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Pairs well with boiled raccoon?! Canadians are not having it with Wayne Gretzky anymore. (Zoom in on the wine description)

On International Women’s Day, a special thank you to those defending Ukraine! www.threads.net/@saintjaveli...

The GOP is not a conservative movement. It's a far right authoritarian cult.

Making a Sesame Street that appeals to children in war torn places that WE TORE UP so they maybe don’t grow up wanting to MURDER US is one of the best uses of $20 million dollars I can even imagine!

The largest purchaser of wine is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. The shelves of Kentucky whiskey, American beer and California wine are now empty. The LCOBO was doing a brisk business - good news for Canadian, French, Spanish, Australian, Chilean. Sucks for Kentucky and California.

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street. This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Thank you for your support. 🇺🇦

There were certainly signs

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

The United States just voted against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia for invading Ukraine. The US sided with Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and the Grand Ayatollah of Iran.

This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

It cannot be overstated how messed up it is that the U.S. is trying to extort an allied country, that is in the middle of a war for survival, and trying to get them to sign over their natural resources, or get cut off from military support and communication infrastructure. America is a mafia state.

Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony. snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...

Whenever I feel homesick, I put on a hockey game, just to have it in the background. 🇨🇦 Today I’m following more closely. Let’s go!! True north, strong and free. #Canada #elbowsup

As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Donald Trump’s press conference today was one of the most disgraceful moments in U.S. history, signaling a complete surrender to Vladimir Putin.

@maxwellfrost.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social,

look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls

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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Deleted after 20 minutes but this is the mindset. It’s what is said in private among themselves. This is how they think about the rest of the world. No one is considered an ally. There will be no discussion.

I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.

SitRep - 23/01/25 - Russia -again- committed a war crime by shooting Ukrainian POWs. An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Once again, Russia committed a war crime by shooting unarmed Ukrainian POWs. United Nations when will you act? REPOST=appreciated 1/X

In addition to MLK Day, today also marks another important occasion - National Cheese Lovers Day. I pick Gruyere.

Here are some nice mushrooms

Interesting, given Trump is not yet president and the ban doesn't go into effect until midnight tonight. But okay.

It's only -3 c but its too cold for Donald to take his oath outdoors. And this buffoon is going to take over Canada? What the hell is he going to do when he runs into Canadian women? At -40 the party is just getting started. Donald, it won't even be close.

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

🇺🇸🇺🇦 American ENVG-B night vision devices with augmented reality elements are already used by our SOF Devices allow you to see: — the outlines of objects in complete darkness, — thick fog, — in sandstorm conditions. The second video shows the tests conducted by the US Armed Forces in 2021.

Huh, did not know that.

So I'm standing in the grocery store parking lot and it's freaking cold. A very classy old woman sees me and walks the entire distance across the lot. "You give that man shit," she says. Then walks away. That's Canada. The criminal might buy off porn stars. He will never force Canada to bend.