, I tried my best to get the belt overlay to look as natural as possible, but it’s not completely perfect.
You NEED some invisible shoes since the pants come with shoes already (http://www.modthesims.info/d/395831 | http://www.modthesims.info/d/417787)
There are some dark shadows in CAS, but it’s just the normal map
There might be clipping toward the front/belt area and.. like a hole or gap at the back? I don’t know how to do pants, you guys. :/
Download (and ❤) at Sim File Share: https://simfileshare.net/download/1019251/