🇨🇦LisaFellarinaAgainst Fascism📎

Trump is a bully but is also clearly rattled by Spain’s principled stance on Iran. Starmer should follow their and France’s lead now that Trump has trashed the so called ‘special relationship’.
Standing against lunatic Trump might do Starmer some political good.

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Bored of Peace.....a little piece of Gaza, a little piece of Venezuela, a little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Canada, a little piece of Cuba and a little piece of Iran

Excellent, detailed and quite long read on oil & gas.

The nightmare Iran energy scenario is becoming reality
economist.com/finance-and-...

The Shiva is a small oil tanker that has repeatedly faked its location, according to TankerTrackers.com, which tracks global oil shipments. It is suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian oil, according to Kpler. The Shiva was one of the two tankers that crossed the strait on Monday.

Interesting detail from NYT's story on how Iran has, at least thus far, closed Hormuz, a totally predictable attack that Trump was apparently too incompetent to prevent.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I mean I’m in no way an expert but it feels like this is all really spiraling very fast and the people who kicked it off are in their offices trying to stay in front of it with panicked Google searches

If you are prone to middle of the night anxiety this article offers some very good approaches to dealing with it. Personally, I will get out of bed and move into my living room where I do mundane tasks such as those suggested. Good luck with this.
time.com/7311043/how-...

Readers' wildlife photos: a melange from three people:

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Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is 25th amendment and pronounced heeskeejhaw-nay gah-tluh-heesahnuh-hee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK North African dust carried to the UK by a weather system are forecast to have some unusual effects in the coming days.

'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.

Nothing says “government efficiency” like banning the people who know how USAID works and paying $150M for strangers to figure it out. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/usaid-hiring.html

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

#NAFOBOOST

I don't like that the US leaders have decided it's okay to just bomb whomever they want, whenever, without provocation and the rest of the world has to just keep acting like everything is normal.

IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield — Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries

This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.

defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy 🇷🇺 from 24.02.22 to 4.3.2026

1 269 500 personnel

The estimated combat losses of 🇷🇺 over the last 24h :

▪︎ 980 persons
#Ukraine #Russia

Ukraine 🇺🇦
Russia 🇷🇺

Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine with:

▪︎ 149 Drones

🇺🇦 Shot down:
129/149 Drones
#Ukraine #Russia

They have religious exemptions. That means the parents are liars, tbc, because no major religions object to vaccines…but they do usually have moral objections to lying!

People lying ab their religion are putting other people’s kids & the broader community at risk in schools w/21% MMR uptake rates.

Seoul shares crash over 12% on Middle East conflict fears; won sharply down

It would've been cheaper to do something that mattered then. You didn't. You are paying a higher price now.

Ukrainians are paying a much higher one.

OTD in 2014 i denied the masked, armed men in Crimea were Russian soldiers. I lied.

But you can believe me over a peace deal now

I've joined yet another fundraising.
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#Ukrainianview

Good morning to wildlife Wednesday with a touch of swan lake from Schlachtensee in southwestern Berlin. Enjoy your day and always be aware that nature is the greatest artist.
[📷Nikon D850 f/6,3 1/800 600mm ISO 125]

Lotte Mamlok and her entire family - murdered by German Nazis like millions of women, men, and children. Lest we forget each and every victim - and the villains that committed these horrible crimes.

How much is Trump’s base on board with war with Iran? It’s complicated | CNN Politics Prominent conservatives are balking at President Donald Trump’s war with Iran in ways they didn’t when he struck Iran’s nuclear facilities last year and Venezuela two months ago.

"Megyn Kelly said she had 'serious doubts about what we are doing.' Tucker Carlson called it “absolutely disgusting and evil” (after being a little more muted following the June strikes). Fox News host Will Cain has questioned the clarity of the mission."
@cnn.com
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Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 3, 2026 The combined force has designed its campaign to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities before it depletes its interceptor stockpiles.

3/ The decrease in Iranian missile attacks against Israel and the UAE strongly suggests that the effort to destroy ballistic missile launchers has had considerable success. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

2/ The destruction of missile launchers mitigates the risk that either the United States or Israel will run out of interceptors by limiting Iran’s ability to launch missiles in the first place.

NEW: The combined US-Israeli force has designed its campaign to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities before the force depletes its interceptor stockpiles.🧵(1/3)

Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 3, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

Bet you Trump charges them for it

Russia loses 980 soldiers and 32 artillery systems over past day Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 980 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

❌ Russia loses 980 soldiers and 32 artillery systems over past day

Saskatchewan stopped changing their clocks in *1966*. They all seem to be doing ok, generally speaking, 60 years later!! Yukon stopped in 2020. Again, so far, so good. I’m confident in saying that folks in BC are gonna be just fine. 👍 Now let’s get the rest of the country on board. Enough already! ⏰