Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@hisbpf.bsky.social
Military historian at NUS, Habs fan, Gunner tragic, and, most important, father of Conor. All opinions my own. Standing with Ukraine. 🇺🇦Denouncing terrorists. 🇨🇦 living and working in 🇸🇬. Trump will be defeated. Stand tall Canada. Never 51.🇨🇦
We are waiting Yanks, if you can even get to us. It’s OUR game 🇨🇦
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
We are waiting Yanks, if you can even get to us. It’s OUR game 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 to every other team in the tournament: it’s our game.
McDavid, Crosby score as Canada remains undefeated with win over Switzerland
Connor McDavid scored his first Olympic goal and Macklin Celebrini and Sidney Crosby also scored as Canada moved to 2-0 at Milano Cortina 2026 with a 5-1 win over Switzerland on Friday.
www.tsn.ca
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
🇨🇦 to every other team in the tournament: it’s our game.
This is the most accurate reporting I have ever heard:
Louise Boyce on Instagram: "In today’s news … sorry. Not sorry. #MamaStillGotIt
Credit to @harvey_hawks_comedian for the original version"
18K likes, 326 comments - mamastillgotit_ on February 12, 2026: "In today’s news … sorry. Not sorry. #MamaStillGotIt
Credit to @harvey_hawks_comedian for the original version".
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February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
This is the most accurate reporting I have ever heard:
Already on Wednesday, six House Republicans joined with Democrats to block Trump’s Canada tariffs. Given the Senate already voted against those tariffs, that means majorities of both GOP-controlled chambers are now on-record opposing what Trump has done.
Let the trickle become a flood.
Let the trickle become a flood.
After letting Trump abuse it for a year, the legislative branch shows a little pride | CNN Politics
This week brought fresh signs that as President Donald Trump’s popularity withers, Republicans in Congress are starting to reassert some of the prerogatives — and pride — that they abandoned during hi...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Already on Wednesday, six House Republicans joined with Democrats to block Trump’s Canada tariffs. Given the Senate already voted against those tariffs, that means majorities of both GOP-controlled chambers are now on-record opposing what Trump has done.
Let the trickle become a flood.
Let the trickle become a flood.
Duh.
A year in, it’s official: Americans, not foreigners, are paying for Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirms what economists have long warned about: The burden of tariffs is borne almost entirely by the people living in the country that imposes ...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Duh.
Team USA: be afraid.
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Team USA: be afraid.
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Always nice to get a book in the mail and today comes @hisbpf.bsky.social ‘s super tome on SOF in Malaya 1942
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Always nice to get a book in the mail and today comes @hisbpf.bsky.social ‘s super tome on SOF in Malaya 1942
government should treat the UK’s major manuscript collections as an important national and international resource and organise funding for digitising manuscripts and catalogues and for security for digitised images. In an AI world this should be invious.
Technology companies might screw up again …
Technology companies might screw up again …
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
government should treat the UK’s major manuscript collections as an important national and international resource and organise funding for digitising manuscripts and catalogues and for security for digitised images. In an AI world this should be invious.
Technology companies might screw up again …
Technology companies might screw up again …
Authorities said Van Rootselaar was born a biological male but identified as a woman.
"I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female," Dwayne McDonald, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner, said. (Died age 18)
"I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female," Dwayne McDonald, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner, said. (Died age 18)
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Authorities said Van Rootselaar was born a biological male but identified as a woman.
"I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female," Dwayne McDonald, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner, said. (Died age 18)
"I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female," Dwayne McDonald, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner, said. (Died age 18)
For shame IOC. For shame.
3/3
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
For shame IOC. For shame.
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3/3
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
3/3
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
He was banned from racing in that helmet.
He was disqualified before he could compete.
When an athlete stands for truth, honour, and remembrance, that is already a victory.
Thank you, Vladyslav, for defending their dignity 🇺🇦
#MemoryCannotBeBanned
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US military aid to Ukraine was the single most effective military spending we’ve had since aiding the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. We reduced Russia’s military by like half for circa five percent of the annual Pentagon budget. That’s a goddamn bargain.
And Trump has spoiled it.
And Trump has spoiled it.
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
US military aid to Ukraine was the single most effective military spending we’ve had since aiding the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. We reduced Russia’s military by like half for circa five percent of the annual Pentagon budget. That’s a goddamn bargain.
And Trump has spoiled it.
And Trump has spoiled it.
This is correct
China is waging war on Europe in Ukraine, and too many Europeans choose to look away.
China is not a partner to us, but an enemy
China is not a partner to us, but an enemy
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is correct
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"The failed vote comes as House Democrats are preparing to force a vote to terminate Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on Canada."
Breaking MS NOW:
In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs.
The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.
In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs.
The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.
House Republicans revolt over GOP’s attempt to hand Trump Congress’ tariff authority
In a rare defeat, three House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress’ ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs.
www.ms.now
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
"The failed vote comes as House Democrats are preparing to force a vote to terminate Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on Canada."
Music is a matter of very personal taste. I liked the message of the Super Bowl halftime show but I thought the music was awful. I’m glad it triggered the dotard. But that’s not my idea of good music.
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Music is a matter of very personal taste. I liked the message of the Super Bowl halftime show but I thought the music was awful. I’m glad it triggered the dotard. But that’s not my idea of good music.
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Turned out to be worth as much as the assurances we gave Ukraine in 1994 that we wouldn't ever invade them.
This was a shock to such scholars of Russia as Mearsheimer, Hitchens and dipshitbunchofnumbershammerandsickle
This was a shock to such scholars of Russia as Mearsheimer, Hitchens and dipshitbunchofnumbershammerandsickle
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Turned out to be worth as much as the assurances we gave Ukraine in 1994 that we wouldn't ever invade them.
This was a shock to such scholars of Russia as Mearsheimer, Hitchens and dipshitbunchofnumbershammerandsickle
This was a shock to such scholars of Russia as Mearsheimer, Hitchens and dipshitbunchofnumbershammerandsickle
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It amuses Prez that half the people now doing mental backflips over Chomsky have blocked Prez over his views on Chomsky.
February 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
It amuses Prez that half the people now doing mental backflips over Chomsky have blocked Prez over his views on Chomsky.
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The absolute best quote from the Epstein files…
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 AM
The absolute best quote from the Epstein files…
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Really living up to the quote: "The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards."
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
Pentagon ends training, fellowship programs with Harvard, Hegseth says
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said late on Friday his department was ending all military training, fellowships, and certificate programs with Harvard University in what marks the Trump administration's ...
www.reuters.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Really living up to the quote: "The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards."
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...