Remembering John Groom for all the important work he did (for example, early stages of EISA and WISC) and for the kind person and generous scholar he was. www.wiscnetwork.net/index.php/ab...

For those of you interested in macroeconomic and monetary theory, economics of the everyday, empirical analyses of the Canadian economy, or just political economy generally, WCI (even though it's been largely inactive for a few years now) is a goldmine.

Authoritarianism in the US, beside the anti-democratic implications, there are economic negatives too.

Prominent folks: Millions stay on Twitter because that's where they hear from you. That includes reporters. YOU are giving Twitter viability and credibility. If YOU leave, the people who want to hear from you will go where you are. YOU are making the choice to keep others on Twitter.

Running government like a business is a template for fascism.

Despite numerous other countries (e.g., Finland, Norway, France) condemning or raising serious objections against the move, the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has been completely silent. As @markkersten.bsky.social says, we helped build the ICC; our silence is helping to destroy it bsky.app/profile/mark...

The furthest in Canada: North: Iqaluit West: Dawson City East: St. John’s South: Point Pelee

Trump is making media orgs and universities pay him money like a protection racket and the press is trying so hard to not report this obvious fact.

guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

If you declare yourself independent, are you thus independent?

Velvet Sundown on Spotify. It’s AI but nowhere does it say that. How is this not fraud?

So Trump left the G7 summit early so he could spend the day rage tweeting against Iran?

Give this a listen those of you interested in International Relations and the history of thinking in IR. Erased is a significant step forward in our understanding as well as a portal to a more open and critical world of IR, what the discipline can/must be. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/05/26/e...

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

Excellent summary analysis by @fredericmerand.bsky.social of the issues at stake with the on-the-face-of-it ridiculous idea of Canada becoming a member of the EU in response to American threats. The ECSA-Canada blog posts in response are also worth reading. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

🌟 🚨 The Conversation Starts Now 🔹 16 leading voices 🔹 16 different visions 🔹 1 provocative question: Can (and should) Canada get much closer to Europe? Read & explore 15 expert takes: shorturl.at/VzPB5 #CanadaEU #ECSACanada #Geopolitics #EuropeIsNotPlanB

This is the latest in a concerted campaign since November to convince Americans that Canada is a major contributor to their fentanyl crisis. Trump, Vance, Navarro, Hassett and now Patel have all “blamed Canada.” Time to start calling it out for the Nazi-style große Lüge that it is.

For many in the arts, humanities and social sciences in the relatively small world of Canadian academia, this is an earthquake: cha-shc.ca/announcement...

I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.

Credit: Peter Schrank

NPSIA @carleton.ca MA grad and now Georgetown professor, Nader Hashemi, quoted in this article on what’s happening on US university campuses. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Upcoming event honouring the memory of Professor Ozay Mehmet, Distinguished Research Professor (Emeritus) on April 1 starting at 5.30pm at Carleton University. carleton.ca/npsia/?p=6604

Of course the UK will stand up for Canadian sovereignty in the face of American threats… I just applied for an ETA to enter the UK from Canada and this is what I was told. Er…

Genuine question: does a G7 meeting even take place this spring?

Beastly diplomacy indeed! www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

Many of the passengers (if not all) got out ok.

I wrote about Martin Niemoller and how his famous poem (“first they came for”) is misleading, since it suggests he was indifferent. But he was an active Nazi who hated Jews and socialists. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/martin-nie...

Found this while tidying the office, a @carletonu.bsky.social floppy disk.

The Corporate Con. Full version here: youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...

Canada, the 51st state of the US? What sort of crazy person would suggest such a thing? Canadian IR academics: www.isanet.org/ISA/Regions/...

My chart for the Globe. TL;dr - birth rates in Canada rose when we had aggressive income redistribution, high taxation, big infrastructure spending, strong unions, and loads of new housing development. Absent those factors, birth rates have always fallen.

I'd prefer no response at all to the jibberish coming from the US but this is pretty good. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The world’s richest pub bore. Yes, that nicely sums up the guy who blew up Twitter. He just has no idea when to shut up.

"Border protection is a core function of any state, and a responsibility of any American president. Trump’s demand that others do it for him is both a sign of weakness and an attempt to create a scapegoat should his efforts fail." Exactly right.

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A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.

If capital is dead labour, is AI undead labour?

Writing is thought clarified and distilled. W.H. Auden used to say he never knew what he thought until he saw what he'd written.

The thread is a good primer on international money too.

If you thought the idea of a massive hike of tariffs on your major trade partners was a bad idea, have we got something for you! 📜

1960s kids puppet show featuring International Rescue. The folks at Century 21 Films provide exhaustive detail of the Thunderbird launch sequences and show that enraptured young me missed many obvious continuity errors. youtu.be/VbCIy0eNGBo?...

Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically

A blog post with a message: tell the healthy 80 year olds in your life to get screened for colon cancer worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_c...

"Car!" – as my kids, especially my son, used to call out as a vehicle approached. (We were privileged to live on a quiet sidestreet, I know.) www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

As this site at last seems to be taking off, let's take a moment to step back from the political noise a bit; because what is happening is simply competition, and sometimes (gasp!) that can be a good thing even (especially?) in an economic context where there's a tendency to natural monopoly.

I do think it’s time to remake Citizen Kane now. With everything. The multiple wives, Grimes, X Æ A-12, the youthful idealism of a sort, Tesla, Mars, the weird robots, the sense of a human being *decaying* in front of your eyes.

Social media strategy in the age of Threads, Twitter and Bluesky.