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Tim Kunin

@northernwaters.bsky.social
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25yr CEO GreaterGood.com Dad/Married. Traveler:90UN/98UN+/105TCC🌍 Paddled🛶5000+miles(8000 km)w/12 Arctic trips. Visited 9X+🇺🇦🇭🇹🇵🇪🇧🇴🇲🇽🇬🇹🇦🇲🇬🇧🇵🇱🇰🇪🇹🇭17XAfrica,100X🇨🇦 Fairtrade buyer🇺🇦blankets, 🇵🇱🇲🇽🇵🇪jewelry &🇰🇪🇲🇿🇦🇲🇹🇭artisan items. Progressive✡️ Support refugees & RedSox ☮️🌎🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇭🇹🇨🇦🇧🇴🐾🛶

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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This week’s nature photo is a review of the best iPhone animal photos I posted in 2025, two from Olympic National Park, one from Chobe National Park, and one from downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. (The latter two photos were taken in 2025).
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
bsky.app/profile/blue... Déjà vu, all over again. We expect to run a country of 30 million which is twice the size of California without cost, since it will be paid for by the increased oil output which will Trump expects will be used first to repay the USA for the costs of the invasion…
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Yesterday I skied to Walker Lake cabin, then around Walker and Evan lakes. Today I snow-shoed both morning and afternoon. We are supposed to get a foot of fresh snow this evening. Stokely Creek is magical. Over 100 km of groomed x-country trails and 25 km of snowshoe trails; plus 6 warming huts.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Arrived Stokely Creek Lodge in Northern Ontario after a drive from Minneapolis. The snow here is magical.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Xmas for those that celebrate. This week’s nature photo was taken from my car on the drive from Victoria Falls to Botswana. I saw many hundreds of elephants in Chobe NP, but these were the only ones I saw in Zimbabwe.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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Pumas Are Snacking on Penguins in Argentina—and the Abundant Birds Are Changing the Prowling Cats' Behavior
Mountain lions are adapting to their defenseless, predictable prey, which return to Patagonia seasonally to nest and breed, new research suggests
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken in Chobe National Park, in Botswana a couple of months ago.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Bring the holiday of lights into your home. Happy Hanukkah all! 7th night tonight.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. People soon died of cholera. - ProPublica Shows how morally bankrupt this administration is.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Happy Hanukkah!
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken with my iPhone in Zimbabwe near the border of Botswana. I did not see any warthogs in Chobe, but saw several in this muddy area next to the road.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
bsky.app/profile/sele... May his memory be a blessing. Dan was a real mensch (human), the highest compliment I know.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken with my iPhone in October at Chobe National Park in Botswana. I saw dozens of Kudus, (but hundreds of elephants and impalas) during my 3 hour game drive.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Happy Thanksgiving all! It has been one year since my wife’s cancer was diagnosed. Thankfully she is now in remission. I am also thankful both our kids got married this past year; and that I was able to visit important suppliers in 🇺🇦 🇰🇪 🇿🇼 🇹🇭. This 🦃 photo was taken near the Mayo Clinic this fall.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.reuters.com/world/europe... I was in Ternopil just one week ago delivering a rescued dog to a new forever family. What a beautiful city. What sadness that Russia continues to invade Ukraine and attack civilians. I am sharing a few photos I took in Ternopil on November 12.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken with my iPhone last month when I visited Chobe National Park in Botswana.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6 Another Shanda. They claim to fight antisemitism; but in fact protect Nazi and Klan sympathizers.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken in Mombasa, Kenya last month in an artisan compound. There were two bats hanging from the rafters at mid-day. These photos of the closer bat were taken with my iPhone.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops - The Washington Post Another Shanda. Walks like a racist, talks like a racist, acts like a racist…
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I was in Irpin, Ukraine today. This town was occupied by Russia in 2022, and heavily damaged in the fighting. It is being rebuilt, even as the war rages elsewhere.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Rebels Post Videos of Mass Killings in Darfur as the World Watches - The New Yorker
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Here’s a photo of the second lion, sleeping in the shade.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken with my iPhone a couple of weeks ago while visiting Chobe National Park in Botswana. We drove quite close to two lions who were sleeping during the heat of the day.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This week’s nature photos were shot on my iPhone while visiting Chobe National Park in Botswana earlier this month. I was in the park for only 3 hours, but I saw so many animals, I’ll have photos to share for multiple months. What an amazing experience! These elephants had just taken mud baths.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken last Tuesday with my iPhone, while in my hotel in Mombasa.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u... Vey nu. What a Shanda.
