Steve Aplin
@steveaplin.bsky.social
Energy, environment, geopolitics, and the geopolitics of energy and environment.
Data driven insight, unvarnished, no magical thinking.
Data driven insight, unvarnished, no magical thinking.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 71 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 71
March 31, 2025
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 71 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump is not being played. He is openly pro Putin, pro Russia.
Europeans and everybody else need to acknowledge that, in public
Europeans and everybody else need to acknowledge that, in public
European messaging today in Paris was exemplary. Strong message that Europe won’t prematurely lift sanctions for sake of a terrible Black Sea deal. Efforts to goad Trump into seeing he’s being played. Signals that Europe won’t accept caps on Ukraine‘s military. And pressing on w/ coalition planning.
March 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump is not being played. He is openly pro Putin, pro Russia.
Europeans and everybody else need to acknowledge that, in public
Europeans and everybody else need to acknowledge that, in public
ah... now Ukraine can listen in on US-Russia agreements to carve up Ukrainian territory Russia is unable to take by force.
They are using Signal daily.
The Atlantic has also published the membership list of the group chat. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
ah... now Ukraine can listen in on US-Russia agreements to carve up Ukrainian territory Russia is unable to take by force.
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Europe needs to create new scholarship to defeat foreign state subversion
My latest on Substack regarding the need for new scholarship, not just to admire the problem of foreign state subversion, but to actually defeat it.
edwardhunterchristie.substack.com/p/europe-nee...
My latest on Substack regarding the need for new scholarship, not just to admire the problem of foreign state subversion, but to actually defeat it.
edwardhunterchristie.substack.com/p/europe-nee...
Europe needs to create new scholarship to defeat foreign state subversion
Both US-centric IR scholarship and EU-centric scholarship about CFSP and CSDP have failed our continent's true needs.
edwardhunterchristie.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Europe needs to create new scholarship to defeat foreign state subversion
My latest on Substack regarding the need for new scholarship, not just to admire the problem of foreign state subversion, but to actually defeat it.
edwardhunterchristie.substack.com/p/europe-nee...
My latest on Substack regarding the need for new scholarship, not just to admire the problem of foreign state subversion, but to actually defeat it.
edwardhunterchristie.substack.com/p/europe-nee...
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People are now referring to Pete Hegseth as “WhiskiLeaks” and I’m furious.
I’m furious that I didn’t think of it first.
😜
I’m furious that I didn’t think of it first.
😜
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People are now referring to Pete Hegseth as “WhiskiLeaks” and I’m furious.
I’m furious that I didn’t think of it first.
😜
I’m furious that I didn’t think of it first.
😜
Round Heels (Putin's nickname for Trump) continues to live up to his nickname
Key Outcomes of the Agreements in Saudi Arabia:
March 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Round Heels (Putin's nickname for Trump) continues to live up to his nickname
"... [Israel's] determination to get the bomb no matter what it took, including ... violating a major nuclear arms control treaty to which [it] is a party."
Oh the outrage.
@thebulletin.org said nothing about US violating Budapest, another arms control agreement.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/the-...
Oh the outrage.
@thebulletin.org said nothing about US violating Budapest, another arms control agreement.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/the-...
The US hypocrisy about Israel's nuclear weapons must stop
Israel's nuclear weapons may have started as a deterrent against another Holocaust, but they have now morphed into an instrument serving the aggressive and expansionist Middle Eastern country.
thebulletin.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"... [Israel's] determination to get the bomb no matter what it took, including ... violating a major nuclear arms control treaty to which [it] is a party."
Oh the outrage.
@thebulletin.org said nothing about US violating Budapest, another arms control agreement.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/the-...
Oh the outrage.
@thebulletin.org said nothing about US violating Budapest, another arms control agreement.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/the-...
This is appalling and infuriating.
"Never again" my fucking ass.
"Never again" my fucking ass.
Today a Russian missile strike on a densely populated area of the residential quarter of Sumy wounded 65 civilians, including 14 children.
March 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is appalling and infuriating.
"Never again" my fucking ass.
"Never again" my fucking ass.
Mike Waltz on CBS @facethenation.bsky.social -- "we're closer to peace in Ukraine that we've ever been"
how freaking delusional can you get.
Every last one of the Trump admin's personnel, including Trump himself, are TOBFR -- Tits On a Bull For Russia
how freaking delusional can you get.
Every last one of the Trump admin's personnel, including Trump himself, are TOBFR -- Tits On a Bull For Russia
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Mike Waltz on CBS @facethenation.bsky.social -- "we're closer to peace in Ukraine that we've ever been"
how freaking delusional can you get.
Every last one of the Trump admin's personnel, including Trump himself, are TOBFR -- Tits On a Bull For Russia
how freaking delusional can you get.
Every last one of the Trump admin's personnel, including Trump himself, are TOBFR -- Tits On a Bull For Russia
His transparently pro-Russia "peace" "negotiations" have already wrecked NATO. Nobody trusts him or any of the other criminal clowns in his cabal.
He'll amplify all Russia's BS about Ukraine "violating the ceasefire" as his pretext to fully abandon Ukraine.
