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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦
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Worrier & retired person (that order). Boomer, grumpy old man (since forever). Travel. | Be nice. Especially to me. | repost≠endorse | Be all you can be. Wake me when you’re done. | Toronto 🇨🇦

Vive le Canada.

Travel journal: https://journeys.klebanoff.com
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How does one get added to a starter pack of introverted, insecure neurotics?

Nah, never mind. I'm not worthy of being added to a starter pack. And I'm worried that people might start interacting with me if I do get added to one.
I just blocked Mark Hamill. Before I did, I noticed that he lost a lot of followers. He was down to only one. Sad. 😢

I hate imposters. If you follow me and I notice you I will block you. Guaranteed.

(I do follow the real Mark Hamill: @markhamillofficial.bsky.social)
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States.
t.me/pul_1/19890
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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The writers are never subtle
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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I’m in Davos, Switzerland, to secure new trade and investment partners for Canada.

Because Canada has what the world wants — we’re an energy superpower and a reliable trading partner, with the most educated workforce in the world.
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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I feel like this official letter is an inflection point, convincing European elites that not only is Trump genuinely insane, but the people serving him in the U.S. government are either insane or too cowardly to object.
NORWAY PM: I HAVE REPEATEDLY CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO TRUMP THAT IT IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE THAT AWARDS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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He hasn't lost his mind, at least not recently.

He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Beijing watching a completely mentally unstable U.S. President reorient all U.S. foreign policy to coerce Brussels:
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Even if Trump doesn’t invade Greenland (or Canada) he’s doing Putin an enormous favour.

Can Europe/Canada keep sending military equipment to Ukraine when their own territory is facing the threat of invasion?
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Even though I'm watching from my perch here in Canada, I'm not looking forward to the emerging civil war in the United States.
That sounds exactly like a declaration of war on a US state. A completely illegal one, mind you, but we already know that legality literally means nothing to these treasonous criminals.
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”

What?
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Good. This is exactly what Canada should be doing. Will it anger Trump? Yes. If Canada wants to remain a sovereign country, we MUST visibly support NATO.

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada weighs plans to send soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark, officials say
Move could anger U.S. President Trump, who has threatened new tariffs on European countries that sent personnel there
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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No one should come to the US now
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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NEW: Trump links threats to take over Greenland to Nobel Peace Prize snub.

Former Deputy Asst. Secretary of State Joel Rubin joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to discuss.
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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1941
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Note to Donald Trump: This is what an actual Nobel Peace Prize winner sounds like. You might want to take some notes.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Breaking NYT:

Trump is now claiming that one reason he's pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to Norway's prime minister over the weekend.

Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's leader, received the text message on Sunday.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The United States of America, 2026.

bsky.app/profile/madd...
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree.
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.

www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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If the intention of Trump's threats and tariffs against Canada was to weaken investment in our country, it failed. In 2025, the Canadian stock market rose twice as much as its American counterpart.

global.morningstar.com/en-ca/market...
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Hmmm...
How could Russia be getting strategic intelligence information? 🤷🏼‍♂️
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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This is where we are at. For what? For nothing. For stupidity. For ego. For an old, demented malignant narcissist who expects the world to jump at his every whim. Well, when you follow international news you can see that the world has pretty much had enough of his bullshit.
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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"Trade is not fundamentally about competition. It's not us versus Canada. It's us and Canada." It's really about cooperation. And if the United States won't cooperate reliably with Canada, we shouldn't be surprised when Canada looks for new friends to cooperate with. And Americans miss out.
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM