(((Greg Alton)))

Economics. Energy. Renewables. Climate change. Canada. Russia. Eastern Europe. Randomly ordered listicles. @[email protected]

[RussiaCancelsRussians @RussiaCancels]

Russian filmmaker cancelled for complaining that the Russian government's 'foreign agent' laws cancels citizens and that censorship is widespread. Nobody cancels Russians more than the Russian government.
https://t.co/g3AXXiaw8t

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Trump has invited Canadian PM Trudeau to the U.S. Governor’s meeting. Trudeau should return the favor by inviting Trump to the Douglas Mental Health Institute in Quebec - a psychiatric hospital known for treating convicted criminals who have severe mental health issues.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Nothing the cowards love more than the humiliation of the brave.

[Alexander Baunov @baunov]

5/6 When Vice President Vance criticized Europe for its lack of freedom of speech, it was the first he anniversary since Alexei Navalny, was killed in prison for that very freedom. Yet, he was not mentioned, nor were other victims of repression.

[Alexander Baunov @baunov]

4/6 Now, it turns out that their sacrifices, their courage—has no value, and the US president is simply repeating Putin's nonsense about "modestly successful comedian" who "went into a war", and "a Dictator without Elections.Zelenskyy". Will America really be great again?

[(((Greg Alton))) @GArmoured]

@golimeontario The Swastrucka is really damaging your brand

[(((Greg Alton))) @GArmoured]

@Noahpinion @ABarnardNYC Unfortunately of course also cursed to not be believed, so ... [Shrugs]

[(((Greg Alton))) @GArmoured]

@Noahpinion @ABarnardNYC Cassandra frequently the analogy and moral we should be using. The boy who cried wolf is for lies; Cassandra for the truth tellers who have not yet been proved right.

[Sopa Vatnik @vatniksoup_es]

En la Sopa Vatnik de hoy, les presentamos un conductor de colectivos, político y dictador venezolano, Nicolás Maduro. Es conocido principalmente por arruinar a Venezuela, convertirla en una dictadura y colaborar con otros regímenes autoritarios como Rusia, Irán y Bielorrusia.1/21

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Mark my words: this is going to end with Trump ordering an attack on *somebody* — some US ally, that is, in order to ensure maximum outrage.

It has to. Trump needs to keep raising the dose to feed his transgressive high. It’s why his behaviour grows steadily worse — first term Trump was worse than anything hinted at by candidate Trump, and second term Trump is already shaping up to be vastly worse than first term Trump.

Whether military leaders will obey a clearly illegal order is another matter. But that’s where this is headed.

[Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman]

How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced.

[Clarissa Ward @clarissaward]

In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed.

https://t.co/rG3WmhKh7X

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

This holiday season, Doug Ford is gifting his insider pals a luxury spa and sticking you with the bill: It'll cost $400 for every single household.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

“He asked me, what’s a bird? How could I explain to him what a bird was.”

I am speechless.

[(((Greg Alton))) @GArmoured]

@DanKaszeta Or they think you're jd vance

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

Interesting thought for the day, more people died from preventable measles cases in American Somoa than were killed by illegal immigrants in the U.S. last year.

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

A Russian prankster sent a fake letter, in the name of the Putin's party, ordering school teachers to make tinfoil hats to protect themselves from NATO and put photo online. Some teachers complied. Teachers!

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

for posterity:

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

“I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally – a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him.”

- Quincy Jones, on Donald Trump, in 2018