Rémy Charest

Rédacteur traducteur, wine writer (with a penchant for the nuts and bolts), sceptique, père de famille, lover not fighter

[Stu Cowan @StuCowan1]

Laughed hearing Lightning fans in Tampa chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" during last night's 4-3 OT loss to Canadiens. The Lightning roster last night had 10 Canadians on it and three Americans. Their head coach is also Canadian and their goalie and best player are both Russian. #Habs

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Ukraine: destroys Russian airfields, oil depots, military manufacturing, missile launch sites, radars.

Russia: crushes residential buildings full of residents inside, destroys power and heating facilities, churches, UNESCO sites.

That's the war we're having.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Homan to MN, Trump speaks with Walz, Leavitt distances Trump a bit from Noem—all show Trump’s feeling heat. But these gestures mean as much as Putin suggesting he’s changed and wants peace with Ukraine.

Don’t fall for it.

Insist: ICE and CBP off the streets of Minnesota.

[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces continue advancing on the Zaporizhzhia axis.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have reached the northern approaches to Mala Tokmachka and captured positions previously held by occupying forces.

Enemy attempts to advance in the Orikhiv and Huliaipole areas have failed; the positions remain under Ukrainian control.

See the latest updates with us: @NSTRIKE1231

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Today is a big win for Illinois and American democracy.

I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Military analysts in 2025--The Russian military has adapted and pressed forward inexorably and will soon take Pokrovsk.

Historians in 2055--The Russian military campaign of 2025 was one of the most self-destructive in modern military history.

[Dan Savage @fakedansavage]

This is the energy Dems need to bring to Washington in 2029.

[Cyrille Amoursky @AmourskyCyrille]

🇷🇺🪖 URGENT : « Je ne suis pas président, alors je le dis : la guerre ne s’arrêtera pas tant que nous n’aurons pas écrasé l’Europe. »

— Karaganov, conseilleur géopolitique de Poutine.

On ne peut faire plus clair.
Ignorer ces menaces est criminel.

Oui, la Russie est une menace.

[Governor Newsom Press Office (parody) @AwesomeNewsom]

THIS IS WHY MAGA LOVES HIM.

EVERY DAY, DURING EVERY MEETING...

DONALD FIGHTS WOKENESS.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden)

Think Science (and especially Medicine) has somehow failed you? Think again

#ScienceMatters

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

MORE: Putin's claim that Russian forces will inevitably seize all of Donetsk Oblast if the war continues is false. Russia could only rapidly seize all of Donetsk Oblast if Ukraine concedes to Putin's demand and withdraws from the remainder of the oblast. 🧵(1/3)

The Russian campaign to seize all of Donetsk Oblast has been ongoing since Russia's first invasion in 2014 and remains incomplete.

Russian forces have been bogged down in campaigns to seize multiple towns and cities in Donetsk Oblast since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and Russian forces are still struggling to achieve the objectives of several of these campaigns today.

Seizing the remainder of Donetsk Oblast will very likely take Russian forces multiple years to complete after several difficult campaigns.

Russian forces have historically thrown themselves into costly campaigns to seize fortified or urban areas in eastern Ukraine, a reality far from Putin's claims of rapid advances. Russian forces undertook four notable campaigns in eastern Ukraine in 2024 into 2025 that illustrate how difficult it will likely be for Russian forces to seize the remainder of Donetsk Oblast through force.

- Russian forces first began efforts to retake Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast in October 2023 and have conducted multiple separate campaigns aimed at seizing the town in the nearly two years since. Russian forces are currently struggling to complete the encirclement or envelopment of Kupyansk from the northwest and have not yet seized the settlement despite 22 months of offensive operations.

- Russian forces began a dedicated effort to seize Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast in mid-June 2024. Russian forces started this effort not far from the positions that Russian forces held prior to the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian forces seized Toretsk by August 1, 2025, taking 14 months to advance about 6.4 miles from the southeastern outskirts of Toretsk to the northwestern outskirts of Toretsk.

- The Russian campaign for Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast began in May 2023 after Russian forces seized Bakhmut (east of Chasiv Yar), and Russian forces intensified efforts to seize Chasiv Yar in April 2024. It has taken Russian forces 26 months to advance about 6.8 miles (roughly 11 kilometers) from western Bakhmut to the western edge of Chasiv Yar.

- Russian forces began efforts to seize Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast in February 2024 after the seizure of Avdiivka and have dedicated multiple efforts to seizing Pokrovsk through frontal assaults, envelopment, or encirclement – all of which have thus far been unsuccessful after more than 18 months.

[Evan Dawson @evandawson]

Finger Lakes wineries are already losing contracts to sell in Canada. Example: Lakewood Vineyards on Seneca Lake, which consummated a deal just three weeks ago.

Lakewood's Chad Hendrickson: "It’s a real big deal. I’m not really sure how we’re going to recover from this."

[Rémy Charest @RemyCharest]

@CraigBaird You’re conflating an awful lot of things in there. It doesn’t trace back so directly to New France.

[Rémy Charest @RemyCharest]

Testing, testing…

[Rémy Charest @RemyCharest]

@TerryWardWriter @jenrosesmithvt @sevendaysvt Try Faux Bergers or Buvette Gentille in BSP!

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Most people: The New York Times is the worst.

WaPo: Hold my beer.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

New statement from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: "We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy. Under Jeff Bezos’s ownership, the Washington Post’s news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger and damage a second Trump presidency could cause to the future of American democracy and that makes this decision even more surprising and disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."

[Rémy Charest @RemyCharest]

@grantmccagg Even if Paré didn’t think “I’m going to take him out”, that leg-out thing is an injury machine and should be entirely eliminated, like blows to the head. You do it, suspended. Period.

[Rémy Charest @RemyCharest]

@ToulasTake It was a good response to “if you go, what will we do?” arguments, whatever side of the debate anyone is on. Et vive les bonnes conversations. :-)