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challenge accepted

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The EU's foreign policy chief has just said "the free world needs a new leader" after Trump's behaviour today. In case you're in the USA and your news outlets aren't making you aware: Trump is turning your country from the Number 1 power on the planet into a complete irrelevance.

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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that

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When you reply to a mail, and then someone else replies to the message before yours, so your reply gets lost

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At least it's consistent 😵‍💫

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Some very interesting bollard history for you. #WorldBollardAssociation

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I don’t think anyone outside of the military/ defence community has the slightest concept of what this would entail. For example, the first step before ANYTHING took place, would be the immediate expulsion of all U.S. defence staff and indeed units from Europe. Just think about that.

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This week's newsletter art is 10/10, and the Ghidra sticker is 👨‍🍳💋 This week's main Srsly Risky Biz topic is the White House's dead-on-arrival brainwave of kicking Canada out of Five Eyes VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCk... AUDIO: risky.biz/SRB110/ WRITEUP: risky.biz/canadas-expu...

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If you are using Telegram to follow the news about the Russian-Ukraine war, do you know where your news is coming from? 🇺🇦?🇬🇧?🇺🇸? 🇪🇺? ............... Nope, it's 🇷🇺. Because, as it turns out it's indeed 🇷🇺, 🇷🇺, 🇷🇺!

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OTD in 2022 Russian warship Moskva was told “go fuck yourself”. A short while later it fucked itself and sank. I remain a master strategist.

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Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?" Me: "That's the documentation deliverable." Manager: "What's the status of that?" Me: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Me: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

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Linus secret power is cutting through the bullshit. lore.kernel.org/rust-for-lin...

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On this day in 1909, the Silver Dart took to the air at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Designed by the Aerial Experiment Association, under the guidance of Alexander Graham Bell, it was Canada's first controlled powered flight. Let's learn more about it :) 🧵1/10

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Feb. 23, 1985: Patrick Roy made his NHL debut when he replaced Canadiens' starting goalie Doug Soetaert in the third period.

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Happy Friday, and remember: do not offer a moment's peace nor a foothold. If you don't know how, here is a simple diagram:

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Trump is on the brink of betraying Ukraine and the UK. Britain must lead in Europe by increasing defence spending immediately and all political parties should get round the table to make that happen. I fear what happens if we don't take this step.

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The German Interior Ministry has identified a Russia-linked disinformation campaign spreading fake claims of election fraud in Germany just days before Sunday’s vote.

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🔺Baltic Fleet activity Return to Cold War communications architecture signals Russia's move towards confrontation. New article 🔽 open.substack.com/pub/jamesdro...

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Low pass by a Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon on a strike mission. Armed with 8x GBU-39 SDB glide bombs, 1x AIM-9X Sidewinder, 1x AIM-9L Sidewinder, and 2x AIM-120C AMRAAMs.

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On this day in 1996, anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett confronted Prime Minister Jean Chretien at a Flag Day celebration. It became one of the most famous political moments of the 1990s. Let's learn more about the Shawinigan Handshake! 🧵1/10

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In a post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote, “no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

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This is pretty funny...https://www.nsogroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-Transparency-and-Responsibility-Report.pdf

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God, I miss living in precedented times.

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On this day in 2021, Christopher Plummer died. He is the only Canadian actor to win the Triple Crown of Acting (an Emmy, Tony and Academy Award). His career spanned decades and included many iconic roles. Let's learn more about this great actor :) 🧵1/16

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Petty af 😉🖕

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#buycanadian

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CISA has formally brought its KEV database to GitHub, allowing easier access to the data without having to scrape the official website every few hours github.com/cisagov/kev-... Via Socket: socket.dev/blog/cisa-br...

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Research group Graphika says this is the first time they've seen Chinese info-op Spamouflage call for the overthrow of a foreign government graphika.com/reports/chin...

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signs you’re being time grifted - outrage take + screenshot to news story + no link - outrage take + photograph that appears to conveniently capture some sort of “can you believe this?!” point + no attribution - outrage take + “why is no one talking about this” + link to news story

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A recommended thread. Kind of....

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It's Monday. If you hate your job and think it's pointless, consider that at least you don't work for the Belarusian election commission.

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Happy 86th birthday to Scott Glenn! Glenn served in the Marines for three years before launching a prolific acting career that includes the roles of CDR Bart Mancuso in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) and CDR Alan Shepard in THE RIGHT STUFF (1983).

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I was writing about deterrence today and remembered my favourite way of explaining it

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This week's Internet winner goes to...

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Today on my podcast Canada's Great War: Berlin Becomes Kitchener! In 1916, Berlin, Ontario held a vote to change its name amid anti-German hysteria. Thus it became Kitchener, Ontario. Listen on all podcast platforms. Listen/Read 👇 canadaehx.com/2025/01/23/b...

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Russian 'research' vessel Yantar was interdicted and warned by a UK submarine as she was loitering over subsea infrastructure, today. Also shadowed by surface units. Her last AIS-position is from 23h ago, see map. (Erroneously called 'UK waters' by FT, it is Belgian EEZ, international waters.)

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What is the maddest boat ever built and why is it Italian monitor Valente?

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This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.

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Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Jean François Champollion - 1824. The first stages of his Rosetta Stone understanding. Showing both the hieroglyphic and the later Demotic alphabet, allowing him to start reading texts. #archaeology #BritishMuseum

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