What does Alona do and how can you support her work

Author: Альона ꑭ Шевченко
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✨A NEW WAY TO PISS OFF THE r*SSSIAN FASCISTS IS HERE ✨

Привіт! My name is Alona, I'm the co-founder of @Ukraine_DAO. One of the things I specialise in is being an unapologetic Ukrainian.

💌 There is now an option for you to support my work 👇

www.buymeacoffee.com: Alona Shevchenko is being an unapologetic Ukrainian

Many people have Patreon but I am not a massive fan of them - as you can guess from the screenshot below 🥲

✨ Not entirely sure what will be happening on my @buymeacoffee page yet but there will definitely be "things going on", as my friend @Schlomo says.

My work in the info space is focused on: ✨defence of Ukraine ✨supporting Azov Regiment ✨amplifying 🇺🇦 voices ✨highlighting the horrifying nature of the 🇷🇺 "culture" ✨Web3 and cybersecurity literacy ✨shitposting through the invasion as a form of coping mechanism

✨ I write about Ukraine, white on white colonialism, and "good russians" (AKA svynosobaky) so much that my team has to maintain a whole database with tags in this Notion page 🏷

📸 Here you can explore articles, podcasts & other media coverage of @Ukraine_DAO that I co-founded and run its daily operations.

🗞 We've been covered by over 200 publications including @Forbes, @FortuneMagazine, @FT and @TheEconomist

ukraine-dao.notion.site: Ukraine DAO In The Media

🪖 @Ukraine_DAO made the largest donation to @BackAndAlive in its history - it's an honour for us to support the 🇺🇦 defenders

We are also very proud of our continued cooperation on the info front

📚 You can take a look at all our work together here: ukraine-dao.notion.site: Come Back Alive

I'm also one of very few people in this world who brag about being accused of funds embezzlement 🤣

🦄 If 🇷🇺 FSB-itches hate you so much that they start throwing ridiculous false accusations and embarrass themselves publicly - that's a sign you're doing something right 💓

They've deleted those posts long ago because the reputational damage became unbearable🎀

But my own take about what they represent and what's wrong with it remains - because it's accurate. We use this story as a case study about "good russians" now (they don't exist, btw) 👇

🪆Now that we've covered the modern day "good russians", here's the view I promote about the dead russian "artists"

✨ r*ssian culture is garbage and that garbage is dangerous af ✨

✨getting rid of it is the least everyone can do to help Ukraine ✨

On a more positive note - I'm extremely grateful about all the love I get ❤️

It means the world for Ukrainians to know that they're not on their own

I keep some of the loving messages I receive in this 🧵 and look at them when I feel miserable (read: often)

Pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADHD so I feel like I'm getting distracted again 🥲

Attaching below the single most important 🧵 I want everyone to read. It's about what it's like to be Ukrainian.

📝 I also have a blog called "Drftng with Ukraine" - cryptodrftng.substack.com: Drftng with Ukraine

✨Last but not least, a bit of inspirational wisdom from me:

  1. Never (!) be scared of nasty bitches - make nasty bitches scared of you 🌸

  2. Don't let russians ruin your day. Ruin their day first 💅

Reminder:

🚨 @Reuters IS 🇷🇺 PROPAGANDA NEWS AGENCY

#ReutersLies @GuyReuters

✅ All my content remains free, no paywalls.

This page is purely for people who want to provide me with the much needed support as I'm educating the world about #GenocideOfUkrainians and the real nature of the "russian culture".

Attaching here a 🧵 with a brief history of my activism - lots of photos there.

This war would not be happening right now if Ukrainian voices were listened to - and heard - sooner.

Meme I posted in 2013:

"- I have bad news for you

Surrender was never an option and we've always used memes to communicate it 🔪

When you see me trolling @Reuters "journalists" asking them wtf is "Kiev", and advising to seek medical help - I didn't start doing this yesterday

I've been telling 🇷🇺 propagandists and their parrots abroad to go fuck themselves since 2014 when I was 20yo 👇

BTW, @felix_light of @Reuters, why did you stop replying to my DMs?

I can call you an ambulance if you're feeling unwell? Would also be willing to meet you for a coffee if you're in the UK ☕️