Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶

Retired, CDN Army Vet, 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 was a Librarian, now photographer, visual artists, news junkie everything city, walking the city. Centre Left leaning

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Canadian Architect Cornelia Oberlanders designed the world's first "Stramp". Stairs with a ramp incorporated for those with accessibility needs.

The Stramp allows for companions to use the ramp or steps and not break connection with one another.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

France has introduced one of the world’s toughest environmental laws by criminalizing “ecocide” under its Climate and Resilience Act.

The new legislation allows courts to impose severe penalties on companies and executives responsible for severe and lasting damage to air, water, or soil. Convicted offenders can face fines of up to €4.5 million, or up to ten times the profits gained from the violation, along with prison sentences of up to 10 years.

This marks a significant cultural and legal shift, elevating environmental protection to the same level of seriousness as threats to public safety or human life.

The law is part of a growing international movement, driven by activists, scientists, and legal experts, to treat large-scale ecological destruction as a serious crime rather than a mere business cost.

While some critics worry the law may prove difficult to enforce, it reflects a broader recognition that the health of the planet’s ecosystems is essential to human survival.

[Tim Murphy @DehavDriver]

@BillKristol @LePapillonBlu2 Trump’s reign, summarized in a single meme. #ETTD

[GP Dalton @gdalton64]

@sarobertsonca #PoilievreIsFinished

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

We Canadians love our country and will do anything to protect its sovereignty.

When you disrespect and insult Canadians we unite and we will boycott your ass.

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

But, but, but ……. Sleepy Joe Biden 🤣

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

[TheFrenchie @ML3democrats]

The most educated first lady in the history of the United States is a Black woman with Ivy degrees from Princeton and Harvard.

The least educated is a prostitute

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

@BowersWrites Thank you. My father, his brother my uncle both POWs, my great uncle died at Dieppe, all from the Essex Scottish Regiment and Windsor.

[(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford) @evo1tactical]

Estonia cancels €500M combat vehicle purchase, boosts drone defense.

This is exactly the kind of decision that shows Estonia is paying attention to the reality of modern war.

Legacy platforms and heavy armor still have a role, but their dominance is fading in a battlefield shaped by drones, AI, and persistent surveillance.

Estonia understands that if you are serious about national defense, especially on Russia’s doorstep, you cannot afford to prepare for the last war. You have to prepare for the one that is already happening. This is a smart, disciplined move, and it deserves recognition.

The rest of NATO needs to take a hard look at this and start making real changes. Investment has to shift toward drone and AI enabled capabilities at scale, not small test programs.

Short range air defense must focus on fast, effective systems designed to defeat drones at low altitude. Not everything needs to be missile based. Radar guided gun systems in the 30mm range and below are going to be critical when facing mass drone threats.

At the same time, we need to build depth. National level stockpiles of drone components, batteries, and repair parts are essential. Standardized training programs must be implemented across the force so every soldier understands how to operate drones, counter them, and survive under constant aerial observation.

This capability cannot sit at the top. It has to be pushed down. We need company level attack drone teams as a standard, with that capability extending down to the platoon level. That is how you increase combat power without increasing manpower.

Small, well trained drone teams are already delivering precision effects that used to require heavy weapons, indirect fire, or air support. When that capability is embedded directly into tactical units, leaders gain immediate options to find, fix, and strike targets in real time without waiting on higher headquarters.

At the company level, these teams should be organized, trained, and equipped to conduct continuous operations alongside infantry, armor, and artillery.

At the platoon level, smaller, agile drone elements should support maneuver in close contact. This creates layered capability across the formation and dramatically increases lethality, responsiveness, and survivability.

This is not a future problem. It is happening now. The battlefield has already changed, and the window to adapt is closing.

The nations that move now will be ready. The ones that wait will learn the hard way.

Слава Україні. Героям слава. 🇺🇦

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[Rod Mann @SoakedKarma]

@allenanalysis zionists have been bombing jews throughout the ME since 1948 as Avi Shlaim will attest.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Protesters in Hungary have reportedly left dozens of couches filled with condoms on the sidewalks all around the Budapest hotel JD Vance is staying at while campaigning for Viktor Orbán with a giant sign that says, "Welcome to Budapest, Couch F*cker!"

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

Hmmm… Here’s an idea for every city in Canada a private/public effort for the defense of Canada against you know who.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️In Ukraine, private companies’ air defense systems have begun operating and have already shot down the first targets — Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov

The experimental project launched by the Government to involve the private sector in the air defense system is already being implemented and is yielding its first results.

One of the participating companies from the Kharkiv region has prepared its own air defense group and has shot down several UAVs, including Shahed and Zala drones.

Currently, the formation of new air defense groups is underway at another 13 enterprises — the groups are undergoing the necessary training.

The Defense Minister noted that the private air defense is integrated into the nationwide system and directly participates in the protection of Ukrainian skies.

The goal is to build a multi-layered air defense system for maximum protection.

[AllWriteinSinCity @allwritewindsor]

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[AllWriteinSinCity @allwritewindsor]

It’s #TBT! Take a trip to Detroit’s wild side with our interview with Hammett Award and Nero Prize-winning author Stephen Mack Jones and his detective, August Snow. #mystery fiction fans, this one’s for you! https://t.co/0J4K119miN 📚 💙 #booktok #bookstagram #booktube #crimefic

[eric ゑリｯ久 @shinobu_books]

A start up in Nagoya is developing $2000 cardboard drone that you can assemble in five minutes and can fly for two hours

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

@GrandpaRoy2 With all the advances in drone & robotic warfare, only the infantry can take & hold ground. And not all men/women are able to do it. I spent 7 yrs in the CDN Army infantry & would do it again if I was much younger.

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

@UnitedCanucks26 🍁

[Mark Bradley🇨🇦🚶 @UrbanRat]

@JillSweden1 https://t.co/YbshJ9nq8Z

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

TWEEPS: The SAVE Act requires passports and birth certificates just to vote. Those cost money. When politicians make you pay money to exercise a constitutional right, that’s a poll tax.

I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #SaveActIsPayToVote

Please and thank you! 🙏💪