Timeline cleanse. Try this out. David Ariza VAMOS. open.spotify.com/artist/3l3BG...

Great new world music on CBC Radio's latest edition of "Frequencies". Free feed. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Understanding how the framework of our democracies works is essential. Understanding just who built those frameworks is perhaps even more essential. Here's a deep dive that helps explain technocrat urges and why existential MAGA is still here. Good read.

Our American friends are starting to get it.

Are we winning yet? @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @senategop.govpeeps.us how do you all feel about US companies relocating to Canada 🇨🇦?

The new film "2000 Meters to Andriivka" is now available on YouTube and PBS. Directed by Oscar-winning Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov of "20 Days in Mariupol" fame. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies" Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Ukrainian sanctions on russian oil exports continue.

Russian ICBM test today did not go well. Pure metaphor for the invasion of Ukraine.

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

NEWS: The United States committed a war crime by killing individuals who clung onto the side of a boat in the Caribbean, posing no threat to the United States. As someone who studied international law, Hegseth’s order to ‘Kill Them All’ was a denial of quarter. Subscribe to support:

Wonderful. Slava Ukraini!

Great deep read on how technocrats and autocrats build on each other, and stopping this looping threat to democracy. "Facts are what is true about reality. Values are what matters in life. Data tells you which policies achieve which outcomes. It cannot tell you which outcomes are worth pursuing."

Putin defending Trump's "special envoy": "It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction."

A barbaric gangster hit job by the Don himself.

In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.

Today marks the 365th day of continuous Georgian pro-democracy protests against Putin's fake "Georgian Dream"party. The Georgian people will never give up. And Putin is going to lose. bsky.app/profile/mari...

I would like to see Anne Applebaum, historian and author on Ukrainian history, an awarded and respected and knowledgeable and coherent US citizen, be appointed US Special Envoy to Ukraine. I double-dare you Donald Trump.

Mike Brock's Substack has comments on Witkoff: "The intelligence professional who leaked this audio understood something crucial: when American envoys coach foreign adversaries, silence becomes complicity. Exposure becomes duty. This is institutional resistance in real time." Hope for America.

Andrew Tanner's Substack is always a very good read. Long and full of insight into recent military developments in Ukraine, he dives into military organisational structure, the military lessons from russia's invasion, and perhaps needed organisational response to those lessons. Eye-opening.

Some random American VP called Ukraine "a mess". Here is what the mess means to Ukrainians, strong, resilient and brave. The failure of America to stand up to its ideals and history and constitution is the real mess in the world. Shame on you JD Vance. Shame on you Donald J (for Geriatric) Trump.

Anne Applebaum, historian and quite noted author on Ukraine, weighs in on Witkoff and recent US diplomacy on russia's invasion of Ukraine.

It’s not that complicated, people.

A thoughtful and very well written analysis of recent American diplomacy to resolve the russian invasion of Ukraine. "Steve Witkoff’s guidance to Vladimir Putin’s top adviser reveals a foreign-policy process captured by private channels, Russian influence, and the abandonment of an ally at war."

Canadian icon Charlie Angus: "Putin has not won a victory on the battlefield, but in terms of subterfuge and cynicism, he is king. Putin has activated an American traitor in full view of the world. He has reduced the United States to an isolated, hated and weakened regime."

If the current US administration is indeed planning for a post-international-law world, Trump's "special military operation" in Venezuela starts to make sense. It would also help explain the recent massive financial support to Argentina.

Ukraine continues to endure American weakness and daily russian terror attacks. Ukraine is going to win, and Putin is going to lose as the russian economy collapses. Slava Ukraini!

Can someone convince me Trump's very own "special military operation" against Venezuela isn't about the largest oil reserves on the planet, or fuelling patriotic "support for the troops" as a political boost, or mostly distracting everyone from the release of the Epstein files?

Heather Cox Richardson bravely tries to pull all the threads of the latest White House shitshow together in her latest Substack. "The elections of 2026 and 2028 are clearly on Republicans’ minds as polls show Trump’s policies to be increasingly unpopular."

He got stuck in an anti drone net look at him

Timothy Snyder, historian and author of "On Tyranny" and more, takes apart the the now-infamous "28-point peace plan" and explains how it reveals russia's real world view and America's present weakness. Excellent and informative read.

Americans deserve better than a fascist leader. The next generation will do much better, if anything survives. Impeach Trump and stop the insanity.

Serious timeline cleanse. youtu.be/SWcN6mFGIXI

This deserves quoting.

The Telegraph has published the EU 24-point proposal for ending russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The extraordinary music by Christobal Tapia de Veer from the British TV series "Utopia". Don't bother with the US knockoff TV version. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_...

So if you've been trying to figure out what the hell just happened in the last day or two, JoJoFromJerz sums it up as well or better than anyone else I've read. The only other plausible explanation is Trump is sliding into dementia, and everyone else is covering.

Timeline cleanse in a strange time. youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ

We must understand that we are the Free World, and we are facing a russian predator. We must defend our democracies, cultures, and freedoms. We must defend against predations from Putin and his oligarch friends. Putin wants to destroy our democracies. We also have to defend against Trump.

Timeline cleanse: Rush. Time Stands Still.