Stephen Maher
@stephenmaher.bsky.social
Journalist, novelist. Nova Scotian.
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Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Sad news, posted on @cbccolleenjones Twitter account
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sad news, posted on @cbccolleenjones Twitter account
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Breaking News: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artist known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died. He was 81.
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
The Grammy Award-winning singer and star of the movie “The Harder They Come” died of pneumonia, his wife said.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Breaking News: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artist known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died. He was 81.
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I think his best song is actually his cover of Tickle Cove Pond, by Mark Walker, an otherwise obscure 20th Century fisherman and songwriter originally from Bonavista. Hynes's version will send chills down your spine.
youtu.be/LsIuTEkgGok?...
youtu.be/LsIuTEkgGok?...
Ron Hynes - Tickle Cove Pond (1991)
YouTube video by Newfoundland & Labrador Music
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I think his best song is actually his cover of Tickle Cove Pond, by Mark Walker, an otherwise obscure 20th Century fisherman and songwriter originally from Bonavista. Hynes's version will send chills down your spine.
youtu.be/LsIuTEkgGok?...
youtu.be/LsIuTEkgGok?...
Ten years now that Ron Hynes is gone. I think this is the best video on the internet of him singing.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=jBiKhrDJzWA&list=PLIsuGXBBGLRtagcUrnhqitj2OoyuzB8kd&index=3
t.co
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ten years now that Ron Hynes is gone. I think this is the best video on the internet of him singing.
t.co/c99fFpd1uw
t.co/c99fFpd1uw
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The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump
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My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump | The Walrus
I turned to history—and my ancestors—to understand the country’s resistance to American domination
thewalrus.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
ChatGPT should be shut down until it provides assurances that this kind of thing will never happen again
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ChatGPT should be shut down until it provides assurances that this kind of thing will never happen again
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The first episode of my YouTube series out now. But there will be more! Please help me tell the YouTube Algorithm Gods that more people should see it. You can do that by subscribing to my channel:
www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
Soft Power with Justin Ling
Soft Power is a show all about how diplomacy, security, aid, trade, spying, and how realpolitik shapes the world. Each episode, we zoom in on one story to break down how these forces work, and how we ...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The first episode of my YouTube series out now. But there will be more! Please help me tell the YouTube Algorithm Gods that more people should see it. You can do that by subscribing to my channel:
www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
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Used to work fine before that, though.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Used to work fine before that, though.
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Checking in on Bari weiss’ newsmaxification of CBS…
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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When Trump acts like this, for me, and I hope for many others - it increases my tolerance for delays in sorting out a deal with the US, it increases my acceptance of pain while we work to find new trade partners.
Trump is pissed about an ad that Canada recently ran in the U.S. showing Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs in 1987.
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
When Trump acts like this, for me, and I hope for many others - it increases my tolerance for delays in sorting out a deal with the US, it increases my acceptance of pain while we work to find new trade partners.
It has come to my attention that many people are not aware that my book about Justin Trudeau's prime ministership is now available in convenient paperback format, with a gripping new afterword that covers his final months in office. Christmas is coming!
October 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It has come to my attention that many people are not aware that my book about Justin Trudeau's prime ministership is now available in convenient paperback format, with a gripping new afterword that covers his final months in office. Christmas is coming!
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Very good profile of Mark Carney, by @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Jives with what the Ottawa bubble says about him and the shoes memo too macleans.ca/politics/mar...
Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca
His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.
macleans.ca
October 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Very good profile of Mark Carney, by @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Jives with what the Ottawa bubble says about him and the shoes memo too macleans.ca/politics/mar...
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If the worst that can be said of our prime minister is that he yells at Liberals, well I like him even more now. macleans.ca/politics/mar...
Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca
His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.
macleans.ca
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If the worst that can be said of our prime minister is that he yells at Liberals, well I like him even more now. macleans.ca/politics/mar...
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An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
Congratulations to Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner Raymond Blake for Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. Important book from a great scholar.
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Congratulations to Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner Raymond Blake for Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. Important book from a great scholar.
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I now understand why Liberal MPs rose after MP Thomas' speech last week. And I agree with @stephenmaher.bsky.social. I believe he's saying that we need to identify and address mental health issues.
This is a very thought-ful essay, all Cdns should read it.
This is a very thought-ful essay, all Cdns should read it.
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I now understand why Liberal MPs rose after MP Thomas' speech last week. And I agree with @stephenmaher.bsky.social. I believe he's saying that we need to identify and address mental health issues.
This is a very thought-ful essay, all Cdns should read it.
This is a very thought-ful essay, all Cdns should read it.
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Here’s one way Canada can avoid the contagion of political violence, Stephen Maher writes www.thestar.com/opinion/here...
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Stephen Maher: Here’s one way Canada can avoid the contagion of political violence
America was born in war and mob violence. Canada was founded by people who rejected that.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Here’s one way Canada can avoid the contagion of political violence, Stephen Maher writes www.thestar.com/opinion/here...
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Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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Carney is trying to court Trump. It’s not working, @stephenmaher.bsky.social writes. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Stephen Maher: Carney is trying to court Trump. It’s not working
Canada’s prime minister has given Trump a few presents, but he’s still the best skater on the ice
www.thestar.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Carney is trying to court Trump. It’s not working, @stephenmaher.bsky.social writes. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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When the US sanctioned the British head of the ICC, his IT system was suspended (Microsoft), and his bank account was frozen (his bank operates in the US). Will Canadian service providers also now implement US sanctions on a Canadian citizen?
The Canadian judge is being targeted for investigating the actions of American personnel in Afghanistan. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Imposing Further Sanctions in Response to the ICC’s Ongoing Threat to Americans and Israelis - United States Department of State
Today, the United States is sanctioning four individuals, currently serving on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Department of State’s designations are made pursuant to Executive Order (E.O...
www.state.gov
August 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When the US sanctioned the British head of the ICC, his IT system was suspended (Microsoft), and his bank account was frozen (his bank operates in the US). Will Canadian service providers also now implement US sanctions on a Canadian citizen?