I stumbled across a Twitter feed that reports daily on Russian attacks and skirmishes in Donbas, Ukraine. It listed the number per day and, if I’m remembering correctly, casualties. (I didn’t bookmark the tweet and do not remember the writer’s name.) For me it was an “aha!” moment. Of course, there were battles in eastern Ukraine. Of course, American media wasn’t reporting it regularly, what with all the news occurring here daily. But it hadn’t been in my consciousness at all. All of which is to say that maybe today’s news is about an escalation. But maybe it’s that we’ve not been paying enough attention at any point after the initial attacks.

Karole Cummins’ Thread is frightening.