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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 15h

I first read your final item as "prior tantrums" but that was probably just me remembering my childhood.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 1d

My naive wish is that even one Canadian journalist, one politician, one security analyst, would address the implications of Canada choosing military integration with an authoritarian power that no longer respects the rule of law or international law.
Looks like that’s not going to happen today.

Golden Dome signals change to Canada’s long-time opposition to joining U.S. missile defence

Canada opted to stay on the sidelines in 2005 as the U.S. developed defences against ballistic missiles

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 1d

Agree. The repeated framing of the American threat as "tariffs" is a complete misunderstanding and underestimation.

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 1d

I have become a big fan of Ms. Lewis.

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 2d

This is very good from Rita Trichur. Seems to me that the US has invoked National Security concerns to limit Canadian involvement in the US economy so it follows that the reverse is legitimate.

Ethan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 2d

Washington buying stakes in Canadian miners creates national-security dilemma for Ottawa

The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Rita Trichur: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Washington buying stakes in Canadian miners creates national-security dilemma for Ottawa

The investments are a novel way for Trump to ratchet up the pressure on Ottawa to manufacture a ‘merger’ between the U.S. and Canada

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 2d

Not only that, but my 1990 work on Helium-ethyne intermolecular potentials did not receive the chemistry prize, again. #NobelSnub

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 3d

That's really interesting. I have to admit that the measurement problem has given rise to a lot of real-world results, even as I tend to think it's a morass to be avoided in general. But then I'm no one and he is Anthony Leggett, so I'm not going to argue hard for my view.

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 3d

I don't associate @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social with wishful thinking, but there's a whole lot of it here.

Anita Anand @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social · 3d

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 3d

Searching for a trade agreement that can only yield better scraps from the US table is a fool's errand, part 482.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 3d

#Breaking: Canada must come ‘second’ to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors.

Canada must come ‘second’ to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors

Appearing virtually, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bluntly told an audience at a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto on Wednesday that the United States is determined to dominate the car-making indu...

www.thestar.com

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 4d

No, Major-General, the call is coming from inside the house.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canada has been working for years to prepare for Golden Dome, Air Force general says

Major General J.D. Smyth says Canada and the U.S. face the same threat when it comes to potential attacks over the North Pole

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 5d

Correct observation even if not entirely unbiased.

Andrew Coyne @acoyne.bsky.social · 5d

Exceedingly shrewd piece in the Star by Shannon Gormley on Moldova's success in preserving its independence, through two elections and a referendum, in the face of massive Russian campaigns of intimidation and manipulation.
thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Shannon Gormley: The Russians are coming, but not for Moldova. Here’s what the tiny nation can teach us about protecting our sovereignty

Even setting aside several tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians, Russia’s broader hybrid war against Europe is getting pretty hot.

thestar.com

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 6d

I felt the same.

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 6d

This annexation scenario seems only too plausible. We shouldn't be buying F-35s from this country.

Gift link.

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/034a874...

This is what the opening move of the U.S.’s attempted annexation of Canada could look like

A Trump annexation effort would likely start in the North. It’s time to take the possibility seriously and have a hard conversation about Canada’s maritime Arctic sovereignty

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 6d

Canada not seeing where the threat is coming from, more like. Defence procurement apparently does not have a clue.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canada not angling to get out of F-35 contract with U.S., says head of defence procurement | CBC News

During an interview on CBC's Rosemary Barton Live, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr said he doesn’t think the federal government plans to get out of its contract to buy American...

www.cbc.ca

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Thorben Wieditz @twieditz.bsky.social · 7d

Some rare good news from down south.

ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/newsom-...

Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure si...

ca.finance.yahoo.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 7d

Good thread.

Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 7d

Doctorow’s blaming of bad antitrust law for ruining the Internet conveniently ignores the other, equally culpable, culprit: the decades-long insistence by groups like the Doctorow-affiliated Electronic Frontier Foundation that the Internet itself should be minimally regulated.

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 7d

...along with the dismissive assertion that lawmakers don't "get it" and "the Internet doesn't work like that".

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 8d

Carney to "focus on shared priorities" with Trump. So a five minute meeting then. #CouldHaveBeenAnEmail

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney to return to Washington as Trump's tariffs hit sectors hard | CBC News

The prime minister is expected to visit the White House on Tuesday to meet face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump as tariffs continue to pummel some Canadian industries.

www.cbc.ca

Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 10d

Fortunately the AI summarizations will make each one quicker to read.

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 10d

(I always appreciated your support in those days Henry. Thanks!)

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 10d

... And I remember your name from CT and from reading your Jacobin pieces. Best wishes.

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 10d

I couldn't agree more. And didn't know the Auden poem so thanks. In 1980 or so I met a German POW who had stayed in the UK and I was shocked that life for many Germans was just normal during the '30s -- even late. It's stuck with me. (Also "Hitler wasn't all bad" was something to hear!)

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 11d

Thanks for the comment. I know you speak from experience or proximity here.

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · 11d

There has been a lot of "let's be realistic and practical and grown-up" from military think tanks and others when it comes to integration with the Americans (OK I'm paraphrasing). This question should now be asked every time.

Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · 11d

How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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