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Quick primer from last March on why buying the F-35 poses such an enormous security risk to Canada. Hint: It's not about jobs and only slightly about who's responsible for repairs and maintenance.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Quick primer from last March on why buying the F-35 poses such an enormous security risk to Canada. Hint: It's not about jobs and only slightly about who's responsible for repairs and maintenance.
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...
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This is good. Andrew Coyne uses the right terminology. Essentially a call for a new "national policy":
"That’s about capacity generally: state capacity, to be sure, but more broadly, societal capacity."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"That’s about capacity generally: state capacity, to be sure, but more broadly, societal capacity."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Donald Trump wants to make an example out of Canada. How will we prepare?
We must urgently strengthen our capacity to endure whatever this wildcard President throws at us
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is good. Andrew Coyne uses the right terminology. Essentially a call for a new "national policy":
"That’s about capacity generally: state capacity, to be sure, but more broadly, societal capacity."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"That’s about capacity generally: state capacity, to be sure, but more broadly, societal capacity."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
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This is probably the greatest threat to Canada. That we concede so much to the US to avoid further threats, that we’re effectively a vassal state
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This is probably the greatest threat to Canada. That we concede so much to the US to avoid further threats, that we’re effectively a vassal state
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jason Stanley is one of three Yale profs who left Trumpland to teach at U of T. In his first op-ed for @thestar.com, he says Canadians need to wake up and smell the fascism: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I left Trump’s America last year to teach in Canada. I didn’t expect this from Canadians
During my short time here, I have encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what is happening in the United States.
www.thestar.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Jason Stanley is one of three Yale profs who left Trumpland to teach at U of T. In his first op-ed for @thestar.com, he says Canadians need to wake up and smell the fascism: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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1> Politicians who hype the myth of high crime
2> Bad media like CP24 that repeats the same crimes ever few minutes ( Toronto is a war zone if you watch)
3> Bad faith social media accounts (IntegrityTO) who hype it and stupid social media influencer accounts who play on this
4> Police union hype
2> Bad media like CP24 that repeats the same crimes ever few minutes ( Toronto is a war zone if you watch)
3> Bad faith social media accounts (IntegrityTO) who hype it and stupid social media influencer accounts who play on this
4> Police union hype
Inbox: "A new Liaison Strategies survey ... has identified a profound disconnect ... While official police data from Toronto, Peel, and York Regions highlights historic declines in high-profile crimes like homicide and auto theft, the vast majority of residents believe these crimes are surging"
December 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
1> Politicians who hype the myth of high crime
2> Bad media like CP24 that repeats the same crimes ever few minutes ( Toronto is a war zone if you watch)
3> Bad faith social media accounts (IntegrityTO) who hype it and stupid social media influencer accounts who play on this
4> Police union hype
2> Bad media like CP24 that repeats the same crimes ever few minutes ( Toronto is a war zone if you watch)
3> Bad faith social media accounts (IntegrityTO) who hype it and stupid social media influencer accounts who play on this
4> Police union hype
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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1. The history of baseball stadiums in Toronto goes back a century before the SkyDome opened.
With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it.
It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…
With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it.
It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1. The history of baseball stadiums in Toronto goes back a century before the SkyDome opened.
With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it.
It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…
With the Jays coming home for Game Six, I thought I'd share my old thread about it.
It begins all the way back in the 1800s with a place called the Toronto Baseball Grounds…
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I guessed, watching the ceasefire celebrations, that the very best person make sense of it all is Mohammad Darawshe, an Israeli whose family have been devastated by both Hamas and Netanyahu and knows both IS and PAL political realities fluently. I was so right
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: For those caught in the middle, the path to Middle East peace is a long one
There is still optimism to be found even if Israel won’t negotiate in good faith, Palestinians can’t find a legitimate authority, and distrust is deepening
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I guessed, watching the ceasefire celebrations, that the very best person make sense of it all is Mohammad Darawshe, an Israeli whose family have been devastated by both Hamas and Netanyahu and knows both IS and PAL political realities fluently. I was so right
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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"The actions of a country 3,000 miles away of which I am not a citizen have left me feeling unwelcome in the place I was born. Pick a side. The isolating irony is that I can’t."
Powerful piece from @rmcunliffe.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Powerful piece from @rmcunliffe.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
What it's like to be Jewish in Britain now
The war in Gaza has exposed a level of anti-Semitism I didn’t realise was there
www.newstatesman.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"The actions of a country 3,000 miles away of which I am not a citizen have left me feeling unwelcome in the place I was born. Pick a side. The isolating irony is that I can’t."
Powerful piece from @rmcunliffe.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Powerful piece from @rmcunliffe.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why.
