Ukrainian expertise against Iranian made drones. We expect the Americans will say thank you nicely.
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Ukrainian expertise against Iranian made drones. We expect the Americans will say thank you nicely.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the first group of Ukrainian military experts will depart for the Middle East on Monday, to share experience gained during four years of war with Russia.
Today, Kharkiv is sparkling and cold ✨️
Happy Women’s Day to my strong and beautiful friends who celebrate, and a happy Sunday to everyone else!
Early 7th century Mosaic of the empress Theodora, dressed in ornate, jewelled covered robes and crown. The predominant colour of the mosaic is gold or deep brown.
For International Women's Day can I tip my hat to Theodora, daughter of a bear keeper, single mother, sometime street walker and actress, also saint, who moved on to conducting strategy meetings and making foreign policy as empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Star Trek jokes:
Q: What did Worf say when small ice asteroids began hitting the Enterprise hull?
A: "Captain, we are being hailed."
#joke 29 of n
What exactly has russia done to regain the right to compete at the Paralympics and even under its own flag?
Let’s remember why they were banned.
Because russia invaded Ukraine!
And what has changed since then?
Has the wаr ended?
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While PM Mark Carney marked International Women’s Day by recognizing the extraordinary contributions women have made to Canada and the world, the Leader of the Opposition has said absolutely nothing — which, honestly, might be preferable.
His silence speaks volumes.
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
My cat Selkie checking out a box.
It’s Cat in a box Sunday apparently. Selkie says hi!
Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades | New Scientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...
A colorful oil painting on canvas showing tall, stylized white lilies rising against a bright blue background. The flowers grow from deep purple and dark earthy tones at the bottom, with soft pink outlines and green stems. Thick, expressive brushstrokes create texture and movement, making the flowers appear as if they are emerging upward toward the sky.
"Breathing Upward"
25 х 40 cm.,
acrylic and oil on canvas,
2026
#art #originalart #lilies
Happy #WomensDay!
I just have no words.
Paralympic biathlete Kononova, a Paralympic champion, received a warning at the Paralympics because of earrings with the inscription “Stop Wаr.”
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
- Henry David Thoreau
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
University of Calgary researcher advocates for ending daylight saving time as debate re-emerges: Keeping standard time year-round is the best option. calgaryherald.com/news/circadi... #UCalgary #AbSci #DaylightSavingTime #psychology #SciChat
And now for something completely different…
Girl and Cat, 1924
Water colour on paper
Sulho Sipilä (Finnish, 1895-1949)
Turku Art Museum
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Over the past week, Russia has attacked our country thousands of times – the enemy used nearly 1,750 attack drones, 1,530 guided aerial bombs, and 39 missiles against our people.
Millions of Americans and others from countries around the world can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it #Canada #LostCanadians
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
Sunrise over the tree line of the Toronto islands, viewed from across the inner harbour.
A male red-winged blackbird perched on a bare branch.
Canada geese taking over from shoreline of the Toronto islands, among lake chunks of ice on the water.
Sunrise over the tree line of the Tommy Thompson park, viewed from the beach on Wards Island.
📍 Toronto Islands
The thaw is coming. A loud chorus of red-winged blackbirds and grackles greeted the ferry this morning.
#Toronto
" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay
Haddock quota to go down 57% in parts of N.S., N.B on April 1
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is cutting haddock fishing quotas in areas off southwestern Nova Scotia, southern New Brunswick and the Gulf of Maine by more than half, shocking some in the industry.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'The highest pitch of refined emotion': The tragic romance hidden in a 19th-Century painting. "Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs"
More photos and information about this fascinating #painting: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Tree branches on the left and the sun on the center right, late afternoon, sky in shades of light orange.
"I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 5: A song you play when you're sad
Ron Sexsmith:
All in Good Time
youtu.be/yCVAiaoqwgg?...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference. PHOTO: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Ilhan Omar: “As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stability—
Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions & push the region further into chaos — every time we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction”
