#the article is a description of how the Ukrainians

[raubtierfuetterung]

I just saw a picture of hanged people on a Russian news page. «Предатели луганского народа». Ukrainians. Young men (?) in civil clothing. With bags on their heads. One’s trousers were stained with blood. «Он передавал сведения врагу. СМЕРШ». Humans are capable of the worst. Hanging, from the ceiling inside a cluttered shed. Loss for words

[umabloomer]

I got a job at a Ukrainian museum.

On the first day someone asks me if I have any Ukrainian heritage. I say I had ancestors from Odesa, but they were Jewish, so they weren’t considered Ukrainian, and they wouldn’t have considered themselves Ukrainian. My job is every day I go through boxes of Ukrainian textiles and I write a physical description, take measurements, take photographs, and upload everything into the database. I look up “Jewish” in the database and there is no result. 

Some objects have no context at all, some come with handwritten notes or related documents. I look at thick hand-spun, hand-woven linen heavy with embroidery. Embroidery they say can take a year or more. I think of someone dressed for a wedding in their best clothes they made with their own hands. Some shirts were donated with photographs of the original owners dressed in them, for a dance at the Ukrainian Labour Temple, in 1935. I handle the pieces carefully, looking at how they fit the men in the photos, and how they look almost a hundred years later packed in acid-free tissue. One of the men died a few years later, in the war. He was younger than I am now. The military archive has more photographs of him with his mother, his father, his fiancé. I take care in writing the catalogue entry, breathing in the history, getting tearful. 

I imagine people dressed in their best shirts at Easter, going around town in their best shirts burning the houses of Jews, in their best shirts, killing Jews. A shirt with dense embroidery all over the sleeves and chest has a note that says it is from Husiatyn. I look it up and find that it was largely a Jewish town, and Ukrainians lived in the outskirts. There is a fortress synagogue from the Renaissance period, now abandoned. 

When my partner Aaron visits I take him to an event at the museum where a man shows his collection of over fifty musical instruments from Ukraine, and he plays each one. Children are seated on the floor at the front. We’re standing in a corner, the room full of Ukrainians, very aware that we look like Jews, but not sure if anyone recognizes what that looks like anymore. Aaron gets emotional over a song played on the bandura. 

A note with a dress says it came from the Buchach region. I find a story of Jewish life in Buchach in the early twentieth century, preparing to flee as the Nazis take over. I cry over this.

I’m cataloguing a set of commemorative ribbons that were placed on the grave of a Ukrainian Nationalist leader, Yevhen Konovalets, after he was assassinated. The ribbons were collected and stored by another Nationalist, Andriy Melnyk, who took over leadership after Konovalets’ death. The ribbons are painted or embroidered with messages honouring the dead politician. I start to recognize the word for “leader”, the Cyrillic letters which make up the name of the colonel, the letters “OYH” which stand for Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN in English). The OUN played a big part in the Lviv pogroms in 1941, I learn. The Wikipedia article has a black and white image of a woman in her underwear, running in terror from a man and a young boy carrying a stick of wood. The woman’s face is dark, her nose may be bleeding. Her underwear is torn, her breast exposed. I’m measuring, photographing, recording the stains and loose threads in the banners that honour men who would have done this to me. 

Every day I can’t stop looking at my phone, looking up the news from Gaza, tapping through Instagram stories that show what the news won’t. Half my family won’t talk to the other half, after I share an article by a scholar of Holocaust and genocide studies, who says Israel is committing a genocide. My dad makes a comment that compares Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto. This gets him in trouble. My aunt says I must have learned this antisemitism at university, but there is no excuse for my dad. 

This morning I see images from Israeli attacks in the West Bank, where they are not at war. There are naked bodies on the dusty ground. I’m not sure if they are alive. This is what I think of when I see the image from the Lviv pogrom. If what it means for Jews to be safe from oppression is to become the oppressor, I don’t want safety. I don’t want to speak about Jews as if we are one People, because I have so little in common with those in green uniforms and tanks. I am called a self-hating Jew but I think I am a self-reflecting Jew.

I don’t know how to articulate how it feels to be handling objects which remind me of Jewish traumas I inherited only from history classes and books. Textiles hold evidence of the bodies that made them and used them. I measure the waist of a skirt and notice that it is the same as my waist size. I think of clothing and textiles that were looted from Jewish homes during pogroms. I think of clothing and textiles that were looted from Palestinian homes during the ongoing Nakba. Clothes hold the shape of the body that once dressed in them. Sometimes there are tears, mends, stains. I am rummaging through personal belongings in my nitrile gloves. 

I am hands-on learning about the violence caused by Ukrainian Nationalism while more than nine thousand Palestinians have been killed by the State of Israel in three weeks, not to mention all those who have been killed in the last seventy-five years of occupation, in the name of the Jewish Nation, the Jewish People — me? If we (and I am hesitant to say “we”) learned anything from the centuries of being killed, it was how to kill. This should not have been the lesson learned. Zionism wants us to feel constantly like the victims, like we need to defend ourself, like violence is necessary, inevitable. I need community that believes in freedom for all, not just our own People. I need the half of my family who believes in this necessary “self-defence” to remember our history, and not just the one that ends happily ever after with the creation of the State of Israel. Genocide should not be this controversial. We should not be okay with this. 

Tomorrow I will go to work and keep cataloguing banners that honour the leader of an organization which led pogroms. I will keep checking the news, crying into my phone, coordinating with organizers about our next actions, grappling with how we can be a tiny part in ending this genocide that the world won’t acknowledge, out of guilt over the ones it ignored long ago. 

[spot-the-antisemitism]

Wikipedia is already questionable resource whenever you look at something that is even mildly controversial. However, I find it interesting to look at double standards regarding genocides.

Exhibit A: Holodomor and current war in Ukraine.

You can make an easy case that Holodomor was genocide against Ukrainians, yet when you go to wikipedia section:

"While scholars are in consensus that the cause of the famine was man-made,[9][10] whether the Holodomor was directed at Ukrainians, or whether it constitutes a genocide, remain in dispute."

