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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Damn Liberals.
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Damn Liberals.
@[email protected] says Ukraine is 3D-printing drones for russia in order to fool the EU. A very suspicious account, and possible bot farm.
Report and block.
Report and block.
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Reposted by Valley of the Ghosts
Jasmine Crockett uses Trump insults to launch her campaign! I am so here for it!🙌🏾
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Jasmine Crockett uses Trump insults to launch her campaign! I am so here for it!🙌🏾
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Russia’s war economy continues to survive in part due to transit routes and financial loopholes in countries not officially under Western sanctions. One such enabler is Georgia under the Georgian Dream (GD) regime."
An important The National Interest article on how Georgian Dream has turned Georgia into a key sanctions-evasion corridor fueling Russia’s war economy, while aligning with Moscow, Beijing & Tehran and escalating domestic repression.
Thank you, Nikoloz Chkhaidze!
nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-ro...
Thank you, Nikoloz Chkhaidze!
nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-ro...
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Russia’s war economy continues to survive in part due to transit routes and financial loopholes in countries not officially under Western sanctions. One such enabler is Georgia under the Georgian Dream (GD) regime."
Great piece by United24Media on recent frontline fighting in Ukraine, with excellent photos.
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
Inside Ukraine’s Rapid Counteroffensive in Dobropillia—Before Facing Russia’s Meat-Grinder Assault in Pokrovsk
Ukraine contained a Russian breakthrough at Dobropillia. In Pokrovsk, the battle shifts to brutal urban warfare with Russia's 170,000 troops.
united24media.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great piece by United24Media on recent frontline fighting in Ukraine, with excellent photos.
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
In the 1930's an "America First Committee" insisted the United States could stay safe by refusing entanglements abroad.
"The Spanish Civil War (1936–39) was one of the ways the catastrophe of WW2 learned how to happen. Ukraine is one reason the rhyme feels sharp."
Great piece by Intellectualist:
"The Spanish Civil War (1936–39) was one of the ways the catastrophe of WW2 learned how to happen. Ukraine is one reason the rhyme feels sharp."
Great piece by Intellectualist:
Pearl Harbor in Slow Motion
The anniversary is not just remembrance. It is a pattern warning about what happens when democracies mistake exhaustion for safety while authoritarian powers rehearse the next war.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In the 1930's an "America First Committee" insisted the United States could stay safe by refusing entanglements abroad.
"The Spanish Civil War (1936–39) was one of the ways the catastrophe of WW2 learned how to happen. Ukraine is one reason the rhyme feels sharp."
Great piece by Intellectualist:
"The Spanish Civil War (1936–39) was one of the ways the catastrophe of WW2 learned how to happen. Ukraine is one reason the rhyme feels sharp."
Great piece by Intellectualist:
That's lovely.
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
That's lovely.
A golden prize for Trump that completely mocks any comprehension of the word, although the design seems a clever troll. Perhaps it's now time to boycott FIFA regardless.
This design appears to be commemorating a global zombie apocalypse.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A golden prize for Trump that completely mocks any comprehension of the word, although the design seems a clever troll. Perhaps it's now time to boycott FIFA regardless.
Reposted by Valley of the Ghosts
Every day we wake up there is yet another layer of fuckery. Where are the #guillotines ?!?!
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Every day we wake up there is yet another layer of fuckery. Where are the #guillotines ?!?!
Trump's America includes Sheriffs hand-cuffing 6-year olds. In no way is this necessary or moral.
What in the actual fuck? The United States of America is beyond, and I mean BEYOND, REPULSIVE. And you all think this will get you some sort of respect? Like fuck. Savages, abusers, and weak people to allow this to continue. SHAME ON YOU ALL. AND I MEAN ALL
A 6-year-old immigrant child is handcuffed with hands behind their back and arrested.
Trump’s America.
Trump’s America.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump's America includes Sheriffs hand-cuffing 6-year olds. In no way is this necessary or moral.
Reposted by Valley of the Ghosts
"The oligarchs have no plan to govern. They will take what they can, and disable the rest... [Their attempt] is illegal, unconstitutional, and more than a little mad... it must be described so that we can make it fail... Do not be alone and do not be dismayed."
Timothy Snyder, noted author of "On Freedom" and "On Tyranny", is now hitting the alarm bells.
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"The oligarchs have no plan to govern. They will take what they can, and disable the rest... [Their attempt] is illegal, unconstitutional, and more than a little mad... it must be described so that we can make it fail... Do not be alone and do not be dismayed."
"Largely consistent with Moscow's vision."
‘ #Russia has welcomed #DonaldTrump's new US National #Security #Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.’
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"Largely consistent with Moscow's vision."
Timothy Snyder, noted author of "On Freedom" and "On Tyranny", is now hitting the alarm bells.
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Timothy Snyder, noted author of "On Freedom" and "On Tyranny", is now hitting the alarm bells.
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
Timothy Snyder has extensively researched and understands authoritarianism, and is very worth listening to.
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Timothy Snyder has extensively researched and understands authoritarianism, and is very worth listening to.
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
"The people who now dominate the executive branch of the government deny all of this, and are acting, quite deliberately, to destroy the nation."