We are watching a fascist takeover of our closest neighbour and the world’s largest military. #Opinion
We are watching a fascist takeover of our closest neighbour and the world’s largest military. #Opinion
Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why
America is quickly becoming a fascist state.
trib.al
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why.
We are watching a fascist takeover of our closest neighbour and the world’s largest military. #Opinion
We are watching a fascist takeover of our closest neighbour and the world’s largest military. #Opinion
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How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?
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."
September 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How, exactly, do the Canadian Armed Forces deploy on operations with an ally who doesn't respect ROEs?
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White House administration releases earliest known photo of terrorist group ANTIFA.
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
White House administration releases earliest known photo of terrorist group ANTIFA.
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My @thestar.com column from the weekend: the premier and others are calling Toronto’s speed cameras a “cash grab”, but the data suggests they’re ticketing less than 5% of all speeding cars. Not exactly the grabbiest.
If anything, they’re too forgiving.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
If anything, they’re too forgiving.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Cash grab? If there’s a problem with Toronto’s speed cameras, it’s that they aren’t grabbing enough cash
The data shows that if it were logistically possible to fine every driver doing one km/h over the limit, the Parkside Drive speed camera alone could have brought in half a billion dollars.
www.thestar.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My @thestar.com column from the weekend: the premier and others are calling Toronto’s speed cameras a “cash grab”, but the data suggests they’re ticketing less than 5% of all speeding cars. Not exactly the grabbiest.
If anything, they’re too forgiving.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
If anything, they’re too forgiving.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
OREM, UT - Americans who champion the right to bear arms were shocked Wednesday as controversial commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, as opposed to the ordinarily acceptable trend of mass shootings in schools.
www.thebeaverton.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Second Amendment activists in shock as Charlie Kirk shot instead of just schoolchildren
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This story is a SUPERB way to describe the need for political parties to limit membership and prevent entryism, on both the left and right (but right is the bigger problem at the moment). So many parties in so many countries have fallen out of political normalcy by serving that guy
This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party
August 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This story is a SUPERB way to describe the need for political parties to limit membership and prevent entryism, on both the left and right (but right is the bigger problem at the moment). So many parties in so many countries have fallen out of political normalcy by serving that guy
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CBC should propose what Carney promised Canadians: A $150M initial *increase*
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
CBC should propose what Carney promised Canadians: A $150M initial *increase*
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The state is extreme now. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Post-Extremism
When the state goes radical, the radicals become paramilitary
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The state is extreme now. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/welcome-to...
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Please just buy a car. They work. They are easy to park. Get a hatchback. Demand more wagons. SUVs are lifestyle need illusions that kill children.
A new study of vehicular crashes in the UK shows that—after accounting for driver characteristics, road conditions, & more—adult pedestrians & cyclists had a 14% higher fatality rate when hit by an SUV rather than a regular car.
Children had a shocking 77% higher fatality rate when hit by SUVs.
Children had a shocking 77% higher fatality rate when hit by SUVs.
Do Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) Cause More Severe Injuries to Pedestrians and Cyclists than Passenger Cars, in the Case of a Crash? Findings from Great Britain, 2004-2023 | Published in Findings
By Anna Goodman, Phil Edwards & 1 more. In Great Britain, road crashes involving SUVs cause more severe injuries to pedestrians and cyclists than crashes involving passenger cars. The effect is strong...
findingspress.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Please just buy a car. They work. They are easy to park. Get a hatchback. Demand more wagons. SUVs are lifestyle need illusions that kill children.
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It's always good news when the subject is "It's not in everybody's head. It is real." LED headlights are making night driving difficult and dangerous. Brighter, smaller and bluer LED headlights are causing significant glare. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Car lighting experts urge Canada to crack down on blinding LED headlight lights | CBC News
If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the...
www.cbc.ca
December 24, 2024 at 3:36 PM
It's always good news when the subject is "It's not in everybody's head. It is real." LED headlights are making night driving difficult and dangerous. Brighter, smaller and bluer LED headlights are causing significant glare. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
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Ontarians don't seem to care that the agency they have entrusted with an enormous amount of public money is incapable of delivering anything more than business as usual, little step improvements despite spending an enormous amount of taxpayers' dollars.
It's a scandal.
It's a scandal.
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ontarians don't seem to care that the agency they have entrusted with an enormous amount of public money is incapable of delivering anything more than business as usual, little step improvements despite spending an enormous amount of taxpayers' dollars.
It's a scandal.
It's a scandal.
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absolutely brutal reporting from @jackhauen.bsky.social about the collapse in ambition of GO rail expansion happening under this government www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails
GO Expansion will still transform Greater Golden Horseshoe transit — but likely won’t be as ambitious as what was planned just three years ago
www.thetrillium.ca
June 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
absolutely brutal reporting from @jackhauen.bsky.social about the collapse in ambition of GO rail expansion happening under this government www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...