Current war also falls within Lemkin's definition since it's been proven and confirmed by Russians themselves that Ukrainian children are being taken away and "re-educated" (and forced assimilation falls under genocide). Wikipedia lists that under Allegations of genocide.

There is no academic consensus or international recognition and wikipedia treats it that way.

Exhibit B: (((Zionists)))

There is a wikipedia page for Allegations of genocide, and there is also already dedicated Gaza genocide page. Yup, no international recognition or proof required.

Israel has been accused by experts, governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian population

Well if Experts (tm) concluded so, it must be true. Can we check those experts? What would happen if I pressed CTRL+F and typed "Al Jazeera" ? Oh look, 77 results.

And article is beyond biased and bloated.

When you go to international support Vatican is listed as maybe supporting the decision to call it a genocide and that is based on Pope allegedly saying he thought it was genocide. Yes, allegedly, there is literally no proof it ever happened.

And then you have cultural discourse section which can basically be summarized as "X celebrity said it was genocide."

So Holodomor gets "maybe it was genocide" while current war in Gaza gets "it's a genocide, Al Jazeera, Greta Thunberg and Taliban said so"

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And when you go to List of genocides page you get another example of double standards.

This is Holodomor summary on that page:

The Holodomor also known as the Ukrainian Famine was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–1933 which affected the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union.While scholars are in consensus that the cause of the famine was man-made,[230]whether or not the Holodomor was intentional and therefore constitutes a genocide under the Genocide Convention is debated by scholars.[231][232]

This is Gaza "genocide" summary:

Israel has been accused by experts, governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian population during its invasion and bombing of Gaza during the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.[8][9] By March 2024, after five months of attacks, Israeli military action had resulted in the deaths of over 31,500 Palestinians – 1 out of every 75 people in Gaza – averaging 195 killings a day,[10] and nearly 40,000 confirmed deaths by July. Although illustrative, medical reports from July 2024 onward suggest the current number could be around 186,000 deaths.[7] Most of the victims are civilians,[11][12] including over 25,000 women and children[13][14] and 108 journalists.[15] Thousands more dead bodies are under the rubble of destroyed buildings.[16][17][18] By March 2024, 374 healthcare workers in Gaza had been killed.[19] An enforced Israeli blockade has heavily contributed to starvation and the threat of famine in the Gaza Strip, while Israeli forces prevented humanitarian supplies from reaching the Palestinian population, blocking or attacking humanitarian convoys. Early in the conflict, Israel also cut off water and electricity supply from the Gaza Strip.

Holodomor description is short and concise while this one is double its length with constant attempts at emotional manipulation. Constant reminder how (((they))) are evil with casualty numbers pulled out the ass. Only thing missing in this summary is paragraph dedicated to production of blood matzah.

So in case of Holodomor you have to prove that there was a genocide, while in case of Gaza you have to prove that it isn't a genocide. Oh wait, you also can't do that because any pro Israeli source is considered to be biased by wikipedia mods and page is locked anyways.

Dear anon,

nice work there

108 journalists sounds like a nazi dogwhistle that snuck into this tankie circlejerk

We really do need to take wikipedia back from these holodomor denying antisemites

these people wouldn't know a genocide even if they were the sole survivor of the mass murder of their own ethnic group

Baltimore (most prolific pro-pal and anti lgbt and anti native wikipedia editor) you lone wolf terrorist for fucks sake touch some grass

yours,

Cecil

[unhonestlymirror]

We honestly don’t mock “realists” enough for getting absolutely everything wrong about reality - especially regarding russia’s war.

I’m no academic, but we can all spot a grift as blatant as “realism”.

Realists say they just describe the world as it is - shaped by “great powers” - yet are constantly angry that the world isn’t how they’d like it to be - and that people in smaller nations actually have agency too. In a desperate attempt to prove their analysis, they’ll cheer on and collude with a so-called “great power” in the hope it can destroy international law and the rules-based order of co-operating sovereign states that is so inconvenient to their analysis.

Hence they still publish pure delusions like this, written as if it’s Ukraine that’s invading russia (at the West’s behest) and has the luxury of giving up the war. It throws out every Kremlin line in a weak attempt to discourage resistance to russia’s genocide.

Articles by realists encouraging a deal with russia that would reward its aggression always suddenly increase exponentially when russia needs to pause Ukraine’s momentum. It’s so predictable.

The obscured face on the cover of this article is an accidental reflection of how they prefer others unseen.

The article focuses in on analysing Ukraine’s counteroffensive by summarising every critical western report over recent months, alongside analysis from western realists. Out of the many people who provide their analysis in this article, there are ZERO Ukrainians asked for their perspective. Only one anonymous Ukrainian official and a tweet from Zelenskyy are quickly referenced to support her narrative.

The article has ZERO consideration for the reality of Ukrainians under russian occupation who face mass murder, mass repression, mass deportation, torture, sexual abuse and the elimination of their culture and nationhood. Lynch’s main argument means that Ukraine should settle for this - yet addressing this reality never crosses her mind.

Out of thousands of words, there is one reference to “many atrocities” from someone’s quote but in a paragraph with vaguely conspiratorial analysis of the media controlling the narrative. “Scepticism” has been “suppressed” says Lynch.

Lynch is using carefully worded atrocity denialism.

And we see through it all. We remember how bad all their past predictions were - from their mockery of people concerned about the invasion to their expectation of a swift victory for russia. Instead, we see the hubris of a “great power” and the agency of Ukrainians determined to fight for their own future.

Ironically, realists just can’t compete with reality.

I don’t think these realists are as dumb as they pretend to be. They could structure a proper argument and write a half decent article if they wanted to. They know an article analysing Ukraine should have Ukrainian perspectives (especially when using their bodies for the click bait cover). They know it would be more credible to at least address the “counter argument” about what happens when a genocidal invader is unopposed.

They choose not to because realism is - let’s get real about this - just an ideology focused on denying agency to people deemed not to live in “great powers”.

Reality is so disappointing to them.

I forgot to add that Lynch’s article characterises the nature of the war as merely “primal for both Russia and Ukraine”.

