Tag: war
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Czego ja dożyłam?
The title of this post is in Polish. I don’t even know an expression that I could use to explain how I feel. I guess disbelief is probably the best word here. I read statement from NASA yesterday that they will still be working together with Russia and I think this is absolutely disgusting. Is…
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British supremacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60708712 I read the above article today and was absolutely shocked! It’s about black chemistry professor who had his every single application for funding or research turned down! I could not believe that. I guess, because I’ve never seen British person being rude to someone who is black, I assumed racism doesn’t really exist. I…
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Archetypal war vs down to earth war
It’s 23.52 now. I can’t sleep, as usual when I try to work out what is going on. So I’ve been thinking about this phenomenon where on one side you have this enormous willingness of British public to take Ukrainian refugees into their homes and, what looks like almost no Ukrainians wanting to go. Some…
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Long term help options for Ukrainians
What came to my mind a few hours ago is, how are we going to progress from this situation? Yes, loads of countries want to accept refugees and offer them help but this is for a few years only. And then what? I guess it is clear for everyone now that as long as Russia’s…
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‘Pray for Ukraine’
I came across the above statement and only then it hit me: I am really attached to the way how we, Polish, use language, even though I live in the UK for around 14 years now. Poland is a Catholic country and, although not everyone goes to church regularly, a lot of people do. Also…
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Looking for a refugee
Finding a refugee to come and share my flat with is not as easy as I thought it would be. I so far advertised on two Facebook groups and two websites dedicated to finding accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and I didn’t get any response. Some of those ads were published several hours ago. I guess…
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What should I be aware of when taking a refugee in?
That is a bit of a tricky question. I’m mostly worried about feeling suffocated by somebody emotional needs that I won’t be able to meet and then, what is going to happen will be, this person will think that I don’t like them and may ask them to leave so they will try to use…
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I’m cleaning
After deciding to take an Ukrainian refugee I am surprised to feel like I gained some control of the situation. Which is obviously not true, the situation of the people of Ukraine will be exactly the same, but I feel better, so that is something. Today it was actually the first time I cried while…
Autistic and me 