Rick Green
@bcbrews.bsky.social
Writer with an interest in 🍺☕🍴🧳🤘🏻📰 culture, history, politics • #WW2TV SLK • #NAFO 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
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Ukraine continues their long range strikes into Russia, making progress destroying their energy infrastructure and military industrial base. A conversation between Steve Witkoff and the Russians has been released showing Witkoff coaching the Russians how to manipulate Trump and undermine Ukraine.
The Witkoff/Russia Scandal is Not Going Away
YouTube video by Jake Broe
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Ukraine continues their long range strikes into Russia, making progress destroying their energy infrastructure and military industrial base. A conversation between Steve Witkoff and the Russians has been released showing Witkoff coaching the Russians how to manipulate Trump and undermine Ukraine.
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
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NP! In BC the complex structure (BCI invests on behalf of several public sector pension plans) helps obscure things and shield BCI from scrutiny + pressure. Meanwhile, lots of other big pension funds (e.g. in 🇳🇴 + 🇸🇪) are way more active in divesting + excluding bad stuff. Here is 🧵 with examples…
Hey BCI + BC Public Sector Pensions Plans! In March 2022 you agreed to divest👇 from Russian firms. How about taking the next step and dropping the awful Western firms that continue business in/with 🇷🇺? Their taxes + tech fuel the Kremlin’s genocidal war on 🇺🇦! For example… 🧵 www.bci.ca/bci-is-activ...
BCI is Actively Working to Sell Remaining Russian Securities
BCI takes action to sell remaining Russian securities, prioritizing commitment to responsible investment and fiduciary duty
www.bci.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NP! In BC the complex structure (BCI invests on behalf of several public sector pension plans) helps obscure things and shield BCI from scrutiny + pressure. Meanwhile, lots of other big pension funds (e.g. in 🇳🇴 + 🇸🇪) are way more active in divesting + excluding bad stuff. Here is 🧵 with examples…
How corrupt can the #Carney government be when they think using sustainable BC energy to continue deadly fossil fuel extraction is even sane, never mind moral? Jobs? Don't even go there.
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #climatecrisis #BCLNG #tarsands
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #climatecrisis #BCLNG #tarsands
So, basically, BC electricity goes to Alberta to support energy-hungry AI data centres, CCUS & oil production and/or gas and nuclear-powered electricity from Alberta comes to BC to support LNG and mining...
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The #BCLNG scam is that the very few who profit, fudge the carbon emission numbers. #SiteC dam was a ma$$ive #taxpayer gift we paid to power dirty industry. Excluding emissions from our gas because it's burned elsewhere is pissing in the pool & saying, "Don't worry, it was in the corner."
LNG Is the 'Elephant in the Room' at BC Climate Plan Update via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
LNG Is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at BC Climate Plan Update | The Tyee
The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.
thetyee.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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The House of Commons UNANIMOUSLY passed the oil tanker moratorium in northwest B.C. in 1972 because they knew how sensitive the coast is and how dangerous the waters are. An oil spill there will be catastrophic. Economic development is one thing - being reckless and short-sighted quite another.
became.law
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The House of Commons UNANIMOUSLY passed the oil tanker moratorium in northwest B.C. in 1972 because they knew how sensitive the coast is and how dangerous the waters are. An oil spill there will be catastrophic. Economic development is one thing - being reckless and short-sighted quite another.
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Major projects? Let’s talk about it!
Join us for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects. Register here:
thenarwhal.ca/major-projects-event
Join us for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects. Register here:
thenarwhal.ca/major-projects-event
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Major projects? Let’s talk about it!
Join us for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects. Register here:
thenarwhal.ca/major-projects-event
Join us for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process, politics and potential impacts of Canada’s push to build major projects. Register here:
thenarwhal.ca/major-projects-event
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The Ottawa-Alberta MOU is nothing more than a pipedream - Coastal First Nations
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Ottawa-Alberta MOU is nothing more than a pipedream - Coastal First Nations
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
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Putin has finally said the quiet part out loud: he’s ready to fight “to the last Ukrainian”.
In a new statement, Vladimir Putin admitted he is prepared to continue the war “to the last Ukrainian” — an open confession that his goal is not security or negotiation, 👇
In a new statement, Vladimir Putin admitted he is prepared to continue the war “to the last Ukrainian” — an open confession that his goal is not security or negotiation, 👇
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Putin has finally said the quiet part out loud: he’s ready to fight “to the last Ukrainian”.