What does that even mean? It’s an odd description that serves no purpose except to portray false equivalence between those who chose to wage a war of aggression and those defending themselves from genocide. She knows exactly what she is doing.

[joannerowling]

if her works were really just a piece of hot garbage, i dont think there would've much to say about them, let alone analyse. i doubt that all those 'legit' sff authors would've given her series a time of the day in that case. like they don't go around shitting paragraphs upon paragraphs of literary criticism about every children's fantasy series there is, even if it's as popular. PJ didn't get this much attention and criticism, Warrior Cats were relatively popular in my part of Europe and local sff community was somewhat involved but no one shat on it as vigorously as they did on HP and jkr. Instead, all those 'legit' sff authors acted as sore losers, and still do.

There's a chronicles of HP russian translations that sum this attitude neatly. First book was translated by a guy who disregarded is as some plain fantasy written by a woman for kids. There are many, many instances of additions or unnecessary changes throughout all the seven books, all under the guise of 'we know better', but especially in the first one. I read it in ru first then in ukrainian, and there i noticed that some paragraphs were missing from the latter. i originally thought that maybe our translators excluded some. When i finally read the original english text and realised that the missing paragraph weren't there to begin with. Russian translator just added them out of thin air and without any significant purpose (i work in translation too, so i know how it can be sometimes. but here it seems like unnecessary and cumbersome graphomania). It's just some more description text. And later i read some article with interviews about the history of HP ru translations, that explained these inconsistencies. The guy really thought that he made the book better. He previously worked with more serious™ work in the genre and just ' knew better'

if her works were really just a piece of hot garbage, i dont think there would've much to say about them

Precisely. You can tell they are good first because of their enduring popularity, but also – perhaps especially – because of the irrational hatred a certain fringe of the population has always had for them, and those who enjoy them.

I would have to go back and re-read to make sure, but i'm pretty sure there are a few added sentences in the French translation of Philosopher's Stone as well. Nothing quite as bad as you describe though. Thanks for letting me know, it goes to show there's no depth to this pit of stupidity people will show towards HP and JKR.

[thegayhimbo]

Say "I know nothing about the history of Russia's treatment of Ukraine (the Holodomor being one such example) or what's currently going on between Russia and Ukraine" without saying it. 🙄😒

For those who can't access the video due to the "age restriction," here is a transcript of the 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley interviewing Freed Ukrainian Prisoners of War:

SPOILER ALERT: The following video/transcript contains descriptions of beatings, torture, rape, starvation, child deaths, and human rights violations.

As for "Russia is not continuously bombing all civilian infrastructure and committing a genocide," there have been multiple posts and articles over the past 2 years proving otherwise (including their recent attack on New Year's Eve). This also includes the Russian war crime of Ukrainian children being kidnapped by Russian soldiers, deported to Russian reeducation camps, getting brainwashed, and being used as Russian Propaganda tools:

Between the 2:27 and 2:37 mark, Isobel Yeung (the narrator) doesn't mince her words when she notes how Vladimir Putin and his cronies are accused of trying to "ethically cleanse a generation of young Ukrainians."

If you've read this far, you can probably come to the conclusion that imtryingsir did absolutely zero research, or even cared enough to follow the last 2 years of news about the Russian-Ukraine War, before making their abhorrently idiotic comment.

So why am I bothering to dignify this with a response when it's clear this person is being maliciously stupid? Because of this post. Specifically, the disgusting little remark they made where they tried to justify why a Jewish woman on social media deserved to be bullied/harassed (which eventually led to the Russia apologist comment above when they were called out on it by multiple Tumblr users):

Putting aside the gross victim-blaming and thinly-disguised antisemitism (which I'm sure my Jewish followers are deeply sick of at this point), what really gets me is how disingenuous this user is. They don't actually give a rat's ass about what's going on in Gaza: Someone who truly cares about genocide and the deaths/suffering of innocent people wouldn't be going out of their way to downplay/whitewash the genocidal actions of another country (Russia), or making comments dismissing another groups problems/trauma while dehumanizing them, or even straight up wishing for more death and destruction:

People like this (as well as the so-called "Pro-Palestine" users in the Jewish woman's post who were harassing her) are devoid of empathy. They relish in being cruel and condescending to others because they feel empowered in doing so, and they know they can get away with it without facing lasting consequences. They are doing nothing to help alleviate an already horrific situation, and are just making the world a worse place to live in. I'm sure they'll tell themselves the sweet little lies about how their bullying and antisemitism is really "activism" or "caring for Palestinians" or "Being antizionist; not antisemitic" (while continuing to spew the same bigoted rhetoric that Jews have been calling out as antisemitic for YEARS). At this point, I truly don't give a damn what their excuses are since they will grasp at anything, no matter how flimsy, to rationalize their behavior.

I never thought I'd see the day where a bunch of Leftist/Westerners would embody two of the most loathsome fictional characters in media (right down to their hateful, sadistic, vile attitudes), and yet that is the point we've currently reached:

To say this has been deeply unpleasant to witness is an understatement. 😒

I talked about this in a recent post about antisemitism from the Left, and I'm going to reiterate something I said: "There is a larger conversation that needs to be had about how selective Leftist empathy and compassion really is. By this, I’m talking about people on the Left who will a.) Only be compassionate/empathetic when it’s convenient for them, or b.) Only be compassionate/empathetic towards people they think are “deserving” of it."

People like imtryingsir only prove why it's important to have this conversation: If you're perfectly okay dismissing/downplaying the suffering of one group of people (be it Jews, Ukrainians, Palestinians, etc) so you can prop up your preferred group of people who are suffering because you think they are more "deserving" of empathy/compassion......................you need to do some serious self-reflection about the type of person you've become.

[thezeinterviews]

Financial Times: The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2023

Women were at the helm and in the trenches of the world’s most profound transformations

Influence — the power to persuade, advocate for change and imagine better ways of doing things — takes many forms. Nowhere is this more clear than in the magazine’s annual Women of the Year issue, a list of the world’s most influential women written about by other powerful women on the international stage.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes Lola Shoneyin’s work as a labour of love, noting that she “tirelessly splices present and future, nurturing what is, while making room for what will be”. It’s an apt description for the contributions made by all the exceptional women featured in this issue.

Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times

Olena Zelenska

First lady

by Kaja Kallas

What I admire most about Olena Zelenska is her honesty. A screenwriter by profession, she knows how not to mince her words while remaining disarmingly human. Four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelenska told a journalist: “None of us are OK.” She knows what it is like to wake up to see your homeland invaded by an imperialist neighbour; not to know when, or if, you will next see your loved ones; how to find the strength to fight for freedom, despite it all. Like her husband, Zelenska has become a global symbol of resilience. Her leadership in addressing mental health for Ukrainians during war is vital. Her work shining a light on the suffering and deportations of Ukrainian children by Russia brings back memories of my own family history; Russians deported my mother to Siberia when she was a baby. Estonia has partnered with Zelenska’s foundation to build family homes for children whom Russian bombs have turned into orphans. She is remarkable in her attention to detail and her ability to listen. The world should now listen to Zelenska and give Ukraine what it needs to defeat Russia and end the suffering.

Kaja Kallas is the prime minister of Estonia

Article

[the-iron-shoulder]

back on my bullshit: bandura edition

[image description: three photos of a poorly made Ukrainian bandura, which is a stringed instrument in the zither family. It is shaped kind of like the lowercase letter “b” and has strings stretched across its entire length. On this one, the bridges are made out of a bunch of little pieces of varying sizes, which is not standard. It has a very messy appearance. End description.]

so back in 2022 I found out that the bandura exists (I don’t have any Ukrainian heritage or connection afaik, but I read an article about it in a mega old newsletter and it was a whole story that I’ll tell some other time) and I became obsessed with the idea of making one. It was the second woodworking project I’d ever tried and, while I think I did pretty well considering my lack of tools and lack of experience, it never actually turned into something I was happy with. I mean, compare what a professionally made one looks like:

[image description: a professionally made Bandura, which looks very different from the amateur one above. End description.] image credit: Julianhayda, Wikimedia commons, CC-By-SA

big difference. Also, beyond the aesthetics, it just wasn’t playable… the lower strings were sometimes okay, but the higher strings never resonated and just sounded dead, when they weren’t just slipping off the bridges in the first place. Also, the string placement wasn’t very good and it was hard to physically reach a lot of the higher strings. That’s why you’ve never heard me post a recording of me playing this thing… it doesn’t really work!

I’ve got some better tools now, specifically a router, so I’m hoping that I can redo the bridges on this bad boy and actually turn it into something functional!

so normally, many banduras are diatonic (like the white keys on a piano with no black keys), but I don’t like that because I want to be able to play any arbitrary video game music song I want on it, not just songs that don’t have chromatic notes in them. So what I tried to do (which didn’t work, to be clear) was to have each individual little bridge be a high bridge or a low bridge so that the strings would be at an angle, with the idea being that the natural notes (“white keys”) would be raised near the top of the instrument and the accidentals (sharps and flats, “black keys”) would be raised near the bottom of the instrument, thereby theoretically making it easier to tell by touch where each note is.

I think that this can still work! But instead of making the bridges out of a million little triangles, I’m going to try to make them solid pieces (two of the bridges on the existing instrument are kind of like that), but differently from how I did it last time. First, I’m going to simply make them taller, so there can be a bigger differentiation between a string’s “up” position and its “down” position. That might help them feel a little less crowded, maybe? Also instead of trying to use a drill press to punch holes in the bridge for the “down” portion, I’m going to try to use a router to carve a groove through it, leaving some posts for support. I’m also thinking that the router will let me make a more consistent point at the top of each of these, so there will hopefully be a good spot for the strings to sit and so they might not slip as much? I’ll still probably need to file little notches in for them to sit in, but one thing at a time, I guess.

I still don’t actually know what I’m doing! This may end up as a monument to my failure! We’ll find out!!

[adrl-pt]

What to blame for the ones who hide behind civilians? Who to help this week. Homosexuality is not a disease.

You are watching news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is May 18, 14:30.

On May 15, Russian rapper Misha Mavashi posted a video on his Telegram channel of a Grad MLRS firing while on the road surrounded by cars stuck in a traffic jam. In his comments, he explained that if the Russian army is “working like this,” “it means there is a permission for that.” https://novosti.dn.ua/ru/news/373813-rossijskij-reper-zasvetil-v-seti-strelbu-grada-iz-belgoroda-po-ukraine

The "Important Stories" media found out that this is the road near Shebekino in the Belgorod region, and the direction of fire corresponds to the territory in the north of the Kharkiv region. https://istories.media/news/2024/05/15/poyavilos-video-strelbi-rszo-grad-iz-probki-grazhdanskikh-avto-pod-belgorodom/

On the “Khodorkovsky Live” channel, international lawyer Sergei Golubok explained that this is “the use of a human shield. The same thing that Hamas does when launching rockets from hospitals… Article 51 of the additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions clearly states this… In this case, this MLRS will be a legitimate target for a Ukrainian strike, and civilians around will be legitimately damaged." https://www.youtube.com/live/DePwmNTB4Zo?feature=shared&t=1081

The "Go by the Forest" project, which helps Russians not participate in this war and tries to stop it, is holding the "Run through the Forest" campaign to raise funds for their work. The first race will be on May 19. In Lisbon we start at 10 AM from the Belem Tower. https://t.me/iditelesom_help/3287

On May 23 at 7 PM in Lisbon, the Sputnik bar will host a charity screening of the documentary film “The Hardest Hour”. This is an honest film about how Ukrainians lived until February 24, 2024 and how their lives changed on that day. https://maps.app.goo.gl/uQseM5w78gyvvvoF7

The screening is in support of the Orphans Feeding Foundation's Bring Kids Back UA program. The Foundation has already been able to return 36 children illegally deported from Ukraine. https://www.orphans-feeding-foundation.org/bring-kids-back-ua-program/

Former municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov asks for help with publicizing the fact that they are trying to fabricate a case of extremism for him. Gorinov is in prison for speaking out against holding a children's drawing competition during the war with Ukraine. https://t.me/alexei_gorinov_2022/713

