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@sharptails.bsky.social

Lover of nature, gardening, sunshine and laughter! Supporter of human rights and equality. 🇨🇦

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“To the premier: Do you think spending a quarter-million dollars to roll yourself out on a red carpet every day is a responsible way of spending taxpayers’ money when you run Trudeau-style deficits?” [former UCP MLA] Sinclair asked in question period Thursday. globalnews.ca/news/1116187...

globalnews.ca‘Stains, rips and tears’: Alberta government defends $280K carpet in Smith’s office | Globalnews.caThe government says the previous carpet in the 6,500 square foot legislature space was more than 20 years old and riddled with rips and stains.

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The Premier is addressing Albertans live at 3pm on Monday to discuss the future of Alberta in Confederation. Nothing that I saw or heard today suggests a groundswell of angst among Albertans. Neither do polls. If she speaks of a crisis on Monday, it's likely imagined or manufactured.

Jared Wesley@jaredwesley.ca

Our Common Ground (@cgroundpolitics.bsky.social) team spoke to dozens of participants at today's separatist rally. Today's conversations reinforced my sense that this is not our grandparents' populism or alienation. 🔗https://open.substack.com/pub/drjaredwesley/p/western-alienation-20

This is so sad and so unecessary.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Ukraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in funding

theguardian.comUkraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in fundingOfficial says UN and its partners have ‘reprioritised’ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162 Faced with a drastic drop in funding, the United Nations will scale back its humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine, an official from its humanitarian affairs office said on Tuesday. In January, the UN appealed for $2.63bn in funding to assist 6 million people who need aid in Ukraine. But due to a “sharp contraction” in humanitarian funding, “the UN and its partners … have further reprioritised” operations in Ukraine to reach 4.8 million people with $1.75bn, Joyce Msuya of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told the UN security council. “The objective is to reach those most at risk and most in need, centring on four core response priorities: people near the frontline, evacuations, emergency response after strikes, and aid to the most vulnerable among the internally displaced people,” she said. “Without increased support, even the necessary life-saving efforts could be jeopardised.” There are 12.7 million people estimated to be in need of aid in Ukraine. UN agencies have been announcing reductions in their operations and staffing levels around the world after major drops in donor contributions, particularly from the US. President Donald Trump’s administration has reduced funding of its humanitarian agency USAID by 83%. Until now, USAID alone ran an annual budget of $42.8bn, or 42% of all humanitarian aid disbursed worldwide. The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct the final months of the life of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died after a year in Russian detention. Roshchyna was captured in the summer of 2023 near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. It was at least her fourth reporting trip into the occupied territories. She was by this stage of the war the only Ukrainian journalist prepared to risk crossing the frontline in order to pierce the information blackout imposed by Russia. US secretary of state Marco Rubio has warned that the United States would give up on mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward “concrete proposals”, as US patience wanes on what had been an early priority for Trump. The US president had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours in the White House, but as Trump celebrates 100 days in office, Rubio has suggested the administration could soon turn attention to other issues. “We are now at a time where concrete proposals need to be delivered by the two parties on how to end this conflict,” state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Tuesday, in what she said was a message from Rubio. “If there is not progress, we will step back as mediators in this process.” The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Tuesday called for a “fair” end to the war with Russia without “rewards” for Vladimir Putin, pushing back against demands for Kyiv to make territorial concessions. “We all want this war to end in a fair way – with no rewards for Putin, especially no land,” Zelenskyy said via videoconference at a summit organised by Poland. The comment comes amid reports the US suggested freezing the frontlines and accepting Russian control of the Crimean peninsula that it seized in 2014, proposals Zelenskyy has rejected. Trump on Tuesday said he thinks Putin wants to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine, days after saying “maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war”. Trump responded “I think he does” when asked whether he thinks Putin wants to make peace during an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran. “If it weren’t for me, I think he’d want to take over the whole country,” Trump said. “I will tell you, I was not happy when I saw Putin shooting missiles into a few towns and cities.” Swarms of Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Dnipro late on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 38, officials said. The mass attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the north-east and a frequent target of drones and missiles, injured 38 people, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said, noting that two children were among the injured. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov put the number of injured at 39. “There have been 16 strikes on Kharkiv,” Terekhov wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “A high-rise apartment block was hit as were private homes, a medical facility and civil infrastructure.” In Dnipro, in Ukraine’s south-east, drones triggered fires and killed one person, Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram. “There are a number of fires in the city,” Lysak wrote. “Private homes have been damaged.” Continue reading...

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Carney: We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and above all, we have to take care of each other.

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I saw this FB message from one of my fearsome daughters. She was a baby went I left home for politics. I missed every school play, every graduation. Tomorrow I start at 8AM drywalling an upstairs room to support her fantastic tea shop business. So glad to be home and be still welcome.

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"It's not whether you believe but whether you are believable." - Pope Francis In his final 24 hours Francis condemned the deliberate starvation in Gaza, called for peace in Ukraine and Sudan and scolded JD Vance over abuses of the rule of law. Go to the angels.

This should come as no surprise. That man is exactly why DEI had to exist in the first place.

Politico@politico.com

EXCLUSIVE: A former top Pentagon official warns dysfunction could topple Hegseth — describing a department collapsing from backstabbing and constant missteps. Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇 ow.ly/SSoq50VEvPC

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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

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We’ve got a lot to build in this country, and we need a lot more builders. So we’ll cover training costs and make it easier to work anywhere in Canada. It’s going to be a great time to be in the skilled trades.

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Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.

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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting. The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense

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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation. I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

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After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.

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Here's footage of Sean Duffy doing a podcast claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is MIA. 1/29: DC crash 1/31: Philadelphia crash 2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle 2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska

Oh my god! El Salvador's prison are not fit for criminals never mind illegal immigrants or US citizens.

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social

NEWS: China slaps retaliatory tariffs on the United States, El Salvador offers to house American citizens in its prison facilities, and TikTok's future is now in doubt. All the news you missed overnight. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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Correct. It’s really more of a hijacking than a coup.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

This is not just a coup and a Constitutional crisis. It is a national security catastrophe for the United States from which there is no assurance we will ever fully recover. Not hyperbole. If foreign enemies had landed troops on our shores it’s unlikely they would’ve done as much damage as fast.

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On 9/11, Canadians opened our homes to your people. In Afghanistan, our soldiers fought and died beside yours. We have been your closest allies, your strongest friends, and your most trusted partners. We deserve better from your President.

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I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify. The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips. Good job, friends.