Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

A full on ban on the use/abuse of AI in the development of graduate-level research or writing is the right thing to do for students. Don't let bullshit technology cheat the next generation of researchers out of the essential skills they need to produce independent, original, and critical analyses.

From our Prime Minster, who I am increasingly convinced actually hates education.

People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption.

"Leaders of Countries [...] will never be extorted" might be more convincing a position if that hadn't been this administration's primary mode of international engagement

The exercise of chokepoint sovereignty on the tollbooth model would be a remarkable return of the G77-style resource weapon long assumed outmoded.

Excited to see that the Group of 78's report on "Redefining Development in the New World Disorder" includes a recommendation re: funding an independent scientific task force to reassess, reorient, and strengthen the SDGs, and develop a more robust post-2030 agenda. group78.org/group-of-78-... #ICSDP

My latest Swamp Note with @peteratwater.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/ffac2b0e-4... When will Americans take the blame?

In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making. fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...

Reasons for being less likely to travel to the US Political climate between Canada-US (67%) Trade relations (61%) No longer feeling safe to travel to the US (59% Don't feel welcome in the US (48%) Weak exchange rate (39%) Among others, from Leger

The FT trying to be a broad church is one thing. But publishing this, and by a contributing editor?

Serious question: how many weeks will I need to cover all this super low class graft in my third-year course on corruption, scandal, and political ethics next year? WTF USA rfi.my/CZxT

Stephen Lewis has gone to the angels. He was a relentless fighter for justice. When I was 9 my Granny (an immigrant mining widow) made me sit in front of the TV and listen to him speak about compensation for mining victims. His passion and commitment stayed with me. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Géopolitique folle en 2026 rfi.my/CZTy

NEW from Kate & I: Where once oil signaled stability and prosperity, this war will ensure that hydrocarbons will increasingly come to be seen as a vector of insecurity, intermittency, and scarcity, as the philosopher @picharbonnier.bsky.social has argued. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/war...

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is holding up shipments of fossil fuels, helium, sulphur, and bromine that are essential for chip production. Will Iran pop the AI bubble? www.ft.com/content/df3f...

Wherein, two empowered boomers argue that Canada should double down on hydrocarbons. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e6beb6b...

Alt headline: "War profiteer TotalEnergies ripe for French windfall tax". giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

154/ 'The head of Europe’s central bank just said financial markets don’t understand what they’re in for. This is Christine Lagarde saying the damage is already done. Most people have absolutely no idea.' x.com/Microinterac...

If you find that you are in need of a meditative mood, you can't go wrong w Work Money Death workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...

The big money men aren’t loving the complexity of figuring out how the known unknowns might stack up.

The global food crisis unleashed by the war ft.trib.al/Vvm54S0

The meme-ridden discourse of our era is no longer fully capable of communicating the scale of the crises we face.

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

So much for timber certification ... That's the weakness of certification schemes - they have incentives to get bigger, which means lowering the barriers to entry and raising the barriers to getting kicked out. rainforestactionnetwork.substack.com/p/that-fsc-l...

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it. From the Penn student paper: www.thedp.com/article/2026...

Sounds somehow familiar in 🇨🇦 - like "results, not objectives" or "targets are not outcomes".

Traders placed $580mn oil bet ahead of Trump post on Iran talks ft.trib.al/aF9Kb9v

New ICSDP podcast: David Peck chats with @progintl.bsky.social comms director James Schneider about activism, non-3D actual chess, the importance of maintaining tension in conversations, and the need for an Independent Commission on Sustainable Development Progress www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Zr...

Relations entre le Canada et l'UE: la discussion continue! www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

Another reason to never hire a big consulting firm: instead of relying on clients to overpay for a crappy dose of the conventional wisdom, now they want clients to pay for AI slop….

“This isn’t just an oil crisis. It’s a food crisis in the making.” As Gulf conflict hits fertilizer supply, the risks to #FoodSystems are clear. “We’ve built a food system that rises and falls with the price of #oil” writes @rajpatel.org for @civileats.com. But it doesn't have to be this way

I would say I’m fairly knowledgeable about the corruption, violence, coercive authority, and brutal imperial power that pervades extractive sectors and yet I am still in shock at this Trump admin move to secure Zambian minerals

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

It was great to engage w so many serious grad students at the McMaster Global Dimensions of Policy Conference yesterday - you give us hope! @uofgpolisci.bsky.social

New ICSDP podcast: David Peck chats with @progintl.bsky.social comms director James Schneider about activism, non-3D actual chess, the importance of maintaining tension in conversations, and the need for an Independent Commission on Sustainable Development Progress www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Zr...

FAFO

Less Trump, More Trumpet!!

The rules-based international order is not your mean, nagging mum, preventing you doing cool, fun things The rules-based international order is you, as a grown up with a significant amount of power, agreeing yourself not to do idiotic stuff that imperils everyone around you

Food prices were already rising before this latest war began... with oil and fertilizer prices rising, food prices are likely to rise further and drive up world food insecurity. www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

New from Daniel Drache and @marcfroese.bsky.social rabble.ca/politics/can...

We need much, much more of this!

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

Only a 2% drop and then on to the irrational exuberance of the dip buyers....What a joke of a way to mismanage the common wealth of humanity.

Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’

Cher Monsieur Macron, avez-vous une place pour nous, les Canadiens, sous votre grand et magnifique parapluie nucléaire?

The war on Iran likely brings a new oil price shock and windfall profits. So, who stands to win? Our research shows: Last time around (2022), the US reaped the largest fossil fuel profits of any country ($377bn). 50% went to the top 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵

Canada would have been better off saying nothing. You can detest the regime in Iran without supporting chaos. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...