Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 7hWorked for a newspaper that had this as its masthead motto. The Whitehorse Star. 120
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 7hWorked for a newspaper that had this as its masthead motto. The Whitehorse Star in the Yukon. 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 10hThe faces behind him... Whether it's a rally or in the Oval Office, don't watch him, watch those trapped standing as his props and backdrops as he goes on and on and far and wide... He inspires or interests no one anymore. 010
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 11hI've some mid-20thC editions of the Manual of Seamanship (my dad was Navy), so googled that title for the 19thC and got this, among others. It might give you categories of knowledge needed by those beginning the progression, making other material easier to evaluate.whalesite.orgThe Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery: compiled for the use of The Training Ships of the Royal Navy 1871.The Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery: compiled for the use of The Training Ships of the Royal Navy. 110
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 11hThere's a Venn diagram to be made of things that are penalties and things that are real dick moves. 010
Reposted by Dave TaitRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12hGet me the hell out of here 💨 59533173
Reposted by Dave TaitCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17hHere we go: (orange temper tantrum incoming) In a joint statement, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom expressed strong disagreement with the U.S. ICC sanctions. /1 thread www.canada.ca/en/global-af...canada.caJoint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan the Netherlands and the United Kingdom“We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of th... 811949
Reposted by Dave TaitEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 16hThis is clearly just a ploy by Putin to get Trump to pressure Ukraine to stop its attacks on Russian refineries. It carries virtually no economic benefit to the US (& can Russia even produce the fuel, far less supply it?). Putin dangled the bait of diesel, and Trump swallowed. 1112449
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 16h' “Look, this is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11,” Vance continued.' Oklahoma City would like a word… ...killed 168 people (including 19 children) and injured 684... But white guy, so doesn't count. 010
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 16hIt's completely plausible that U.S.-operated Patriot systems could end up protecting Russian refineries, rather than Ukrainian neighbourhoods and hospitals… …and will the U.S. soon put sanctions on Ukraine to punish it for attacking U.S. "access to critical resources"? A world turned upside down… 110
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 16hBut...will this mean Ukraine's strikes on Russia's petro infrastructure will now constitute what the last U.S. National Security Strategy called "Threats against our supply chains that risk U.S. access to critical resources"...? How will the U.S. partner with Russia to counter this "threat"? 100
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 18hA bleak and soggy outlook... 'The damage could be “catastrophic,” said [a permafrost expert.] “The High Arctic is reacting very strongly,” he said, adding permafrost thaw will persist at a rapid pace for some time before the ground begins to stabilize once again.'nunatsiaq.comWhat will Nunavut look like by the end of the century?B 010
Reposted by Dave TaitWriting for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19h‘Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.’ — Melinda Haynes writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity 2183
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 19hAnd they should bundle this with a contract for Bruce Willis to protect Earth from asteroids. 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 19hAnd they should bundle this with a contract for Bruce Willis to protect Earth from asteroids. 020
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 20hI mean, its very name shows it's specifically targeted at them in a really biased way… Courts should treat everyone equally and not just pick on criminals. That's so unfair. 000
Reposted by Dave TaitTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Outrage in Kyiv's suburbs. Russia hits a kindergarten and its playground in broad daylight. The security camera shows it happened yesterday, but has only just been published. The man seen running escaped death by metres. 48541
Reposted by Dave TaitTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 20hLast night I reported the big explosion on the Zhytomyr road out of Kyiv. Today, while clearing the rubble in the warehouses in the Bucha district of Kyiv region, rescuers discovered the body of a woman. Three people were also injured in the Russian attack. 1415
Reposted by Dave TaitTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 20hMourning and clearing up in Zaporizhzhia today too. Six strikes on the city this morning resulted in the death of a 48 year old man. 12 others, including a child, were injured. Russia fired on a residential area, with one strike next to an after-school education facility. 14213
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 20h"... — the exact ideological groups that would eventually launch the famous [failed] Decembrist Revolt a few years later." ...and had Putin's plane not been diverted to 1821, so much might have turned out differently... 010
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 20hDamn time travel: He subverts progressives yet again… "…liberal-minded military officers in Moscow and St. Petersburg grew increasingly frustrated with the absolute autocracy of Tsar Alexander I. In 1821, early secret networks dissolved and reorganized into the Northern and Southern Societies…" 110
Reposted by Dave TaitJill @jillehughes.bsky.social · 21hThe court already adjudicated this as a lie 024
