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🇨🇦 Friendly Canadian 🇨🇦 Hanging out where Threat Intel and GeoPol meet up. Love to see where“What if …” leads. Helped found Diana Initiative. Cat mom 🐈. I’ll lead with hope and kindness 🤗 World’s best “tryer”

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It's been truly sickening to read the news today: Trump calls Zelensky a "dictator" who took US money to go to war, making it clear as day that the US president sides with Russia in this conflict. Zelensky says the president lives in a circle of disinformation. That is plain to see, even for Trump's supporters, who live in and help cultivate that same bubble.

Meanwhile, Russian officials are offering American companies the chance to make billions by coming back to Russia. And wouldn't you know it? The White House is open to this idea. Nevermind that just two years ago Russia appropriated a good portion of the brands for the Fortune 100, and then took over their stores and sold them to Friends of Putiny.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/trump-russia-ukraine-putin-trump.html

Kremlin Message to Trump: There’s Money to Be Made in Russia

Russian officials are arguing that American companies stand to make billions of dollars by re-entering Russia. The White House is listening.

The New York Times
Today I encountered my first AI-generated news article that included a manufactured quote from me on a topic I did not speak or post about, just in case you're wondering how AI is going.
Aaaaand Berlin today at Bebelplatz, site of the Nazi book burning of 1933. A “tiny” protest of 38.000 people. Never again is now. This is what democracy looks like. #fckafd

If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/

RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants

The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.

Mother Jones

"Here’s a more charitable reading of cynicism: it’s not an intellectual position. It’s an emotional defense mechanism. If you expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed. If you assume everything is corrupt, you can’t be betrayed.
But this protection comes at a terrible price. The cynic builds emotional armor that also functions as a prison, keeping out not just pain but also possibility, connection, and growth."

I've been struggling with cynicism lately, trying to resist its seductive embrace.

This piece has been helpful -

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/we-dont-need-more-cynics-we-need-more-builders/

We Don't Need More Cynics. We Need More Builders.

Cynicism is the cheap seats. It’s the fast food of intellectual positions. Anyone can point at something and say it’s broken, corrupt, or destined to fail. The real challenge? Building something better. The cynic sees a proposal for change and immediately lists why it won’t work. They’

westenberg.
Happy New Year and yippee ki yay! 🎉

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