The Resistance is alive and well and living in America.
Do everything you can to help preserve democracy. And Ukraine.
Do everything you can to help preserve democracy. And Ukraine.
Not going to lie, this week’s SNL cold open might piss you off, but watch this clip till the end. 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Resistance is alive and well and living in America.
Do everything you can to help preserve democracy. And Ukraine.
Do everything you can to help preserve democracy. And Ukraine.
If Trump wants to charge fees to NATO countries for future support, then it is reasonable for NATO countries to recover expenses from supporting America during and after 9/11. Trump has no comprehension of what an alliance is, because he only comprehends his own benefit.
Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO - STOP KISSING TRUMP’s ARSE
Kick Trump and his gaggle of idiots into touch NOW.
Demand full and profitable compensation for every NATO country who supported the USA’s Article 5 following 9/11.
Kick Trump and his gaggle of idiots into touch NOW.
Demand full and profitable compensation for every NATO country who supported the USA’s Article 5 following 9/11.
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If Trump wants to charge fees to NATO countries for future support, then it is reasonable for NATO countries to recover expenses from supporting America during and after 9/11. Trump has no comprehension of what an alliance is, because he only comprehends his own benefit.
Excellent reference on the legality of US lethal strikes on small boats in Venezuelan waters. Trump and Hegseth have have gone completely rogue.
www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes
An expert Q & A on the Trump administration's lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas.
www.justsecurity.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Excellent reference on the legality of US lethal strikes on small boats in Venezuelan waters. Trump and Hegseth have have gone completely rogue.
www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
Also a good reminder that promoting unqualified and inexperienced political hacks to important and critical positions of authority is not going to work out well.
Both incidents remind us: when leaders abandon restraint, atrocities follow. From Vietnam to the Caribbean, the lesson is clear — unchecked orders to “kill everybody” lead to moral collapse. The past is prologue.
Eventually, the bill comes due.
Always.
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
Eventually, the bill comes due.
Always.
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
December 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also a good reminder that promoting unqualified and inexperienced political hacks to important and critical positions of authority is not going to work out well.
A very good read on why any recognition of Crimea, or other portions of Ukraine, as a russian territory is a very terrible idea.
It would mark abandoning the very idea of international law, a concept very painfully created by WW2 that has served the world very well for 80 years.
It would mark abandoning the very idea of international law, a concept very painfully created by WW2 that has served the world very well for 80 years.
Why Trump is ready to recognize the occupation of Crimea and part of Ukraine – and what it threatens the world
US President Donald Trump is promoting a “peace” agreement on Ukraine, which involves the actual recognition by Russia of control over Crimea and part of th
theukrainianreview.info
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A very good read on why any recognition of Crimea, or other portions of Ukraine, as a russian territory is a very terrible idea.
It would mark abandoning the very idea of international law, a concept very painfully created by WW2 that has served the world very well for 80 years.
It would mark abandoning the very idea of international law, a concept very painfully created by WW2 that has served the world very well for 80 years.
Putin abandoned the norms of International Law, bought at huge cost in WW2, a long time ago. Putin underlined this when he invaded Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022.
Putin, and now sycophant Trump, are happy to make use of those norms in theatrical actions and negotiations to aid their own ends.
Putin, and now sycophant Trump, are happy to make use of those norms in theatrical actions and negotiations to aid their own ends.
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Putin abandoned the norms of International Law, bought at huge cost in WW2, a long time ago. Putin underlined this when he invaded Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022.
Putin, and now sycophant Trump, are happy to make use of those norms in theatrical actions and negotiations to aid their own ends.
Putin, and now sycophant Trump, are happy to make use of those norms in theatrical actions and negotiations to aid their own ends.
Timothy Snyder draws on the history of Nazi Germany in autumn 1938 to warn us about Trump's next moves towards gangster authoritarianism in remaking America.
He explores the possible land war in Venezuela, and "self-terrorism", as new justifications to tear down democratic rights and freedoms.
He explores the possible land war in Venezuela, and "self-terrorism", as new justifications to tear down democratic rights and freedoms.
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Timothy Snyder draws on the history of Nazi Germany in autumn 1938 to warn us about Trump's next moves towards gangster authoritarianism in remaking America.
He explores the possible land war in Venezuela, and "self-terrorism", as new justifications to tear down democratic rights and freedoms.
He explores the possible land war in Venezuela, and "self-terrorism", as new justifications to tear down democratic rights and freedoms.
Trump and his minions have shown a strong bias in favour of russia, and Ukraine and her partners are right to seek transparency.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine."
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine."
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Trump and his minions have shown a strong bias in favour of russia, and Ukraine and her partners are right to seek transparency.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine."
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine."
Meet the crews racing to repair Ukraine's bombed electrical grid every day.
“We Are Under Russian Fire Every Day”: Meet the Crews Racing to Repair Ukraine’s Bombed Power Grid
In Ukraine, energy workers risk their lives to restore power amid missile strikes, working tirelessly to keep households and industries connected.
united24media.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Meet the crews racing to repair Ukraine's bombed electrical grid every day.