Carol

@carolsgunn.bsky.social

Mum to 2 twenty somethings, a puppy, and two cats. Here for the goss and laughs.

This morning's keynote at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, "Drone Sanctions and their effect on the Russian oil industry", has started. Bonus: the keynote is streaming online, for free. I hope all of the attendees are taking detailed notes.

The entire city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, received a front row seat for the destruction of the local oil terminal. This includes also the attendees of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will start today.

Important reminder from Foreign Minister Sikorski: ❗️Vladimir Putin is a man whose word and whose signature cannot be trusted. He lied to us repeatedly. These are not my men in the Crimea, remember? I have absolutely no intention of invading Ukraine.

Russia hit a dead-end on the battlefield, so it terrorizes Ukraine with deliberate strikes on city centres. These are abhorrent acts of terror meant to kill as many civilians as possible. (1/2)

Stephen Colbert and David Letterman throwing things off the Ed Sullivan Theater. Colbert: “Anything you’d like to say, Dave?” Letterman: “In the words of the great Edward R. Murrow to CBS: ‘Good night and good luck, motherfuckers.’”

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

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Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested after confronting Robert F Kennedy Jr about Gaza during a hearing on Capitol Hill: “Congress sent the bombs that kill children in Gaza and paid for them with cuts to Medicaid,” he shouted before his arrest. Follow me if you think this is BS arrest

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

🚨🚨🚨Amanda Ungaro taped an interview with Spain’s El Pais AIRING this weekend‼️ Amanda Ungaro & Zampolli were together for 2 decades moved in elite circles, attending events at Mar-a-Lago ETC Paolo Zampolli a friend Melania who brought her to the US & now works for the WH

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