KYIV INDEPENDENT:
Canada wants to participate in talks on Ukraine's security guarantees, official says
"We want to be part of conversations linked to more Canadians being involved in protecting Ukraine," Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Feb. 18.
https://kyivindependent.com/canada-is-interested-in-being-part-of-protecting-ukraine-official-says/
1/ Thanks to @cwebber for helping me understand the differences between the "decentralized" approach of #Bluesky and the "distributed" approach of the #Fediverse .
As it happens, I see some parallels between this and my own field - the German power and utility sector.
Edgar Allan Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death" is perhaps an apt allegory for the billionaire class and the pandemics of today, where "the entitled members of a society more concerned about comfort and capital during a disaster only causes more destruction. In the end, no one gets out alive." And yes, these folks are the first in line for vaccines while railing against them in public.
https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/edgar-allan-poes-masque-of-the-red-death-is-an-allegory-for-the-age-of-coronavirus.html
https://poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
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Multiple sources confirm: Putin has bombed the St. Andrews Cathedral in #Zaporizhzhia.
10 people injured.
We must help #Ukraine defeat evil.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse explains how corporate America used to pay more than 30 percent of the federal revenue, but by influencing politics they have gotten that number down to just 6 percent already, and now Trump has plans to cut it even further.
Trump Is not even inaugurated, and his approval rating has already dropped to 44 percent with 49 percent disapproving him.
— No one could know that a known liars was going to lie, I suppose.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-approval-rating-polls-republicans-rcna187951
What a 💚 #vanilla story!
Until recently local farmers were unaware of its commercial and financial value. In 2015, after discovering the orchid in El Valle, #Swissaid #Colombia partnered with two local community councils.
"offers a more sustainable alternative to traditional, often environmentally harmful practices, such as cattle grazing, illegal mining and coca plantation, which drive deforestation"
By conserving forests, vanilla #farming helps sequester carbon.
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