Valley of the Ghosts
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In 1895, in the remote West Kootenays of British Columbia, a narrow gauge railway was built to reach the richest silver mines in the world. By 1910 exploitation would destroy everything, a resonate story we can still learn from. Click pics, read ALTs.
Bluesky seems a great way to alert people to stuff, alert and reinforce worthy things, and point people to deeper discussions. Bluesky text limits greatly restrict discussion. So where to go for more depth? Leaning Substack using Bluesky pointers. Seeking input.
When you impose 1890's tariffs, and cosplay 1890's US gunboat diplomacy, you get an 1890's US economy.
"The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) used the phrase at the organization's peak in the 1920s."
America First - Wikipedia
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · yesterdayWe know where America First 🇺🇸 came from
"The most spasmodic, scandal-plagued presidential administration the United States has ever seen." No argument from me.
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump Is the Most Corrupt President in US History. There are so many insane things happening at any given moment under Trump that it can be easy to forget that this is the most spasmodic, scandal-plagued presidential administration the United States has ever seen. jacobin.com/2026/06/trum...
The worst two Presidents in US history. And there is some serious competition.
Historical rankings of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump Is the Most Corrupt President in US History. There are so many insane things happening at any given moment under Trump that it can be easy to forget that this is the most spasmodic, scandal-plagued presidential administration the United States has ever seen. jacobin.com/2026/06/trum...
Trump attended a private military school, the New York Military Academy, when he was 13 years old. Donald Trump never served in the military and is not a Veteran.
Donald Trump's Military Service: A Deep Dive into the Facts
Did Donald Trump serve in the military and how does his military career or lack thereof stack up against others? Get the answer and more.
veteranlife.com
Ed Costello@edcos39.bsky.social · yesterdayIsn't that Cadet Bone Spurs in the middle?
Well said. A good description. A terrible US thing is seeing the resurgence of fascism within a former icon of democracy, enabled by a very corrupt oligarchy, a white-racist confederacy, a manipulated evangelist movement, and a whole lot of paid misinformation and media influence. Vote him out.
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · yesterdayFascism and other forms of authoritarianism are, at their core, vulgar political systems and forms of crude power that rob entire populations and societies of dignity and agency
A terrific long read in The Guardian by Charlotte Higgins on discovering the Ukrainian language, and everything that came with it. An eye-opening exploration of language, history, and independence, from a country experiencing an existential genocidal war.
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
The long read: Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected
theguardian.com
A deep dive into defence, deterrence, and drones. Useful analysis not just for the UK, but for all her allies too including Canada. Great piece by @beefeaterfella.bsky.social
Britain’s Race Against Obsolescence
Lessons from Ukraine, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of British Defence.
beefeaterresearch.substack.com
Politically-motivated appointees, and the appearance and record of strong rightwing bias, have undermined American's trust in and respect for the US supreme court. And the world's respect too.
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · 2d agoThe most corrupt SCOTUS in the history of the United States of America 🇺🇸. Single digit millions. Its not surprising that they are for sale,,it's surprising how cheap they are.
Terrific interview of Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh, by The War Zone.
Ukraine's Fire Point CEO On How It's Making Missiles And Drones To "Destroy The Russian Empire"
Iryna Terekh talks Flamingo cruise missiles, weaponizing AI, Ukraine's future interceptors and much more in our wide-ranging interview.
twz.com
Great info account on Okanagan wildfires near Vernon, BC, with sat images, forecasts, and water bomber flightpaths. (from @smikooman.bsky.social)
North Okanagan Environment@okgn-environment.bsky.social · 2d agoK41351 Bradley Creek 🆕🛰️ 3 Aug 1:54 p.m. 🔴 Out of Control; 9:57 a.m. BCWF 🗺 holding steady at 2,604 ha 🔥Rank 2️⃣ low vigour surface fire RN satellite image shows a few apparent hotspots at SE and NW borders of the northern perimeter (red pixels with are dots 0-6 h recent). #VernonBC
We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
kaine.senate.gov
Trust is earned in drops over decades. And it is lost in buckets in a few months of social media posts and insane tariffs that break even his own "best ever" trade deals. The GOP has also completely lost trust.
Valley of the Ghosts@silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d ago"Just 13% of Canadians say they trust the Trump administration to respect the terms of a potential trade deal." So just a recent small poll that should inform Americans as much as Canadians just how much the US regime's gas-lighting, threats, and continuous lies impact trust and relations.
Trump seems unwilling or unable to provide Ukraine with additional PAC-3 interceptors, perhaps because he doesn't want to conflict with the sugar-daddy that bailed his companies out in the 1990's. Don't knock down the arrows. Time to kill the archers: the russian launchers and ballistic production.
Valley of the Ghosts@silveryslocan.bsky.social · 5d agoWith a US self-inflicted shortage of PAC-3 interceptors, and expanded production subject to Trump's latest whims, Ukraine urgently needs more long-range precision fire to destroy russian ballistic launch and production assets. Starlink selective access inside russia is an easy start.
"Russians are still surprised they’re not welcome in Georgia unless they admit they occupied a huge part of its territory and have done the same to other countries." This video from a russian tourist in Georgia tells the story. (source: @victoriaslog on the other place)
She never got to live her life because of an old goat sitting in the Kremlin.
Valley of the Ghosts@silveryslocan.bsky.social · 3d ago"20 yo Vitalina was killed in a russian attack on Kyiv last night. She volunteered to help rescue people trapped in a house they partially destroyed. Then they struck it again." More war-crimes by Putin's russia. Putin must be forced to end his aggression. (from @victoriaslog on the other place.)
Iranian social media really does own 'Trump's War'. Know that Iran has killed tens of thousands of pro-democracy protestors, and the US regime seems to be prepping to do the same thing.
Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is still one of their best releases. It’s like they’ve understood our politics much longer than we have.
"20 yo Vitalina was killed in a russian attack on Kyiv last night. She volunteered to help rescue people trapped in a house they partially destroyed. Then they struck it again." More war-crimes by Putin's russia. Putin must be forced to end his aggression. (from @victoriaslog on the other place.)
The grift just never stops. So he's selling early access to info now. How do the American people and Congress allow this to continue?
BREAKING: Trump Is Now Charging $100K a Month Through Truth Social to Let You Steal Money From Wall Street With Him.
Give Trump 100k, you get to benefit from his insider trading tips that have made him and the Trump Crime Family BILLIONS.
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Trump seems unwilling or unable to provide Ukraine with additional PAC-3 interceptors, perhaps because he doesn't want to conflict with the sugar-daddy that bailed his companies out in the 1990's. Don't knock down the arrows. Time to kill the archers: the russian launchers and ballistic production.
Valley of the Ghosts@silveryslocan.bsky.social · 5d agoWith a US self-inflicted shortage of PAC-3 interceptors, and expanded production subject to Trump's latest whims, Ukraine urgently needs more long-range precision fire to destroy russian ballistic launch and production assets. Starlink selective access inside russia is an easy start.
So I'm looking for good closely-matching images of Donald J Trump and Marlon Brando as 'Don Corleone' in Francis Ford Coppola's classic 'The Godfather'. Cat not necessary, unless you're also game for Mike Myers Austin Powers. Any help out there? Here's a good starter...
