Lisa
@lisawedmann.bsky.social
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Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
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He's seeding the idea of the government takeover of the media.
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
He's seeding the idea of the government takeover of the media.
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Dan is absolutely right. It's a gift. It's a mockery of global governance. Canada's participation will only serve to legitimize it. bsky.app/profile/dhne...
Ok, I read this piece. It's just a grift. International cooperation as a Mara-logo membership.
Trump Wants Nations to Pay $1 Billion to Stay on Peace Board
The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion.
www.bloomberg.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Dan is absolutely right. It's a gift. It's a mockery of global governance. Canada's participation will only serve to legitimize it. bsky.app/profile/dhne...
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For folks saying Carney has insisted that he won't pay, that's a) not being reported and
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
Carney agrees ‘in principle’ to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ but says details must be worked out
Prime Minister wants Canada to participate in rebuilding Gaza after Israel-Hamas war
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
For folks saying Carney has insisted that he won't pay, that's a) not being reported and
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
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We cannot claim to uphold the “rules-based international system” by allowing it to be side-stepped by an pay-to-play club run by the world’s most unfit person, and without existing support, delivery, or logistics capacity, or accountability. All this does is kill the UN. (And no, that’s not good.)
For folks saying Carney has insisted that he won't pay, that's a) not being reported and
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
b) missing the point.
Carney is trying to frame the "board" as a platform for humanitarian action, but it's transparently not that at all.
Carney agrees ‘in principle’ to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ but says details must be worked out
Prime Minister wants Canada to participate in rebuilding Gaza after Israel-Hamas war
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
We cannot claim to uphold the “rules-based international system” by allowing it to be side-stepped by an pay-to-play club run by the world’s most unfit person, and without existing support, delivery, or logistics capacity, or accountability. All this does is kill the UN. (And no, that’s not good.)
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This is a bike lane on Bloor, one of the busiest in the city.
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This is a bike lane on Bloor, one of the busiest in the city.
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Yes, Carney fans are doing exactly the kind of rationalizing we've come to expect. There is no line for them.
I don't believe he is mulling it over. He is being vague for a reason. They still have to discuss things to agree on details. You don't rationalize with a crazy man through the media. Canada will probably give money to Gaza, but it will be humanitarian aid, not bribery.
January 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Yes, Carney fans are doing exactly the kind of rationalizing we've come to expect. There is no line for them.
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Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
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An election was fought and won on "elbows up" without ever defining what we meant and now Canada appears poised to outsource drug decisions to foreign regulators. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
An election was fought and won on "elbows up" without ever defining what we meant and now Canada appears poised to outsource drug decisions to foreign regulators. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Oh FFS
An election was fought and won on "elbows up" without ever defining what we meant and now Canada appears poised to outsource drug decisions to foreign regulators. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Oh FFS
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It’s like Donald Trump has declared war on smart people and you don’t even have to be that smart to be qualified as smart people
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It’s like Donald Trump has declared war on smart people and you don’t even have to be that smart to be qualified as smart people
None of this is true.
Bessent on Greenland: "Peace through strength. Make it part of the US and there will not be a conflict because the US right now, we're the hottest country in the world, we're the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness. The US projects strength."
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
None of this is true.
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If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.
Bessent on Greenland: "Peace through strength. Make it part of the US and there will not be a conflict because the US right now, we're the hottest country in the world, we're the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness. The US projects strength."
January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.
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Any time a university says that it has to outsource its IT we need to ask why, how and to which company/country?
Especially when we are also being told to cut programs and personnel at the university.
Especially when we are also being told to cut programs and personnel at the university.
Big picture: that US law supersedes Canadian law when it comes to US-sourced software provided by Canadian orgs (here, universities) puts the lie to the Carney government‘s claim that US tech companies can unproblematically be part of any Canadian sovereign cloud initiative.