The repression that suppresses dissent and opens the door to war begins with small, vulnerable groups of people. May 17 is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. On this day in 1990, the WHO General Assembly removed homosexuality from its list of diseases, declaring that "it is not a disease, disorder or perversion." https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20110513STO19333/17-may-international-day-against-homophobia

The English mathematician Alan Turing did a lot for the invention of the computers that we all use. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD

After the outbreak of World War II, Turing worked to crack the code of the German Enigma cipher machine. Winston Churchill said about it this way: “No one else made the same contribution to our victory in the war.” In 1952, Turing was arrested for a homosexual act, which was illegal then. He was given a choice: prison or treatment, which was essentially chemical castration. He agreed to treatment. He was pardoned only posthumously, in 2013. https://www.bbc.com/russian/society/2014/11/141112_imitation_game_turing

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[mariacallous]

A new report from the outlet T-invariant identifies the adult children of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev as the founders of the Student Patriotic Society (SPO), a student organization at Moscow State University (MGU) that raises money for Russian ultranationalists fighting against Ukraine. In the summer of 2023, Trutnev’s son, Andrey, transported armored vehicles onto which SPO activists had “personally welded anti-shrapnel protections” and “modified drones” to the Donbas. Schoolchildren, university students, and even MGU cafeteria workers have transferred money to the bank account of Trutnev’s daughter, Maria, to support volunteer soldiers at the front. With T-invariant’s permission, Meduza is publishing a translation of the investigation. The original article has been condensed and edited for clarity.

The Student Patriotic Society (SPO) is an association of pro-war activists at Russia’s Moscow State University. It was founded by Andrey Trutnev and Maria Trutneva, the son and daughter of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, Russia’s deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.

SPO has the official support of the university’s law department. The group’s logo shows the pro-war Z symbol as well as a drone flying over MGU’s main building. Its members’ faces are usually blurred in photos on the group’s Telegram channel, including in one with the university’s rector, Viktor Sadovnichiy.

The organization’s primary purpose is to raise money for ammunition and equipment for Russian soldiers and to deliver the items it purchases to the front line. Rather than working with the Russian Defense Ministry, however, SPO supports a formation called PTSR Team.

In its first investigation, T-invariant described how fighters from PTSR Team pose in photos with weapons and military equipment such as combat helicopters, present themselves as experienced “soldiers of fortune” rather than career servicemen from Defense Ministry formations, and have threatened to identify the “swine lobby” (a derogatory term for opponents of the war in Ukraine) at MGU. In a threatening statement to journalists in response to T-invariant’s request for comment, the group flaunted its “proximity to the security forces.” And in addition to using rune symbolism often associated with neo-Nazi groups, the group regularly calls for the deaths of Ukrainians.

The brother

T-invariant determined that it was Andrey Trutnev who started the SPO Telegram channel. This was clear both from metadata in the channel’s first ever post and from a comment Trutnev left on an early post in which he’s labelled as the channel’s owner. (The comment has since been deleted, but journalists from T-invariant managed to take a screenshot, seen above.)

On social media, it’s as if Andrey Trutnev is living two different lives. On Instagram, where he has 2,700 followers, he depicts himself as an accomplished snowboarder; his numerous photos from the Alps, Georgia, and Russia’s Rosa Khutor ski resort give no indication that he cares at all about the situation at the front. Mentions of the war are similarly absent from his VKontakte profile, where the only signs of his political leanings are the student pro-war pages that he’s followed.

Trutnev’s anonymously run Telegram account, however, tells a very different story. The official description of the channel, which represents the largest university-based Z organization in Russia, reads: “I love my homeland and I know how to shoot.” The deputy prime minister’s son refers to Russia’s invading troops in Ukraine as “our boys.”

The summer after Trutnev finished his bachelor’s degree at MGU, he gave an interview to the popular pro-invasion Telegram channel WarGonzo. In the video, both Trutnev and his interviewer say they’re located in the Donbas, and Trutnev’s face is covered by a balaclava. He says he’s only in the Donbas for a short time because he’s starting a master’s at MGU soon, then brags that he and his associates are “collecting and reprogramming drones” and brought two armored vehicles to which they “personally attached anti-shrapnel protections.” The clip also reveals that Trutnev uses the call sign “Brother.”

The sister

Yury Trutnev’s daughter, Maria Trutneva, is presumably responsible for raising funds for ammunition and equipment; all of the SPO’s announcements and posts include information for sending money to the bank account registered to the name “Maria Yuryevna T.” At the same time, she almost never appears in photos on the organization’s Telegram channel, unlike her brother; in one of the few pictures that does include her, she’s wearing a balaclava. “Maria Yuryevna T” is also one of the channel’s administrators, and she appears to go by the call sign “Mouse.”

Judging from SPO’s posts on Telegram, schoolchildren and university cafeteria staff regularly participate in the group’s fundraisers for night vision devices, quadcopters, and other equipment for members of PTSR Team and other formations at the front. It’s unlikely that any of the donors know that Andrey and Maria’s father is one of Russia’s wealthiest federal officials.

The father

Yury Trutnev is an active supporter of the war against Ukraine who regularly travels to the Donbas for propaganda campaigns. In Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, Trutnev oversaw governors on issues related to mobilization. In December 2022, for example, he inspected the combat readiness of mobilized troops at a training center in the Sakhalin region. For his work related to the war, Trutnev has been sanctioned by six countries.

‘Unrelated to his professional activities’

T-invariant reached out to Andrey Trutnev and Maria Trutneva for comment on the Telegram accounts they use to run the SPO Telegram channel. Trutnev ignored the journalists’ call but read the questions they sent. Trutneva answered the call but refused to comment and subsequently changed her account’s settings to make it impossible to contact her.

Yury Trutnev did not respond to a message the journalists sent over social media but did open it. His press secretary initially told T-invariant that he was on a work trip with no connection, and several days later she said he would not be providing a comment because the request was “unrelated to his professional activities.”

