Russ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Russ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@russofcanada.bsky.social

Retired. Living in Quebec. Dismayed by the failure of public health during Covid, Russian aggression and the rise of fascism and oligarchs. It's all connected. Russia has plagued Ukraine and the World for far too long. NAFO! No DMs.

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If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldnโ€™t be in power โ€” not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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These days my thoughts often wander to how the Romanian people ultimately handled Nicolae Ceauศ™escu.

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It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. Itโ€™s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions Iโ€™ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long๐Ÿงต

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This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Heโ€™s disappearing innocent people off of our streets and ordering the military onto our streets. He does not give a damn about the rule of law. He is the very tyrant our founding generation rose up against 249 yrs ago. Itโ€™s time for the American people to rise up again.

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85 years ago, Charlie Chaplin delivered his famous speech at the end of his first film with dialogue - The Great Dictator. He spoke these timeless words as Nazis rose to power, and the drums of war beat in Europe, echoing across the world. As relevant, and necessary to hear, today as ever #Resist

youtube.comCharlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great DictatorYouTube video by Charlie Chaplin

This is the way forward. Canada must be part of this. Time to cut the cord with the US. Time to invest on our own civil/national defense.

Gabrielius Landsbergis@glandsbergis.bsky.social

I agree with @kajakallas that the EU should become a beacon of freedom. So when do we start? Here I offer six ways to actually light the beacon and step into the role history has chosen for us. Our response to the current uncertainty can be firm and long term. A thread.๐Ÿงต1/17

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Replying to @russofcanada.bsky.social

An excellent reminder in this doc about why itโ€™s so valuable for folks to get their amateur (ham) radio license! There are local clubs across ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ that will be glad to teach you & the training will help prep you for all sorts of things; from backroading to supporting emergency responders. www.rac.ca

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Imagine seeing US weapons performing marvelously in the war in Ukraine and by doing so giving the best promotion of the technological edge US weapons theoretically possess, however, ...

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โ€œSomething is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular.โ€ โ€” Timothy Snyder