Ronan Joseph 🇨🇦
@ronancj.bsky.social
A proud Canadian who is sorry for the 1/3 of US voters who were against Trump, and regrets the suffering that the other 2/3rds are experiencing. He/him
In addition to repeating the security mistakes of the past, the Witkoff-Dmitriev "plan" has the US profit from Russian assets that it doesn't even control, has Ukraine abandon 250k Ukrainians in Donetsk, and gives full amnesty to Russians for war crimes. So much for Russia "compromising".
A few experts going right now: "hear me out, Budapest Memorandum, keeping Ukraine out of NATO, telling it to accept loss of Crimea, and pretending the Minsk Accords meant to save Ukraine's sovereignty were all mistakes, but if we now combine all this idiocy into a 28-point plan, it might work!"
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In addition to repeating the security mistakes of the past, the Witkoff-Dmitriev "plan" has the US profit from Russian assets that it doesn't even control, has Ukraine abandon 250k Ukrainians in Donetsk, and gives full amnesty to Russians for war crimes. So much for Russia "compromising".
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Five minutes of a broad overview of exactly where we are and what is wrong here. Fifty minutes of going through the entire document, point by point, to showcase just how bizarre it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
28 Points of Pain: The Plethora of Problems with the U.S./Russia Peace Plan
YouTube video by William Spaniel
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Five minutes of a broad overview of exactly where we are and what is wrong here. Fifty minutes of going through the entire document, point by point, to showcase just how bizarre it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9Z...
Great video by @gametheory101.bsky.social that avoids the false & harmful "Putin is done" narrative while highlighting the growing problems in Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQZ...
Russia's Air Defenses Are Pitiful and Putting Putin in a Politically Precarious Position
YouTube video by William Spaniel
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Great video by @gametheory101.bsky.social that avoids the false & harmful "Putin is done" narrative while highlighting the growing problems in Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQZ...
"In my opinion we haven't had a crisis like this since 1993-1994."
Siberia is feeling the pain from Ukraine's refinery strikes, with fuel stations shutting down entirely rather than paying inflated wholesale prices. The situation is normal in Western Russia, for now.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Siberia is feeling the pain from Ukraine's refinery strikes, with fuel stations shutting down entirely rather than paying inflated wholesale prices. The situation is normal in Western Russia, for now.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Surge in Ukrainian oil refinery attacks sparks Russian fuel shortages
Ukraine has attacked refineries deep inside Russia, with Zelensky vowing to continue the strikes.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"In my opinion we haven't had a crisis like this since 1993-1994."
Siberia is feeling the pain from Ukraine's refinery strikes, with fuel stations shutting down entirely rather than paying inflated wholesale prices. The situation is normal in Western Russia, for now.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Siberia is feeling the pain from Ukraine's refinery strikes, with fuel stations shutting down entirely rather than paying inflated wholesale prices. The situation is normal in Western Russia, for now.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The main lesson from last night for Poland (indeed all NATO in CEE) should be that their defense starts in Ukraine.
Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?
Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?
September 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The main lesson from last night for Poland (indeed all NATO in CEE) should be that their defense starts in Ukraine.
Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?
Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
@davidebybc.bsky.social, selling our resources to benefit anti-Canada MAGA investors will be very unpopular with people who voted for the BC NDP out of a sense of patriotism. Trump-aligned investors that support the 51st state agenda should be last in line to own critical infrastructure in BC.
B.C. has approved the PRGT pipeline, paving the way for construction to start — and setting the stage for what one First Nations leader warns could be a “long, hot summer” of conflict. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/prgt-pipelin...
B.C. approves PRGT pipeline, setting stage for conflict | The Narwhal
The green light for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline could mean a ‘long, hot summer’ of conflict, one Indigenous leader warns
thenarwhal.ca
June 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@davidebybc.bsky.social, selling our resources to benefit anti-Canada MAGA investors will be very unpopular with people who voted for the BC NDP out of a sense of patriotism. Trump-aligned investors that support the 51st state agenda should be last in line to own critical infrastructure in BC.
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The Russian news agencies are doing their best to play down Ukraine's attack on strategic aviation. Some people are speculating on possible Russian revenge (Oreshnik 😱), but it would be strange to do anything dramatic in response to something you are pretending almost didn't happen.
June 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Russian news agencies are doing their best to play down Ukraine's attack on strategic aviation. Some people are speculating on possible Russian revenge (Oreshnik 😱), but it would be strange to do anything dramatic in response to something you are pretending almost didn't happen.
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Ukrainian war journalist Yuri Butusov has summarized the details of the operation "Spiderweb" against Russian airbases:
- At the moment, according to our sources, the destruction of 41 aircrafts of strategic and military transport aviation of the Russian Armed Forces at 4 bases has been recorded.
- At the moment, according to our sources, the destruction of 41 aircrafts of strategic and military transport aviation of the Russian Armed Forces at 4 bases has been recorded.
