Kudos to the scriptwriter for our timeline

[elisi]

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted gold rings to leaders of other former Soviet states in St Petersburg this week
Commentators drew comparisons to the primary villain of ‘The Lord Of The Rings’, who gave rings to nine kings to bend them to his will

^I had to check that this was real and not a joke, but yep. It's true.

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You'll all know about this by now:

Greta Thunberg takes another swipe at Andrew Tate over pizza boxes after his arrest in Romania
Social media has been buzzing with the theory that the controversial influencer's Twitter spat with the Swedish climate activist inadvertently led to his arrest.
(ETA: The whole pizza box thing is apparently not real, they'd been planning for months, but I don't think that really matters.)

ALSO! GRETA is the acronym for 'the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings'.

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And here is just an awesome thing:

Miss Ukraine Showed Up To The Miss Universe Pageant Looking Like A Total Bada**—And We're Here For It
Miss Ukraine Universe 2022 Victoria Apanasenko is making a powerful statement with her national costume amid her country's conflict with Russia.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I hadn't heard about any of it. Good for Miss Ukraine, great idea and cool execution!

[elisi]

I hadn't heard about any of it.
Not Greta owning Andrew Tate (and then his spectacular downfall) (good riddance)? I'm pleased I posted it then. :)

Good for Miss Ukraine, great idea and cool execution!
It's amazing, I hope she does well.

[geeklover80]

Greta story - talk about instant karma.

That is a beautiful, striking costume!

Stacey

[elisi]

Greta story - talk about instant karma.
Isn't it just? It's a good note to end the year on.

That is a beautiful, striking costume!
I have never previously cared about Miss Universe...

[kazzy_cee]

One wonders whether the rings have secret tracking or listening devices embedded in them ….. maybe that’s too fanciful?

[elisi]

I doubt it, but I appreciated the detail that only Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) put his on. I can see all the others going 'That's great, thank you Mr Putin!' and then quietly putting it away.

[desdemonaspace]

Yes, Putin is very like a Tolkien villain.

I absolutely love Miss Ukraine's costume!

Love Greta Thunberg as well.

[elisi]

Yes, Putin is very like a Tolkien villain.
Here's to his swift downfall!

I absolutely love Miss Ukraine's costume!
It's so gorgeous. I hope she wins. :)

Love Greta Thunberg as well.
Same. There are a lot of comments saying 'Do Elon next!' *g*

[avrelia]

Lots of things that Putin does seem too wild to be believed, but alas... Anyway, all the anti-war russian internet has been joking about nine rings and even assigned the role of Gollum to Medvedev

[elisi]

even assigned the role of Gollum to Medvedev
I had not heard this!! Here is to Putin being defeated like Sauron.