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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 37m

Can see them taking immigrants of the "right kind", but expect you're correct. If they can use leverage to potentially get a larger prize, they will.

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 1h

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 3h

She & her supporters were born in wrong bodies. They're Americans! Easiest thing would be to emigrate south. Like the Afrikaaners, the current US administration would roll out the red carpet and they would live happily ever after.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 5h

When you're in a car speeding towards a cliff, what do you do?
a) Step on the gas.
b) Pull on the emergency brake.
If you answer "b", sign this petition:
leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

#NoPipelines #ClimateEmergency #cdnpoli

Prime Minister Carney: Reject Smith's BC Pipeline - Leadnow

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 5h

Canadian #healthcare loses $372 billion/year.
🇨🇦 public #education loses $95.9 billion/year.
🇨🇦 justice system loses $20 billion/year.

Sound ridiculous? It is! Public services provide basic needs to all, not profits. Creeping privatization is already happening. For this to change, contact your MP.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 9h

What's happening with them Tomahawks, Charlie?
Two minutes, Turkish.
It was two minutes five minutes ago.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13h

Hi All, Just sent out this post. The recent rush of the USG to claim great credit for the Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is typical success leeching that we have seen in this war. The US could help in one way, but it others the claims are laughable. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

One Cheer For Intelligence Sharing

The Trump Administration Trying to Associate Itself With Ukrainian Success

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 9h

It's for shooting down shaheds inside Ukraine, so two last points are moot. If it works well for this job, the first point is moot. Keeping them airworthy (second point), however, may be the main challenge in terms of overall cost-effectiveness. Better to increase anti-UAV production?

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 12h

UN food aid convoy targeted in Kherson; vehicles destroyed, supplies lost

Russian forces attacked a humanitarian convoy operated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Bilozerka community of Kherson Oblast
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/14/u...

UN food aid convoy targeted in Kherson; vehicles destroyed, supplies lost

Russian forces attacked a humanitarian convoy operated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Bilozerka community of Kherson Oblast

euromaidanpress.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 9h

Ah, but we need to manage our escalation so we can find an off-ramp.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 10h

“If Americans had a more clear-eyed view of Putin, they would see a dictator who’s bet everything on a failed invasion, a country losing its sphere of influence, and an economy…cooling. A realistic view of his power would strip Putin of his biggest leverage: the perception of his invincibility.”

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h

Russia’s leader isn’t nearly as strong as he’s made out to be, Andrew Ryvkin writes. “A realistic view of his power would strip Putin of his biggest leverage: the perception of his invincibility”:

Putin Is Not Winning

Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 9h

New opportunity for Chinese EV sales.

The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 10h

⛽️🚫 Gasoline shortages in Russia could become chronic: repairs to refineries damaged by drones will drag on until mid-2026, - The Moscow Times

One in three refineries in the country has been damaged by drone strikes since early August, according to experts from the International Energy Agency.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

A very addictive combination 😍.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

"...abandoning public education also lets governments relinquish their responsibility to support an equitable, democratic society. It increases the disparities between the privileged and everyone else."
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Smoking helps fight cancer.

Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 1d

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate change. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 1d

Solar and wind are growing so quickly that they outpaced all the growth in electricity demand this year. Which means they started eating into fossil fuelled power, leading to a modest drop in fossil generation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/13/o...

Our friendly neighbourhood fireball

Solar and wind are growing so quickly that they outpaced all the growth in electricity demand this year. Which means they started eating into fossil fuelled power, leading to a modest but significant ...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 1d

I’m thrilled that @ukrinstitute.bsky.social's Istoria course is back! It’s been such a joy curating it and bringing together friends and colleagues who are leading experts in Ukrainian history. We start on 28 Oct, and there’s an early bird discount until 19 Oct. See you online! Link👇

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

“Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous. Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud.”
- Donald Trump

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

“Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous. Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud.”
- Donald Trump

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump on the first meeting between Steve Witkoff&Putin:

I set up a meeting for him to meet with President Putin,thinking it would be a 15 or a 20 minute meeting.Steve had no idea about Russia, had no idea about Putin too much,didn't know too much about politics,wasn't that interested....

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 1d

there’s no random evil in r*zzia kidnapping local kids during invasions and occupations. it is a well-tested warfare playbook that the empire successfully deployed for generations.

please read, share and support my work on this newsletter if you find it important
open.substack.com/pub/maksymer...

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Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 7d

Russia is seeking to legitimise its genocidal war against Ukraine through the construction of historical narratives. Among those supporting this effort is historian Alexei Miller, a professor of history in St. Petersburg and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Hi All, my latest book, War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why, is being released in North America in two weeks. The Publisher, Basic Books/Hatchette, has just released a discount code for 20% if you buy through them. Code is WAR&POWER (not case sensitive). www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/phill...

War and Power

A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of ec...

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm... I wonder who appointed Witzkopf as envoy?

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you're correct.

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