In 4 weeks Trump has transformed Iran from a country where people poured into the streets to overthrow the regime into a country where people poured into the streets to stop America. Great work.

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Viktor Orban is waging cognitive warfare on a scale no one else has tried before. "Emotions are high because the stakes are high. If he succeeds, he will once again blaze a path that others will follow. And if he loses, an era comes to an end." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump now faces a daunting decision: Does he escalate the conflict, no matter how unpopular at home? Or does he declare victory and leave, minimizing economic damage but leaving behind an embittered regime with the materials to build a nuclear weapon? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Iran, which is completely defeated, is disrupting the Strait with the navy and missiles we've completely destroyed and that is unacceptable because it is making the oil price go up, which is good actually, and NATO which I do not support needs to come rescue us immediately. Thank you for your a..."

These stolpersteine were placed in front of my old building in 2023 in memory of Barend Kornalijnslijper and Alida Kornalijnslijper-Van Kollem. They were killed 83 years ago at Sobibor on March 13, 1943. May they be at peace.

2026 so far...

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “It is said that Ptolemy X suffered financial hardships, and to pay his soldiers’ wages gave orders for Alexander’s golden sarcophagus to be replaced with a cheaper coffin made of alabaster or rock crystal”.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

it still sends a shiver down my spine to think of Biden calling Zelensky to offer to send special forces to extract him from Kyiv, and getting in response: “I need ammunition, not a ride”. Slava Ukraini.

Current book.

Reposting an incredible cover of "Mad World" by Sierra Hull. Give it a listen if you've never heard it before. youtu.be/sFIQgPAms88?...

Wishing Buck Martinez a very happy and healthy retirement! I will miss hearing him on the Blue Jays broadcasts, often making me laugh. A Blue Jays legend.

Dammit, I hate that this smart, funny, talented, and beautiful woman is gone way too soon. From SCTV onwards, Catherine O'Hara has been an absolute joy to watch. May her memory be a blessing to her family, friends and many fans. 🇨🇦💔 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

This is one of the rare recent uses I’ve seen of the word “treason” that seems like it might be arguably appropriate. “Sedition” perhaps www.ft.com/content/7e8a...

Canadian PM Mark Carney’s speech at Davos today. “Today, I'll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story and the beginning of a brutal reality where geopolitics among the great powers is not subject to any constraints“ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize”.

Aye, I miss this city. Wish I was there this last week, Amsterdam really is beautiful in the snow.

Snowfall in Amsterdam ❄️ City walk in winter from de Pijp to the Canals January 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPS... #Amsterdam #snow #video

"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

New year, new book on a cold winter day with added coffee.

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

Today's lunch: mazesoba!

West Berliners wave to their relatives on the other side of the Berlin Wall, Christmas 1961.

Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia. In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte We remember you.

8:12AM #Amsterdam

winter vibes in #Berlin

"Today, we remember the millions of Ukrainians who suffered and died during the Holodomor – a genocide carried out by Stalin’s Soviet regime in 1932 and 1933. It was a deliberate attempt to starve and eradicate the Ukrainian nation, yet Ukraine endured" - PM Mark Carney

The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

So relevant again today: “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.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.

New book Saturday with latte.

Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.

Truss bridge at Dorothy, Alberta. 📷iPhone 16 Pro

#Nonfiction #Books #Booksky #USPolitics “Everyone assumed that in a more open, interconnected world, democracy and liberal ideas would spread to the autocratic states. Nobody imagined that autocracy and illiberalism would spread to the democratic world instead.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.

Define your music taste in 8 artists David Bowie Kraftwerk The Clash Joy Division The Police Bjork Massive Attack Charlotte de Witte

An emotional tribute to one of my idols, the late Ken Dryden, at tonight’s season opener at home for the Montreal Canadiens. Won 6 Stanley Cups, 5 Vezinas and the Calder in just over 7 seasons www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/20...

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A humiliating defeat for Putin, a victory for democracy, by the woman who already beat him twice. fridainsight.substack.com/p/the-woman-...

The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Some of us do.

This is the creator of Bernd das Brot, a depressed piece of bread on children’s TV, now made famous in the 🇺🇸 by John Oliver. Have a look here: www.reddit.com/r/fernsehen/...

Ken Dryden, a five-time Vezina Trophy winner for the Montreal Canadiens and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, has passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 78 years old.