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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

#VanRE "The housing crisis is not a housing crisis; it is a crisis of asset affordability. The reason house prices are going up is that all asset prices have gone up enormously, and that means you can't afford them."
- youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?...

The REAL reason behind the housing crisis

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 12h

Here is my recent conversation with Jordan on the ChinaTalk Podcast and Newsletter about learning from Ukraine and applying the right lessons for any future conflict in the Pacific, including Taiwan.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...

Learning from Ukraine, Preparing for Taiwan

Podcast Episode · ChinaTalk · 20/08/2025 · 1h 7m

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

#Antifa The Obedience Trap: How Power Weaponizes Human Nature...and How You Fight Back:
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/the-obedie...

The Obedience Trap: How Power Weaponizes Human Nature...and How You Fight Back

A field guide to resisting threats, bribes, and manufactured fear...without losing your job or your nerve.

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 18h

I would venture one could trace this back to the Reagan-Thatcher era that began the incremental neoliberal dismantling of social democracy. While some governments may not have been active participants, few made any meaningful effort to roll this back.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 21h

Here's a bluff that tries to exploit the Achilles heel of escalation management. Russia is already using missiles with a nuclear capability against Ukraine regularly — Kinzhal and Iskander.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22h

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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 6d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 22h

"The West" is a rather broad generalization that is not terribly helpful. If you look at what is currently happening in the US, it is quite clear which class is responsible for this. The worst that everyday people do, is not recognizing how they are being manipulated against their own interests.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 22h

Now with the Chinese copying these, how long before Russia is able to develop and scale a similar capability with their support? Will we see escalation management give them the time to neutralize Ukraine's current advantage?

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine and Britain are launching joint production of interceptor drones to manufacture around 2,000 drones monthly specifically for Ukraine to counter Russian drones, UK Defense Secretary Luke Pollard said.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 22h

That would be the case if a country were on a war footing. Not being the case, it takes much longer than one would wish. Nevertheless, change is coming...

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Just a fella 🇪🇺🇦🇹 @justafellaeu.bsky.social · 28d

UK is ramping up drone production
#Ukraine

www.baha.com/Tekever-dron...

Tekever drone factory to open in UK next year

The British government announced on Monday that a Tekever drone factory will open in Swindon in southwestern England in 2026. The company will produce StormShroud drones and the AR5 unmanned aerial sy...

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Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social · 13d

How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfare www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...

How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfare

The V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone.

www.militarytimes.com

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 22h

LNG Unpacked

Learn about how BC's LNG expansion is impacting the cost of living, jobs, workers and energy bills with our co-executive director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Ismail Askin and @emikonewman.bsky.social.

Oct 23 @ 12pm PT
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meet......

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 1d

‘Defensive Wall: Why Ukraine’s Culture Is Everyone’s Fight’ by Uilleam Blacker
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/defens... 6/10

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 1d

This issue of the London Ukrainian Review holds a special place in my heart, and I can’t think of a better way to spend the weekend than reading it from cover to cover.
The theme, culture as security, is one I’ve spoken about for years, trying to convey a simple truth: 🧵1/10

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 22h

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 1d

‘Defeat the Enemy and Liberate the Space’: Peter Pomerantsev on Propaganda and Civic Culture in conversation with Olesya Khromeychuk
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/defeat...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h

Please join me in a new campaign to help protect Ukrainians in a very special way. My Ukrainian friends chose to call this campaign Freedom is Action. They are making an important point. One way to find our own courage is to act in support those who are showing it
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine

A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 1d

#NAFO

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 1d

Recently I published a report that explored how we might ‘translate’ Ukraine lessons for application in the Pacific region.

You can download the full report at this link: researchcentre.army.gov.au/sites/defaul...

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

This is not Switzerland, not Canada - this is Ukraine, where every season paints the mountains anew.

Autumn ignites the Ukrainian Carpathians. Golden ridges, fiery-red forests, and misty valleys reveal a beauty unlike anywhere else.

Photo: @utah_names

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Just for fun, I queried Copilot with your details. If it wasn't a generic codename, it suggested Batman, Mosul, or Kirkuk.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it is.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommend reading this informative book by @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social. It's an illuminating history, covering propaganda principles that can inform how to engage in today's information war.

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 1d

"We often wonder why people follow leaders who are wildly self-centered, greedy, and hateful. But that can be the very essence of their power: they allow their followers to indulge in their most cruel and hateful impulses...

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Great book! Illuminating and entertaining at the same time. Worth exploring the principles and applying to the social media generation, but would need to be funded at scale.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

That's some serious book porn, Willie 😉

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Casemate Publishers @casematepublishers.bsky.social · 1d

"Gavin at War" is the wartime diary on Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.

Available now in paperback : https://tinyurl.com/5esh42bf

#wartimediary #wwiistories #militarybooks #booksky

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