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Gas stations in Ukraine have become wartime hubs—fueling generators during blackouts, serving as handoff points for volunteers, and marking the front line itself. “As long as the gas station stands, it means it’s still under Ukrainian control…a pillar of hope.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
To Understand Ukraine at War, Stop by a Gas Station
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Gas stations in Ukraine have become wartime hubs—fueling generators during blackouts, serving as handoff points for volunteers, and marking the front line itself. “As long as the gas station stands, it means it’s still under Ukrainian control…a pillar of hope.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...
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This whole thread is like it was designed by @cyan.com. Feels like you're in Myst or Riven.
Wanna Get Away? Come escape with us to #FridayNightZillow, back for tonight, hopefully to bring a smile to your face and a break from doomscrolling.
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This whole thread is like it was designed by @cyan.com. Feels like you're in Myst or Riven.
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A very long 4 years...
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A very long 4 years...
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Russia's Gazprom denounces Moldova move to alter gas supply system reut.rs/3J4XwQg
Russia's Gazprom denounces Moldova move to alter gas supply system
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Thursday denounced a move by Moldova's gas authority to withdraw the licence from its local subsidiary for distributing gas, saying the move damaged its affiliate and jeopardised Moldova's energy security.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Russia's Gazprom denounces Moldova move to alter gas supply system reut.rs/3J4XwQg
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Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -2.1% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 1/2 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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President Emmanuel Macron's hawkish and vocal advocacy for Ukraine's defense has gone hand-in-hand with French avoidance or delay of taking part in joint initiatives to quickly arm the war-torn country.
Where Macron’s Ukraine rhetoric falls short of action
President Emmanuel Macron's hawkish and vocal advocacy for Ukraine's defense has gone hand-in-hand with French avoidance or delay of taking part in joint initiatives to quickly arm the war-torn countr...
kyivindependent.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
President Emmanuel Macron's hawkish and vocal advocacy for Ukraine's defense has gone hand-in-hand with French avoidance or delay of taking part in joint initiatives to quickly arm the war-torn country.
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The EU-US trade deal is here - it's probably not the end of uncertainty as the details are ironed out, but it's a momentous deal. In sum, it's a political defeat for the EU, but in economic terms I see it as, under the circumstances, a win of sorts. 🧵
July 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The EU-US trade deal is here - it's probably not the end of uncertainty as the details are ironed out, but it's a momentous deal. In sum, it's a political defeat for the EU, but in economic terms I see it as, under the circumstances, a win of sorts. 🧵
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Out-gunned Europe accepts least-worst US trade deal reut.rs/40FRGuB
Out-gunned Europe accepts least-worst US trade deal
In the end, Europe found it lacked the leverage to pull Donald Trump's America into a trade pact on its terms and so has signed up to a deal it can just about stomach - albeit one that is clearly skewed in the U.S.'s favour.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Out-gunned Europe accepts least-worst US trade deal reut.rs/40FRGuB
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US-Japan trade deal averts worst for global economy reut.rs/4kUSa7l
US-Japan trade deal averts worst for global economy
Japan's trade agreement with the U.S. could serve as the benchmark for many other deals currently being negotiated with Washington, and the global economy could just about support the 15% level agreed overnight, economists said.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
US-Japan trade deal averts worst for global economy reut.rs/4kUSa7l
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“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned. Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic … fell by about 15% in the year to June” www.economist.com/business/202...
July 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned. Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic … fell by about 15% in the year to June” www.economist.com/business/202...
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As any historian who tries to do research with Library and Archives Canada will tell you, he's not wrong.
Canada’s Archives Are in Trouble—and So Is Its History | The Walrus
Years-long delays, archaic privacy laws, and chronic underfunding are threatening our national memory
thewalrus.ca
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
As any historian who tries to do research with Library and Archives Canada will tell you, he's not wrong.
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People often complain that Democrats are “bringing knives to a gun fight.”
But that’s not quite it, they’re bringing facts to a storytelling fight. And getting totally outspun.
But that’s not quite it, they’re bringing facts to a storytelling fight. And getting totally outspun.
Voters vulnerable to Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” law are reluctant to blame the president or congressional Republicans who approved it, instead directing their frustration at their hospital system.
A clinic blames its closing on Trump’s Medicaid cuts. Patients don’t buy it.
A clinic in rural Nebraska has become a political flash point after tying its looming closure to Trump’s law cutting Medicaid.
wapo.st
July 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
People often complain that Democrats are “bringing knives to a gun fight.”
But that’s not quite it, they’re bringing facts to a storytelling fight. And getting totally outspun.
But that’s not quite it, they’re bringing facts to a storytelling fight. And getting totally outspun.
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Todd Labrador is a traditional Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe maker in southwestern Nova Scotia.
But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable.
Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.
But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable.
Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.
One last canoe: Mi’kmaw builder faces dying birch trees | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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July 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Todd Labrador is a traditional Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe maker in southwestern Nova Scotia.
But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable.
Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.
But the birch trees he relies on are dying and the bark is no longer usable.
Labrador has just enough bark left from last year to build one final Mi’kmaw birchbark canoe.
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#RecipeOfTheDay is Gemelli – though you could easily use fusilli or penne instead – with Anchovies, Tomatoes and Mascarpone. I implore you to check out the wonderful comments beneath the recipe, as there is an unmissable one that is an absolute corker! www.nigella.com/recipes/geme...
Gemelli with Anchovies, Tomatoes and Mascarpone
Quick, simple and — much as I hate the word — tasty. I know no self-respecting Italian would let tomato seeds sully a sauce, but I do so very happily, and it’s the gloop inside the halved cherry tomat...
www.nigella.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is Gemelli – though you could easily use fusilli or penne instead – with Anchovies, Tomatoes and Mascarpone. I implore you to check out the wonderful comments beneath the recipe, as there is an unmissable one that is an absolute corker! www.nigella.com/recipes/geme...