Moscow State University’s law department did not respond to T-invariant’s request for comment. Earlier, in a response to a request for comment on T-invariant’s previous article on SPO, the university’s deputy dean for educational and methodological work, Andrey Berezhnikov, told journalists that for questions related to SPO, they should contact the organization directly.

[exsanguinated-doves]

Documenting Travesties: War & The Arts

Erasure of culture is the most devastating tragedy of war, and yet, so overlooked. It is to take away the manifestation of art and the sole purpose of human expression, which promotes creativity, celebrates individuality and growth. This is now seen before our eyes in the 21st century, as Russian soldiers invaded Ukraine and sowed destruction along their path. They are colonizers, establishing their control over Ukraine when it was not asked for, forcibly scrubbing away the unique identity of Ukrainians to replace it with their own.

The arts is an unappreciated aspect of preserving knowledge and tradition, to the public eye. It is something who's importance is only displayed in museums. But when you think of the Nazis, and how they collected precious artifacts by looting the places they conquered, standing with pride as they show off their assortment of stolen goods, you start to learn that the arts is the seeds of hope for the future, which needs to be cultivated and cared for. Humans are naturally social, who have survived for so long due to their intrinsic friendly behavior. To eradicate a country of it's culture, it's traditions and customs, is a cruel, heartless act. It is to seep the color out of a vibrant canvas, to dull and muddy the waters of a crystalline pond.

But knowledge, which is vital to human survival, is never overlooked by those who wish to burn it. In the Information Age, which is now, authors and librarians battle censorship and the puritan movement to prohibit works which they deem unpalatable to modern society. These include historical works which detail stories about the cruelty and abuse people of color have faced for centuries, erotic literature, and queer fiction, because all this they cannot stand, and cannot understand.

Colonizers, in truth, hate to read or listen to different perspectives. Whatever strays from their morals, and personal beliefs, they disagree with. More than disagree, but they make it a goal to completely suppress any kind of work that promotes thinking and creativity.

Here are only a few of the photos documenting the Russian tactic of destroying and erasing Ukrainian culture, by targeting books. Books, which contain valuable knowledge, information, and promote creativity and emotion.

During March 24, a Ukrainian outlet reported of Russian troops confiscating historical texts and Ukrainian literature. What they are most after are of books about Ukrainian Maidans, history books containing descriptions of the struggles of Ukrainian liberation. The "extremist" literature which the Russians have declared a threat to Russia also includes school textbooks used by schoolchildren to study, about the history of their own country, Ukraine. This is an effective method of imperialism, and has proved itself useful to the eradication of a nation's rich culture and history.

Proof of the brutal attacks of Russian troops on the identity of Ukrainians is also widely recorded, due to technology.

In Chernihiv, a library in ruin was photographed, and uploaded to Twitter.

This is the library of Chernihiv after being shelled by Russian soldiers. It is clear evidence that the war in Ukraine is a genocide perpetrated by Russia, on Ukrainian culture.

Interfax, a news outlet of Ukraine, has published a news article, writing about the harmful consequences of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian culture. 221 libraries damaged, and around a hundred destroyed.

Another news article about the impact of war on Ukrainian culture: by the Guardian. Sanitizing and filtering information, controlling the media and the news, has always been a crucial part of sustaining a dictatorship, and plays a key role in supporting a lasting, totalitarian regime. In a world where the news is subjected daily to censorship, being examined thoroughly for anything that might provoke or suggest retaliation against people in authority, is a dystopian world which we have been warned about by numerous literary works.

The war in Ukraine is hybrid warfare, both fought vigilantly with propaganda and heavily filtered content. Both use propaganda as a means to accomplish their goals. and through information. It is in the forms of historical revisionism to false campaigns supported with disinformation, which Russian media portrays. It is also impossible to show the true nature of the war in Ukraine in Russian media, as all protestors in Russia who have campaigned against the invasion of Ukraine have been detained and imprisoned by order of the Kremlin.

An article written by Emma Létourneau explains this further and in more detail than I can. It was published on Artshelp. It is titled, "Russia's War Against Ukraine and the Impact on Art and Culture". It provides you with a valuable insight about the war happening in Ukraine.

The New York Times has also released an article about this, but it is locked behind a paywall. This is a link to said article, but without the paywall, made possible because of Internet Archive's web archiving feature. It explains, and in great detail, about the repercussions which conflict brings, especially to a nation's heritage, identity, and culture.

[darkmaga-retard]

A rebirth, or more an aimless light-cavalry raid?

Simplicius

Sep 02, 2024

This is a premium article for paid subscribers that covers the recent trend of declaring the rebirth of ‘maneuver warfare’ as product of the perceived “success” of the Ukrainian operation in Kursk. In the piece I refute these conclusions by explaining how maneuver warfare is in fact a misunderstood, and deliberately misleading, concept which uses outdated combat stereotypes from WWII and beyond in a disingenuous attempt to paper over shifting modern paradigms.

We utilize several sources including the latest Institute for the Study of War piece, as well as an article on ‘positional deadlock’ from the latest issue of one of Russia’s premier military journals, Армейский сборник, or Army Collection.

This report is another whoppingly descriptive ~6,800 words, of which I’ve left a small portion open to the public as a teaser for people to decide whether the topic’s premise interests them and is worth subscribing for.

Since the start of the Ukrainian Kursk offensive on August 6th, 2024, there have been innumerable claims from the pro-Ukrainian West heralding the rebirth of “maneuver warfare”. Several high-profile figures and publications declared that offensive warfare is back on the menu, as if Ukraine had finally solved the riddle of the modern positional stalemate which has vexed both sides for nearly the past two years.

[maykl24]

Genocide: How Anti-Cultists Incite Wars and Dehumanize Nations. UKRAINE

The world is on the brink of catastrophe. We see this in all areas of life: in politics, in the economy, in social relations. But what if all of this is part of a larger, more global plan, launched by a hidden force operating from the shadows?

They have long ceased to be simply "fighters against sects." They have transformed into a dangerous terrorist organization that uses methods of dehumanization and dehumanization to achieve their goals.

In the past, they hung yellow stars on people to make them "non-human," targets for violence and murder. Today, they use the media to label their target a "cult," "sect," "totalitarian sect."

