Dave
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Dave
@dhealey.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇺🇦🐈🐾🐬 Retired garden kid. Owned by two cats. Supports posts of snow, mud, trees, hills, sunsets and first kisses. Enjoy the stolen moments...
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"Trump is using Greenland to test how far he can impose his will. If NATO countries acquiesce on this, he will own all of us. Donald Trump is a bully and a megalomaniac. If we let him take Greenland, he will only want more."
#StandWithGreenland 🇬🇱
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Ah, yes. The art of the deal from our whacked southern cousin... smrt like candy 🤦

In brief: US admin pushed up tariffs on CDN potash, then realizes they need another affordable supply. Buy BYN potash, disregard shortfall in supply... but looks good to a certain electorate 😎
The U.S. is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, U.S. presidential envoy to Minsk John Cole said on Dec. 13 following a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, in exchange for the release of political prisoners in Belarus.
US lifts sanctions on Belarusian potash, as Minsk releases over 100 political prisoners
The U.S. is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, U.S. presidential envoy to Minsk John Cole said on Dec. 13 following a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, in exchange for the rele...
kyivindependent.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Indeed it is.

M Gurney reported that the messaging to the US admin may be more blunt behind doors. Read his observations at the Halifax International Security Forum: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We still have much to learn...

So, so, much 🌼
New research led by Dalhousie, with help from Hakai, reveals that killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins may be cooperatively foraging off northern Vancouver Island. Using drones and underwater tags, researchers captured whales following dolphins on deep dives.

Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The people know best, not the father...

Thank you, president Zelensky, of showing us what a democratic process is.
⚡️ 'Elections or referendum' — Zelensky affirms Ukrainians will decide territorial concessions.

"The Russians want the whole of Donbas — we don't accept that," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "I believe that the Ukrainian people will answer this question," he added.
'Elections or referendum' — Zelensky affirms Ukrainians will decide territorial concessions
"The Russians want the whole of Donbas — we don't accept that," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "I believe that the Ukrainian people will answer this question," he added.
kyivindependent.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Small things can do great things 🙂
A wife bought the freshest flowers in Kramatorsk for her beloved, planning to give them to him when he returns from his position💔 Support Ukraine’s defenders: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A number of those in France who supported the use of M. Louis's committee's machine at some point had a face to face meeting with it. It was a very short encounter.
Apparently the idea that revolutions tend to eat their own is not a concept this genius considered when proposing this.
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🤭

If the US Admin / Project 25 are going to make it official their empire building dreams via the 2025 NSS, then it's only fair game that EU countries starting building their version of The Wall.
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It would not surprise me if think tanks and R&D departments are offered funding to develop the tools of 1984 & Minority Report.

This admin is on a path to devour it's own ☹️
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Aaannnddd for something a little different:

'Although the Applicant objected to the presence of Rico in the court room, the conference proceeded with the Respondent and Rico present.'

Rico is a snake (!)

www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/d...
www.canlii.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BLAM!!

Black cat into a black hole - outstanding 🐾
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“The US is now officially committed, alongside Moscow, to interfering in European electoral politics to promote nationalist and anti-EU parties of the far right.”

We in the North would do well to watch closely how US foreign policy plays out in the EU.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A clear call to Europe's leaders.

Find the courage & political will to hold this POTUS accountable. Look for inspiration in the faith and strength of Zelensky and his peole.
Trump is pushing Zelensky to accept a deal before Christmas, giving him just days to respond, FT reports. The so-called peace plan would force Ukraine to give up territory in exchange for vague US security guarantees.

Once again, Trump acts like it's his call to decide Ukraine’s future. It’s not.
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There are wounds eons deep in this conflict, and they will stretch across generations.

We must not allow our support to waver, should this darkness ever come to pass. The brave citizens of Ukraine will still need us.
The Odesa coast is a perfect place for contemplation.

“Waves touched his feet. He didn’t try to step aside. He just looked at the sea, and no one disturbed that moment. Beautiful eyes filled with pain. A moment that is hard to put into words,” wrote his wife, Nataliia.
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Brave move with very important stakes at hand.

I expect security would mean closing of the skies & cease fire along current lines of contact.

There is a good chance that VZ would win, or another strong leader. P25's hopes of regime change would wither fast 😎
⚡️ BREAKING: Zelenskyy says Ukraine could hold elections in 60 to 90 days if the U.S. and Europe provide security so people can vote.

He added he has asked Ukrainian lawmakers to prepare legal changes for elections during martial law and is ready to take part once proposals arrive.
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Good to hear about so many going to UA.

However, a bunch are now headed to ICE with our Southern cousin... at what point will we be facing down our own iron in the inevitable invasion P25 has such a hankering for 🤷‍♂️
Over 2,000 Roshel Senator armored vehicles have been delivered to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to company head Roman Shimonov. The Canadian-made vehicles are a backbone of Ukraine’s mobility, used for troop transport, logistics, medevac, and high-risk missions.
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Blunt & simple: '...not some shady bazaar.'
“You’ll get the hole from a bagel, not Ukraine,” said Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, addressing Russia at a Security Council meeting.

“Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen,”

All the more reason to keep our needs to engage our Southern cousin to a minimum...

#cdnpoli

www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
Kyiv keeps insisting war should be frozen along current lines.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Notes to hold back the darkness...

#sundaylight
Spending the holidays in warmth and with electricity is an uncertainty for millions of Ukrainians. Yet despite this fatigue and anxiety, music always heals the heart. This musician — playing Shchedryk in an underpass during a blackout — brings light to people💔
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
'Ukraine is not for sale'
“Putin is negotiating for what he doesn’t own. And Ukraine is not for sale,” — President Zelensky

Clear. Direct. Impossible to twist.

While the Kremlin tries to bargain with stolen land and stolen lives, Ukraine reminds the world of a simple truth:👇
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🙏
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Registers rule 🐾

Happy #caturday 🐈
Feeling cozy there Fluffy?
Her favorite place in the winter
#staywarm #Caturday
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sometimes the simple solution is the best. Unfortunately, this is RU footage... Unknown of UA is using similar tactics.
Russians started doing what I suggested earlier for interceptors - to keep them reusable, no explosives needed.

Just poke through the UAV, most of them won't be able to withstand that. Especially in this specific case, the poked UAV - Darts - is extremely cheap.
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A reoccurring daytime nightmare.

Project25 -> 2025 US NSS -> a gliding darkness that will swallow my nation (🇨🇦), and a gentle neighbour (🇬🇱) into their Father is Right vision of the world.

How do I wake up from this?
Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM