Doug Ford is, sadly, for Ontarians, a far better politician than Trump. He is doing by stealth over time what Trump tries to do today by bluster. The only reason Ford is a thorn in Trump's side is because, like so many Americans are finding, Ford thought Trump would never come for him

The people on this airplane have a sense of duty and self-sacrifice that Donald Trump will never understand. They are NOAA employees flying their plane through the middle of the category 4 Hurricane Melissa south of Jamaica. And they aren't getting paid. I wish them safe flying and a safe return

The 10% increase is because the Reagan anti-tariff ad ran last night during the World Series. Apparently it's supposed to run tonight too. What do you suppose Trump will do? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I'm thinking Don Trump has never heard of the Streisand Effect. You just keep that story in the news cycle, Don Trump. The longer you do, the more Americans will hear that President Reagan thought tariffs were a bad thing

Trump has just caused the Streisand Effect with what President Reagan said back in 1987. It's a 5 minute video, and Reagan completely trashes Trump's use of tariffs. The Reagan Library has posted (in 2017) the video with neither use nor access restrictions youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

There were so many ways to frame the cancellation of trade negotiations (again). Some are serious, some not so serious. A very partial thread www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Truth writ large

And that was all they wrote. Sad commentary on Canada's reliability that we can't complete an order for used equipment to Ukraine. Not that anybody officially involved is commenting, of course. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

JD Vance is on Bluesky. I thought about following him, but it would mostly be to repost his latest outrageous statements, and i will *not* help spread that madness.

Back when we were dealing with Trump 1.0, I made a playlist of songs for him In State - Kathleen Edwards People's Champ (It Ain't You) - Arkells Flawed Design - Flawed Design It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider (Tom Cochrane)

One of the more rabid Republicans, and an outspoken Democrat. Politics does make strange bedfellows. www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...

It is a sad commentary on the Canadian military procurement system that it can't even refurbish the 25 LAV's promised to Ukraine two years ago, and that now the government seems to be trying to cover it up. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

As a Canadian, I think the only thing that will make us love the US again is to see Trump, his coterie, his minions, and his enablers in the House and Senate, either out of office, in jail, or both. Preferably before he more damage then has already hapenned www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Democrats have to use what leverage they have.

It took humanity about 400 years of scientific experimentation before we got a handle on electricity. The return on investment has been worth every second. It has made us all richer and better off than any of our ancestors could have dreamed.

People should not be upset with corporations behaving the way Apple does. The corporate law in most (all?) countries comes down to "make money." *Everything* else about corporations is secondary. If we want corporations to behave morally change corporate law www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

The best satire and humour, whatever it's about, always contains truth youtu.be/Txf85nZw6Ts?...

Note that the Republicans control the House, Senate, and Presidency. They need 7 Democrat votes to be able to pass a spending bill in the Senate because... rules. And can't get those votes. Once might want to ask oneself, "Why?" Hint: No healthcare for average people www.npr.org/2025/09/30/g...

And so the psychodrama begins again. Good luck with the "Golden Dome" if you can't station warning radars in Canada because we won't become a 51st state www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

So Trump is planning on firing possibly 10's of thousands of gov't employees if the US can't avert a shutdown. "What could go wrong?" is limited only by your pessimism. www.npr.org/2025/09/29/g...

Good news

It is a demonstration of Trumpist strategic short-sightedness. The Trumpists would obviously say Taiwan no longer needs military protection because they're no longer strategically important. It will be decades, if ever, before the US is considered a reliable ally. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

It would appear I am not the only one thinking along similar lines youtu.be/bkZ5FD2g5UA?...

I can think of a number of reasons, from plausible and innocuous to plausible and sinister to plain ridiculous, as to why high ranking US military officials are being ordered to Washington. It is however apparently quite unusual and does bear watching www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

I read this thread yesterday (you should too), and while I don't disagree with the overall premise that the US is a hard nut to crack for would be authoritarians, something bothered me. A little earlier today it came to me. He spoke of there not being enough goons to enforce the will

"Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities" What? No tariffs on kitchen sinks? www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

"If he [Trump] backs down, it'll be even worse." Let us all fervently hope he sticks to his guns youtu.be/zt_gN_t5Pl0?...

And Disney blinked www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Long past due. It is ironic that Israel, by its actions since October 7, 2023, has hastened the outcome its current government so desperately wanted to prevent.

I read somewhere that a free press is a pain in the a$$, but that it can also save it. I suspect that both Hegseth and the Trump regime are going to find that out due to this policy www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...

One of the other great advantages of liberalism is that we're able to read graphs and so can notice that the share of humanity in extreme poverty has declined massively over the last 200 years.

Trump has signed the "Bribe Your Way to American Citizenship" executive order. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I hope for a miracle, but realistically? I fear for the future

I read Leonardo Da Vinci's to do lists, and my are so pedestrian in comparison. The closest I come to what he does is something like, "Order materials so I can build the back deck" www.openculture.com/2025/09/leon...

For the tank nerds, WW2 historians, or if you just like heavy metal youtu.be/tsmzkfYLNRo?...

America may consider itself a beacon of democracy but they could learn a thing or two from South Korea, or in this case, Brazil. In the US, justice was delayed, and so denied. It was not delayed in Brazil. www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...

A PowerPoint on the Israeli strike on Doha, Russian drones in Poland, or something previously scheduled? My guess is Russian drones in Poland. Regardless, I don't envy @perunau.bsky.social choices or workload this week

Rising political violence is bad, even when it happens to someone I do not like, whose views I find reprehensible. The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.

A short but interesting video from Forgotten Weapons on very late war Japanese bayonets, including one that was designed to be attached to a pole so that the average Japanese civilian could help in the defense of the Home Islands when the inevitable American invasion came youtu.be/ld2rGKBwDAU?...

Jon Parshall’ VJ80 presentation at the National Museum of the Pacific War. @alanallport.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social youtu.be/4Xvzc37tVJc

This, surprisingly, might actually be a legitimate operation. It sounds like the time a Chinese mining company abused Canada's temporary foreign worker program to bring in Chinese miners because none of the 300 Canadians who applied were qualified www.npr.org/2025/09/06/n...

Given what Trump, and the Republican Party, are doing to US general government funding, and science funding specifically, sadly my bet is on the Chinese to make it to the moon before the Americans make it back arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Americans Astronomers watching watching US politics Betelgeuse 🤝 “It could happen at any time”

And so it began

It's good to see Canada has a private/business space presence. Possible launches starting in 2029. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I've been reading Giangreco's "Hell to Pay." It includes extracts from US G-2 Estimate of Enemy Situation Operation Olympic. One line that struck me was that "bacterial warfare must be regarded as an unlikely enemy capability." They were likely more wrong than was known www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

When it comes to making decisions, people are most influenced by those they last spoke to. Exactly what Trump will say after tomorrow's meeting with top European and NATO leadership will doubtless be thought-provoking www.bbc.com/news/article...

Missing Targeting Pods, Inflated Bills: An Exclusive Investigation into the Su-57 Procurement Problems by Frontelligence Insight. 🧵Thread: 1/ Newly obtained classified documents, show that Russia purchased its 5-generation Su-57 fighters for more than 3 billion rubles each;

Key European leaders rallying around Zelensky, traveling with him to DC, is what leadership looks like.

Clown show. Aides, or someone, printed agendas for Trump and Putin to a public printer at a hotel - and left them there. With every day the chance that Trump, one of his circle, or a foreign dignitary will die because of this kind of error increases. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...