On the lighter side
So many of my posts are about wars and politics. Here’s some tweets I have assembled from the “lighter side” that everyone will enjoy, I hope: I love watching the…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: A mind is a terrible thing to lose
Does anyone remember the time Vice President Dan Quayle mangled the United Negro College Fund line “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” when he said ” What a…
Today’s News: Catching up
DeAdder does such great cartoons, doesn’t he. And yes, I also believe that the only reason Elon Musk is interested in Twitter is because Trump desperately wants to tweet again.…
Today’s News: Spring is here
(Image from Daily Kos) A few weeks ago, in response to someone’s tweet about Russia vehicle movements in Ukraine, I replied “Spring is coming”. It seemed to confuse people –…
Today’s News: Putting on the pressure
Russian warship, go fuck yourself! In the last two days, we’re had news that Ukraine hit an important north-eastern railway line over a bridge outside of Belgorod, Russia. Earlier, we…
Today’s news: More American support
I love this photo, from this tweet. Carefully and cautiously, the United States appears to be taking a larger and more direct role in the Russia Ukraine War. I’m not…
Today’s news: Just a few items tonight
Photo from this tweet. I wasn’t feeling very well today — I did my first rapid test, luckily negative (though then I read this, so we’ll see) — but for…
Today’s News: Doing whatever we can to help Ukraine
A Paris painting by street artist Seth (photo by Chesnot). It struck me today just how many people around the world are doing whatever we can to help Ukraine. For…
Today’s News: "An opportunity to forgive"
I just saw this great photo from Brandi Morin’s great piece last week in the Toronto Star, showing Dr. Wilton Littlechild celebrating in Rome after Pope Francis apologized for the…
Today’s News: Odds and ends
Tonight’s photo: the children’s play area at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art. The Museum has transformed itself to aid Ukrainian refugees Tonight I don’t have much that is “new” in…
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A fascinating “history” of the Russia Ukraine War: A day by day timelapse of the approximate situation of the war in Ukraine so far. The situation at 00:00 UTC each…
Today’s News: Maybe a gamechanger
The Switchblade drones now on their way to the Ukraine Army will likely be gamechangers for the Ukrainian defense. And offense. U.S. Drones for #Ukraine Will Include Latest Tank Killers.…
Today’s News: Preparing for the next battle
In some photos from Vice, I was particularly struck by this one, where a religious icon has been set up next to a Molotov cocktail, at a checkpoint near Kyiv.…
Today’s News: "galloping riderless across the landscape"
My title tonight comes from this interview between The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols and Russia expert Thane Gustafson, talking about the unpredictability of Putin’s war. And it seemed apt to use…
Today’s News: Good news, of a sort
Russia has now withdrawn from Kyiv and northern Ukraine. Yes, that’s the good news today. But now the fear is that Russia will be sending its troops and equipment to…
Today’s News: slaughter of the innocents
This NYT photo shows some of the Ukrainian Odin Unit, including foreign volunteers, in Irpin on Tuesday.(Credit Daniel Berehulak) There are many more photos online today of the Kyiv suburbs…
Today’s News: "A new day is dawning"
After the world bore witness to the unmarked graves of Indigenous children in the thousands last year & ongoing searches, the time has come 2 an doorway 2 healing. Finally…
Today’s News: Walking Together
Tonight, I decided to start with this outstanding photo from Alessandra Tarantino, AP, as the visit to the Vatican of Canadian First Nations, Metis and Inuit representatives for healing and…
Today’s News: "I am ready to fight"
Photo: Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times A stray dog accompanied Ukrainian soldiers in Irpin This map shows Ukraine counterattacks over the last three days: In #Ukraine, the Ukrainian…
Today’s News: Strange days indeed
Does anyone remember how, before the US invaded Iraq in 2003, there was a bizarre collection of odd con men characters hanging around the Bush Administration — Cheney and Rumsfeld…