Ukrainian charity fund "Come Back Alive"

Ukrainian charity foundation of Serhiy Pritula

United24 - the official platform for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine

Sternenko Foundation (drones for the UAF)

These are the main platforms that most Ukrainians (myself included) regularly use to donate to support our armed forces. Ukraine needs the 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

"I'll have these blackberries, please. This cup and whatever you have left." (which isn't more than two cups in total)

"They're very sweet!" promises babusya.

I know, I know. I just want to buy them from you, please.

"Yes, I'll have all of them."

*She hands me the cup*

"No, I mean all you have left - this cup too, the second one."

"Oh," she looks at me in terror, "but that'll be very expensive. 150 hryvnias! (3.38 USD) I picked only the sweetest ones, you know. They're very sweet!"

Jeez, you don't have to convince me, I'm already buying it.

An entire family killed by russian missiles - mother, father and their child.

Tonight's attack targeted primarily residential buildings in Kyiv. Ballistic missiles can be intercepted reliably only by Patriot missiles, which Ukraine has an extreme shortage of.

30°C (86°F) in the room, we're staying cool

A trip to my grandma's town (now completely destroyed) that used to take me an hour before 2014, could take anywhere from seven to over ten hours, or even more. And it cost a lot of money for the ride, because they quickly banned public bus transit to make a profit on transportation.

It wasn't a mere inconvenience. Imagine ten hours in the steppe, under the scorching summer sun, in a car that quickly turns into a microwave. Imagine hours in frigid winter temperatures, open to all the winds. Now imagine that Donetsk's elderly, the pensioners, had to make that trip every month to get their Ukrainian pensions, because the banking system couldn't operate under the occupation. Only they had to make the crossing mostly on foot, having no money to spare on rides. Frying under the sun, standing in lines to get their documents checked by the russian terrorists, having strokes, dying in those queues.

I'm not even talking about the crippling anxiety you feel, waiting for them to check your phone, to ask you stupid questions, knowing they can do anything to you and suffer no repercussions, because the law doesn't apply there. Sometimes hearing the artillery duels in the distance, seeing flashes. Disassociating.

All the while, russians lived comfortably in their terrorist state, not caring about the war they're waging in the neighboring country, or the death and suffering they're causing. Because they weren't interested in politics.

Heatwave, 2026 (colorized)

Knoor and Zhab enjoy freshly picked mulberries.

Rats (mine, at least) usually not too fond of berries. They'll eat them, but not enthusiastically. There are some exceptions, like blueberries. And mulberries. All my rats in the past went crazy over them. idk what it is, the sweetness, the crunch of the seeds maybe.

In today's edition of Who Asked?: I spent the weekend swimming and gorging on free foraged berries. The freckles on my nose have begun to merge and now have their own freckles. My belly is full of cherries and a sense of impending doom.

here, have some cats

wow, haven't had the "Anglo-Saxons" one in a while…

this russian bot (hopefully) left it under a few of my posts. and sometimes I just wonder - what's the point? I understand the information warfare, but this dumbfuckery can't possibly be effective?