Symbolism matters. After his epic speech at Davos that earned a standing ovation, PM Carney is hosting a Cabinet planning retreat at the Québec Citadelle, a fortification built to defend against an American attack that never came. He's playing 3D chess when others can't figure out checkers.

Snow Leopard!

The Avro Arrow is a topic that continues to delight and inflame enthusiasts and scholars of Canada's Cold War Air Force. There is much scholarship on this topic out there, much bad, but one of the best historians on the topic is Russell Isinger. Highly recommended. www.crowdcast.io/c/vl-2026-is...

Congratulations to Paul Johnston on the publication of The RCAF in History and Memory: A Survey of the Historiography, 1909-2025! This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF. publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...

The @usni.org Press is running a sale right now, and if you use the code HOLIDAY at checkout, you will get 50% off! What better time than now to get your mitts on Airpower and the Normandy Campaign, edited by @mike-bechthold.bsky.social. The other contributors are ace. www.usni.org/press/books/...

This Saturday, the Guelph Museums is hosting a Liberation and Remembrance Symposium to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War and the liberation of Europe. I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen. guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...

Very touching tribute to Tim Cook by Pamela Wallin in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...

What a petty snowflake

WORLD SERIES BOUND!!!

Excellent article on the current air war in Ukraine, Russia, and Western Europe by Peter Caddick-Adams. Provides essential context linking the Ukranainian drones strikes on Russia to the Transportation and Oil Plans of the Second World War. thecritic.co.uk/nato-must-st...

Target for Tonight - Toronto!

Great to see the book arriving in the UK!

Great to see! Welcome @jamesmscott.bsky.social!

NEED! 😍

RIP Ken Dryden 💔 One of my favourite players of all time.

Jazz for the win! #OscarPeterson

This looks fantastic!

This Saturday I'm speaking at the Military Heritage Day at the Chatham Kent Municipal Airport about Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands. Also lots of warbirds, military vehicles, and other displays. Hope to see you there!

I refuse to give the NYT my eyeballs, so I can't speak to the specifics of this article. But any historians attempting to use AI for either writing or research should be run out of the field. AI is inherently unable to do anything we need it to do to understand and communicate history.

I've blogged about how the Israeli air force has reshaped the Middle East and what others might learn from them markurban.substack.com/p/israels-sl...

Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]

Trump on WW1: "Recently other countries celebrated the victory of World War I, France was celebrating, really. The only one that doesn't celebrate is the USA. And we're the ones that won the war. Without us, you'd all be speaking German right now. Maybe a little Japanese thrown in." Ignorant c*nt.

h/t @coldwarhost.bsky.social

h/t @coldwarhost.bsky.social

Canada will achieve NATO’s 2% target this year — half a decade ahead of schedule.   In an increasingly dangerous world, we will be ready to protect our people, our sovereignty, and our Allies.

The most remarkable film shot on one of the most remarkable days in history. It captures the North Shore Regiment on JUNO Beach near St. Aubin-sur-Mer on D-Day. For me, the most touching moment comes at the end of the clip when a soldier pats his comrade on the shoulder to say, "it will be ok." 🧵1/4

I think the Chancellor’s response generally reflects collective memory among Germans. “Nazis are bad, and I’m glad they lost the war.” It’s such a stark contrast to how so many white Americans remember the Civil War and mythologize the Confederacy.

So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

This was released today - appropriate listening, as 81 years ago right now, those guys were landing in Normandy. youtu.be/ku7GZPQTD7Y?...

Leadership, D-Day, & General Eisenhower. We know that D-Day was an overwhelming success but 81 years ago today, victory was not a foregone conclusion. Failure was a real possibility. Eisenhower wrote this note to be released if the landings failed. The last line really hits home. #responsibility 🧵

Sad to hear about the passing of Marc Garneau. He was the first Canadian to go into space and flew on three space shuttle missions. RIP.

😂😂😂✊

Excellent commentary by Sean Maloney providing historical context about Trump's Golden Dome initiative and possible Canadian involvement. medium.com/@mk36y1/trum...

RIP Norm 💔

Why are historians important? Check out this post. Pure hyperbole and completely wrong. The RAF Thousand plane raid on Cologne dropped over 1478 tonnes (3.3 million lbs) of bombs on the night of 30–31 May 1942. The USAAF dropped over 3000 tonnes (6.6 million lbs) of bombs on Berlin on 18 March 1945.

Tasha wanted to bask in the sunbeam but the curtains were closed!

KAPUT! Gunners of the 12th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery with the Victory issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper, Aurich, Germany, 20 May 1945.

Sad, but true.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

I loved how Carney fed T's narcissism by praising him using double entendres. He called him a "transformational" president and said he had "revitalized" international security and NATO. T. just lapped it up but you know Carney didn't mean them as compliments.

Carney's a real beauty!

The AUDACITY! Great thread on the Battle of Pulo Aura where a convoy of British East India merchantmen defeated a much stronger French squadron.

Irony! Or, maybe not. Perhaps it is fitting to commission a doll to commemorate a battle in which the "elite" HJ soldiers were badly trounced.

On to round 2!

Irony! Or, maybe not. Perhaps it is fitting to commission a doll to commemorate a battle in which the "elite" HJ soldiers were badly trounced.