daviddeweerdt.bsky.social
Climate, biodiversity, community, collaboration, creativity. A Canadian abroad.
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Doesn't the world in June 2025 needs a new Planetary Compact? One in which membership confers near-immediate significant economic, health and security benefits. Making aggression immediately costly. If freed from USA hegemony, could it be initiated by Canada/South Africa/Brasil/France/and ? in Asia?
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the horrors of this genocide are beyond what words can hold..but among its many impacts is the erosion of my faith in humanity. but seeing kids create art rooted in empathy + resistance, with a teacher guiding them - has offered a small but powerful glimmer of hope. i am sincerely touched.
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Very very disappointing. Why is he going this route? I hoped Carney was sincere when he so recently declared Canada would take up the mantle of champion for the international rules-based order.
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I have sent a few postcards in recent years, but most of these i haven't done in decades. Of course, zero is my answer as well.
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I was just remembering you, and here I find you cheffing.
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Susanna, my father was born Cologne in 1928 and left it with his family after his best friend's father, the Jewish MD living next door, was taken away as he watched, never to be seen again. That was in 1934. Dad dedicated his life to justice.
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That's wonderful!
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You're eating our words!
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What happens when your "Conservative" party platform mirroring the beautiful "Make America Great Again" vision of Republicans is revealed to be a pack of lies hiding that your allies the Republicans are a pack of vicious attack dogs wanting to humiliate then assimilate Canada.
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I think I remember you quoting this before.
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Yes, I noted that, too. Some of those folks may not be big "Rule of Law" people, perhaps more "Who's The Boss (now)?" people. Or just stunned. It IS hard to turn about assumptions about the world you have had for your whole life.
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Zelensky: "...let's be honest, this word "international law" already begins to sound a bit outdated, but ***I believe that Europe's mission is to make sure international law still matters."***
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Unfortunately I have never been to Cologne! I visited The Hague for a week, but that is the closest I have been to my father's birthplace. I hope may have another opportunity to visit.
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@miradoraccess6251.bsky.social I'm just thinking of you, today. Thanks for all the beauty you have shared over time.
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This has nothing to do with Judaism. A country is not a religion. Jews are among the safest in Canada despite contrary claims. This is about having ties with a country beginning mass deportations for a Holocaust.
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Americans on both sides of the aisle have long talked about the US Presidents as "the most powerful man in the world" as if that were beyond any doubt.