Posts with tag ”ukraine”
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The perils of social media
For the last decade or so, much of humanity appears to have willingly submitted itself to the neural slot machine of social media. Somewhere along the way someone came up with the term “doomscrolling”, which at least has the virtue of being honest about what we’re doing.
Movie locations around the world part 7
This is part 7 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Jason Bourne, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Inferno, Moonraker, Way of the Dragon, A Room with a View, Mission Impossible 4, Eat Pray Love, National Treasure, Night at the Museum, XXX, Depeche Mode.
Movie locations around the world part 5
This is part 5 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Once Upon a Time in America, John Wick, John Wick 2, X-Men First Class, The Adjustment Bureau, Spectre, When Harry Met Sally, Notting Hill, The Avengers, Knight and Day, Argo, Battleship Potemkin, Yes Man, Spider-Man 3, Kickboxer.
The cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti
I crossed the dark cobbles of Maidan Nezalezhnosti a year ago, beneath a low gray sky. The square in Kiev, a traditional place for political protests, was quiet, but the stones beneath my feet still carried the ring of the past.
Ode to Odessa
There’s something about a city perched on the edge of a continent, staring out at the dark oily sea from the faded grandeur of its baroque facades. Odessa is one of those places.
On a misty night in Kiev
It was a misty night in Kiev. One of those nights when the mist isn’t just weather, it’s a moody cloak draped over the city.
Exploring Chernobyl
It starts with a checkpoint. Grim-faced men with Geiger counters at the ready, guarding the edge of the 30-kilometer exclusion zone like it’s the gates of hell. Welcome to Chernobyl.