In March 2022 I purchased the rights to download artwork by 4 Ukrainian children through an initiative called Leleka. I still have them beside my office desk + look at them daily. Today, World Children's Day, I thought it was a good time to share them. I often think of where these children are now.

Discernment means always being skeptical, always checking the veracity of something - if you think it means deciding "so-and-so is trustworthy without proof and assuming everything they say is the truth" then you ARE THE PROBLEM.

My favourite thing lately is people claiming I have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" - as if the correct response to him (and others like him) ISN'T to be disgusted and pissed off to the point of derangement. I proudly claim that label, there is a very valid and obvious reason for it. 👍

Don't worry, Elon will adjust Grok by the morning. Within 6 months Grok is simply going to be an answer machine that replies to inquiries just like Elon would, but with more personality.

@chadbourn.bsky.social if no one from your local pub responds, it means you need to work harder there. 😉

#philipkdick and the creators of #bladerunner nailed it 40 years ago.

Hungary + Slovakia have been desperately wanting to have friction with Ukraine in one form or another for a few years now. They have been creating problems constantly. This is the #1 reason they still buy Russian oil. So, Ukraine decided, smartly, to give them what they wanted on Ukraine's terms. 😁

World's tallest sunflower grown in the US by a Ukrainian man (skip to 7:30min). I heard in another report he was born in Ukraine. I wonder what fertilizer he has shipped in. 😜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-t5...

The Beginning Of The End Of Civilization started when more than 0.001% of the population decided Benny Johnson was a reliable, unbiased source of news and opinion.

I guarantee you most 🇺🇦 supporters can explain why they trust the people or news sources they listen to (they live there, have family or friends who live there to back up the stories and opinions they hear etc.) 1/2

Any platform, app or AI system that uses algorithmic manipulation (which is most of them) to boost its bottom line is NOT "Free Speech", it is a business model created for profit. Business Models are the antithesis of Free Speech. Do not be fooled.

A perfect illustration of how western companies and governments do things for Ukraine. This Canadian grocer changed the way their Chicken Kyiv was spelled, which was awesome, yet I have tried a few times but cannot get them to change the shelf label in their system. Half-assed all the way! 🙄🙄🙄

Having a news/opinion source you trust does not mean you can repeat what they say immediately - you should still apply basic logic and reason to it and maybe compare it to other sources or opinions. If you are simply hitting "share" or verbally repeating it without any thought, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

What Medvedev's vodka supply doin'?

Latest reports are that Putin just sent out 3 of his servants to replenish his stocks of full strength adult diapers. 💩🩳

Hypocrisy is absolutely a topic that can be discussed, it is NOT a rebuttal that changes the course of the discussion to get you out of a losing trajectory.

I will never claim to be going through the same emotions as actual Ukrainian people, but one of my Ukrainian friend's husband was mobilized today. It puts things onto a whole other level. 😕

Free Speech is a concept where people are 1) Free to speak 2) Free to be heard + 3) Free to hear reaction, positive and negative, to their speech. Algorithmic manipulation of any parts of Free Speech by platforms is a business model, and the more manipulation being done, the less Free the speech is.

Anyone old enough to remember the Weekly World News and it's ridiculous, obviously fake stories needs to know it has been rebranded as The Benny Johnson Show. The dumbest content on the internet.

Someone needs to tell JD Vance and the whole US administration that if Greenland is very important to global security, putting it fully in the hands of the USA is the least secure option for the globe.

Decided to listen to @margogontar.bsky.social 's new song on my workshop computer that has a subwoofer, holy crap the BASS. Didn't hear that on my office computer.

If you can't explain why you trust so-and-so to feed you news and/or opinions, please spare me and don't tell me anything they have said. It is useless and actually harmful to spread news and/or opinion from people that you have not spent the time to verify first. Know your sources, or else STFU.

Unf$&kingbelieveable, w/all the bombing Rus is inflicting on Ukr + this is what CP24 Toronto is posting on Saturday morning. Verbatim bs from the Kremlin on the left, no context bs on the right. I have no connection to blast this at CP24, maybe @popovaprof.bsky.social or @irgarner.bsky.social could?

Blocking accounts you know to be consistently wrong, needlessly inflammatory and/or deliberately rage-bating is neither "hiding from the truth" nor "censorship", it is clearing the field so you can have properly constructive conversations with people whose opinions may differ from yours.

🧵1: When you see russians brutally executing surrendering Ukrainian prisoners of war, I want you to remember; That is someone’s son. That might be someone’s father, husband, brother, loved one. I want you to think about their family seeing what you see, and how that must feel!