Their goal is to dehumanize and destroy.

And the war in Ukraine is one of the most horrific examples of their actions.

Alexander Novopashin, Vice-President of the Russian counterpart of FECRIS - RACIRS, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia and laureate of the Ural Federal District Prize, gives lectures to the Russian military about how Ukraine is a "totalitarian sect" controlled by the West.

He claims that the war is not about territories, but about "souls mired in the cult," using phrases like "Ukrainian Nazism" and "Confronting the enemy in mental warfare is no less important than technical strengthening."

In 2022, Novopashin signed a letter in support of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and in his publications, he spins fake narratives about "cannibalistic marches of Bandera supporters through Kyiv," "murders of Ukrainian journalists," "teachers of the Russian language imprisoned," and "people being burned alive in Odessa."

This is not just lies and slander. This is the deliberate dehumanization of an entire nation, the preparation of public opinion for war and destruction.

We must understand that anti-cultists are not simply "incompetent fighters against sects." They are dangerous terrorists who have long been playing with people's lives.

Their activities threaten each of us. We must know them by face and stop their actions.

Respected Egon Cholakyan analytical video report: provided an analytical video report: “A detailed description of the special methods used by the aforementioned structure to manipulate public consciousness.

These methods include not only an organized disinformation campaign, but also influencing the mass consciousness, distorting reality, and a programmed series of destructive manipulative techniques. All these methods are aimed at changing and shaping narratives in political and social discourse to influence public perception and behavior in a way that is beneficial to this secretive structure. The actions undertaken by this structure today represent the most serious threat to our freedom and democracy."

To be continued…

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[drakonfire12]

No Ukraine isn't just going to just sign away their land and people to Russian occupation

"Russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners" by Texty.org

The cases of Oleksandr Hrytsiuk, Vitalii Klochenko & Oleksii Kretsu

The image of Oleksandr is going around Twitter/X so lets first cover what's been said:

" Oksana Hrytsiuk, the wife of the deceased, says: [...] When we arrived in Kyiv for body identification on January 25, I was shocked by what I saw. It was a very horrifying sight. What struck me the most was how emaciated the body was. The pathologist said that he weighed less than fifty kilograms. Sasha was tall—180 cm. Before captivity, he weighed 110 kg and was physically healthy. What was left of him were just bones and skin. His head was all bruised, his nose was crooked, and his index fingers had no nails. Whether they were ripped out or smashed, I do not know. There were signs of torture all over his body. His cellmates later told me how they were tortured. Every day, they were beaten. They were beaten either in the cell or taken outside. They beat them very brutally, especially my husband. Because he was tall, stately, from western Ukraine, and didn’t want to speak Russian."

Overall, what does the article show?

Russians beat Ukrainian POWs for speaking Ukrainian (violated Geneva Convection Article 16, on humane treatment and Article 13 on equal treatment not differing by nationality or political views).

Russian mistreat Ukrainian POWs (violates Geneva Convention [henceforth "GC"] Article 13, on equal treatment).

Russians put Ukrainian POWs in such a position as to contract tuberculosis as well as other illnesses (violates GC Article 13)

Russians house people in terrible quarters and conditions (violates GC Article 20).

Russians confined Ukrainians to close quarters (violates GC Article 21).

Russians put both men and women in the same bathhouses (violates GC Article 29).

Russians did not provide enough food of good enough quality, dog food or food for pigs is clearly not human food (violates GC, Article 26).

Russians only gave 3 min to go to the bathroom, another instance 15 second showers (violates GC Article 29 on allowing for and maintaining proper hygiene).

Russians ignored the medical inspections that could have easily spotted tuberculosis among the sick POWs and then treated them. They did not give proper help to Oleksandr until he was in critical condition. (GC Article 31 on medical inspections, and also on medical treatment and Article 30 on medial attention).

Russians did not allows for enough correspondents, 2-4 a month is supposed to be a minimum requirement. Correspondence are supposed to be allowed in their native language, Russians forced them to write in Russian based on a template (violates GC article 71).

Russians either impersonated or the Red Cross were doing Russia's dirty work asking POWs if they want Russian passports.

You are probably wondering am I writing all this out painstakingly. I wrote all this out because some human rights orgs and some people keep ignoring very obvious mistreatment of Ukrainian POWs. Well here's a comprehensive list just from this article to get them started. This is also a reason why Ukraine and Ukrainians will never forgive anyone who forces us to give up Ukrainian land and people to occupation. And honestly, I curse all those non-Ukrainians who try to force Ukraine and Ukrainians into a deal that won't even last a few years, I hope your kids will be smarter than you.

Further explanation:

The text is bolded for emphasis by me. Text and short descriptions all taken from IHL database doc. See doc for full list, it became too long for me to quote the entire paragraphs.

GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR OF 12 AUGUST 1949

Article 13: Humane treatment of prisoners

Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest. [...]

Article 16: Equality of treatment

Taking into consideration the provisions of the present Convention relating to rank and sex, and subject to any privileged treatment which may be accorded to them by reason of their state of health, age or professional qualifications, all prisoners of war shall be treated alike by the Detaining Power, without any adverse distinction based on race, nationality, religious belief or political opinions, or any other distinction founded on similar criteria.

Article 21: Restriction of liberty of movement

[...]Subject to the provisions of the present Convention relative to penal and disciplinary sanctions, prisoners of war may not be held in close confinement except where necessary to safeguard their health and then only during the continuation of the circumstances which make such confinement necessary. [...]

Article 22: Places and conditions of internment

Prisoners of war may be interned only in premises located on land and affording every guarantee of hygiene and healthfulness. Except in particular cases which are justified by the interest of the prisoners themselves, they shall not be interned in penitentiaries. Prisoners of war interned in unhealthy areas, or where the climate is injurious for them, shall be removed as soon as possible to a more favourable climate. [...]

