Walt Friesen 🇨🇦🇺🇦 📚🏕️🪐🏃♂️
@waltfriesen.bsky.social
Canadian. Dad. Veteran. Ukraine supporter. Life-long runner. Space enthusiast. Bacon. Voracious reader. Lover of the great outdoors. Heroically fighting the 'attention war', and ... hardcore pro-science.
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I was discussing vaccine recommendations with an older patient today who asked me if those were the recommendations before or after the guy with the worm in his brain, and now I have a new favorite patient…
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I was discussing vaccine recommendations with an older patient today who asked me if those were the recommendations before or after the guy with the worm in his brain, and now I have a new favorite patient…
The power of vaccines!
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The power of vaccines!
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
This is a striking idea. And definitely one worthy of consideration.
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is a striking idea. And definitely one worthy of consideration.
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Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Definitely an area to watch
An interesting schism is forming between Republicans who think they actually have to win future elections, and Republicans who think they can just lean back and enjoy their new thousand-year Reich.
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Definitely an area to watch
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Government shutdown, farmers needing to be bailed out, troops in the streets, country bitterly divided, revolving door of appointees, Putin getting coddled, constant chaos … must be another Trump term.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Government shutdown, farmers needing to be bailed out, troops in the streets, country bitterly divided, revolving door of appointees, Putin getting coddled, constant chaos … must be another Trump term.
A straight forward, well-presented take by General Hertling on what reaction to expect from the senior leadership of the U.S. Armed Forces when they are addressed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and, we're now told, by the President himself. This has potential to become a pivotal moment for the US.
One of the most critical attributes of any senior military leader is the ability to adapt. That ability has been tested the last several days, and not by the enemy.
@markhertling.bsky.social on the Hegseth/Trump generals meeting: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the Hegseth/Trump generals meeting: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals
This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.
www.thebulwark.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A straight forward, well-presented take by General Hertling on what reaction to expect from the senior leadership of the U.S. Armed Forces when they are addressed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and, we're now told, by the President himself. This has potential to become a pivotal moment for the US.
Yes, eyes wide open.
We’re stuck with the most wasteful and clueless administration in history.
Everyone should be concerned by the vulnerability Hegseth is creating with this move. And Trump seems dazed and confused.
Watch every second of this.
Everyone should be concerned by the vulnerability Hegseth is creating with this move. And Trump seems dazed and confused.
Watch every second of this.
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes, eyes wide open.
I have to say out of all the insane stories out there, this one really continues to boggle my mind.
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have to say out of all the insane stories out there, this one really continues to boggle my mind.
Well done 👏👏
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Well done 👏👏
Understatement
The greatest casualty of the Trump Administration is the First Amendment.
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Understatement
….. What???
This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
….. What???
This …. seems very relevant to the times we live in.
September 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This …. seems very relevant to the times we live in.
Every time I see one of the Trumps’ grifting grins, I have that automatic wanting to vomit reaction.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
This level of corruption is not normal or acceptable. Even if we are exhausted by each report of it going further and further, we can never grow numb to it.
Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch
The WLFI token traded far above its previous value, confirming—at least on paper—a huge windfall for the president and his sons.
www.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Every time I see one of the Trumps’ grifting grins, I have that automatic wanting to vomit reaction.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
There will be sooo much cleanup to be done when this administration of unprecedented incompetence and corruption is gone.
This guy should seriously be called the Secretary of Death
Anytime he tries to change evidence, a change is coming. The manipulation precedes the change. And at the same time he suppresses credible research and eliminates ways for independent scientists to raise concerns.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This guy should seriously be called the Secretary of Death
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Today's jobs report shows 24,000 factory jobs lost in the past three months.
Trump’s first term brought a manufacturing recession. Now his reckless tariffs are making Americans worse off, again.
Trump’s first term brought a manufacturing recession. Now his reckless tariffs are making Americans worse off, again.
The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump's tariffs take effect
U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply ...
www.npr.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today's jobs report shows 24,000 factory jobs lost in the past three months.
Trump’s first term brought a manufacturing recession. Now his reckless tariffs are making Americans worse off, again.
Trump’s first term brought a manufacturing recession. Now his reckless tariffs are making Americans worse off, again.
