🇺🇦 Midway to Kharkiv: Dyakuyu (Thank you).

Just taking a quick break for ☕️kava and reflecting on this trip. All of your messages and well wishes mean so much. They’re a powerful reminder of how many people stand with Ukraine.

🚌 I’ll be in Kharkiv in a few hours and will post an update.

#Ukraine#Dyakuyu #Kharkiv#Coffee #volunteer #UkraineRussiaWar#Travel #america #boston

🇺🇦 🌅It’s early morning in Odesa, and I’m heading to my next destination for humanitarian volunteering: Kharkiv.

🗣️This will be my first time working with a small, community-led Ukrainian group there, and I’m honored to join their efforts.

✅ I I’ll be sure to share updates from the ground.

Wishing everyone a great day. ✨

#Kharkiv #Odesa #Ukraine#Volunteer#America#Humanitarian#Travel#Democracy#Boston#Coach#Firstresponders #ukrainian

Mass shooting news in America 🇺🇸

I check my iPhone to see what the numerous alerts are about, & this pops up. 😕

Mass shootings are a daily occurrence now that they rarely make headlines in #America 🇺🇸.

This one, however, is being highlighted by the #Trump administration on #Instagram & other social networks.

👉🏾 Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ID'd as trans woman Robin Westman— while possible manifesto shows psychotic obsession with mass shooters https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/

Mass shooting news in America 🇺🇸

I check my iPhone to see what the numerous alerts are about, & this pops up. 😕

Mass shootings are a daily occurrence now that they rarely make headlines in #America 🇺🇸.

This one, however, is being highlighted by the #Trump administration on #Instagram & other social networks.

👉🏾 Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ID'd as trans woman Robin Westman— while possible manifesto shows psychotic obsession with mass shooters https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/

Solidarity from America 🇺🇸🇺🇦

Currently volunteering with the team at Coast of Life in Odesa. Today I handed them an 🇺🇸American flag—may it serve as a symbol of my gratitude, and of the unwavering support of the American people for Ukraine’s fight for freedom.🕊️

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

#Ukraine#Freedom#America#Volunteer #Odesa#StandwithUkraine#Boston#Democracy#Peace #USA

#StandWithUkraine#Friendship🇺🇸🇺🇦

⛑️I just received a video from a Ukrainian friend I met in Kherson during one of my earlier humanitarian trips. He's now serving as a defender, and the tourniquets I sent arrived safely.

➡️ Every act of solidarity matters.

Grateful to him and all the heroes on the frontline. Slava Ukraini🇺🇦

#Kherson #Ukraine#Firstaid#America #humanitarian #friends#Boston

🇺🇦 Highlight from today’s walk to volunteer in Lviv—and my favorite soup, borshch.

😴Time to rest and looking forward to volunteering tomorrow.

Na dobranich (good night) 🇺🇦

#StandWithUkraine️ #culture #arts #opera #history #food #lviv#America #photography #love#Boston #Ukraine

Ukraine Humanitarian Trip Update 🇺🇦

Safely arrived in Warsaw🇵🇱. Prepping to take the bus into Ukraine soon. Once I’m in, I’ll take a moment to rest before diving into volunteer work alongside trusted Ukrainian partners.

Grateful for all the support—every act of solidarity matters. Slava Ukraini.🇺🇦

#Ukraine #Poland#Lviv#America #volunteer #humanitarianaid#Boston#EMT #freedom #democracy

Wu fires back at Bondi’s demand to shed so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies, saying ‘Boston will never back down’

Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department…
#UnitedStates#US#USA #america #unitedstatesofamerica#USnews#USTopics#USAnews
https://www.europesays.com/2342990/

Wu fires back at Bondi’s demand to shed so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies, saying ‘Boston will never back down’

Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department…
#UnitedStates#US#USA #america #unitedstatesofamerica#USnews#USTopics#USAnews
https://www.europesays.com/2342990/

I think this story maybe missing one very big reason #Europeans don't want to visit the #usa at the moment.

Of course there is some resentment, but there's a bigger portion of concern I think.

We don't feel as safe going through us airports as we used to.

I don't want to be treated like a suspect when I travel. In fact I won't put up with that.

#America just isn't important enough to me to justify that treatment.

https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/08/airports-feel-like-ghost-towns-us-tourism-reels-as-european-boycott-slashes-visitor-numbers-and-drains-billions-from-the-economy/

#tourism #travel #Airports #EU #geopolitics

🇺🇦🇺🇸 I’m an American, and I’m not giving up support for #Ukraine. Not now. Not ever.

💪🏾 Today was my last workout session at the #Fitness Court in Malden before heading out in a few days on my sixth #humanitarian volunteer trip. I hope these efforts, however small they may seem, carry a message of resilience and unity to the people of Ukraine.

✨Every act of solidarity—from donations to conversations—makes a difference.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

#Volunteer#Kyiv#Democracy#Boston#America #kyiv #outdoors

Blog post fermenting since 3am, writing this morning: "Americans' perpetual consumerism leads to insecurity and then fascism".

"In building lives based on convenience and consumption we built our lives on insecurity and dependence. Or to put it another way, we built our lives on self-subjugation. We cannot live in freedom if we live in constant insecurity and dependence. We cannot live in freedom if we are ever fearful of loss."

#democracy #fascism #resist #freedom#America

New blog post:
One of the problems of America is its culture of hyper-consumerism. We’ve come to find ourselves in a culture of never happy because we always want the next thing that we think will fill the void but it never does. It’s a permanent state of wanting more which leads to a permanent state of servitude to our stuff.

In building lives based on convenience and consumption we built our lives on insecurity and dependence...

beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025

Blog post fermenting since 3am, writing this morning: "Americans' perpetual consumerism leads to insecurity and then fascism".

"In building lives based on convenience and consumption we built our lives on insecurity and dependence. Or to put it another way, we built our lives on self-subjugation. We cannot live in freedom if we live in constant insecurity and dependence. We cannot live in freedom if we are ever fearful of loss."

#democracy #fascism #resist #freedom#America

@WarnerCrocker Great post Warner.

I'm so deeply disgusted but not surprised. We've all come to associate MAGA with the red hat, but it's time we start thinking of them in terms of Nazi arm bands. That's the cold, bone-chilling truth of it.

Nazis empowered by daily privacy invading data tracking.

With this boot-licking stunt, Tim Cook might as well have worn such an arm band to his photo-op and may as well fly the flag out front of Apple HQ.

#Apple#Fascism#Nazi#TimCook#America#Google

📣 Rest is Rust. Motion is Lotion.

💪🏾My SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center lives by this motto! Just look at these smiles. With ages from 65 to 97, we are a diverse community of all backgrounds and abilities. We don't just lift weights—we lift each other up.✨

#StrongerTogether #HealthEquity#SeniorFitness#Aging#Diversity #quote#Accessibility#Fitness#Inspiration#Community#America #northshorema #boston #fun #exercise #photography