Article 25: Quarters

Prisoners of war shall be quartered under conditions as favourable as those for the forces of the Detaining Power who are billeted in the same area. The said conditions shall make allowance for the habits and customs of the prisoners and shall in no case be prejudicial to their health. The foregoing provisions shall apply in particular to the dormitories of prisoners of war as regards both total surface and minimum cubic space, and the general installations, bedding and blankets. The premises provided for the use of prisoners of war individually or collectively, shall be entirely protected from dampness and adequately heated and lighted, in particular between dusk and lights out. All precautions must be taken against the danger of fire. [...][Note: I left this line in because Olenivka is another important instance where Russians violated the Geneva Convention]

Article 26: Food The basic daily food rations shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep prisoners of war in good health and to prevent loss of weight or the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the habitual diet of the prisoners. The Detaining Power shall supply prisoners of war who work with such additional rations as are necessary for the labour on which they are employed. Sufficient drinking water shall be supplied to prisoners of war. The use of tobacco shall be permitted. [...]

Article 29: Hygeine

The Detaining Power shall be bound to take all sanitary measures necessary to ensure the cleanliness and healthfulness of camps, and to prevent epidemics. Prisoners of war shall have for their use, day and night, conveniences which conform to the rules of hygiene and are maintained in a constant state of cleanliness. In any camps in which women prisoners of war are accommodated, separate conveniences shall be provided for them. Also, apart from the baths and showers with which the camps shall be furnished, prisoners of war shall be provided with sufficient water and soap for their personal toilet and for washing their personal laundry; the necessary installations, facilities and time shall be granted them for that purpose.

Article 30: Medical attention Every camp shall have an adequate infirmary where prisoners of war may have the attention they require, as well as appropriate diet. Isolation wards shall, if necessary, be set aside for cases of contagious or mental disease.[...] Prisoners of war may not be prevented from presenting themselves to the medical authorities for examination. The detaining authorities shall, upon request, issue to every prisoner who has undergone treatment, an official certificate indicating the nature of his illness or injury, and the duration and kind of treatment received. A duplicate of this certificate shall be forwarded to the Central Prisoners of War Agency. [...]

Article 31: Medical inspections Medical inspections of prisoners of war shall be held at least once a month. They shall include the checking and the recording of the weight of each prisoner of war. Their purpose shall be, in particular, to supervise the general state of health, nutrition and cleanliness of prisoners and to detect contagious diseases, especially tuberculosis, malaria and venereal disease. For this purpose the most efficient methods available shall be employed, e.g. periodic mass miniature radiography for the early detection of tuberculosis.

Article 71: Correspondence Prisoners of war shall be allowed to send and receive letters and cards. If the Detaining Power deems it necessary to limit the number of letters and cards sent by each prisoner of war, the said number shall not be less than two letters and four cards monthly, exclusive of the capture cards provided for in Article 70, and conforming as closely as possible to the models annexed to the present Convention. Further limitations may be imposed only if the Protecting Power is satisfied that it would be in the interests of the prisoners of war concerned to do so owing to difficulties of translation caused by the Detaining Power’s inability to find sufficient qualified linguists to carry out the necessary censorship. If limitations must be placed on the correspondence addressed to prisoners of war, they may be ordered only by the Power on which the prisoners depend, possibly at the request of the Detaining Power. [...] As a general rule, the correspondence of prisoners of war shall be written in their native language. The Parties to the conflict may allow correspondence in other languages.

[speedyposts]

Ukraine’s president confirms plans for military shake-up

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he plans to reshuffle Ukraine’s military and political leadership.

The comments, on Italian RAI TV in an interview broadcast late on Sunday, follow weeks of speculation that Zelenskyy intends to dismiss Valery Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military.

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“A reset, a new beginning is necessary” and it is “not about a single person but about the direction of the country’s leadership”, Zelenskyy said.

“I’m thinking about this replacement,” he said, “but you can’t say here we replaced a single person.”

Zaluzhny, who was appointed by Zelenskyy months before Russia invaded in February 2022, is popular with troops and the wider population. He has denied speculation that he has political ambitions.

He and the president have been at odds for some time over the conduct of the war, as the country grapples with low ammunition, personnel shortages after a failed counteroffensive, and the need for more troops.

Zelenskyy sought to downplay the implications during his comments on the reshuffle.

“When we talk about this, I mean a replacement of a series of state leaders, not just in a single sector like the military,” he said.

“If we want to win, we must all push in the same direction, convinced of victory; we cannot be discouraged, let our arms fall; we must have the right positive energy,” the president continued as he spoke of Kyiv’s struggle to oust Russian forces following the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the occupation of parts of the Donbas, and the invasion of February 2022.

Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported the same day that Zelenskyy is also considering removing General Staff Chief Serhii Shaptala.

Zaluzhny, meanwhile, congratulated Shaptala on his birthday and posted a picture of them together on Facebook.

Speculation has gripped Ukraine for weeks over Zaluzhny’s position and relationship with the president as the war against the Russian invasion nears its second anniversary.

At the end of last year, Zelenskyy said he had rejected a request by the military to mobilise up to 500,000 people and demanded to know how it would be organised and paid for.

Tensions between the two men were also publicised last year after the general told The Economist in an interview that the war had entered a stalemate. The claim earned a furious denial from Zelenskyy.

Unconfirmed media reports last week said that the general had refused a presidential request for his resignation.

Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of land forces, and Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian defence ministry’s intelligence directorate, are the two leading candidates to replace Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief, according to speculation.

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[alecbicheno]

Mimic Chest appreciation

When browsing on ArtStation I found this work by Alexandr Novitskiy. A Ukrainian 3D artist who recently created some variants of a mimic chest.

This work is amazing on its own however what I really enjoy about this is the very detailed process he describes. Throughout the post he shows a very precise and purposeful thought process when designing and clearly describes each step of creation. All the way from his idea generation to the rendering there are clear description of his workflow, describing what he did and which software he did it in, and even has tips for learners in it.

He also finishes off with some advice for beginners which is always a nice touch.

There’s also an 80.lv article linked which shows the same content as on the ArtStation page just laid out more clearly on the website.

Bibliography

Novitskiy, A., 2024. Learn How to Create Hungry 3D Mimic Chest (80.lv). [Online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YBnaad [Accessed 11 January 2024].