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The White House Wrecking Ball
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This week’s animal photo was taken while shopping for handicrafts in the artisan market near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The following day I took a 3 hour game drive in Chobe National Park (Botswana), and saw almost 1000 animals! I’ll share some of those photos in subsequent weeks.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This week’s animal photos were taken at the Bangkok Snake Farm where anti-venom is produced. It was across the street from the hospital complex where the United Against Rabies conference I was attending in support of the Ukrainian War Animal Rescue Fund (UWARF) was held.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken from my bedroom, (with my iPhone).
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall passed today, and the world is smaller. May her memory be a blessing.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This week’s nature photo was taken with my iPhone in Minneapolis this week.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
www.lvivherald.com/post/the-ren... Another piece from the Lviv Herald about how Iran sanctions impacts the Ukraine war, (since Iran is large supplier of Russian drones and other military supplies).
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The Renewal of UN Sanctions against Iran: Implications for the Global Economy and the Russia–Ukraine Conflict
The United Nations’ decision to renew sanctions against Iran represents a striking reassertion of multilateral economic statecraft at a moment when international order is already under enormous strain...
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Great summary and suggestions from a Canadian journalist.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
bsky.app/profile/gtco... It seems Melania’s staff is as unconcerned with plagiarism as she is.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
www.lvivherald.com/post/two-mor... An interesting read; from the Lviv Herald.
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Two More Years of War: How Russia’s Economy May Collapse Before Her Army Does
The war in Ukraine, already in her eleventh year if one dates the conflict from the seizure of Crimea in 2014, shows few signs of an early settlement. Yet it is increasingly plausible to predict that ...
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
www.threads.com/@edspellman9... This is why the USA should be funding basic medical research. This promising study was done in the UK.
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Edward Spellman (@edspellman9080) on Threads
As a neurologist, I’m astounded at this development - Huntington’s disease has been devastating and inexorable degeneration, untreatable (medication only reduced symptoms in early disease but never pr...
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This week’s nature photo of the appropriately named red-wing blackbird was taken in Minneapolis.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Clearly Trump has prioritized tax cuts for the wealthy (over $1 trillion) over the nations health; since he has significantly cut back on cancer research, and reduced all funding for ObamaCare, Medicaid, and Medicare by over $1 trillion, (to fund tax cuts). William Mayo was correct.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This week’s animal photos were taken in Olympic National Park with my iPhone.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This week’s animal photos were taken with my iPhone in a butterfly garden in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia last year.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
www.lvivherald.com/post/from-ne... An interesting article about how Ukraine’s defense industry may evolve into an export power-house.
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From Necessity to Export Power: Lessons for Ukraine from Israel and South Korea
History suggests that countries forced to fight for survival often turn necessity into innovation. Two prominent examples—Israel and South Korea—developed arms industries under siege conditions, and t...
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Seems our tariff policy is designed to help offset the tax cuts for the extremely wealthy. Downside is tariffs increase prices, create trade wars with our alliances & reduce demand. That makes employers pull back on investments. The US was healthier under Biden.
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The jobs crash
Friends,
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
bsky.app/profile/mark... Destroying USAID and removing funding for GAVI (both of which save the lives of tens of thousands of poor people), so he can continue to provide tax breaks for the ultra wealthy is a moral cesspool. This administration is turning America into a kleptocracy. Cruel & stupid.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
These guanaco photos were taken while visiting Patagonian Chile in 2017, with my iPhone.
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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Tim Kunin @northernwaters.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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