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⚡️Update: 31 killed, 159 injured in mass Russian strike on Kyiv.
The death toll from Russia’s drone and missile strike on Kyiv on July 31 has risen to 31, marking the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
The death toll from Russia’s drone and missile strike on Kyiv on July 31 has risen to 31, marking the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
As death toll reaches 31, Russia's attack on Kyiv becomes most deadly on capital this year
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said that as of the morning of Aug. 1, the Russian attack had killed 31 people. At around 10:40 a.m. local time, rescuers recovered three m...
kyivindependent.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
⚡️Update: 31 killed, 159 injured in mass Russian strike on Kyiv.
The death toll from Russia’s drone and missile strike on Kyiv on July 31 has risen to 31, marking the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
The death toll from Russia’s drone and missile strike on Kyiv on July 31 has risen to 31, marking the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
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Trump’s tariffs are something new: an anti-policy, the opposite of policy created by combining ignorance, arrogance and incompetence and nothing else. They’re a disaster for everyone. So why are people going along with Trump’s non-deal deals? I have thoughts.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-qui...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-qui...
Trump Is Quickly Becoming the World’s Kidney Stone
The painful truth is that world leaders are being forced to go through the motions of making nonsense ‘trade agreements’ with the United States.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump’s tariffs are something new: an anti-policy, the opposite of policy created by combining ignorance, arrogance and incompetence and nothing else. They’re a disaster for everyone. So why are people going along with Trump’s non-deal deals? I have thoughts.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-qui...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-qui...
😂😂😂 The Scottish don't mince words
July 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
😂😂😂 The Scottish don't mince words
Ok, THIS! Every bloody country should have this law. Denmark, once again, leading from the front
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ok, THIS! Every bloody country should have this law. Denmark, once again, leading from the front
Mark Cuban gets it
Nope. I don't pick parties and take " sides" with the one I pick.
That is exactly the problem. We think "our side " is better than the "other side "
This isn't a sport. It's our country.
That is exactly the problem. We think "our side " is better than the "other side "
This isn't a sport. It's our country.
July 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Mark Cuban gets it
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"Russia is continuing to create propaganda networks spread and misinformation and disinformation targeted at people across Europe.
If placed within a timeline of recent activity, it is possible to map several Russian offensive actions in the information domain."
[Some fascinating examples in here]
If placed within a timeline of recent activity, it is possible to map several Russian offensive actions in the information domain."
[Some fascinating examples in here]
From troll farms to politicians: Russia’s ‘conquest’ of European minds
Russia is waging a silent war across Europe – not with tanks, but with propaganda, disinformation, AI, and political influence
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"Russia is continuing to create propaganda networks spread and misinformation and disinformation targeted at people across Europe.
If placed within a timeline of recent activity, it is possible to map several Russian offensive actions in the information domain."
[Some fascinating examples in here]
If placed within a timeline of recent activity, it is possible to map several Russian offensive actions in the information domain."
[Some fascinating examples in here]
This, THIS!! I have long thought that the Priority #1 target to exterminate in Russia is their troll farms. All conflict, from political to state-on-state war, pivots on the struggles in the information realm. Russia has weaponized dis/mis/information to a degree the average westerner fails to grasp
One of the other reasons I want to see Putin fall - is then there’s an opportunity to collapse his pan-Western disinformation campaigns.
“Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale. “
www.politico.eu/article/vlad...
www.politico.eu/article/vlad...
July 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This, THIS!! I have long thought that the Priority #1 target to exterminate in Russia is their troll farms. All conflict, from political to state-on-state war, pivots on the struggles in the information realm. Russia has weaponized dis/mis/information to a degree the average westerner fails to grasp
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While the US is preparing for the 4th of July and paid munitions are withheld in Poland by the US administration, Russia has fired another barrage of missiles into the Ukrainian capital.
The Russian terror attacks have never been this intense than in the last weeks.
The Russian terror attacks have never been this intense than in the last weeks.
July 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
While the US is preparing for the 4th of July and paid munitions are withheld in Poland by the US administration, Russia has fired another barrage of missiles into the Ukrainian capital.
The Russian terror attacks have never been this intense than in the last weeks.
The Russian terror attacks have never been this intense than in the last weeks.