Good god man, I never saw that coming.
He'll amplify all Russia's BS about Ukraine "violating the ceasefire" as his pretext to fully abandon Ukraine.
Good god man, I never saw that coming.
Trump can weaken NATO without a U.S. exit, per Newsweek. Skipping drills, halting anti-Russian efforts, and eyeing troop cuts could gut collective security. Europe fears betrayal, even if the U.S. stays in name.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
March 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
His transparently pro-Russia "peace" "negotiations" have already wrecked NATO. Nobody trusts him or any of the other criminal clowns in his cabal.
He'll amplify all Russia's BS about Ukraine "violating the ceasefire" as his pretext to fully abandon Ukraine.
Good god man, I never saw that coming.
He'll amplify all Russia's BS about Ukraine "violating the ceasefire" as his pretext to fully abandon Ukraine.
Good god man, I never saw that coming.
𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙋 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚
Nearly 79% of daily Ontario electricity demand maxima on non-weekend days since 2003 occurred in the 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. time slot.
Only 35% of the Hourly Ontario Electricity Price daily maxima did.
cnwc-cctn.ca/hope-beyond-...
Nearly 79% of daily Ontario electricity demand maxima on non-weekend days since 2003 occurred in the 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. time slot.
Only 35% of the Hourly Ontario Electricity Price daily maxima did.
cnwc-cctn.ca/hope-beyond-...
Hope beyond HOEP: the Mad Hatter’s Market, and how it threatens energy security
Nobody pays the Ontario electricity “market” price except those who import Ontario electricity into other jurisdictions
In the majority of hours through the year, the price those customers pay for ...
cnwc-cctn.ca
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙋 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚
Nearly 79% of daily Ontario electricity demand maxima on non-weekend days since 2003 occurred in the 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. time slot.
Only 35% of the Hourly Ontario Electricity Price daily maxima did.
cnwc-cctn.ca/hope-beyond-...
Nearly 79% of daily Ontario electricity demand maxima on non-weekend days since 2003 occurred in the 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. time slot.
Only 35% of the Hourly Ontario Electricity Price daily maxima did.
cnwc-cctn.ca/hope-beyond-...
And Elon Musk is the only reason your boss, who BTW thought Stormy Danels was as hot as his own tall blonde daughter, is not in prison and able to sexually harass.... you.
Which I'm sure just thrills your parents.
Which I'm sure just thrills your parents.
Leavitt: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French aren't speaking German right now."
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And Elon Musk is the only reason your boss, who BTW thought Stormy Danels was as hot as his own tall blonde daughter, is not in prison and able to sexually harass.... you.
Which I'm sure just thrills your parents.
Which I'm sure just thrills your parents.
𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙫𝙨. 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨
The 6.5 cents per kWh that New York paid for Ontario electricity in January 2025 was below the cost of most contracted/regulated generation in Ontario.
i.e. Ontario took a loss on exported electricity.
cnwc-cctn.ca/we-the-nucle...
The 6.5 cents per kWh that New York paid for Ontario electricity in January 2025 was below the cost of most contracted/regulated generation in Ontario.
i.e. Ontario took a loss on exported electricity.
cnwc-cctn.ca/we-the-nucle...
We the Nuclear North: Canadian Nuclear Workers kept the U.S. State of New York supplied with 626 MW of clean, affordable, stable nuclear power, on average, through the 1560 hours between 12 a.m. New Y...
Each Ontario nuclear power plant worker made over 55,480 kWh of the electricity sent from Ontario to New York in January. That’s enough for each nuclear worker to have supplied 102 New York homes over...
cnwc-cctn.ca
March 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙫𝙨. 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨
The 6.5 cents per kWh that New York paid for Ontario electricity in January 2025 was below the cost of most contracted/regulated generation in Ontario.
i.e. Ontario took a loss on exported electricity.
cnwc-cctn.ca/we-the-nucle...
The 6.5 cents per kWh that New York paid for Ontario electricity in January 2025 was below the cost of most contracted/regulated generation in Ontario.
i.e. Ontario took a loss on exported electricity.
cnwc-cctn.ca/we-the-nucle...
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The percentage of Russia's total oil refineries that are within 1000km of Ukraine is around 70%, and now with Ukraine's new missile, they're all within reach.
Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
March 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The percentage of Russia's total oil refineries that are within 1000km of Ukraine is around 70%, and now with Ukraine's new missile, they're all within reach.
Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙎, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙓𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
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#onpoli
#cdnpoli
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We the Nuclear North: Canadian Nuclear Workers kept the U.S. State of New York supplied with 626 MW of clean, affordable, stable nuclear power, on average, through the 1560 hours between 12 a.m. New Y...
Each Ontario nuclear power plant worker made over 55,480 kWh of the electricity sent from Ontario to New York in January. That’s enough for each nuclear worker to have supplied 102 New York homes over...
cnwc-cctn.ca
March 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙎, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙓𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
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#onpoli
#cdnpoli
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There is not a single area where Ukrainian soldiers are even remotely in danger of being encircled.
Instead, there is one combat area where an encirclement is happening and this in Toretsk, where Russian forces are about to be cut off in the West of the town, if they didn't have left already.
