he's going to end the war with no "regime change", Iran will retaliate against targets in the US, Trump will declare emergency, and mid-term elections will be postponed/canceled.

you know who's not getting invaded? North Korea. There's a lesson there. And it's not a good one.

The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.

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guilty as charged

This is a profound continental divide. Canadians overwhelmingly view other Canadians, even those unlike them, as being good people. Americans, more than any other country, view their neighbours and fellow citizens as bad people. Anti-Americanism flourishes in the United States

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

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Re: Midnight Hammer Trump gave a short televised address at 10 p.m. EDT on June 21, 2025 in which he said, "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated"

this is insane. Surely these people know this.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

this tracks

I guess the American ambassador can't handle criticism. The sooner Hoekstra leaves Canada, the better. What a loser.

holy crap! Steve! Get home safe!

ah, John Tory. I miss our time together. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

the parallels with Putin keep racking up

there must be some kind of calculation that Rutte makes in his head when he debases himself like this. Does he have to kiss Trump's ass to reduce the likelihood that the Americans leave NATO?

The American government and military are in the thrall of Christian evangelicals trying to lead us into the End Times. What the hell is going on.

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this is the inevitable result of having eugenicists in power

There can’t possibly be any international goodwill for this American/israeli war on Iran. Why Carney offered support from Canada is beyond me. Americans need to do something to stop Trump and his enablers.

there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true

Good thing governments spent the last decade telling young people they all had to learn how to code and universities that they were useless unless they were churning out IT grads.

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he's looking pretty pleased with himself for doing something he should have done many months ago.

The University of Ottawa Student Union is off with their skate/LRT race! They're calling attention to the need for big improvements to transit. The time to beat UOttawa -> Carleton by train is 35 minutes!

I wonder how much a prov sales tax would bring in? 🤔 Don’t expect any sympathy from the rest of the country

the other explanation is forced copulations. Which is...unsettling.

Laurentian University unions question 11% pay hikes for the president and provost www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ahahaha what do they think happened to all those horses that used to pull carriages? Did they all go to live on a farm upstate? 😂

Laurentian board quietly approved 11% raises for its president, provost last fall www.sudbury.com/local-news/l...

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The role of the university president was underpaid here. This increase is necessary to attract and retain good candidates, as noted in the preamble to the motion I cite below. And yet, when the same argument is made re: faculty salaries, they can't possibly "align with market benchmarks".

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this is fascism. Academics need to have the courage to stand against it, like this.

show me what your values are

Good to see journalists covering the links between University of Buckingham’s Centre for Heterodox Science and race science networks. It ought to be pretty shocking to see a university openly affiliate with pseudoscience peddlers such as Aporia

Everyone who chairs a meeting poorly should have to type up their own minutes verbatim and then read them aloud so they can see how awful they are

shouldn't he be looking for Nancy Guthrie???

can you imagine any other global leader doing this? what a clown

The disconnect between a Canadian fed gov that is trying to absorb hundreds of international (American) researchers while the provinces underfund universities is wild.

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We need to internalize that the main conflict in Europe and North America is between a global authoritarian movement opposed to pluralism and the rule of law, and those of us committed to democracy and human rights. And the former controls the information/disinformation ecosystem.

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Accurate

the only consistent ideology of the political right wing is hypocrisy. What a bunch of snowflakes.

is there anything more obnoxious than hearing a crowd yell U-S-A on repeat?