Trump’s trade policy has digitally invaded Canadian universities. Here’s how, and why you should worry
By outsourcing IT to a U.S. company, writes Jim Stanford, students at more than 100 Canadian schools, including the U of T, are at the whim of Trump's U.S. trade
www.thestar.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Any time a university says that it has to outsource its IT we need to ask why, how and to which company/country?
Especially when we are also being told to cut programs and personnel at the university.
Especially when we are also being told to cut programs and personnel at the university.
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On the one hand, Europe will be worried about a tit-for-tat economic spiral. But the politics of this fight really favor Europe, just as it favored the Liberals/Carney in Canada.
Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/
Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
On the one hand, Europe will be worried about a tit-for-tat economic spiral. But the politics of this fight really favor Europe, just as it favored the Liberals/Carney in Canada.
Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/
Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/
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Wrong. Completely wrong. Canada *does* need to be 'performative'. It's called leadership. Upholding democratic norms is done by vocal support and action, not going mute when things get tough out of cowardice and self preservation.
Canada doesn't need to be performative. The EU is making a statement because they need to demonstrate their unity and strength.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Wrong. Completely wrong. Canada *does* need to be 'performative'. It's called leadership. Upholding democratic norms is done by vocal support and action, not going mute when things get tough out of cowardice and self preservation.
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To steal a great Anthony Jeselnik joke, it was a tough year for football. It lost Patrick Mahomes, George Kittle, and Malik Nabers… but even worse, it kept Aaron Rodgers
January 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
To steal a great Anthony Jeselnik joke, it was a tough year for football. It lost Patrick Mahomes, George Kittle, and Malik Nabers… but even worse, it kept Aaron Rodgers
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The officials called a pair of game-deciding DPI fouls against the Bills in overtime. If the same standard had been applied late in regulation, when Riley Moss apparently interfered with Brandin Cooks, the Bills may have won.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Officials seemingly shifted the DPI standard in Bills-Broncos overtime
Through 60 minutes of regulation in Saturday's Bills-Broncos game, not a single flag was thrown for pass interference.
www.nbcsports.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The officials called a pair of game-deciding DPI fouls against the Bills in overtime. If the same standard had been applied late in regulation, when Riley Moss apparently interfered with Brandin Cooks, the Bills may have won.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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Listening to CBC The House post-mortem on Carney's China trip, and my main thought is that pundits expect the Canadian prime minister to challenge Xi on human rights abuses, but definitely not challenge Trump on human rights abuses in Minnesota and Chicago (an El Salvador, and other places.)
January 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Listening to CBC The House post-mortem on Carney's China trip, and my main thought is that pundits expect the Canadian prime minister to challenge Xi on human rights abuses, but definitely not challenge Trump on human rights abuses in Minnesota and Chicago (an El Salvador, and other places.)
This is why I tune out anyone who complains about Chinese EVs but not Tesla. Until politicians & pundits are honest about Tesla & Musk, I don't want to hear from them about this.
The segment included multiple people, including Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, expressing some concern about Chinese EVs collecting data on Canadians for some vaguely malevolent purpose.
Such concerns are never voiced about Tesla, a company run by a racist man who does Nazi salutes in public.
Such concerns are never voiced about Tesla, a company run by a racist man who does Nazi salutes in public.
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is why I tune out anyone who complains about Chinese EVs but not Tesla. Until politicians & pundits are honest about Tesla & Musk, I don't want to hear from them about this.
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“This slogan will never accomplish its goal” - someone who doesn’t want to accomplish said goal
Is "Abolish ICE" the new "Defund the Police," or is it the right message for the moment? Dems disagree. @lauren-egan.bsky.social:
Dems Are Begging Their Own to Drop ‘Abolish ICE’
A new memo circulating on Capitol Hill urges Democratic lawmakers to instead embrace reforming the agency.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
“This slogan will never accomplish its goal” - someone who doesn’t want to accomplish said goal
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at the end of the day dont turn the ball over 5 times
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
at the end of the day dont turn the ball over 5 times
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Dude I have no clue what a catch is in the NFL
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Dude I have no clue what a catch is in the NFL
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January 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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