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Ms. Que BanhHere, what folks call - <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a> - is what our peoples overseas call - <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bribery</a>. It always leads to increased <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a>.<a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CDNpoli</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BCpoli</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbyists</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BackroomDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BackroomDeals</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/ShadyBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShadyBusiness</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Bribed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bribed</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BackroomBribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BackroomBribes</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicians</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BanCorporateLobbyists</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanReligiousLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BanReligiousLobbyists</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanZionistLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BanZionistLobbyists</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicTransparency</a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicAccountability</a>

Go Weapons Hot"In the Americas, a president who sounds like a 19th-century imperialist crossed with a New York real-estate developer talks about taking over Greenland, Panama, and <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a>. And all at once, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/spheresofinfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spheresofinfluence</a> have ceased to be just something historians and political scientists study, but the emerging reality of a volatile new world."<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-order-europe-trump/682639/?gift=36MUroklPHjSVbIeXUwSvWUwU086D5vRbGMy_DdEuP8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-order-europe-trump/682639/?gift=36MUroklPHjSVbIeXUwSvWUwU086D5vRbGMy_DdEuP8</a>

SilkesterWhat Westerners Must (But Don't) Understand about Russian Diplomats <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3NfFFflWuE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3NfFFflWuE</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussianDiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussianDiplomacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Projection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Realpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Realpolitik</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diplomacyDogmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diplomacyDogmen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rivals</a>

SilkesterWhy Mearsheimer is wrong about Russia and the war in Ukraine. Five arguments from Alexander Stubb. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlB-pRqdyBg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlB-pRqdyBg</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NATO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Revisionism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Georgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarOfAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarOfAggression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Imperialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReligiousExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReligiousExtremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Obama</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crimea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalRealism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfDetermination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfDetermination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolerance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperpowerNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperpowerNostalgia</a>

naturaldynamicsInsightful discussion on Ukraine war, Putin, and his imperial designs and insistence on spheres of influence, something us Canadians are now feeling concerned about as Trump talks about us in those terms.... <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#putin</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukraine</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#negotiations</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/spheresofinfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spheresofinfluence</a><a href="https://youtu.be/pJ7DWLWAsGM?si=Ls_VJ3QphD_vNDRi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pJ7DWLWAsGM?si=Ls_VJ3QphD_vNDRi</a>

ClemensPSuterHighly recommended to watch: former MI6 boss Sir Alex Younger and former Financial Times Moscow Correspondent Catherine Belton comment on Russia, Ukraine, trump and china and the world order <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=FocQITpJnaQ&si=c9YlEN-7sfPyRMdG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=FocQITpJnaQ&si=c9YlEN-7sfPyRMdG</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militarization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spheresofinfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spheresofinfluence</a> #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldorder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mi5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mi5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#appeasement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/negotiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#negotiation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russoukrainianwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#russoukrainianwar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defense</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mi6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mi6</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/younger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#younger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatherineBelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CatherineBelton</a>

Geriatric GardenerThis ⤵️ is what Project 2025 is *really* all about! “Decoding the Authoritarian Blueprint: How Putin’s Strategies May Foretell Trump’s Next Moves”by Don Knight in The Midnight Manuscripts on Substack“What <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hungary</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Belarus</a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Russia</a> Reveal About Trump’s Path to Power”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/decoding-the-authoritarian-blueprint?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/decoding-the-authoritarian-blueprint?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Xi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Multipolarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Multipolarity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orban" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Orban</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#China</a>

Dr Susi Arnott<a href="https://mastodon.social/@sellathechemist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sellathechemist</a> - fantastic what yr doing; looking forward to shareable case studies to support <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateAction</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CarbonLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarbonLiteracy</a> at other institutions - you have massive <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> ! 💚

Cluster ROOTSWhat we reject in the present, we sometimes evaluate much more positively in the past. In a recently published article <a href="https://mastodon.social/@archaeohlrau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeohlrau</a> and Vesa Arponen of the ROOTS <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReflectiveTurnForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReflectiveTurnForum</a> question archaeological narratives against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine: <a href="https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/publications/publications-by-roots-member/did-authoritarian-bronze-age-rulers-advance-civilisation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/publications/publications-by-roots-member/did-authoritarian-bronze-age-rulers-advance-civilisation</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PastPresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastPresent</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BronzeAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BronzeAge</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/spheresofinfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spheresofinfluence</a>

Dr Susi ArnottQuintessential example of why <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> matter as much as direct <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CarbonFootprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarbonFootprint</a> - <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/StopFossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopFossilFuel</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/16/allowing-cumbria-coalmine-was-disaster-for-climate-diplomacy-says-lord-turner?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/16/allowing-cumbria-coalmine-was-disaster-for-climate-diplomacy-says-lord-turner?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

rhubarbsticks<a href="https://mas.to/@dw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dw</a> interesting to see if the majority run to support Cuba with arguments of sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity. <a href="https://SSelf.co/tags/spheresofinfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spheresofinfluence</a>

Steve :verified:Let's talk about a mindset on colonialism....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgeFj0t_u0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgeFj0t_u0</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BeauOfTheFifthColumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeauOfTheFifthColumn</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#India</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WhiteSaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSaviour</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a>

Jonathan EugsterI'm a rural US corporate lib dem but I can change, if I have to, I guess. <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/RedGreenShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedGreenShow</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/GetFederated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GetFederated</a>

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