@tonnerre it’s not as if so many people haven’t been issuing warnings about putin’s actions and cronies for over a decade now. i remember the apartment bombings, the anti-queer laws, the overreaction to pussy riot, the ban on protests larger than one person, the suppression of human rights groups by labelling them foreign agents, the open support of fascists like le pen, haider, golden dawn.

anyone who thinks concern about russia is recent and merely about trump hasn’t been paying attention.

@tonnerre it’s plausible, akin to the operation chaos shit they’ve been sowing across europe by making nice with fascists. putin and his gang have been playing with wet dynamite for years now, and it’s about to blow up in everyone’s faces. they may have literally helped the next hitler attain power while trying to fuck with rivals, assert dominance, and stomp on marginalized people.

nice legacy, vlad.

@SallyStrange this is an awesome music trip. i was introduced to a lot of reggae and dancehall at my old job and came to like a lot of it.

never apologize for taking care of yourself.

@teslas_moustache the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, better known as the LCBO. There’s also the beer retailer known as The Beer Store, formerly Brewers’ Retail, operated by a consortium of beer manufacturers. For reasons that escape me, a private wine sales chain called the Wine Rack emerged in the past couple of decades.

The Wikipedia article on the Liquor Licence Act provides a decent synopsis of Ontario’s booze retail situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquor_Licence_Act_%28Ontario%29