Janice Braden
@janicebraden.bsky.social
Policy analyst turning a blank page into something special, negotiator. 3 countries, 4 prov/terrs, 1 kid. Politics, urbanism, art, travel and pub trivia. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
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Janice Braden
@janicebraden.bsky.social
· May 13
Here’s all the new Canadian Cabinet on Bluesky, including Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social , Ministers, and Secretaries of State. go.bsky.app/PVpEzRs
I get it.
The biggest event in New Zealand on Thursday may have been the opening of a furniture store. https://cnn.it/3XBmU45
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I get it.
Excellent idea! And a boon to those who most need it.
It’s often the most vulnerable Canadians who don’t file their taxes and miss out on the benefits they need or have paid into.
So we’re introducing Automatic Federal Benefits — pre-filing taxes for up to 5.5 million lower-income Canadians.
So we’re introducing Automatic Federal Benefits — pre-filing taxes for up to 5.5 million lower-income Canadians.
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Excellent idea! And a boon to those who most need it.
Hard to see the difference between declared war and this.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hard to see the difference between declared war and this.
Reminder that Ukrainian children are still, unconscionably, being taken from families for political purpose.
Also, the esteemed Institute for the Study of War is worth a follow.
Also, the esteemed Institute for the Study of War is worth a follow.
NEW: Russian federal agencies continue to sponsor programs that facilitate the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and expose them to Russian industry, culture, and patriotic history.
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reminder that Ukrainian children are still, unconscionably, being taken from families for political purpose.
Also, the esteemed Institute for the Study of War is worth a follow.
Also, the esteemed Institute for the Study of War is worth a follow.
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The United States and Canada have some unbelievably beautiful national parks, and if you want to visit them as an international tourist next year, one country will charge you extra, while the other will offer free admission.
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The United States and Canada have some unbelievably beautiful national parks, and if you want to visit them as an international tourist next year, one country will charge you extra, while the other will offer free admission.
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Annual reminder to donate to Wikipedia if you can.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Annual reminder to donate to Wikipedia if you can.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
Annual reminder to donate to Wikipedia if you can.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Annual reminder to donate to Wikipedia if you can.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
Wikipedia is the best of the internet, the world’s encyclopedia and a non-profit run largely by volunteers.
I gave the price of a book every year and now give $5/month for a resource that’s invaluable. If you can, please pitch in even a little.
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Everyone kept telling me to join so here I am!! Please repost this to signal boost so everyone can find me?? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
November 14, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Everyone kept telling me to join so here I am!! Please repost this to signal boost so everyone can find me?? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Europe is waking up
NATO just tested defending Europe without the US in Romania's Carpathians. French troops took 10 days to arrive via 5 planes, 11 trains, 15 convoys—while Americans still ran airspace control and intel
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/30/f...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/30/f...
“First time in 70 years”: Europeans no longer trust US security guarantees, expert says
A French armored brigade took 10 days and crossed five planes, 11 trains, and 15 convoys to reach Romania for NATO exercises in November — a timeline that exposes the alliance's logistics gap as the…
euromaidanpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Europe is waking up
I have a feeling our central Banker PM in Canada has a finger in this plan.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I have a feeling our central Banker PM in Canada has a finger in this plan.
Extraordinary and valuable use of AI tools to predict language and soon - to translate and let you speak in whale.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Extraordinary and valuable use of AI tools to predict language and soon - to translate and let you speak in whale.
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Hahahaha.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hahahaha.
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one - Alberta Politics
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow. Then, just like that, Alberta’s premier could call an ...
albertapolitics.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
@maxfawcett.bsky.social is a reliable straight shooter on energy and climate. He offers a view that Carney’s new deal with Alberta might be a clever win for real climate change mitigation. Maybe.
Okay, so this is a different read of today's news from a writer I respect.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
@maxfawcett.bsky.social is a reliable straight shooter on energy and climate. He offers a view that Carney’s new deal with Alberta might be a clever win for real climate change mitigation. Maybe.
I’m imagining a moment like this in the future for the “Quiet, piggy” reporter.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’m imagining a moment like this in the future for the “Quiet, piggy” reporter.
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Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded and sinking capital, has displaced Tokyo as the most populated city in the world, according to the UN, thanks to its new way of counting urban populations.
Jakarta Overtakes Tokyo as World’s Largest City, UN Report Says
The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded and sinking capital, has displaced Tokyo as the most populated city in the world, according to the UN, thanks to its new way of counting urban populations.
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How you know your post-secondary institution is being run by administrative functionaries, not the faculty.
Morgan State University is one of the first colleges in the country to create its own sovereign artificial intelligence system. The university will soon run entirely on the AI, called Obsidian, which will advise students and grade assignments.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI
The historically Black college may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
www.thebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
How you know your post-secondary institution is being run by administrative functionaries, not the faculty.
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90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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Europe’s counter-proposal guts core concessions in US plan: deletes NATO-freeze clause, removes recognition of Russian-held regions, raises Ukraine’s allowed troop size, keeps NATO membership technically open, scraps blanket amnesty, & kills joint US–Russia investment scheme tied to frozen assets.
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Europe’s counter-proposal guts core concessions in US plan: deletes NATO-freeze clause, removes recognition of Russian-held regions, raises Ukraine’s allowed troop size, keeps NATO membership technically open, scraps blanket amnesty, & kills joint US–Russia investment scheme tied to frozen assets.