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NATO doesn't accept countries that have any active territorial disputes so it was never going to happen, but I'm glad he's openly saying it If Russia continues its barbaric assault on innocent people if that ^ is agreed to, then we all know that there really is an ulterior motive It's just fucking heartbreaking seeing all the shared posts from people looking for missing loved ones and pets The best part of this is that there is no coming back from this for Putin. You would expect that Russia would never be accepted back into any international groups while he's in charge, and I can't see him ever being allowed to travel to these other countries. Even if the war stops tomorrow, the damage is done, and I can't see other countries just putting it in the rear view mirror and wanting to work with him again.

Everything is becoming expensive af there My friend in St Petersburg was saying how she went shopping and couldn't afford half the things she usually gets and lots of Russians are losing their jobs because of foreign companies leaving. People will only tolerate poor living conditions for so long; especially when they are people who are accustomed to better standards If I were Putin I'd be pretty worried about the domestic shitshow that's unfolding

This woman protested during a live broadcast on Russia 1 which is one of the main state-owned TV channels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-15/anti-war-protester-russian-television-stop-war-twitter-arrest/100909998 Brave af. I hope she's OK, though.

The FSB do the novichok-ing so who will novichok the FSB

Is that the Sylvia one? I bought Violet the day it came out and since then I haven't seen it so I don't remember which poems are in it It's chilling somewhere in my room with Florence's Useless Magic but idk where

She hasn't even put up any poems yet She won't be able to help herself and will put up 85% of the book on ig before it drops She's started with the rando pictures, though

I mean Lana never stops singing about LA and California and here we all are on Lanaboreds dot com so can we just acknowledge that most artists revisit themes that inspire them and that there's nothing wrong with that and go

Yeah, so we agree that Putin isn't looking to deliberately sabotage any nuclear plants - the radioactive cloud from Chernobyl made it to Russia and beyond, and while he's a horrible human, he isn't stupid. I only raised the issue of Russia's RBMK plants to point out that nuclear safety probably isn't one of Russia's highest priorities, given that they are still using this flawed technology (albeit with modifications). They could afford to have decommissioned theirs by now, if they'd wanted to - and it's a concern to have Russian military personnel in charge of Ukraine's plants. But a war's a war, and I daresay Ukraine has more pressing problems rn, unfortunately.

I respectfully disagree with most of this, 'lloons. It doesn't matter if the IAEA supervised it; they are ultimately not there for the day-to-day supervision and maintenance (especially now - can't see them letting anyone in to check). Maybe I'm a cynic but the Russian government isn't exactly known for being spot-on or transparent with such things. I mean I didn't exist at that time (and I don't think you did either) so idk about at the time and what was said, etc, but nobody nowadays talks about the ongoing impacts in Ukraine and Belarus. Large swathes of land left empty, increased incidence of cancers (especially thyroid cancers - the scar for the operation is even called "the Belarusian necklace" because so many people have it), and so forth. I have a friend from Belarus and she told me about how she used to go on paid trips abroad when she was a child, with the idea of giving her body a rest from the radiation. The other reactors remained operational mostly because electricity is a necessity and the financial situation in Ukraine in the 90s was dire. It wasn't great in Russia, either, but Russia took the lion's share of the Soviet treasury and largely left the other ex-republics to fend for themselves. It's not as if Ukraine could afford to build another plant - all of the plants it has were built in the 70s/80s. Chernobyl reactors 5 and 6 were almost complete when the disaster at #4 happened, and the construction was cancelled prior to Ukraine gaining independence, so I don't think that is relevant. ETA: anyways I don't think Russia is going to purposely blow up a nuclear plant or anything, but the Russian personnel who are taking these plants over are not trained to run nuclear power plants - they are military. So the risk lies in the fact that the Ukrainian personnel who ARE trained may not be able to do their jobs effectively. And, of course, if there is fighting around a plant, that's always a risk.

They've undergone "modifications" but it's not like safety compliance measures are transparent and verifiable when they're in an authoritarian country, so I have my doubts tbh. To be fair, Ukraine has had to deal with Chernobyl-related issues for over 30 years and it's cost a lot in both coins and human life. I haven't read those tweets or anything, but I don't think it's unreasonable to be concerned about a reactor that still requires specialised maintenance and attention to keep it stable. Maybe the threat is being exaggerated but it also isn't non-existent.

I mean idk about a risk of deliberate sabotage, but it is definitely dangerous for nuclear reactors to be without power. Chernobyl and Fukushima both melted down because of loss of power - at Chernobyl, it was an experiment that involved lowering the power, and at Fukushima, it was caused by the Tohoku disaster. Russia itself actually still has a couple of RBMK reactors (the flawed Chernobyl type) in operation which is dangerous as fuck, too, so clearly nuclear safety isn't a priority.

I am still obsessed af with this song send help

No I'm an Aries so I think it's just fine

Yup! One of my very favourites

This will sound fucking weird but Ceremonials came out when my nanna died and my immediate family and I had to go back to our hometown for an extended period to organise her funeral etc and a lot of skeletons came out of the family closet, but I also found out some really beautiful things about her and about some other family members that I never knew. And somehow that album embodies all of those experiences So I just find it really relatable and real in some ways because it reminds me of my nanna and all the beautiful things about her and my family origins etc

My favourite album is Ceremonials and I love My Love Not really keen on King, though

This is Florenceboards now

She can have all my coins and my firstborn and a kidney I love it ALL

IT'S SO GOOD TATTOO IT ON MY FOREHEAD ETC

I agree with all of this completely (and I'm not excusing it at ALL - it is, as you say, a war crime) - but it could be an accident in the sense that the Russian military is incredibly disorganised and chaotic. This is one of the things that made me really scared about this war; the probability of miscalculation is high because they have no fucking idea what they're doing. These soldiers are inexperienced, poorly trained, and have low morale. We only need to look to the downing of MH17 for proof - Russia has always denied doing it, despite credible recordings of senior Russian military officials that indicate they did, by accident.

I'm honestly still in shock like both singles covers are fine but I love this sm it's unreal I'm reaching and let me fucking do what I'm fucking doing, but it feels like a combination of all of her previous covers There's the obvious similarity with the stance to Lungs, then there's the similar lighting to Ceremonials, the hands as a focal point like HBHBHBHBHBHBHBHB and the rustic appeal of HIH

Idk but I want to comb its ears or whatever they are It cute

It even has MOTHS Praise the moth @shadesofyosemite

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I NEED IT

Haven't heard anything about the new corridors but apparently some of them were mined so it's quite dangerous and deciding whether to stay or go is difficult for her family because some family members work in certain jobs (nursing n shit) that mean they aren't allowed to leave. One of them (the nurse, actually) just had a baby, too. It's pretty complicated and the rules keep changing I can't imagine having to make decisions regarding leaving loved ones behind or all staying together, etc. It's awful