Walked in Hryshko Botanical Garden this morning. Didn’t see anyone wearing Small Penis Fitness Club merch. Maybe they were all at church. The leaves are turning color late this year, because it has been so warm and, at least lately, wet.
Bought Polish Pattex superglue yesterday to re-tread Hoka dogs for stair running this fall. We want lots of grip. These are the old black Bondis we wore out last year. Old bicycle break pads work well.
On the war jacket, Kurakhove. Hugs and kisses to all the boys and girls holding the line.
Samya and Elise from Associated Press recently noticed conscription officers from territorial recruitment centers abducting men in Kyiv if they can’t produce adequate paperwork1.
Draft dodging and desertion are not part of Z’s Victory Plan, details about which President’s Office head Andriy Yermak has promised to divulge in the near future. We’re waiting for feedback from Ukraine’s partners.
Finally, this, a weekend essay2.
There is a lot wrong with Keith’s essay. As I recall, he was one of the many jornos who bullshitted endlessly 11 years ago about separatists in Donbas and the insurrectionist movement there (that wasn’t).
Ukraine’s Waiting Game. In and around Kyiv, war has become part of daily life, even as the public grows weary of its costs (The New Yorker, October 11, 2024)