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\n#StandWithUkraine
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/94412614","date_published":"2026-07-21T18:17:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-21 18:17","date_timestamp":1784657867,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94245694","content_html":"I’m enjoying Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024). It allows me to see this history within its broader European and even global contexts. That is the best way to make a national history make sense.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/18/im-enjoying-yaroslav-hrytsak-ukraine.html","date_published":"2026-07-18T20:55:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 20:55","date_timestamp":1784408106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94203095","content_html":"@amerpie Did you reply, appropriately, “Pshaw”?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/94203095","date_published":"2026-07-18T01:09:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 01:09","date_timestamp":1784336958,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94201587","content_html":"\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/17/thinking-in-terms-of-dichotomies.html","date_published":"2026-07-18T00:07:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 00:07","date_timestamp":1784333226,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94119772","content_html":"Thinking in terms of dichotomies – either/or, tradition/modernity, people/nation, myth/reality – is rarely productive. The most effective formulations will combine tradition with modernity, the secular with the sacred and reality with myth. The mythical worldview is inherent in every person, modern or not – we simply cannot live without it. It manifests itself especially powerfully in times of crisis and upheaval.
\n–Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation, trans. Dominique Hoffman (PublicAffairs, 2024), “Interlude: A Brief History of Ukrainian Song.\"
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/16/canadian-fires-are-gifting-us.html","date_published":"2026-07-16T14:31:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 14:31","date_timestamp":1784212294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94061439","content_html":"“David Arakhamia and the power of being useful” by Kateryna Denisova, kyivindependent.com/david-ara… – “Meet David Arakhamia, the Ukrainian parliament’s linchpin, key negotiator, and political player, whose influence far exceeds his public profile” #Ukraine #Politics
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/12/caolan-robertson-reports-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-07-12T18:55:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-12 18:55","date_timestamp":1783882501,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93852123","content_html":"“Viatrovych: Yanukovych and Russian agents altered the course of the historical dispute with Poland” news.liga.net/en/politi… #PastAndPresent #Poland #Ukraine
\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/11/viatrovych-yanukovych-and-russian-agents.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T23:43:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 23:43","date_timestamp":1783813415,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93843348","content_html":"@amerpie Interesting.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/93843348","date_published":"2026-07-11T20:35:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 20:35","date_timestamp":1783802119,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93842068","content_html":"Historical memory and politics: “Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland commemorates Volyn massacres as history unsettles Kyiv-Warsaw relations” (Kyiv Independent)
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/11/historical-memory-and-politics-ukraines.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T20:04:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 20:04","date_timestamp":1783800247,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93779157","content_html":"@davoh Mental health food. Or soul food, so to speak.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/93779157","date_published":"2026-07-10T16:07:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 16:07","date_timestamp":1783699643,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93779069","content_html":"@manton I don’t know about Bluesky specifically, but when I run into an annoyance like that, I fiddle with my VPN location.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/93779069","date_published":"2026-07-10T16:06:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 16:06","date_timestamp":1783699582,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93778995","content_html":"@amerpie I use Witch, mainly because I can’t remember when I didn’t use Witch. (Made by Many Tricks.)
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/93769631","date_published":"2026-07-10T13:02:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 13:02","date_timestamp":1783688521,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93749749","content_html":"@markstoneman Link to my comment on that article: kyivindependent.com/how-a-str…
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\nLink to my comment on that article: kyivindependent.com/how-a-str…
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/07/09/inside-russias-secret-prisons-in.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T17:26:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 17:26","date_timestamp":1783618005,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}