Dr. Barry Cooke
@barrycooke.bsky.social
Insect Ecology.
PhD from U. Alberta.
M.Sc. from U. Laval.
B.Sc. from U. Toronto.
I speak for myself.
I code in R.
Warned about emerging fascism before it was cool.
PhD from U. Alberta.
M.Sc. from U. Laval.
B.Sc. from U. Toronto.
I speak for myself.
I code in R.
Warned about emerging fascism before it was cool.
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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Every claim in this paragraph is false, which cannot bode well for the rest of the post.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Every claim in this paragraph is false, which cannot bode well for the rest of the post.
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Jack Goldsmith who, at times, has been known to have written OLC legal memos that appear to suggest Presidents can do things that most people think are illegal. And even he's saying "yo, this is murder."
(see: www.aclu.org/news/nationa...)
(see: www.aclu.org/news/nationa...)
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Jack Goldsmith who, at times, has been known to have written OLC legal memos that appear to suggest Presidents can do things that most people think are illegal. And even he's saying "yo, this is murder."
(see: www.aclu.org/news/nationa...)
(see: www.aclu.org/news/nationa...)
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More cracks in the dam
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
More cracks in the dam
Holy crap what is it with reasonably smart white guys and their clout-seeking pissing matches on social media?
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Holy crap what is it with reasonably smart white guys and their clout-seeking pissing matches on social media?
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I wonder what local celebrity millionaire W Brett Wilson makes of these UCP members given his outspoken views on disloyalty to Canada?
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I wonder what local celebrity millionaire W Brett Wilson makes of these UCP members given his outspoken views on disloyalty to Canada?
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Pete Hegseth, brimming with contempt for the Geneva and Hague Conventions, which were, of course, largely written by the United States. He's both a buffoon and a man with serious criminal instincts.
Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Pete Hegseth, brimming with contempt for the Geneva and Hague Conventions, which were, of course, largely written by the United States. He's both a buffoon and a man with serious criminal instincts.
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This is a deeply disturbed man.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is a deeply disturbed man.
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1. The men and women of the US military are honorable people and didn't ask for this shitshow.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
The United States military has been reduced to a group of war criminals. Stop the nonsense of thanking them for their service. They're simply a bunch of cheap thugs armed by American taxpayers and out to steal the resources of Venezuela. The International Criminal Court is watching.
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
1. The men and women of the US military are honorable people and didn't ask for this shitshow.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
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It may not happen soon, but Mitch Bradley should remember that he can be recalled to duty someday and court martialed for ordering murder.
Hegseth's not the only war criminal here. "The [USSOCOM] commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Adm. Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley, told people on the secure conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets... He ordered the second strike."
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It may not happen soon, but Mitch Bradley should remember that he can be recalled to duty someday and court martialed for ordering murder.
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EMERGENCY VIDEO: Pete Hegseth at the Center of Disturbing New Boat-Strike Controversy
youtu.be/zxumCAy3nNk
youtu.be/zxumCAy3nNk
EMERGENCY VIDEO: Pete Hegseth at the Center of Disturbing New Boat-Strike Controversy
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
EMERGENCY VIDEO: Pete Hegseth at the Center of Disturbing New Boat-Strike Controversy
youtu.be/zxumCAy3nNk
youtu.be/zxumCAy3nNk
I like that Canadians are concerned that their Prime Minister isn't green enough.
South of the border, there are some truly epic problems happening.
South of the border, there are some truly epic problems happening.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I like that Canadians are concerned that their Prime Minister isn't green enough.
South of the border, there are some truly epic problems happening.
South of the border, there are some truly epic problems happening.
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Good work by @althiaraj.bsky.social on the inside story of Guilbeault's resignation, from his being frozen out by PMO, given false assurances, and being made to wear the government walking back on pledges he made to Elizabeth May to secure her support. No kidding it was untenable for him to stay.
Althia Raj: Mark Carney lost the minister who was the green conscience of his government. Here’s how it happened
The inside story of Steven Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet over Ottawa's energy deal with Alberta.
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Good work by @althiaraj.bsky.social on the inside story of Guilbeault's resignation, from his being frozen out by PMO, given false assurances, and being made to wear the government walking back on pledges he made to Elizabeth May to secure her support. No kidding it was untenable for him to stay.
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We’ve known all along this Venezuelan drug boat story was all bullshit. We don’t know if those are drug boats and it’s completely unlikely they were making a 1,400 mile trip to the United States.
But here’s what is true, Pete Hegseth is a murderer.
#DefendersOfDemocracy
But here’s what is true, Pete Hegseth is a murderer.
#DefendersOfDemocracy
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We’ve known all along this Venezuelan drug boat story was all bullshit. We don’t know if those are drug boats and it’s completely unlikely they were making a 1,400 mile trip to the United States.
But here’s what is true, Pete Hegseth is a murderer.
#DefendersOfDemocracy
But here’s what is true, Pete Hegseth is a murderer.
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
My understanding is that, at the height of the "drone war on terror" that when the military officer thought the legality of a particular strike was legally dubious, they'd have a CIA guy actually "pull the trigger". I wonder if that is happening in our current "War on Fishing Boats"?
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
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“The strikes are so above board that we shitcanned the SOUTHCOM JAG lawyer for raising concerns!”
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“The strikes are so above board that we shitcanned the SOUTHCOM JAG lawyer for raising concerns!”
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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HE IS ABOUT TO GO TO WAR WITH VENEZUELA FOR IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA AND NOW HE PARDONS A DRUG KINGPIN CONVICTED IN 2024 OF IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
HE IS ABOUT TO GO TO WAR WITH VENEZUELA FOR IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA AND NOW HE PARDONS A DRUG KINGPIN CONVICTED IN 2024 OF IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
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Pete Hegseth is clearly a dangerous individual, given license to kill by a monstrous regime.
Drug running isn't a capital offense.
Neither is fishing.
But Hegseth's crimes? He's got some FO on its way.
Deus Vult, indeed.
Drug running isn't a capital offense.
Neither is fishing.
But Hegseth's crimes? He's got some FO on its way.
Deus Vult, indeed.
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pete Hegseth is clearly a dangerous individual, given license to kill by a monstrous regime.
Drug running isn't a capital offense.
Neither is fishing.
But Hegseth's crimes? He's got some FO on its way.
Deus Vult, indeed.
Drug running isn't a capital offense.
Neither is fishing.
But Hegseth's crimes? He's got some FO on its way.
Deus Vult, indeed.
For the people who think Danielle Smith is rogue, not listening to her base. You don't understand. This is a Buffalo separatist movement. It's not just her.
Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For the people who think Danielle Smith is rogue, not listening to her base. You don't understand. This is a Buffalo separatist movement. It's not just her.
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Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
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Albertans have been force-fed grievance porn for decades, like a goose being fattened for fois gras.
You'll never guess what happens next...
You'll never guess what happens next...
Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Albertans have been force-fed grievance porn for decades, like a goose being fattened for fois gras.
You'll never guess what happens next...
You'll never guess what happens next...