Today's News: Here's some good stuff

Busy day today so its not a long post tonight. 

First of all, here's a great news story:

On May 18, 2022

Saskatoon Tribal Council had the pleasure of witnessing the unveiling of the Fred Sasakamoose statue at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon.https://t.co/jzFWGma1qD pic.twitter.com/we8MFu3Rds

— StoonTribalCouncil (@StoonTribalCncl) May 19, 2022

Fred Sasakamoose, a member of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, was the first First Nations player in the National Hockey League -  Chicago Blackhawks 1953 to 1954. The Fred Sasakamoose “Chief Thunderstick” National Hockey championship is now underway in Saskatoon. 

Moving on to Elon Musk, he continues to demonstrate why he will rue the day he decided to get involved with Twitter (which I believe he did only to help Trump get his account back):

Elon Musk, writes my brilliant colleague @WilliamCohan, is "a fool who is grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory." It's hard to argue with that.https://t.co/kXt4a8MtRm

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 19, 2022

This thread is hilarious:

Say what you want, at least he created an innovative and first of its kind underground passage for cars

— Santiago Mayer 🌻 (@santiagomayer_) May 19, 2022

Say whatever you want - at least he saved those Thai kids from the cave with his submarine ! You can never take that away from him.

— benchmark (@MBerlin2016) May 19, 2022

What surprised me was the number of people who took this seriously and actually thought Musk had done these things. Perhaps this thread explains why:

Up to that point I had been skeptical that any startup automaker could succeed. That view wasn't about Tesla, it was about the car biz. But what I found at Harris Ranch was shocking, a cockroach, and I decided to follow a life-changing instinct: THERE IS NEVER JUST ONE COCKROACH.

— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 20, 2022

As I realized this, and as I realized that Musk and Tesla were on a trajectory toward increasingly implausible and fraudulent claims (which massively enriched Musk), I realized: TESLA IS NOT AN AUTOMOTIVE STORY, IT IS A CELEBRITY STORY. Faith in Musk personally was what mattered

— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 20, 2022

The New York Times published an idiotic opinion piece on Ukraine today and it provoked a lot of reaction:

The New York Times editorial page endorses pressuring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. Really shameful, guys. https://t.co/8KN4eUfzjQ

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) May 20, 2022

They always have. https://t.co/0cwArb0vXP

— Louise Mensch 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@LouiseMensch) May 20, 2022

This lengthy thread is worth reading too:

By making Ukraine look weak because of fear that Russia will be embarassed, the opposite in US public is more likely to happen, that the US public will think Ukraine is weak and cant win.

— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) May 20, 2022

Finally, it was National Rescue Dog Day today. 

Here are our two:

Here are our two rescues, Ebony and Molly #NationalRescueDogDay pic.twitter.com/0MP6vW6lBS

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) May 21, 2022

Here's a few more dog tweets:

💙💛 Our brave Patron congratulated another furry favorite of Ukraine - Stepan the cat - on receiving one of the most significant awards for influencers World Influencers and Bloggers Awards! pic.twitter.com/TnJ9J39seF

— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) May 20, 2022

Very funny, think he has a bet on a horse 😂 pic.twitter.com/stEiOJwJ6Z

— Nature Campanion (@naturecampanion) May 20, 2022

🐾 I’ve been doing too many zoomies, I need a small break. I’m gonna take a power nap right here in the grass, then I’ll meet up with Poppet, Willow and Cece to plan our weekend. They always come up with great pawctivity ideas. Awooooooof! pic.twitter.com/7vX46DYM1Z

— The Oval Pawffice® 🇺🇸 DOTUS Fans (@TheOvalPawffice) May 21, 2022

Funny:

Thinking outside the box.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/7dQWP0De2y

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 21, 2022