Ŝäŋðŕå/Sanchello🇺🇦

Art with my sky oc

🇬🇧:

- Mama? — whispered the little boy, looking up at her with his big, sky-blue eyes.

- Oh, no, little one, I’m not... — but she hadn’t even finished speaking when the little boy, snuggling up to her, murmured with a smile:

- Mama.

After that, she had no choice but to simply carry on, accompanied by the breeze rustling the leaves on the trees...

🇺🇦:

- Мама? — прошепотів хлопчик дивлячись своїми небесними великими очима на неї.

- Оу, ні малечо, я не не... — але вона не встигла цього навіть вимовити, як малий притулившись до неї пробурмотів із усмішкою:

- Мама.

Після цього їй не лишалося нічого, аніж просто йти далі в супроводі вітерця, що колихав листя на деревах...

Don’t promote them with reposts, don’t subscribe, don’t comment or repost – but block the Russians. Boycott the Russians!

hullo hullo o/ thank you for a very relatable ask

unfortunately, i don't have some "one fit all" solution for this, but there are some methods, each a bit more time consuming than the last

Check their blog. See "ru" in there? Become sus. If it's stated first, i just block and move on to not waste my time. if it's stated later on - up to you; i'd block still, but if you have time/nerves/energy you can dig deeper and see if it's just a language someone knows or ruzzian who doesn't want to be called out

Example:

2. Check if there are links to other soc.med or other things. Most of the time, you'll either see places somewhere: x, bluesky, insta, wherever. Youtube is a good test if they have it, you can check the country there. If it's not stated, become sus and check the oldest videos. See/hear ru? Block.

Example:

Translation from ru:

3. Speaking of links you may see. See boosty? Block. It's ru parteon, in essense.

4. Same for vk aka vkontakte. Ru attempt of facebook, afaik. Block.

5. Same for yandex email. Block and move on.

6. Another more niche thing is ficbook. Aka "ru try to steal ao3 as well". Block and move on.

7. Check if there are things in pinned posts. Maybe they mention where they are from (people are insane like that nowadays because internet security knowledge is shit), and it can be useful. See a geographic name, check where it is. Ru? Block and move on

8. This one requires some time (and why i usually am so hesitant to like any new artists without checking and cross checking them...) but you can also check their art. Especially older art. They might have ru text in the art itself that you can spot and use to identify them, altho I understand that reading cursive can be challenging

Example:

This one is easier for me, as I know the language, but if you are relying only on google translate, check a few times as it loves lumping other languages into ru for some reason. ы, э (not є) and ё can be telling, tho - but again, they are used in other languages too, and it's better to double check if you're not sure.

9. If you see a combination of "Z" *and* russian language, congratulatons, you found a genocide supporter as Z is how ru soldiers mark themselves. Consider it nazi's swastika if you will, they're the same.

10. This one is more of an observation than a rule, but if you see someone who is a fan of Pathologic (or "Мор. Утопия" in ru) become suspicious. In my experience, 7 times out of 10, they do turn out to be ru. But this is more of a personal experience

Addendum to points 3-6: duckduckgo/google/search by other method of your preference their nickname. People usually reuse those, and you can see same people in vk or on boosty. If you're afraid of unrightfully blocking someone with the same nickname, you can try opening those and check if the same art/pfp/posts are there. I usually just block. But maybe you'll have more energy than me.

A sample of what a complaint should contain:

Outrage has been caused by the band’s participation in the Park Live 2026 festival, which will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Gorillaz are scheduled to perform on August 22. On social media, users point out that the festival is organized by an agency connected to concerts for open supporters of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Many consider Park Live to be essentially a Russian event that was moved to Kazakhstan. Its main sponsor is the Russian company Yandex, which has been accused of spreading propaganda and manipulating news to legitimize the war in Ukraine.

However, Gorillaz have already shown their position and their willingness to attract Russian listeners, sending them a signal of encouragement in a new song.

One of Gorillaz’s new songs contains a phrase in Russian. On the album The Mountain, released on February 27, the track Delirium features the voice of the late poet and musician Mark Edward Smith. At 2 minutes and 38 seconds into the track, an unknown voice says in Russian: “Hello, my name is Vlad, and I’m the Tooth Fairy.” The album also features five other languages: English, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, and Yoruba.

The band has not commented on the appearance of this character, although one of the track’s authors is someone named Vlad.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Gorillaz said they supported ordinary people in Ukraine and those in Russia who are against the war, and that they hoped to perform for them again as soon as possible.

Apparently, they meant performing sooner for the second group of people — entertaining Russians who live comfortably abroad while also helping fund Russians who are interested in murdering Ukrainians.

An interesting business plan.