"Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die." - Trump time.com/7382697/trum...
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"Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die." - Trump time.com/7382697/trum...
βThis erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force; the force of law has been replaced by the law of force.β Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
"Exclusive: US investiqation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike. sources say" www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Credit where itβs due, they nailed it. The Epstein files were dropped in three calculated tranches, fully aware that the mainstream media would quickly move on, especially with a war dominating headlines.
Credit where itβs due, they nailed it. The Epstein files were dropped in three calculated tranches, fully aware that the mainstream media would quickly move on, especially with a war dominating headlines.
"Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack. No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page."
Wowβ¦ nearly a billion in booze! Canadians: the only people who can apologize, smile, and drink at the same time. ππΊ
Surprised they didn't wait till Friday for the traditional Friday evening news dump.
π There's a war, now they post these: "The Justice Department has posted online three FBI interviews related to sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice." www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/p...
"More than 3,600 American-made alcohol products were pulled from LCBO shelves and taken off the menus at restaurants and bars across the province, marking an βenormous hitβ to U.S. producers as Ontario said it had sold $965 million worth of their alcohol annually." www.cp24.com/local/toront...
"U.S. regulators have allegedly drafted rules that would require U.S. government approval to ship AI chips anywhere outside the U.S., according to Bloomberg, citing sources. This would give the U.S. significantly more control over companies like AMD and Nvidia." techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/u...
'If they rise, they rise' - Trump on gas prices ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...
2026 is a critical year for U.S. democracy because if Americans fail to act now, the slide into democratic theater will be complete: elections will persist, institutions will remain standing, but real accountability, pluralism, and self-government in the US will have quietly slipped beyond reach.
I wrote this thread a little over a year ago on my personal account; sadly, most of it is now reality. Take a look to see where we have been and where we are going.
"Harms to children, such as sexual exploitation and detriments to mental health, are inevitable on Metaβs platforms, the companyβs CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri said in taped depositions played at a trial in New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday."
"Trump says he fired Anthropic βlike dogsβ as Pentagon formally blacklists AI startup" ... Maybe www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Lol... "Aggressive"?
Another win for Canada: Uniper holds LNG talks with Canada as Berlin seeks to cut US reliance, sources say www.reuters.com/business/ene...
People in remote Greenland has better medical care than a majority of the people in the great state of Louisiana. Louisiana consistently ranks among the lowest in the U.S. for healthcare, placing 41st in the 2025 Commonwealth Fund scorecard and often in the bottom five for overall health.
Who's going to tell him?
"In Greenland, as in Denmark, access to healthcare is free." www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
"βThis is a needless warβ: Americans share their thoughts on the US-Israel attacks on Iran" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The US's Greenland saga continues ... "The Greenlandic people can expect that I will be very aggressive in ensuring that we provide healthcare to remote locations in Greenland, the ( US) envoy said." www.knr.gl/da/nyheder/e...
Everything everywhere all at once. Greenland is on pause, Venezuala is in suspended animation, Iran is in play and Cuba is next?
The elephant does not have to care about what the ants think and feel ... "Exclusive: Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: 'If they rise, they rise'" www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Going back to its roots. "Volkswagen explores military vehicle production at Osnabrueck site"
Not sure if the world is ready for the return of the KΓΌbelwagen and Kommandeurswagen. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
"Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than three weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive winter air campaign, three sources said." www.reuters.com/business/aer...
"Iranβs internet blackout could worsen human toll of war, say rights groups. Experts say governmentβs shutdown means civilians are not seeing evacuation warnings before bombs hit" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Join our @philipmai.com and @gruzd.ca tomorrow at Carleton University in Ottawa for a panel on "Disinformation and Strategic Narratives in Russiaβs War on Ukraine" as part of the conference on "Security in a Turbulent World: Canada, Eurasia, and the Arctic". carleton.ca/eetn/event/s...
Call for International Doctoral Students: Short-Term Research Visit at the Social Media Lab socialmedialab.ca/2026/02/24/c...
"Join Our Research Team! @SMLabTO is Hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow" socialmedialab.ca/2026/03/04/p...