@shortstackfella
Canadian with Ukrainian roots. ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ Pancakes, varenyky (pierogies), democracy, and trustworthy information make my tail wag. I growl at disinformation, especially about Ukraine and health. Typos are my superpower. #NAFO
UCP vaccine policies & rhetoric = deadly.
Alberta's flu season deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"250 Albertans have died ... vaccination rates remain low."
Vaccine "one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of severe illness.โ
Andrew Parsons should be forced to resign for this morally obtuse statement. He should probably be investigated for corrupt links to the russian state. The russian team he allowed to compete includes a frigging shooter and someone who served in the division that occupied Kyiv region (i.e. Bucha)!
Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...
Meanwhile in Russiaโฆ
โIn St. Petersburg, near the Black River, a beaver felled a tree, which fell on a parked car.โ
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www.mk.ru/incident/202...
Ukraine used 700 Patriot missiles in four winter months. The Middle East burned through 800 in three days. "Americans won't be able to provide enough for everyone," EU defense chief Kubilius says, urging Europe to fast-track its own missile production.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
The latest Canadian campaign by the @69thsb.bsky.social has passed the 70% mark in less than 2 weeks. If you want one (or more) of these patches, donโt wait any longer to donate!
Join in and help push this campaign to the finish. Any amount helps!
#NAFO #Ukraine #Canada #StandWithUkraine
Their fundraising campaign:
bsky.app/profile/69th...
Photo of Canadaโs Beaver Brigade in front of the russian embassy in Ottawa, Canada this week.
I am pretty sure that they will neither confirm nor deny that the beaver in St. Petersburg is one of their agents.
bsky.app/profile/drka...
TGIF! Have a great weekend everyone & don't forget Ukraine!
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I donated a while ago โ I just had to have a @kajakallas.bsky.social NAFO patch!
OMG! Iโm on the telephone pole of fame!!!
Thank you!
About this, perhaps?
bsky.app/profile/noel...
Band Name idea for him:
Vinay Prasad and the Hot Takes
The Beaver Brigade rules! The @69thsb.bsky.social Canadian Battalion rules! Donate to this fundraiser for a fully-equipped vehicle to save the lives of our Ukrainian Defenders & get a *Beaver Brigade* patch.
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Please excuse my ignorance, butโฆ.
Are private insurance premiums significantly higher for unvaccinated people? A low-cost intervention to nearly eliminate a possible costly hospital visit (or worse) โ seems like something that insurance companies would want to incentivize?
And of course I also made my weekly donation through the United24 app, this time to the Rarog drone unit.
#FiverFriday #NAFO #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
bsky.app/profile/u24....
The latest Canadian campaign from the @69thsb.bsky.social only just started in late February and is already over 60% complete. Jump in and help us complete it!
#FiverFriday #NAFO #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #Canada
bsky.app/profile/69th...
๐๐ ๐๐โ๐ #FiverFriday - ๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ด๐ผ!๐๐
Ukraine is still fighting. People are still needing help. Every Ukrainian request counts; the big, the small, the nearly invisible. Today, we lift the ones struggling to be seen.
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- Quoteโrepost with a screenshot of your $5 /โฌ5 /ยฃ5 donation๐งตโคต๏ธ1/2
Pete Hegsethโs title has been changed to the Secretary of Special Military Operations.
Of course they are
Get well soon!
Tonight!
Thereโs still time to register (free) and listen to the CIUS Shevchenko Lecture by Serhii Plokhy, author of The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine.
#Ukraine #Canada #CIUS
Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating in the war if if indirectly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ Weโre at 59% โ C$19,696.83 / C$33,000 for a NAFO Truck 3.0 for the Pirates Group SOF
www.help99.co/patches/cana...
A bit more push and this truck will be on the frontline, helping Ukrainian Special Operations stay fast, mobile, and protected ๐
Every donation and repost counts, fellas๐ฅ
The Covid-19 pandemic was a once-a-century impact on mortality worldwide. And that impact varied among countries depending on policy choices.
BUT
As bad as the height of pandemic was in Canada (purple arrow) it would be far worse to have the misfortune to be born an American (green arrow).
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Yes. Supreme Court Judges.
I'm old enough to remember when JD Vance wrote that "mathematical realities" meant that America had to conserve its Patriot stocks in case China invaded Taiwan.
