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Canadian, Newfoundlander, veteran, father, motorcyclist, retired tradesman, licensed firearms owner and sport shooter.
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A decent start.
8 tankers crossing the pond.
8 tankers crossing the pond.
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 AM
A decent start.
8 tankers crossing the pond.
8 tankers crossing the pond.
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Gold price: $4868/oz
Silver price: $94.43/oz
Silver price: $94.43/oz
January 21, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Gold price: $4868/oz
Silver price: $94.43/oz
Silver price: $94.43/oz
NEW: Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure cut power to electrical substations powering the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on January 20, consistent with a recent warning from Ukrainian military intelligence. 🧵(1/9)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar012026
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar012026
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 AM
"Zelensky said earlier a "significant number" of targets had been intercepted. But he also said that, in terms of air defence missile prices alone, repelling that attack had cost Ukraine about €80m (£69m)."
#RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianUkrainianWar
#RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianUkrainianWar
Ukraine's parliament and half of Kyiv with no heating after Russian strikes
President Zelensky says Russia has started using "far more" ballistic missiles in its attacks on Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"Zelensky said earlier a "significant number" of targets had been intercepted. But he also said that, in terms of air defence missile prices alone, repelling that attack had cost Ukraine about €80m (£69m)."
#RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianUkrainianWar
#RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianUkrainianWar
What a joke. Really? You just signed some MOU's with one of the worst global bullies of all: China.
I don't know how #MarkCarney manages to keep a straight face when gaslighting Canada and the rest of the world like this.
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #geopolitics
I don't know how #MarkCarney manages to keep a straight face when gaslighting Canada and the rest of the world like this.
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #geopolitics
Carney urges countries to call out 'hegemons' and bullies in striking WEF speech
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a striking speech at the World Economic Forum in which he exhorted countries to band together.
nationalpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
What a joke. Really? You just signed some MOU's with one of the worst global bullies of all: China.
I don't know how #MarkCarney manages to keep a straight face when gaslighting Canada and the rest of the world like this.
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #geopolitics
I don't know how #MarkCarney manages to keep a straight face when gaslighting Canada and the rest of the world like this.
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #geopolitics
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Trump resends post that says NATO is real threat instead of Russia/China.
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Trump resends post that says NATO is real threat instead of Russia/China.
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen once again told Donald Trump to “fuck off,” repeating the same words he used in 2025 during a European Parliament debate about Greenland. His earlier remark went viral and drew a formal reprimand from Parliament leaders. #Europe
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen once again told Donald Trump to “fuck off,” repeating the same words he used in 2025 during a European Parliament debate about Greenland. His earlier remark went viral and drew a formal reprimand from Parliament leaders. #Europe
Russia launched a mass attack on Ukraine overnight with drones and missiles, hitting Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Vinnytsia and Poltava. The left bank of Kyiv lost power and heat in over 5,600 buildings. One person was killed near Bucha. Ukraine reports the first use of Russia’s new Iskander-I missile.
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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OpenAI has absolutely zero ideas. They have no business. This is not a real business line and it’s so utterly vague and specious, I’m shocked at the credulousness to just print it without saying “there is no logical way this works of course” or talking about how the CFO of OpenAI is saying nonsense
January 20, 2026 at 5:11 AM
OpenAI has absolutely zero ideas. They have no business. This is not a real business line and it’s so utterly vague and specious, I’m shocked at the credulousness to just print it without saying “there is no logical way this works of course” or talking about how the CFO of OpenAI is saying nonsense
NEW: The United States’ framework for sustaining success against ISIS in northeastern Syria is collapsing.
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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The Kremlin reportedly established a list of the top five State Duma candidates to represent the Kremlin’s United Russia ruling party in the September 2026 State Duma elections.
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011926
Other Key Takeaways:
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011926
Other Key Takeaways:
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The Kremlin reportedly established a list of the top five State Duma candidates to represent the Kremlin’s United Russia ruling party in the September 2026 State Duma elections.
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011926
Other Key Takeaways:
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011926
Other Key Takeaways:
"One might reasonably hope there were constitutional implications to seizing any law-abiding Canadian’s property just because the government doesn’t like the look of the property."
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #ScrapTheBan #Non-Confidence #VoteThemOut
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #ScrapTheBan #Non-Confidence #VoteThemOut
“It’s good that they’re not proud of [the gun 'buyback']. That’s the first step toward abandoning it, which they eventually will; the only question is how much money will have been pissed away... It’s a disaster on arrival, and a boondoggle in the making.” #cdnpoli
nationalpost.com/opinion/chri...
nationalpost.com/opinion/chri...
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"One might reasonably hope there were constitutional implications to seizing any law-abiding Canadian’s property just because the government doesn’t like the look of the property."
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #ScrapTheBan #Non-Confidence #VoteThemOut
#cdnpoli #cdnnews #ScrapTheBan #Non-Confidence #VoteThemOut
On top of everything, there is a severe solar storm underway.
January 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Per CNN: full message exchange between Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, writing on behalf of himself and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and US President Donald Trump (shared via @archer83able.bsky.social on Twitter)
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January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Per CNN: full message exchange between Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, writing on behalf of himself and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and US President Donald Trump (shared via @archer83able.bsky.social on Twitter)
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The Carney Liberals can't be voted out of office soon enough. This should be obvious to any Canadian by now; a PM who not very long ago referred to China as Canada's biggest security threat, now signing agreements with China that will allow them to further compromise our nation.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Tracey Wilson, VP of public relations for the CCFR, says she has no faith govt “will do the right thing: Focus instead on crime, violence & gun smuggling... Anybody who cares about liberty, property rights... the focus should be removing this govt from power.” #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Carney Liberals can't be voted out of office soon enough. This should be obvious to any Canadian by now; a PM who not very long ago referred to China as Canada's biggest security threat, now signing agreements with China that will allow them to further compromise our nation.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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To all actors who have played crazy tyrannical megalomaniac monarchs, I sincerely apologize that events have overtaken your parody and exaggeration. Please try harder to be unrealistic next time.
January 19, 2026 at 7:11 AM
To all actors who have played crazy tyrannical megalomaniac monarchs, I sincerely apologize that events have overtaken your parody and exaggeration. Please try harder to be unrealistic next time.
Was honored to get the call to be one of The Guardian’s Big Interviews in G2. A thorough and thoughtful piece that digs into the real fundaments of the AI bubble narrative.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
NEW: Russian forces are reportedly preparing to conduct long-range strikes against substations powering Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar011826
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar011826
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
January 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada
The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A 20-year-old woman was killed in Kharkiv after a Russian drone struck a residential building. Emergency services are clearing the rubble, and reports say more people may be trapped inside.
January 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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NEW: US and Ukrainian officials held another round of peace negotiations in Miami, Florida on January 17. 🧵(1/4)
Iran Update, January 17, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar011726
Iran Update, January 17, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar011726
January 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian officials held another round of peace negotiations in Miami, Florida on January 17. 🧵(1/4)
Iran Update, January 17, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar011726
Iran Update, January 17, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar011726