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Mary Zed 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@maryzed.bsky.social
Proudly Canadian.Globally interested.
Europe&Asia focused. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ally.
Knowledge mobilizer/researcher by day.
Photographer/adventurer by night.
Views are my own.
#geopolitics #internationaltrade #military #music #chronicillness #sexualhealth
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In case anyone needs a "feed cleanser" ... a few of my favourite shots of what Quebec has been up to lately... nature wise. 😍

#quebec #autumn #laurentians #appalachiafaultline #canada #northernlights
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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tune in for my annual state of the world speech live from tokyo:
Ian Bremmer 2025 State of the World
Live from Tokyo, Ian Bremmer will deliver his ‘State of the World’, an analytical look at the most important geopolitical moments in the year that have moved markets, altered policy priorities, and re...
www.gzeromedia.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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See the difference? 👀

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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THIS!! Huge blow for Putin’s war machine as UK sanctions Russian oil

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Huge blow for Putin’s war machine as UK sanctions Russian oil
Russia’s largest oil companies and global businesses propping up Putin’s illegal war have been hit by fresh sanctions as the UK moves to increase pressure on Kremlin revenues.
www.gov.uk
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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How to negotiate with Putin: First, make sure he knows he can't win
From @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”
Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
www.thebulwark.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In case anyone needs a "feed cleanser" ... a few of my favourite shots of what Quebec has been up to lately... nature wise. 😍

#quebec #autumn #laurentians #appalachiafaultline #canada #northernlights
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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The danger of dark money
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Vadym meets his son for the first time -the boy who was born during a massive Russian attack that killed his mom&badly injured dad

On September 7,during a Russian strike on #Kyiv, Vadym&Tetiana Sakiian were injured.Tetiana was pregnant,doctors had to perform an emergency delivery of her son, Nazar.
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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🔥 Drones hit one of Russia's largest oil refineries in Leningrad Oblast
Drones hit one of Russia's largest oil refineries in Leningrad Oblast – video
www.pravda.com.ua
October 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Welcome to show trials: USA franchise. Premiering fall 2025.
The goal is not to convict. They have nothing. The goal is to show everyone their power. Look what we can DO…it’s perception over reality and it hurts us all. youtube.com/shorts/N0ggj...
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM