Let’s go

The Dublin accords are good too. I like it when we stop killing each other. After a while, it seems very normal habit. Trés cool.

I appreciate that the US is a solipsistic great power, and especially doesnt pay attention to Canada. That's fine, it is what it is. But you need to appreciate that your country is an untrustworthy oath breaker. There is no point negotiating with a country that doesnt believe its word is binding.

I would love to stop talking about the USA.

It is possible to honour the efforts of brave Americans doing their best to defend democracy while at the same time having a realistic appreciation of what the drift to instability and authoritarianism in America that necessitates these efforts means for the American state's global reliability

The peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia doesn’t get enough respect. Providing a safe umbrella for amicable divorce is a historic achievement for Europe and The EU. Even Brexit, for all its foolishness, shows that anyone bleating about illiberal Europe is a moron. The door’s right there.

More movies should have tiger fights.

RRR... fucking wild movie but extremely fun

I remember wondering if the next generation would understood what I meant by the “real world” back in 2005 or so. I don’t wonder any more.

That really says it: neither law nor friendship.

Alberta entered the 20th century with 17000 people. Very few are really from Alberta. But you don’t have be from Alberta to love her. It’s a glorious mess, and don’t let anyone tell you different.

Sorry but anyone who tries to tell you (leftistly) that Calhoun is a more authentic exemplar of the American political tradition than Frederick Douglass is a wrecker.

Summer and Summer palaces.

I have no idea if I’m being ironic. I really like this portrait.

There’s a cheery thought.

From the late Allan Fotheringham: "In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment."

I have talked on here a couple times about BC's Business Hippies and they confuse everyone. It's so funny. Explaining regional Canadian politics to people outside Canada makes you sound insane.

it's so sad that cats can't speak. i'm sure they have rich inner lives but it's just impossible for us to know what they're thinking

Good column by @mattgurney.bsky.social today. I won't claim to be a great mind, but was at least thinking alike on this point (see my pinned post). Anyway, give it a read. He wrote it better and with reporting.

after thinking some more about it, this is p close to the ideal mindset for these days. a true sermon

When did the US navy last do something like real war?

Plenary globalism dead. bsky.app/profile/fina...

Can't believe this Letterkenny clip of a bunch of far right shitheels getting stomped isn't around more youtu.be/JObnr5e0TIg?...

For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...

I miss this Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yN...

Por que no los dos? elcomercio-elcomercio-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/M...

The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI: Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.

Mrs. Brisby is so metal. A hero greater than Frodo, carried by none.

can we not just tell him he bought greenland and give him a fancy certificate, tho??

Ho Chi Minh did not reference the Declaration of American Independence in his letters because he was, prior to the war, suffused with anything resembling an actual loathing of America. You have in fact gone from "a bitch to some" to "a problem to everybody"

If we're seriously contemplating war with the Yankees, maybe government policy should chalk some easy wins, like not destroying firearms or alienating those who know how to use them?

National pride surging...

Bioluminescent water creatures are so cool.

Never forget that Harper would have sent us to Iraq in 2003, in clear violation of the UN charter. Absolute moral lightweight.

The most amazing animation, with a tremendous sense of scale. Visiting the owl is the bravest thing a little mouse has ever done. "Mrs. JOHNATHAN Brisby?" never fails to give me shivers.

The realities of the present and the vision of the future are in creative tension. Fortress Canada alone will be poorer. Much poorer. We need allies, bound by shared values, if we are going to avoid that fate. But we must rally those allies first, before giving Trump the finger.

Great moments in Pierre history:

I think that makes it _easier_ to fight the right. Like if Trump were to endorse PP over Carney, the Cons would be toast for a generation. The traitor party for traitors.

One day a plaque will be erected here that will say: “On this spot on Jan. 20, 2026 at 6:42 am, Craig Baird biffed it hard while walking his dog Berton”

Carney was explicit: plurilateral, not multilateral. "Values-based realism" means that we won't blindly trade just to make number-go-up. We can only trust the integration of deep trade when we share interests deeper than mere finance.

How many treasuries does Denmark have to sell before private actors start selling to avoid the rush?

all men who believe in freedom are my brothers :)

The first season of Occupied was eye opening. www.netflix.com/title/80092654

Same. 2022 really taught me the limits of reason. Sometimes powerful people do incredibly stupid things.

The first two times I posted this essay about why I am a proud Canadian, and a proud Albertan, so many people tried to read it all at once that it crashed the @albertaviews.bsky.social website! But in light of recent news, I felt compelled to post it again. #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Canada

The momentum is real. The USA used to be able to steer Canada away from new markets. But that doesn’t work if the US won’t hold to any deal at all. We’re gonna find new friends. And when the US does threaten, it just pushes the public further away.

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a gorgeous film. After 65 years, its design is still fresh. Disney's artists went for a new, adventurous look -- one that Walt Disney himself opposed. We explore how they did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...

My timeline is finally entirely football and not people discoursing about Stancil it’s a fucking miracle. That’s two for Pope Bob.