June 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ukrainian war journalist Yuri Butusov has summarized the details of the operation "Spiderweb" against Russian airbases:
- At the moment, according to our sources, the destruction of 41 aircrafts of strategic and military transport aviation of the Russian Armed Forces at 4 bases has been recorded.
- At the moment, according to our sources, the destruction of 41 aircrafts of strategic and military transport aviation of the Russian Armed Forces at 4 bases has been recorded.
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Our democracy distorting first-past-the-post system fuels the polarisation driving separatist movements.
@mark-carney.bsky.social, you can end this and bring in proportional representation—uniting Canadians with a truly representative democracy.
What are we waiting for?
#cdnpoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social, you can end this and bring in proportional representation—uniting Canadians with a truly representative democracy.
What are we waiting for?
#cdnpoli
May 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our democracy distorting first-past-the-post system fuels the polarisation driving separatist movements.
@mark-carney.bsky.social, you can end this and bring in proportional representation—uniting Canadians with a truly representative democracy.
What are we waiting for?
#cdnpoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social, you can end this and bring in proportional representation—uniting Canadians with a truly representative democracy.
What are we waiting for?
#cdnpoli
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A golden opportunity for Canada to quickly reduce our exposure to the US while strengthening our domestic capability and security www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
South Korea pitches Canada on $20B-plus plan for subs, armoured vehicles | CBC News
A trio of South Korean defence companies have delivered detailed, unsolicited proposals to the federal government to quickly re-equip the Canadian navy and army with modern equipment. CBC News has lea...
www.cbc.ca
May 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A golden opportunity for Canada to quickly reduce our exposure to the US while strengthening our domestic capability and security www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Looking forward to seeing @anderspucknielsen.dk's take, but this looks pretty good: Ukrainian ownership of minerals and infrastructure, no blocking of EU accession, and no "debt" for past US aid while incentivizing the US to donate more. Solid work by the Ukrainian negotiating team.
⚡️BREAKING: Ukraine, US sign minerals deal.
Ukraine and the United States on April 30 signed a long-awaited minerals agreement that establishes a joint investment fund for reconstruction in Ukraine.
Ukraine and the United States on April 30 signed a long-awaited minerals agreement that establishes a joint investment fund for reconstruction in Ukraine.
BREAKING: Ukraine, US sign minerals deal
Ukraine and the United States on April 30 signed a long-awaited minerals agreement that establishes a joint investment fund for reconstruction in Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Looking forward to seeing @anderspucknielsen.dk's take, but this looks pretty good: Ukrainian ownership of minerals and infrastructure, no blocking of EU accession, and no "debt" for past US aid while incentivizing the US to donate more. Solid work by the Ukrainian negotiating team.
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The @ndp.ca hold the balance of power.
@mark-carney.bsky.social says he's open to electoral reform.
And a citizens' assembly on electoral reform has been official @liberalca.bsky.social policy since their 2023 convention.
What are we waiting for? Let’s end first-past-the-post now!
#Election2025
@mark-carney.bsky.social says he's open to electoral reform.
And a citizens' assembly on electoral reform has been official @liberalca.bsky.social policy since their 2023 convention.
What are we waiting for? Let’s end first-past-the-post now!
#Election2025
April 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The @ndp.ca hold the balance of power.
@mark-carney.bsky.social says he's open to electoral reform.
And a citizens' assembly on electoral reform has been official @liberalca.bsky.social policy since their 2023 convention.
What are we waiting for? Let’s end first-past-the-post now!
#Election2025
@mark-carney.bsky.social says he's open to electoral reform.
And a citizens' assembly on electoral reform has been official @liberalca.bsky.social policy since their 2023 convention.
What are we waiting for? Let’s end first-past-the-post now!
#Election2025
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Who hid Americans during the 1979 hostage crisis? Canada. 🇨🇦 👊🏻
April 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who hid Americans during the 1979 hostage crisis? Canada. 🇨🇦 👊🏻
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"last person he talked to" theory stays winning
April 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"last person he talked to" theory stays winning
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Good neighbours. Always. 🇨🇦🇺🇲
March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Good neighbours. Always. 🇨🇦🇺🇲
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A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
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Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism
The abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon
snyder.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
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Yeah, when the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH is able to make a more compelling case than a normie elected Dem, something is fundamentally broken.
March 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yeah, when the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH is able to make a more compelling case than a normie elected Dem, something is fundamentally broken.
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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
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Following the reactivation of its Psychological Defence Agency, every Swedish household now receives a booklet titled “If Crisis or War Comes,” outlining what to do in an emergency.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
thetyee.ca
March 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Following the reactivation of its Psychological Defence Agency, every Swedish household now receives a booklet titled “If Crisis or War Comes,” outlining what to do in an emergency.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."