In a new statement, Vladimir Putin admitted he is prepared to continue the war “to the last Ukrainian” — an open confession that his goal is not security or negotiation, 👇
In a new statement, Vladimir Putin admitted he is prepared to continue the war “to the last Ukrainian” — an open confession that his goal is not security or negotiation, 👇
#cdnpoli To understand truth, follow the money, not the rhetoric.
US-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of 🇨🇦 Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
"Lead members of the Pathways Alliance—Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, Imperial Oil & Suncor—are behaving like a Trojan horse for Trump’s anti-climate politics" www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
"Lead members of the Pathways Alliance—Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, Imperial Oil & Suncor—are behaving like a Trojan horse for Trump’s anti-climate politics" www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#cdnpoli To understand truth, follow the money, not the rhetoric.
#cdnpoli This thread on the state of post-secondary education in #Canada shows yet another example of how our public services have degenerated from 40 years of #neoliberalism. Keeping our #FPTP electoral system enslaves us to two sides of the same coin. Do different: #ProRep, #TaxTheRich.
1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115612771113881465) about the #postsecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.
Today, on #socialbc I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025” […]
[Original post on socialbc.ca]
Today, on #socialbc I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025” […]
[Original post on socialbc.ca]
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#cdnpoli This thread on the state of post-secondary education in #Canada shows yet another example of how our public services have degenerated from 40 years of #neoliberalism. Keeping our #FPTP electoral system enslaves us to two sides of the same coin. Do different: #ProRep, #TaxTheRich.
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France arrests leaders of NGO “SOS Donbass” on suspicion of spying for Russia, spreading pro-Kremlin war propaganda
Investigators view it as part of a broader network of “humanitarian” NGOs that Russia may be using to advance its interests in France.
Investigators view it as part of a broader network of “humanitarian” NGOs that Russia may be using to advance its interests in France.
France arrests leaders of NGO “SOS Donbass” on suspicion of spying for Russia, spreading pro-Kremlin war propaganda
French authorities have taken into custody the leaders of the “SOS Donbass” association — founder Anna Novikova and current president Vincent Perfetti — on suspicion of spying for Russia under the cov...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
France arrests leaders of NGO “SOS Donbass” on suspicion of spying for Russia, spreading pro-Kremlin war propaganda
Investigators view it as part of a broader network of “humanitarian” NGOs that Russia may be using to advance its interests in France.
Investigators view it as part of a broader network of “humanitarian” NGOs that Russia may be using to advance its interests in France.
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In which I outline why any analysis of networked/software-enabled device must start with the software, even (especially) if it's a big, serious weapon like the F-35.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
The Department of National Defence buys a Sky Tractor
Canada’s purchase of US F-35 fighter jets will create enormous security vulnerability, for which there is no easy answer. Whether it’s an F-35 fighter jet or a John Deere tractor, if yo…
blaynehaggart.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In which I outline why any analysis of networked/software-enabled device must start with the software, even (especially) if it's a big, serious weapon like the F-35.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
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Yet another F-35 article that ignores the software-control issue. Instead, it's presented exclusively as an economic and political challenge.
It presumes that not buying the F-35s would *reduce* Canada's military capacity.
My Q: How much capacity do you have if you don't control "your" jets?
It presumes that not buying the F-35s would *reduce* Canada's military capacity.
My Q: How much capacity do you have if you don't control "your" jets?
L’heure des choix est venue pour Carney
Le premier ministre doit maintenant faire des choix cruciaux en matière de défense, mais aussi pour l’avenir du Canada.
www.ledevoir.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yet another F-35 article that ignores the software-control issue. Instead, it's presented exclusively as an economic and political challenge.
It presumes that not buying the F-35s would *reduce* Canada's military capacity.
My Q: How much capacity do you have if you don't control "your" jets?
It presumes that not buying the F-35s would *reduce* Canada's military capacity.
My Q: How much capacity do you have if you don't control "your" jets?
Great advice here: "If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry."
Taking that advice and applying it to Canada's fossil fuel extraction and climate change, how's your home insurance looking?
#cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis #COP30
Taking that advice and applying it to Canada's fossil fuel extraction and climate change, how's your home insurance looking?
#cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis #COP30
Industry with over 330 years of experience in calculating risk: AI is too risky for us.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
In more AI bubble news, major insurers are declining to insure risks from AI chatbots & agents, saying AI models are too unpredictable & error-prone with no one clearly liable when things go wrong. Firms & universities better consider this in their rush to adopt AI.
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great advice here: "If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry."
Taking that advice and applying it to Canada's fossil fuel extraction and climate change, how's your home insurance looking?
#cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis #COP30
Taking that advice and applying it to Canada's fossil fuel extraction and climate change, how's your home insurance looking?
#cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis #COP30
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Yet again, control over software is ignored completely in this story, and from this report, in the military’s analysis.
How much good does it do to have ”the best fighter jet in the world, by far,” if you don’t actually control it?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
How much good does it do to have ”the best fighter jet in the world, by far,” if you don’t actually control it?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition | CBC News
The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021, according to data ob...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Yet again, control over software is ignored completely in this story, and from this report, in the military’s analysis.
How much good does it do to have ”the best fighter jet in the world, by far,” if you don’t actually control it?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
How much good does it do to have ”the best fighter jet in the world, by far,” if you don’t actually control it?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Another story, this time from the Globe, that ignores the F-35’s software & networked risk to national security. It focuses exclusively on the physical plane. Any analysis of software-enabled networked devices, whether it’s a Roomba or an F-35, *must* discuss the software that makes the thing work.
Joly says Canada ‘didn’t get enough’ industrial benefits out of F-35 procurement deal
‘There needs to be more jobs created out of the F-35 contract,’ industry minister says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Another story, this time from the Globe, that ignores the F-35’s software & networked risk to national security. It focuses exclusively on the physical plane. Any analysis of software-enabled networked devices, whether it’s a Roomba or an F-35, *must* discuss the software that makes the thing work.
Today, a fighter jet is a system. Who controls the system, controls the fighter. Who controls the fighter, controls its use. This is true for other defense platforms. Just look at how the US limited #Ukraine using ATACMS.
#Canada needs the #Gripen for defense sovereignty: youtu.be/sLYGNQNd2fI?....
#Canada needs the #Gripen for defense sovereignty: youtu.be/sLYGNQNd2fI?....
The REAL Reason Sweden Offered Canada 88 Gripens — And It’s NOT What You Think
YouTube video by Wings of War
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today, a fighter jet is a system. Who controls the system, controls the fighter. Who controls the fighter, controls its use. This is true for other defense platforms. Just look at how the US limited #Ukraine using ATACMS.
#Canada needs the #Gripen for defense sovereignty: youtu.be/sLYGNQNd2fI?....
#Canada needs the #Gripen for defense sovereignty: youtu.be/sLYGNQNd2fI?....
#cdnpoli When wealth inequality impoverishes, the vulnerable can be manipulated into fighting a culture war to distract them from the class war. This is not new. It's classic divide & conquer. Know your foe. #TaxTheRich.
These people can fuck right off.
Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#cdnpoli When wealth inequality impoverishes, the vulnerable can be manipulated into fighting a culture war to distract them from the class war. This is not new. It's classic divide & conquer. Know your foe. #TaxTheRich.
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Excellent explanation below of what historians do. For such examples of controversy in #WWII #CanadianMilitaryHistory, @otdmilhistory.bsky.social has done good work for Hong Kong and @okeefehistorian.bsky.social for Dieppe. Anyone interested in these battles should study their findings.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Excellent explanation below of what historians do. For such examples of controversy in #WWII #CanadianMilitaryHistory, @otdmilhistory.bsky.social has done good work for Hong Kong and @okeefehistorian.bsky.social for Dieppe. Anyone interested in these battles should study their findings.
This is what happens when just 36.3% of people show up to vote in an election with one united right-of-centre party. You may avoid politics, but it can come to bite you in the ass. Eighty percent of success is showing up.
#vanpoli #Vote2026 #TaxTheRich
#vanpoli #Vote2026 #TaxTheRich
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is what happens when just 36.3% of people show up to vote in an election with one united right-of-centre party. You may avoid politics, but it can come to bite you in the ass. Eighty percent of success is showing up.
#vanpoli #Vote2026 #TaxTheRich
#vanpoli #Vote2026 #TaxTheRich
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#OTD in 1936, the Anti-Comintern Pact was signed in Berlin between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It was aimed at countering the influence of the Communist International and signaled Japan’s readiness to associate itself with revisionist powers in Europe.
#WWII #WWIIhistory #antifa
#WWII #WWIIhistory #antifa
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#OTD in 1936, the Anti-Comintern Pact was signed in Berlin between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It was aimed at countering the influence of the Communist International and signaled Japan’s readiness to associate itself with revisionist powers in Europe.
#WWII #WWIIhistory #antifa
#WWII #WWIIhistory #antifa
Canada, we are failing badly when we share the stage with Saudi Arabia and Russia as Fossil of the Day.
#COP30 #JustTransitionNow
#COP30 #JustTransitionNow
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Canada, we are failing badly when we share the stage with Saudi Arabia and Russia as Fossil of the Day.
#COP30 #JustTransitionNow
#COP30 #JustTransitionNow