Valley of the Ghosts
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In 1895, in the remote West Kootenays of British Columbia, a narrow gauge railway was built to reach the richest silver mines in the world. By 1910 rampant development destroyed almost everything, a story still very relevant today. Click pics, read ALTs.
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Americans deserve better than a fascist leader.
The next generation will do much better, if anything survives.
Impeach Trump and stop the insanity.
The next generation will do much better, if anything survives.
Impeach Trump and stop the insanity.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Americans deserve better than a fascist leader.
The next generation will do much better, if anything survives.
Impeach Trump and stop the insanity.
The next generation will do much better, if anything survives.
Impeach Trump and stop the insanity.
Serious timeline cleanse.
youtu.be/SWcN6mFGIXI
youtu.be/SWcN6mFGIXI
English Beat - twist and crawl
YouTube video by deekomodska65
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Serious timeline cleanse.
youtu.be/SWcN6mFGIXI
youtu.be/SWcN6mFGIXI
This deserves quoting.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This deserves quoting.
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The Telegraph has published the EU 24-point proposal for ending russia's invasion of Ukraine.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Telegraph has published the EU 24-point proposal for ending russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The extraordinary music by Christobal Tapia de Veer from the British TV series "Utopia". Don't bother with the US knockoff TV version.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_...
Utopia Overture
YouTube video by Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The extraordinary music by Christobal Tapia de Veer from the British TV series "Utopia". Don't bother with the US knockoff TV version.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_...
So if you've been trying to figure out what the hell just happened in the last day or two, JoJoFromJerz sums it up as well or better than anyone else I've read.
The only other plausible explanation is Trump is sliding into dementia, and everyone else is covering.
The only other plausible explanation is Trump is sliding into dementia, and everyone else is covering.
Diplomacy for Dummies: Duck and Cover Edition
What a fucking shitshow.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So if you've been trying to figure out what the hell just happened in the last day or two, JoJoFromJerz sums it up as well or better than anyone else I've read.
The only other plausible explanation is Trump is sliding into dementia, and everyone else is covering.
The only other plausible explanation is Trump is sliding into dementia, and everyone else is covering.
The Toronto Holodomor Memorial includes a replica of Lviv's “Bitter Memory of Childhood” («Гіркий спогад дитинства») sculpted by Ukrainian artist Petro Drozdovsky. Winnipeg and Regina also have replicas.
education.holodomor.ca/introduction...
education.holodomor.ca/introduction...
Holodomor Monuments in Canada - HREC Education
In 2013 on the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor, Prime Minister, Stephen Harper issued the following statement; “Tomorrow Canadians and people around the world will pause to remember the millions of ...
education.holodomor.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Timeline cleanse in a strange time.
youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ
youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ
Rush - Time Stand Still (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RushVEVO
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Timeline cleanse in a strange time.
youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ
youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ
We must understand that we are the Free World, and we are facing a russian predator.
We must defend our democracies, cultures, and freedoms. We must defend against predations from Putin and his oligarch friends. Putin wants to destroy our democracies.
We also have to defend against Trump.
We must defend our democracies, cultures, and freedoms. We must defend against predations from Putin and his oligarch friends. Putin wants to destroy our democracies.
We also have to defend against Trump.
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We must understand that we are the Free World, and we are facing a russian predator.
We must defend our democracies, cultures, and freedoms. We must defend against predations from Putin and his oligarch friends. Putin wants to destroy our democracies.
We also have to defend against Trump.
We must defend our democracies, cultures, and freedoms. We must defend against predations from Putin and his oligarch friends. Putin wants to destroy our democracies.
We also have to defend against Trump.
Timeline cleanse:
Rush. Time Stands Still.
Rush. Time Stands Still.
Rush - Time Stand Still (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RushVEVO
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Timeline cleanse:
Rush. Time Stands Still.
Rush. Time Stands Still.
I'm starting to be convinced Trump dementia can explain a great deal of his recent posts.
Trump backstabbing Ukraine and betraying the US to push Russian interests will hurt global US influence, its defence industry, its reputation, its economy, its safety, and Americans as a result
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm starting to be convinced Trump dementia can explain a great deal of his recent posts.
Old music videos completely foresaw today's news.
Genesis - Land of Confusion (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Genesis
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Old music videos completely foresaw today's news.
Sometimes AI captures the moment quite well.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sometimes AI captures the moment quite well.
Ukraine has the momentum now.
Putin can't support his continuing war against Ukraine. For the first time, russian gold reserves are being sold to maintain the russian economy. The russian elite are starting to feel the effects.
So much pressure now from Putin to shorten the war.
Putin can't support his continuing war against Ukraine. For the first time, russian gold reserves are being sold to maintain the russian economy. The russian elite are starting to feel the effects.
So much pressure now from Putin to shorten the war.
Shaturskaya Thermal Power Plant in the Moscow region after the night drone strikes
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Ukraine has the momentum now.
