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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 12h

Judging Caribe from Maizal for the @vanfoodster.bsky.social Best #SandwichChallengeYVR 2025. It's like a fusion of a fusion: a sandwich version of Tacos al Pastor that came from the Mexican-born progeny of Lebanese immigrants. Details in ALT and at vancouverfoodster.com/2025/09/25/v....

Caribe sandwich entry from Maizal Mexican Restaurant for the Vancouver Foodster Best Sandwich Challenge 2025.

The Vancouver Foodster Best Sandwich Challenge 2025 runs from September 25 - October 19. Gather friends & family to visit the participating restaurants, order the special creation, then VOTE for your People’s Choice favorites.

Check out the creations from participating restaurants at https://vancouverfoodster.com/2025/09/25/vancouver-sandwich-challenge-7/.

Share your Experiences:
To share your photos on Instagram and TikTok, use the @vanfoodster & @foodsterchallenges addresses, and #SandwichChallengeYVR in your hashtags.

How to Vote:
Look for the Best Sandwich Challenge poster at each of the participating restaurants, scan the QR code, then vote for your favorites.

Alternatively, you can vote online at https://m.shortstack.page/7pN1x. You can vote once every 24 hours. Voting ends on October 19 at 11:30pm.

Keep in mind originality, creativity, traditional vs. non-traditional, price, value, and most importantly, taste.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 13h

Coming up at the Richmond Public Library on October 28, 4pm-5:30pm... Canadian History You Never Knew: Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War. Register for limited in person seating at yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/68bc8.... You can also join by Zoom.

Canadian History You Never Knew: Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War (Hybrid in-person)

“I never knew when I was a kid, that there were Japanese names on the Vimy Memorial, but in fact, there are 24. We’re a part of Canada and we have been for a long time.” --Roy Ito, Teacher & Principal...

yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 16h

"Are we in a new Cold War? It’s complicated. There are some similarities between the Cold War and today, but also important differences." fsi.stanford.edu/news/five-le...

Five Lessons on How the World’s Great Powers Compete, and Why

Professor Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, offers key takeaways from his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America and the New Global Disorder

fsi.stanford.edu

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 15h

While we wait to see if the Tomahawk story is a sequel to Storm Shadow or Taurus, here are some weapons systems that have been game changers in Ukraine: youtu.be/DfCspYYPi5I?....

"Game Changers" in Ukraine (2025) - Evaluating Effective, Disappointing and Weird Systems

YouTube video by Perun

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

"At the turn of the century the African “big man” looked like a cold-war relic. Today a new generation of leaders is intent on ruling for long stints. Their aims are helped by the Trump administration’s lack of interest in African democracy...their template for power will live on."

Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 18h

Personalist autocracy is bad for growth. My WP with @chrisblattman.bsky.social and Arthur Yu featured in the @economist.com.

The new age of the African Big Man

Ageing autocrats are not a relic of a bygone age. They are a template for the future

economist.com

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow at 19:00BST I’ll be on @ww2tv.bsky.social having a chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos and answering your questions! So if there’s something you want to know about the Third Arakan and/or the book, now is your chance to ask! ☺️

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

Congratulations, Lucy 👏🏼. Looking forward to seeing you on #WW2TV with @ww2tv.bsky.social today.

www.youtube.com/live/u6Qgnt6...

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

YouTube video by WW2TV

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

If you can make it, she will be on #WW2TV in less than 3 hours: www.youtube.com/live/u6Qgnt6.... Episode will be recorded.

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

YouTube video by WW2TV

www.youtube.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

If you can make it, she will be on #WW2TV in less than 3 hours: www.youtube.com/live/u6Qgnt6.... Episode will be recorded.

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

YouTube video by WW2TV

www.youtube.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

What's happening with them Tomahawks, Charlie?
Two minutes, Turkish.
It was two minutes five minutes ago.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17h

"Instead of seeking power through military alliances or bases, Beijing is building an ecosystem where its growth fuels prosperity for partners. That prosperity, in turn, creates lasting structural dependencies that translate into geopolitical influence."
- substack.com/home/post/p-...

China’s 2040 Vision: Economic Spillover as Geopolitical Strategy

The Grand Strategy Hidden in Plain Sight

substack.com

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

What's happening with them Tomahawks, Charlie?

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Fellow #WW2TV presenter, @mikehistorian.bsky.social, now has his book, "Glider Pilots in Sicily", available in paperback. Details below. Catch his appearance with @ww2tv.bsky.social at www.youtube.com/live/KnDxxoe....

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Mike 👏🏼

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Mike Peters @mikehistorian.bsky.social · 5d

Great news! Glider Pilots in Sicily is now available in paperback. Follow the link below to order your copy. Find out about the GPR and its pivotal role in Operation Ladbroke and Operation Fustian.

Pen and Sword Books: Glider Pilots in Sicily - Paperback share.google/mHHysWrpgXSE...

Glider Pilots in Sicily

This well-researched book by an expert of his subject lifts the veil on the first large scale British use of gliders in action. This occurred…

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

#histbookchat Had hoped this book would show how Canada evolved from racist White Dominion to multiculturalism. It doesn't. Starting in 1945, it mostly avoids the former. Instead, this is a laudatory portrayal of Establishment political rhetoric shaping the aspirational myth of Canada the Good.

Book cover of "Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity" by Raymond B. Blake.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Due to $$$ trillions in fossil fuel assets & investments, captured politicians, and the delusions of abundance, Canada will NEVER meet emissions reduction targets without serious pain. Just look at the push for more fossil fuel extraction. Shameful.

timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Melting #permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100. If it does get released, it will be discharged into the atmosphere and further increase the planet-warming greenhouse gases. ca.news.yahoo.com/melting-perm... #globalwarming

Melting permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100

A new study says billions of tonnes of defrosted carbon could end up getting released into the atmosphere by 2100 as a result of melting permafrost, further adding to the planet's warming from more gr...

ca.news.yahoo.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

"Once a nation’s power grids, ports, or telecom networks rely on Chinese infrastructure, its choices in moments of crisis become sharply limited. Economic partnership becomes geopolitical leverage."
- substack.com/home/post/p-...

China’s 2040 Vision: Economic Spillover as Geopolitical Strategy

The Grand Strategy Hidden in Plain Sight

substack.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Been getting a number of Ukraine soldier impersonators following me recently. Be careful! Don't automatically follow back. Verify first. @verificationunit.bsky.social has some good advice at blog.verification-unit.com/2025/02/scam....

Scam Spotting 101: 1-16

Education, Scamology, Scam Spotting,

blog.verification-unit.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Ich hoffe das Beste. Ich habe mehr Vertrauen in Europa. Slava Ukrayiny!

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

"Elections BC investigations director Adam Barnes said in the letter that Wilson must pay a penalty of $600 for contravening the Election Act."

😂No deterrent. Probably his Friday evening charcuterie budget.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Es ist ein Zeitverschwendungstrick. Dies ist ein Muster.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

Strittiger Punkt. Trump wird keine Tomahawks schicken.

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Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social · 1d

VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. Vancouver director Natalie Murao's film is at International Village at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...

VIFF 2025: "Tears Burn to Ash" depicts diaspora's distance from ancestral homeland - Pancouver

Veena Yamano plays a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian in her 20s who lands in Tokyo in "Tears Burn to Ash".

pancouver.ca

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1d

XTX is Chinese Grunge. I have this CD: youtu.be/DCD7UJq3m-s?....

阿詩瑪

YouTube video by Release - Topic

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