Instead, there is one combat area where an encirclement is happening and this in Toretsk, where Russian forces are about to be cut off in the West of the town, if they didn't have left already.
March 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is not a single area where Ukrainian soldiers are even remotely in danger of being encircled.
Instead, there is one combat area where an encirclement is happening and this in Toretsk, where Russian forces are about to be cut off in the West of the town, if they didn't have left already.
Instead, there is one combat area where an encirclement is happening and this in Toretsk, where Russian forces are about to be cut off in the West of the town, if they didn't have left already.
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Today, passengers aboard the train to Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, marveled at a breathtaking, awe-inspiring landscape unfolding beyond their windows, thanks to Ukrainian UAVs.
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today, passengers aboard the train to Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, marveled at a breathtaking, awe-inspiring landscape unfolding beyond their windows, thanks to Ukrainian UAVs.
Not just the Serbian far right, but the CANADIAN FAR LEFT supported the genocide in Bosnia and the attempted genocide in Kosovo, trotting out exactly the same Russia-inspired propaganda drivel as this guy during the NATO campaign of 1999.
When Putin razed Grozny the same year, they were silent.
When Putin razed Grozny the same year, they were silent.
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a Serbian academic, Ratko Ristić. He’s best known for engaging in pro-Kremlin, ultranationalist politics and propaganda while undermining business ties between Serbia and the EU.
1/18
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March 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Not just the Serbian far right, but the CANADIAN FAR LEFT supported the genocide in Bosnia and the attempted genocide in Kosovo, trotting out exactly the same Russia-inspired propaganda drivel as this guy during the NATO campaign of 1999.
When Putin razed Grozny the same year, they were silent.
When Putin razed Grozny the same year, they were silent.
Useless old turd who decided age 80 that his legacy would be as a pathetic public sellout
What happened to General Kellogg's role? It's worse than you thought.
The Kremlin said they didn't want him involved, and so Trump obeyed, parked him, and went into the "negotiations" anyway.
Kellogg wasn't even hawkish. But as a military man, less easy to fool.
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/r...
The Kremlin said they didn't want him involved, and so Trump obeyed, parked him, and went into the "negotiations" anyway.
Kellogg wasn't even hawkish. But as a military man, less easy to fool.
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/r...
Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks
Keith Kellogg “is a former American general, too close to Ukraine. Not our kind of person, not of the caliber we are looking for,” a Russian official told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Useless old turd who decided age 80 that his legacy would be as a pathetic public sellout
Putin's economy
💥 Russia: Ukrainian drones struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai.
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Putin's economy
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Ukrainian forces have liberated substantial parts of Toretsk, punching into the southern parts of the ruins.
As I wrote a few days ago, I suspected Russians had to concentrate their troops in Kursk and indeed they did, while getting pushed back in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar and Kupyansk.
As I wrote a few days ago, I suspected Russians had to concentrate their troops in Kursk and indeed they did, while getting pushed back in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar and Kupyansk.
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ukrainian forces have liberated substantial parts of Toretsk, punching into the southern parts of the ruins.
As I wrote a few days ago, I suspected Russians had to concentrate their troops in Kursk and indeed they did, while getting pushed back in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar and Kupyansk.
As I wrote a few days ago, I suspected Russians had to concentrate their troops in Kursk and indeed they did, while getting pushed back in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar and Kupyansk.
Reposted by Steve Aplin
US CNC company Haas Automation admitted to 41 violations of Russian sanctions.
Haas continued to provide support and parts to the Russian military industry even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022.
No criminal prosecution.
Fined $2.5 million.
Haas continued to provide support and parts to the Russian military industry even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022.
No criminal prosecution.
Fined $2.5 million.
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
US CNC company Haas Automation admitted to 41 violations of Russian sanctions.
Haas continued to provide support and parts to the Russian military industry even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022.
No criminal prosecution.
Fined $2.5 million.
Haas continued to provide support and parts to the Russian military industry even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022.
No criminal prosecution.
Fined $2.5 million.
Reposted by Steve Aplin
Tesla vehicles are no longer eligible for provincial EV rebates in British Columbia.
B.C. ends subsidies for Tesla products amid trade war
Tesla products are no longer eligible for rebates through B.C.’s provincial programs, officials confirmed Thursday.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tesla vehicles are no longer eligible for provincial EV rebates in British Columbia.
Here's my reply to a Musk simp crowing about the Ketamine Kid on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
For when the LinkedIn cowards ban my comment, here's what I said:
"Fuck off, fascist simp"
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
For when the LinkedIn cowards ban my comment, here's what I said:
"Fuck off, fascist simp"
#elonmusk #starlink #federalgrant #howardlutnick #trump | Global Echos | 71 comments
Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will revamp a $42 billion federal grant… | 71 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Here's my reply to a Musk simp crowing about the Ketamine Kid on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
For when the LinkedIn cowards ban my comment, here's what I said:
"Fuck off, fascist simp"
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
For when the LinkedIn cowards ban my comment, here's what I said:
"Fuck off, fascist simp"