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How Robert F Kennedy Jr is taking on Big Food
https://www.ft.com/content/7520dfbf-49b2-4d9b-8247-a0b80c5f1314
https://www.ft.com/content/7520dfbf-49b2-4d9b-8247-a0b80c5f1314
How Robert F Kennedy Jr is taking on Big Food
The US health secretary is defying the industry to improve America’s diet. Is he going about it the right way?
www.ft.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
How Robert F Kennedy Jr is taking on Big Food
https://www.ft.com/content/7520dfbf-49b2-4d9b-8247-a0b80c5f1314
https://www.ft.com/content/7520dfbf-49b2-4d9b-8247-a0b80c5f1314
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Canada's crude oil shift to China schools Trump in unintended consequences: Russell reut.rs/3FcIEh7
Canada's crude oil shift to China schools Trump in unintended consequences: Russell
If there is a law of unintended consequences, then a good example is how commodity markets are adjusting to both the realities and the perceived threats of the tariff war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Canada's crude oil shift to China schools Trump in unintended consequences: Russell reut.rs/3FcIEh7
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1/ A detailed inside account of the sinking of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva has been published. It describes how the ship was overwhelmed with fire and smoke, safety systems failed, interior structures collapsed and crewmen jumped out through portholes to save themselves.⬇️
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
1/ A detailed inside account of the sinking of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva has been published. It describes how the ship was overwhelmed with fire and smoke, safety systems failed, interior structures collapsed and crewmen jumped out through portholes to save themselves.⬇️
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From Trump Tower to the White House to the Vatican: inside the tortuous dealmaking to link Ukraine’s resources to US support.
My deep dive into how Zelenskyy lured Trump with Ukraine’s minerals.
www.ft.com/content/7dfe...
My deep dive into how Zelenskyy lured Trump with Ukraine’s minerals.
www.ft.com/content/7dfe...
How Zelenskyy lured Trump with Ukraine’s minerals
From Trump Tower to the Vatican: inside the tortuous dealmaking to link Ukraine’s resources to US support
www.ft.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
From Trump Tower to the White House to the Vatican: inside the tortuous dealmaking to link Ukraine’s resources to US support.
My deep dive into how Zelenskyy lured Trump with Ukraine’s minerals.
www.ft.com/content/7dfe...
My deep dive into how Zelenskyy lured Trump with Ukraine’s minerals.
www.ft.com/content/7dfe...
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The ongoing invasion of Ukraine reveals how an ingrained culture of violence in the Russian military fuels a brutal cycle of coercion and complicity, @atolvin.bsky.social writes.
Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt?
Astonishing death rates and brutal abuse have not kept troops from following orders.
foreignpolicy.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The ongoing invasion of Ukraine reveals how an ingrained culture of violence in the Russian military fuels a brutal cycle of coercion and complicity, @atolvin.bsky.social writes.
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New from me in The Atlantic @theatlantic.com
How Trump is forcing a rethink of Canadian defence policy:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Trump is forcing a rethink of Canadian defence policy:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Upending Canada’s Military
Canada’s long-standing assumptions about national defense just got blown up.
www.theatlantic.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New from me in The Atlantic @theatlantic.com
How Trump is forcing a rethink of Canadian defence policy:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Trump is forcing a rethink of Canadian defence policy:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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US alcohol brands caught up in middle of Canada-US tariff dispute
https://www.ft.com/content/adaa8ffe-349d-45d9-b976-fa8439828532
https://www.ft.com/content/adaa8ffe-349d-45d9-b976-fa8439828532
US alcohol brands caught up in middle of Canada-US tariff dispute
Provinces stop stocking wine, beer and spirits in retaliation for Trump’s trade war and threats to annex country
www.ft.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
US alcohol brands caught up in middle of Canada-US tariff dispute
https://www.ft.com/content/adaa8ffe-349d-45d9-b976-fa8439828532
https://www.ft.com/content/adaa8ffe-349d-45d9-b976-fa8439828532
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Kursk Offensive – A Preliminary Assessment by Frontelligence Insight
With ongoing discussions about the operation’s success, we aimed to provide a detailed overview. Our report examines the key questions surrounding it. Please like and share!
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With ongoing discussions about the operation’s success, we aimed to provide a detailed overview. Our report examines the key questions surrounding it. Please like and share!
frontelligence.substack.com/p/kursk-offe...
Kursk Offensive - A Preliminary Assessment
Operational Assessment: Successes, Setbacks, and Battlefield Attrition
frontelligence.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Kursk Offensive – A Preliminary Assessment by Frontelligence Insight
With ongoing discussions about the operation’s success, we aimed to provide a detailed overview. Our report examines the key questions surrounding it. Please like and share!
frontelligence.substack.com/p/kursk-offe...
With ongoing discussions about the operation’s success, we aimed to provide a detailed overview. Our report examines the key questions surrounding it. Please like and share!
frontelligence.substack.com/p/kursk-offe...
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As I've long argued. No US backstop. No European troops in the Ukraine theatre. So this is unsurprising
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March 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As I've long argued. No US backstop. No European troops in the Ukraine theatre. So this is unsurprising
www.ft.com/content/5bc7...
www.ft.com/content/5bc7...
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Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime”
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/poil...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/poil...
Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime”
Lethbridge, AB - Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre, spoke to a mystified crowd of supporters as he promised to go to Ottawa and “Dink the Rink” while standing in front of a banner emblazoned...
www.thebeaverton.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime”
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/poil...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/poil...