Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong. Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived. And they were nothing like "primitive" phys.org/news/2025-11...

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST, I'll be making my debut appearance on @ww2tv.bsky.social, alongside other guests, to pay tribute to the late, great Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum. I wouldn't be where I am now, telling Canada's wartime stories, without him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...

I have loved books as Christmas presents ever since I was a small child both giving and receiving. These days bookshops as much as the books are a delight for me from small and intimate to large where I can sit with a coffee like this one. A favourite

The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Happy birthday to Fred Penner, born on this day in Winnipeg in 1946! His show Fred Penner's place aired from 1985 to 1997. He has won four Junos and has the Order of Canada. I did a deep dive into his life with an interview here 👇 canadaehx.com/2025/10/14/f...

En ce jour de 1918, le Corps expéditionnaire canadien en Sibérie est arrivé en Vladivostok. Le Corps fait parti d'une force formée par les Alliés pour soutenir les forces anticommunistes surnommées les «Russes blancs» pendant la révolution russe.

On this day in 1918, the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force landed in Vladivostok. They were there as part of an Allied force sent to support the anti-communist "White Russian" cause during the Russian Revolution.

Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives www.historians.org/perspectives...

George's full AB with in stadium audio only.

I can still remember where I was 32 years ago. I wondered if being a Blue Jays fan would ever feel so good again. And here we are.

Raptors 🤝 Jays 1 of 6 teams to come back from down 2-0 in a conference championship series & make the Finals

Gausman the win, Bassitt the hold, Hoffman strikes out the side for the save. And Springer with one of the biggest homers imaginable. Unreal.

WORLD SERIES BOUND!!!

THE BLUE JAYS HAVE WON THE PENNANT WOW

At the 12 second mark, that camera operator called an audible and just said "fuck it, the lane is clear, no tripping hazards, I'm winning a Sports Emmy for cinematography right now"

Proposals to build data centers are facing growing opposition across the country. Local leaders are weighing concerns about data centers’ water and electricity use with the hefty community investments that developers often offer to sweeten their deals.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

We've also got fortunetellers, monuments & commemorations, c18-21 masculinity & race + a feature re: ANDOR! Contributors to the vol. include: @jean23bean.bsky.social @hannahfrydman.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @tgpeterson.bsky.social @laprofmme.bsky.social & @vlvde.bsky.social Follow them all!

Hey Bluesky: We're prepping vol. 51 for publication & it is looking fabulous w/articles on artists in Vichy & the actor/author Claudius Roussarie, a roundtable on Karen Offen's "The Woman Question," Interventions, Notes on Sources & the 2025 JWSFH Mixtape!

Over the course of 233 days in 1942, 11,000 soldiers and 16,000 Canadian and American civilians, built a 2,451 kilometre highway with 133 bridges through the Canadian wilderness. This is the story of the construction of the Alaska Highway. 🧵 1/12

PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏 The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes. www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...

<taps sign> The Luddites were not against technology per de; they were against technology that devalued their work. And they certainly weren’t unfamiliar with technology. We should all be Luddites vis a vis AI.

No, wait. Be Luddites. Luddities were largely industrial workers terrified that their bosses' avarice and the emerging technology would cost them their livelihood and endanger their families ability to survive. We need Luddities to oppose AI and automation. Be Luddities, god damnit.

Looking for your next great summertime beach read? Just grab the latest issue of Legion Magazine to enjoy learning more about how WW2 photographer Ken Bell revisited sites of war repeatedly over a 40 year period to re photograph them.

In case you missed it - I’ve got short article in Legion Magazine this month about one of my ongoing fascinations with #SWW photography: Ken Bell and his numerous returns to Europe in the postwar period to re-photograph battle sites. Check it out here: legionmagazine.com/back-to-the-...

Our national parks are in trouble. Since Trump returned to office, the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its full-time staff. That’s thousands of people who used to care for trails, run visitor centers, respond to emergencies, and protect the land, gone.

As a historian, I have been curious (and appalled) by this choice of pseudo. The interpretation below is quite common, but not in fact correct. It was an 1865 law (sénatus-consulte) that made “Muslim Algerians” (a racial category divorced from actual faith) French nationals without citizenship 1/

Read: us1.campaign-archive.com?e=[UNIQID]&u...

This week’s newsletter highlights stories of Indigenous peoples sovereignty and resilience. Read a mix of long-form and shorter pieces through the newsletter link in the comments.

At my merch shop, I have a line of shirts that celebrate Canada. Perfect for the upcoming summer season! Visit the merch shop here 👇 www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/...

Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, of 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, won a Victoria Cross for his actions on the night of 12th/13th June, 1944. He was mid-upper gunner in a Lancaster, part of a force which was to attack the marshalling yards at Cambrai. 🧵1/10

Red Dress Day Today we remember. We honour. We stand in solidarity. Each red dress is a life. Each thread, a story. Each gust of wind, a cry for justice. Let this day stir not only grief—but action. #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S #Reconciliation

A walking tour of St. Lambert sur Dives. Follow in the footsteps of Major David Currie, who was was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery and actions at the closing of the Falaise Gap in August 1944. #history Watch it here: youtu.be/49iKeabV-0U

David Thompson travelled 90,000 km across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres. He was the greatest land geographer in history and my favourite historical figure. This is his amazing story. Listen to my episode about him here 👇 pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/... 🧵1/16

Angus: Well, Donald Trump, I’m going to say this once—and I might never say it again—I want to thank you. I want to thank you for bringing Canada together. It took a malignant narcissistic slug like you to make us put aside all our differences

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: "We answered the call to defeat fascism. We know we are not always perfect, but we always strive to be good. We do not do things because they are easy, but because they are right. We will rise to meet this challenge, and we will emerge stronger."

#DidYouKnow Before becoming Canada’s first (and only) female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell already made history: 🇨🇦 First woman to serve as Minister of Justice 🌍 First woman Minister of Defence in a NATO country A trailblazer at every step. #cdnpoli #elxn45 #CanadianHistory #WomensHistory

We've made the move to @bsky.app! Join #engsschat in just ONE HOUR for our interdisciplinary chat (#engsschat). We'll be talking about "AI and Storytelling: Who Owns the Narrative?" at 7 PM CST. #sschat #engchat #edchat #edtech #teacherchat

All #sschat peeps you should follow Steph, and #engsschat, which is our interdisciplinary chat. She’s a great follow and so is the chat!

Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.

Scoop: The Washington Post recently—and quietly—removed its "Democracy Dies in Darkness" slogan from the opening sequence of its app, a notable change given Jeff Bezos once insisted it always appear alongside the logo. It also no longer appears atop its mobile site. www.status.news/p/washington...

West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory

New Manitoba legislation would deem the deliberate misuse of someone’s preferred pronouns as discrimination and increase human rights protections for the LGBTTQ+ community.

With news of the pending closure of The Bay, in Canada, I thought I’d share a photo of when I visited the original store on a wrestling trip to Iqaluit. 🇨🇦

Some BC fruit history for your reading list: "Fruit Stand Ahead: Roadside Produce as Environmental Experience in Postwar British Columbia" by @benbradleyca.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2011/01/17/f... #envhist #cdnhist #aghist

We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism. If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link: ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...