Putin can't support his continuing war against Ukraine. For the first time, russian gold reserves are being sold to maintain the russian economy. The russian elite are starting to feel the effects.
So much pressure now from Putin to shorten the war.
Putin can't support his continuing war against Ukraine. For the first time, russian gold reserves are being sold to maintain the russian economy. The russian elite are starting to feel the effects.
So much pressure now from Putin to shorten the war.
Ukrainian sumo prodigy Aonishiki wins Emperor's Cup in Japan!
Aonishiki: Ukraine sumo prodigy becomes champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo championship.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ukrainian sumo prodigy Aonishiki wins Emperor's Cup in Japan!
Reposted by Valley of the Ghosts
On this day 22 years ago, the Rose Revolution happened in Georgia.
Its ideals of a modernized state and building European democracy clashed with the (post-)Soviet corrupt and crony elites, who had their revenge in 2012 through installing the Georgian Dream, now the dictatorship in Georgia.
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Its ideals of a modernized state and building European democracy clashed with the (post-)Soviet corrupt and crony elites, who had their revenge in 2012 through installing the Georgian Dream, now the dictatorship in Georgia.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On this day 22 years ago, the Rose Revolution happened in Georgia.
Its ideals of a modernized state and building European democracy clashed with the (post-)Soviet corrupt and crony elites, who had their revenge in 2012 through installing the Georgian Dream, now the dictatorship in Georgia.
1/
Its ideals of a modernized state and building European democracy clashed with the (post-)Soviet corrupt and crony elites, who had their revenge in 2012 through installing the Georgian Dream, now the dictatorship in Georgia.
1/
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Trump backstabbing Ukraine and betraying the US to push Russian interests will hurt global US influence, its defence industry, its reputation, its economy, its safety, and Americans as a result
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Trump backstabbing Ukraine and betraying the US to push Russian interests will hurt global US influence, its defence industry, its reputation, its economy, its safety, and Americans as a result
Reposted by Valley of the Ghosts
People need to realize that Russia and Trump are pushing this now not just because of the front and the corruption scandal in Ukraine, but because Ukraine’s deep strikes are hurting Russia’s economy.
Russia can’t afford for it to get worse and sees an opportunity
Russia can’t afford for it to get worse and sees an opportunity
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
People need to realize that Russia and Trump are pushing this now not just because of the front and the corruption scandal in Ukraine, but because Ukraine’s deep strikes are hurting Russia’s economy.
Russia can’t afford for it to get worse and sees an opportunity
Russia can’t afford for it to get worse and sees an opportunity
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FM of Lithuania makes a very good point that I’ve been repeating for over a year: it’s not only about Ukraine, Putin is set to dismantle NATO.
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
FM of Lithuania makes a very good point that I’ve been repeating for over a year: it’s not only about Ukraine, Putin is set to dismantle NATO.
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An excellent deep dive into the 28-point 'peace" plan, by Molly McKew:
"There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan than as a standard Russian exercise in reflexive control, the outcome of which is the elevation of Russia’s status and the diminishment of American credibility and power."
"There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan than as a standard Russian exercise in reflexive control, the outcome of which is the elevation of Russia’s status and the diminishment of American credibility and power."
28 Points Later
A definitive guide to the Russian zombie diplomacy of Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine — aka what happens when you let the Russians eat your brains
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
An excellent deep dive into the 28-point 'peace" plan, by Molly McKew:
"There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan than as a standard Russian exercise in reflexive control, the outcome of which is the elevation of Russia’s status and the diminishment of American credibility and power."
"There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan than as a standard Russian exercise in reflexive control, the outcome of which is the elevation of Russia’s status and the diminishment of American credibility and power."
Heather Cox Richardson writes an excellent piece on the 28-point "peace" plan in her Substack.
It also includes a summary of the 2016 Paul Manafort "backdoor" Mariupol Plan from Trump's first term that looks very very similar.
"And now it appears Russia is pushing Trump to deliver it."
It also includes a summary of the 2016 Paul Manafort "backdoor" Mariupol Plan from Trump's first term that looks very very similar.
"And now it appears Russia is pushing Trump to deliver it."
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Heather Cox Richardson writes an excellent piece on the 28-point "peace" plan in her Substack.
It also includes a summary of the 2016 Paul Manafort "backdoor" Mariupol Plan from Trump's first term that looks very very similar.
"And now it appears Russia is pushing Trump to deliver it."
It also includes a summary of the 2016 Paul Manafort "backdoor" Mariupol Plan from Trump's first term that looks very very similar.
"And now it appears Russia is pushing Trump to deliver it."
Anne Applebaum's very important piece in The Atlantic. Gift Article so everyone is able to read it.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Anne Applebaum's very important piece in The Atlantic. Gift Article so everyone is able to read it.
Not a peace plan: but a corrupt deal in the tradition of Ribbentrop-Molotov and Yalta.
The definitive piece on this proposal.
The definitive piece on this proposal.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM