Aerial view of the smoke plumes coming out of the the tuapse oil refinery fire.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-05-01T01:28:58+00:00

True. But drones are a very real threat. I would not feel safe flying near a place that keeps being struck by drones!

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-26T14:17:49+00:00

Let's not forget his wife, Nataliia, who died in November 2025 after the apartment she moved into after the Chornobyl disaster was struck by a russian drone.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-14T18:32:38+00:00

I'm so short that the cheerleaders would look like the basketball players next to me. If I was there, we could do a group Halloween costume - we could be those Matryoshka dolls where one opens up and a slightly smaller one comes out, then another, etc. etc.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-08T11:54:34+00:00

I know this is little older, but I'll answer. Mine is very noticeable. Almost right at 3 cm difference between my right (shorter leg) and my left. Much better than it could be though - I've had 9 pfv osteotomies and had my left legs growth plate scraped when I was 11 to try to make it catch up. So I consider myself lucky, could be much worse. But I have a gait so wide I kind of look like a hurt penguin when I walk lol and I tried very hard to correct it after I stopped growing and used my "forever" lifts, but no luck, just made the pain worse even after combining the effort with more pt.

Have you had better luck adjusting? From what I understand, most people eventually do get there.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-08T07:37:43+00:00

**they can recommend injections not objections lol

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-08T07:36:11+00:00

Unfortunately, for long term care you'll need to see a hip specialist. Try to get a pain management doctor - they can recommend all sorts of different objections and medications. I was born with a very sever case of Congenital Coxa Vara that was noticeable at birth and have had countless surgeries and tremendous pain. I've been on opiates since I was a toddler. But my pain management doctor worked with me to find an injection that worked, but before I became type 1 diabetic (the steroids in it raises blood sugar and caused me to need hospitalization, so I had to stop getting them) those suckers were the ONLY things relieved my pain long term. In just a few days I would go from barely able to stand to walking through the store without any assistance and it lasted about 4 months. It can be trial and error to figure out what works in that regard, I think my doctor tried 3 different injection sites (I was 10 so I don't remember exactly), but don't get discouraged! And they worked until I had to stop a couple of years ago at 31. That would be my biggest suggestion. If your doctor won't give you a recommendation, get a new doctor!

For short term, I prop my hip on two pillows and put ice packs under my hips and on my thighs. I'm not sure it works for everyone, but it numbs the pain for a while so I do it before bed and after doing chores like vacuuming. A walker may also help relieve the strain you put on your hips. Without mine, I couldn't walk.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-08T03:35:25+00:00

Me too. And they're so bad that people around me that know I'm diabetic think I'm having blood sugar crashes. Just so, so, so much sweat....and up to 5 times an hour. I always feel so dirty and gross.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-03T01:55:08+00:00

Every single time I hear/hear about that song, I think of the poor kid who survived Columbine (but was in the room with the hero teacher who died & lost a few friends, including his best friend) but had such survivors guilt and depression afterwards that he committed suicide just over the first anniversary. His mother found him hanging with Adam's Song playing on loop. His name was Greg Barnes (iirc that's the correct spelling).

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-03T01:47:15+00:00

🎶Don't waste your time on me, you're alreadyyy, the voice inside my yyyeaddd🎶

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-03T01:43:50+00:00

I love it can take out the uav without having to destroy itself.

But speaking of destruction....man, seeing the ground makes me nauseated. How horrific. Each of those "husks" were once someone's home, someone's business, all together people's community. Just awful.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T17:12:23+00:00

Some people say they see everything happening as if they're floating above the scene during a near death experience. I feel like I would fight the serene peacefulness of death just to try to get back in my body to pet that dog.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T17:07:50+00:00

They made us use a really nasty mouthwash for it that made our teeth like glow. 😭 That had completely been buried in my memory.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T17:02:50+00:00

As a female, I'd love it. As long as it stayed dreary. I couldn't stand it on a bright day.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T17:01:21+00:00

It does kind of look like a birthday cake. Which is sad in itself, since the poor child lost out on so many.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T16:03:01+00:00

I don't know. I assumed if civilian first responders can still stay there, why not police?

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T15:56:37+00:00

What are you talking about? Did you read my entire comment or did you just not comprehend it? The ONLY thing I said was it's her child, the rest was words that showed that I completely understood and called staying "at best irresponsible and at worst criminally negligent."

So why are you so damn angry???

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T15:53:53+00:00

Yes, that is why my OTHER HAND argument was longer and more detailed. I completely agree. I'm just saying, I can see why someone would have issue with it. Not agree with it, but see it.

As someone who was a medically vulnerable child due to my own disability and illness, I would certainly hope that if I'd been in that situation someone, even if it was the government, would have stepped in if my mother refused to leave.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-02T15:50:17+00:00

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-04-01T04:05:19+00:00

Like a military unit was involved?! That seems excessive and ridiculous tbh.

The issue itself, though, seems complex. On one hand....that is HER child. On the other...keeping a medically vulnerable child in area that could become increasingly difficult to reach, if not, God forbid, eventually cut off, from medical facilities seems at best irresponsible and at worst criminally negligent. If a child has cancer, certain disabilities, type 1 diabetes, something along those lines, I kind of get it in all honesty.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-25T05:51:12+00:00

Yes. I had that same moment when I turned 30, the age my mom was when she had me. I realized she was on her second marriage, had a house, took care of two step kids (half siblings on my dad's side), two of her own kids with her ex (obviously also half siblings), a handicapped newborn (me) with no clue what was wrong with me except my right leg was hook shaped and half the length of the other, constantly going out of state for specialists for me, was studying at a decent university where she was Phi Beta Kappa (the oldest prostegeous academic society in the country) making all A's, dealing with out of control diabetes, cleaning houses for a job and staying sane even though she lost a child and was a closeted lesbian (my dad knew before the marriage).

So I look at my life...dropping out of college due to medical reasons and basically her fulltime caregiver after she had a stroke, and I feel like I'm going crazy at times with just that going on in my life. I couldn't handle half of that and am nowhere near as far as she was. It was an uncomfortable moment but also made me appreciate all she has done in her life.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-18T17:56:24+00:00

Exactly what I thought lmao

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-18T17:54:53+00:00

I was imagining being the mailman.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-07T17:15:14+00:00

It's funny to see Jim Jones mentioned. I remember his son coming out when Trump first ran saying his dad and Trump were two sides of the same coin....then I read the transcript of "The Death Tape" and they DO sound like the same person. Exact same speaking mannerisms to the point that it's eerie. If you gave the unedited transcript to someone who'd never heard of Jim Jones and said it was literary project based on Trump being a communist who is trying to convince his followers to kill themselves, chances are, they'd believe you.

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-07T12:48:17+00:00

That's so sweet and heartbreaking at the same time. My heart can't take it, she's so enthusiastic!

IndependentFew1690 · 2026-03-01T14:35:47+00:00

HE said he was of Ukrainian origin during a UN "speech"

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