My story is the top suggestion from @economist.com weekend newsletter The inside scoop behind the headline is here: open.substack.com/pub/thestate...

My work in The Economist got a shout from Sandy + Nora this week 🙏🏼 Grateful @sandela.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social Get the inside scoop here substack.com/@thestateoft...

Department Of Homeland Security’s New Gulfstream Jet Emerges www.twz.com/sea/new-gulf...

The CAF have a long history at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) in NC In fact we had two RCAF Hercs there this week. Its home to the battalion from the 16th Military Police unit 'stood up' for potential deployment to Minneapolis on Weds. I dig into it here: open.substack.com/pub/thestate...

Fact-Checking Trump On Greenland https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-greenland/

HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431) Harry DeWolf-class coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - January 22, 2026 SRC: FB- Halifax Harbour Photos

HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) Halifax-class frigate coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - January 22, 2026 SRC: FB- Urban Halifax Photos

HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706) Kingston-class coastal defence vessel coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - January 21, 2026 SRC: FB- Urban Halifax Photos

The Globe and Mail did a folo on my original scoop and story in The Economist ⬇️

Canada & other countries have soldiers serving on exchange duties in US military units. That's become a problem. (Paywalled article) FYI @steffanwatkins.bsky.social 🪖

DND just emailed me a statement re: Brig.-Gen. McBride “Members of the CAF on exchange with foreign militaries…require a National Authority to Deploy (NAD) which is based on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff and requires approval by the Minister of National Defence (MND) 1/2

“You know if you come after Canada, you are going to have the world coming after you, even more than Greenland. People do care about what happens to Canada, unlike Venezuela,” Mr. Fraser said. “You could actually see German ships and British planes in Canada.”

That Trump is insane misses the point that the other branches of American government folded, white nationalists are advising Trump and running the show, they're using religion and fear to manipulate the weak minded, and nobody takes it seriously; "it's just politics". The frog is boiled.

BTW: The soldiers that Trump/ the Pentagon ‘stood up’ for potential deployment to Minneapolis? The 11th Airborne Division’s Deputy Commanding General, Operations is highly-decorated CAF Brigadier-General Robert McBride. More to come on this story: 11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/

NICE NICE baby

✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

ivoxygen - me vs. the whole world youtu.be/6xLjUcnUJ_0

Global got their hands on a RCMP report that says the Bishnoi gang is allegedly acting on behalf of the Indian government. Violence, extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking and money-laundering. globalnews.ca/news/1160994...

@steffanwatkins.bsky.social I believe this is the first Pilatus PC-21 for Canada. There is also a PC-24 coming to the RCMP as well. aviation.flights/pilatus/pc21...

HEY WINNIPEG 🇨🇦! THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 7PM Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is thrilled to present: The Lizard People: How UFOs, Magic, and Mind-Control Explain Visual Culture in the Age of AI A Talk with Trevor Paglen co-presented with The University of Manitoba

📰 Daily Mail Donald Trump 'orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland': US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation... despite pushback from top military brass ⟶ Daily Mail | headline in context

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down. This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

We identified remnants of an AGM-88 series missile inside a three-storey apartment complex that was hit in Catia La Mar during the US military raid on Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026, that reportedly killed at least one civilian. youtube.com/shorts/zQWPy...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

The Times’ @larisabrown.bsky.social reporting the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed it helped the US capture Bella 1. "RFA Tideforce provided support for U.S. forces pursuing and interdicting the Bella 1, while the RAF provided surveillance support from the air."

Danish guy gets it

Trump is insane. His inner circle is insane. They want to burn the world so they can loot everyone else’s wealth, feel like big tough guys, and hurt all the groups they despise. But the thing breaking the whole world is how everyone feels obligated to avoid stating this fact directly.

Agree or disagree with the merits of the operation, you can't help but be in awe of the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg of Poland

Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

Sorry, I don't think you appreciate how profoundly f*cked it is to look up who has been chirping about buried American military nuclear waste in Canada and again see you're the only one. I'm not bragging, it's disturbing, crazy-making.

Related: I'm looking for a 🇲🇦 Moroccan investigative journalist.

🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸 Is 2026 the year that a Canadian mainstream news outlet covers the nuclear waste the Americans buried at the former Goose Air Base, now CFB Goose Bay, and the Canadian Armed Forces won't talk about, out of fear they'll upset our dear neigbour? Stay tuned. ☢️

Canadians don't know what the Canadian Armed Forces is doing, because the news media they commonly consume doesn't tell them, and they don't have time or the skill to look up what's already public information.

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 52) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available. (24 Page PDF distributed via Patreon) www.patreon.com/posts/rcn-me...

Trump says US 'knocked out a big facility' where drug ships are manufactured www.the-express.com/news/politic...

If you're in Puerto Rico 🇺🇸 (or anywhere around the Caribbean) and want to help journalists track the American build up of aircraft, as well as logistics flying in and out of PR, you can make a big difference and help out. Yes, even you. www.adsbexchange.com/ways-to-join...

Do you live in Central America and want to materially contribute to the exposure of 🇺🇸 detainee flights to CECOT in El Salvador 🇸🇻? Host an ADSBexchange receiver. 📡✈️

Do you live in the Caribbean (especially Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Haiti 🇭🇹) and want to materially contribute to the exposure of 🇺🇸 flights to their detention facility in Guantanamo Bay? Host an ADSBexchange receiver. 📡✈️

I got one of these for Christmas and love it. Do you want evenly ground coffee with less fines, and not pay hundreds or thousands for a giant electric pro grinder? If you're able-bodied, get a Normcore ghost burr hand grinder. You'll thank me. ☕ www.normcorewares.com/products/nor...

Do you live in the Caribbean (especially Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Haiti 🇭🇹) and want to materially contribute to the exposure of 🇺🇸 flights to their detention facility in Guantanamo Bay? Host an ADSBexchange receiver. 📡✈️

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You can make a stellar Old Fashioned with Bearface Whisky (conveniently available in Tesco, UK cocktail fans), if you happen to have the ingrained sense that you mustn’t use Scotch in a mixed drink…

What baffles me is how American distilleries seem to think their product is at all valuable internationally. There's no cocktail that *requires* American-made gin, rum, vodka, tequila, whiskey, etc. They're completely replaceable, and have been. 👋 www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

If you're in Puerto Rico 🇺🇸 (or anywhere around the Caribbean) and want to help journalists track the American build up of aircraft, as well as logistics flying in and out of PR, you can make a big difference and help out. Yes, even you. www.adsbexchange.com/ways-to-join...

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 51) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available. (24 Page PDF distributed via Patreon) www.patreon.com/posts/rcn-me...

“The CAF members were specifically concerned about Mr. Pugliese’s reporting on alleged mismanagement inside a pair of charities, Mriya Aid and Mriya Report.” @davidpugliese.bsky.social has been targeted repeatedly for his work www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 50) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available. (24 Page PDF distributed via Patreon) www.patreon.com/posts/rcn-me...