Palatinate = воеводство

“Living a more stable existence with their families in the middle regions of the Kiev and Bratslav palatinates, these land-owning Cossacks were anxious to obtain even more privileges within the Polish administrative structure. In particular, they hoped to be recognized as ona par with the Polish szlachta. For their part. However, the Polish and local Orthodox Rus’ magnates could never accept as equals those whom they considered Cossack upstarts and freebooting rabble.”

[Magocsi, 2010: 224]

Illeism (/ˈɪli. ɪzəm/; from Latin ille: “he; that man”) is the act of referring to oneself in the third person instead of first person. It is sometimes used in literature as a stylistic device. In real-life usage, illeism can reflect a number of different stylistic intentions or involuntary circumstances.

Their defense of international law is a convenient lie. Their defense of human rights conventions is a convenient lie. Their defense of so-called “territorial integrity” is also a convenient lie. Their defense of the sacred "right to self-defense" - guess what. Their defense of the "rules" of war and the use of weapons against civilians is a lie. Their “flexible” understanding of what constitutes a war crime is a sickening lie. Finally, their opportunistic understanding of what constitutes genocide is a disgusting lie.
Their attempts to separate the situation in Ukraine from what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank are disgusting

Protesters on the route to Westminster could also be heard chanting "Rishi Sunak, shame on you" and the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

Earlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged police chiefs to consider whether the slogan should be interpreted as an "expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world", possibly making it a "racially aggravated" public order offence in some contexts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67110119

The treaty of friendship

Ancient Greeks distinguished between three different types of friendships between two polities: Philiai, symmachia, and epimachia. Both symmachia and epimachia were types of alliances, with the former committing States to support each other in battle and the latter requiring parties to assist each other if one suffered an invasion. Philiai, then, made the important distinction of denoting friendship between polities but did not give the treaty partners the status of allies. Romans had a similar word amicitia, which was a state of diplomatic relations which could coexist with an alliance, or exist without it. The Romans employed a practice of establishing peace and friendship with polities on its peripheries, though in practice these relationships were usually built on unequal treaties, requiring the neighbour to support Rome militarily, though not necessarily the reverse.[

One of the arguments we hear most often for the West's continued support of Ukraine is that this is a very inexpensive way to damage Russia. Why not just let the poor, hapless Ukrainians do the dying for us? 

Protesters on the route to Westminster could also be heard chanting "Rishi Sunak, shame on you" and the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

Earlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged police chiefs to consider whether the slogan should be interpreted as an "expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world", possibly making it a "racially aggravated" public order offence in some contexts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67110119

Manu military Etymology

Literally, “with a soldierly hand” or “by military power”, see manus

Context: 

Many things in modern world are deplorably settled manu military.

The seven deadly sins were first enumerated by Pope Gregory I (the Great) in the 6th century and later elaborated by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. Along with pride, they include wrath, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and sloth. Although the concept of the seven deadly sins is not found in scripture, the sin of pride is frequently warned against in the Bible. In the Book of Genesis, the serpent tempts Eve in the Garden of Eden by appealing to pride and envy, with the promise that she “will be like God, knowing good and evil” after eating the forbidden fruit. A famous proverb in the Old Testament cautions, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). Conversely, multiple references in the New Testament quote Jesus’s advice on the virtue of humility, “All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted” (Gospel According to Matthew 23:12).

clickbait - заголовок-ловушка, наживка

Clickbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading. A "teaser" aims to exploit the "curiosity gap", providing just enough information to make readers of news websites curious, but not enough to satisfy their curiosity without clicking through to the linked content. Clickbait headlines often add an element of dishonesty, using enticements that do not accurately reflect the content being delivered. The "-bait" suffix makes an analogy with fishing, where a hook is disguised by an enticement (bait), presenting the impression to the fish that it is a desirable thing to swallow.