Reposted by Dave TaitKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 21hThe ICC is the cornerstone of the international criminal justice system. It prosecutes individuals responsible for the most serious crimes under international law. 38899233
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 21hThey may even claim that NOT doing so would be disrespectful to the memory of the martyred Charlie Kirk... ' "Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, it's an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?" Kirk asked.'newsweek.comTrump ally Charlie Kirk suggests children should watch public executions"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised," Kirk recently said. 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 21h'Tuaut de La Bouverie, an official during the Terror in Revolutionary France, explained the need for public executions in the National Assembly in 1791: “It takes a terrifying spectacle to hold the people in check.” ' Let's see if they order mandatory assemblies to watch it at all schools on bases… 100
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 21h'Albertans are divided. So is the UCP. And some of the separatists Smith once welcomed into her "big tent" party are now trying to remove her from office.' Really interesting narrative of how opportunistic "coalition building" can backfire, putting the fringe in control. An old, recurring story. 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 22h'...Smith leaned on this movement during her rise to the premiership. While polling consistently shows independence is out of step with the vast majority of Albertans, the premier nonetheless called a separation referendum for Oct. 19.'cbc.caThe Alberta question: How separatists took hold of the province’s governing party | CBC NewsA fifth estate investigation shows that the Oct. 19 referendum is the end result of the efforts of Alberta separatists to change the United Conservative Party to get the secession question on a refere... 111
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 22h'Sylvestre indicated that he distrusts mail-in ballots and said if those ballots favour staying in Canada, people will think the fix is in. 'But when asked if he would trust mail-in ballots that are in favour of the option for an eventual vote, Sylvestre said he would.'cbc.caFight for independence won't end after referendum: Alberta Prosperity Project leader | CBC NewsAlbertans are being asked to pick whether to stay in Canada or hold an eventual vote on whether or not the province should leave the country. 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 22h "...her commitment to justice and human dignity is a source of hope and inspiration to all those who seek to bring about a more peaceful world."cbc.caHuman rights lawyer Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC NewsNavanethem (Navi) Pillay, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and judge on the International Court of Justice, was awarded the Nobel Peace... 010
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026'As for the future, Carson is already working on her next book, according to Harvey. Aitken noted that she is always occupied — at her home, she uses three different desks, he said, often working on several pieces of art and writing simultaneously.' 021
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"She's very interested in pothos, which is the love of longing and lack," said Wohl. "And these gaps between people, between words, between understandings." ...In real life, Wohl said, Carson is "ethereal and otherworldly, and you can sense the brilliance and creativity." 121
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"This had a lot to do with Anne herself, because she translated this ancient classic and did it in vernacular English," Aitken told CBC... "She knows how to make things immediate. And she knows how to dive into almost anything and find the core, the heart of emotion and expresses that."cbc.caEveryone loves Anne Carson — but it took some time for Canada to get her | CBC NewsAnne Carson, the 76-year-old Canadian writer and artist who won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday, has always been unapologetically — and quietly — herself, friends and admirers say. Sometimes,... 151
Reposted by Dave TaitElla Maillart @ellamaillart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"They all want to know where my husband is. 'In Frunze,' says Mila, before I have time to answer, 'where he is awaiting our return. He was ill and so unable to leave with us.' "'You must remember,' says Mila to me in French ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan #Baking #Tokochi #Tandoor 3817
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Al Capone: "Look, rather than you boys going through all the boring, hard work of a trial for me, why don't I just go down to Shreveport and channel my fervor into a pizza joint? We good with that...? I'll just slide on out of everybody's way..." 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Land where a rogue is raised On high and loudly praised For worst of crimes. Of which the end must be A hell of cruelty, As proved by history Of ancient times," 010
Reposted by Dave TaitCharlie Feldman @parlcharlie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 8, 1957: Some 2,000 flags and 10,000 yards of bunting go up in advance of Her Majesty's visit to Ottawa. The B&W photo ran in newspapers - the colourisation is computer-generated. 111
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yes, this is what will happen. And what survives won't be your country, at least as you thought it was. It will be something different and disappointing ― unless the people do rise up and prove us both wrong, and demand prosecutions and ruin businesses that collaborated. I hope…but doubt… 000
Dave Tait @davetait.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"We need a truth and reconciliation commission." No. You need a criminal justice system where "the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders." Reconciliation can wait. Justice first. 020
