I wrote this article, “How Not to War” in 2022, exploring how the lesson that technology cannot conquer the ‘fog of war’ to create costless victory or replace the hard work of politics and diplomacy is never learned. Feels kinda relevant. academic.oup.com/ia/article/9...

Writer of books, extremism theorist. My next book: The Pope's Hitman (a novel, 10/2026) Previously by me: Optimal (a novel): amzn.to/4pMXU6t Extremism (2018, MIT Press) amzn.to/4pMXU6t Updated with new photo and cover flap text. Next update will be the cover reveal (this is a placeholder).

Really looking forward to having a book out that is not relevant to anything real or important and does not require me to post lugubriously news-driven promotional skeets

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

Yes, it is important to not conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism. However, you are replying to a post about someone ramming a synagogue full of children at daycare with their car, driving into the building and then getting out of the car with a gun. That was not “criticism of Israel”.

I’m not going to link to that bad Twitter propaganda video of the government bombing Iran set to Wii Sports footage but I think Nintendo’s legal department should continue to sue our government for every penny they’re worth.

The award for best press release goes to.... #canpoli #chillax

Agree with this. A social media “ban” for youth will probably not work (they will get around it), lets platforms off the hook with regards to countering online harms, and will likely require intrusive verification systems.

Strong disagree that changes in the legislation are “largely cosmetic.” The new restrictions on access to info in part 14 and IC oversight in part 15 provide much stronger protections and a Charter footing. It’s night and day.

This is Super Mario's origin story

Jess is entirely correct, but there's more: a lit review is also a reflective exercise alongside a communicative one. The process of creating a lit review helps researchers understand what they are contributing and why it matters. Automating this process makes research less thoughtful.

the way it seems right now, irans goal is to destroy our economy and our goal is to provide footage for dank memes the administration can post so edgelords will think theyre cool

“Too often dismissed as a consumer protection issue, data governance is a core condition of economic competitiveness and national security. Data sovereignty is ultimately about self-respect, and it’s way overdue.” Good stuff from @vassb.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Miner's Houses, Glace Bay Lawren Harris 1925

Dear everyone, As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included. A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.

What is nihilistic violent extremism? @amaramarasingam.bsky.social (@queenspols.bsky.social) tells Eric Bombicino it’s a “violence fixation” — an obsession with chaos where the violence is the point — and why “violence for violence’s sake” is so hard to prevent. Tonight at 8pm

What happened to the Iranian girls school was tragic and horrific, and it’s become clear it was an American strike. The President's claim it could've been Iran was always a lie. There needs to be a full and transparent investigation so that it doesn't happen again.

Markets: I mean, really, how bad could a war with Iran get? IR scholars:

My new op-ed: if it survives the war, the Islamic Republic will be weaker but nastier. It will be under pressure domestically & geopolitically. Iranian Canadians are mobilizing against it. ➡️We should expect more transnational repression against them. nationalpost.com/opinion/thom...

Italy beats the USA 8-6

Carney government one step closer to a majority government. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I get almost as many comments about how ugly or fat I am on my workout posts as I did on my posts before I started lifting. I’m not asking for sympathy. I just want to remind Black women that the point isn’t if we are pretty or skinny or not. The point is they want us to not exist.🙄

An excellent episode that processes activities in Canada that most Canadians are not aware of. A good reminder to take a break from the horrors emanating from the USA and to pay attention to issues with our own government. Keep the episodes coming!

The latest Secure Line episode is out! “With Regret: A Natsec Bitch Sesh” @jessmarindavis.bsky.social and I discuss the governments conflicting Iran and Indian Foreign Interference statements, and what the seeming elimination of the NSIA signals about the future of intel issues (probably not good!)

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Just so people on bluesky are aware…I was very early bluesky and I very much actively followed every dog account I could find that signed up and now when I open bluesky I basically am given pure dog content straight to the brain stream every time. I am proposing everyone else do this. The end.

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

Don't make me tap the sign.

market people are fucking hilarious you could tell them the moon was discovered to be made out of rare pokemon cards and they'd boost trading cards stock 90000%

Announce it on an aircraft carrier, coward.

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So much of what's going on feels like the result of complacency about the achievements of the 20th century (trade, multilateral institutions, international law, human rights, public health, modern medicine).

I have a new Op-Ed on how the Carney government can operationalize Davos. Based on an idea I developed with @thomasjuneau.bsky.social a few years ago but tweaked a bit for our ruptured times. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

North Shore, Lake Superior Lawren Harris 1926

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei • More hardline than father • He’s the IRGC candidate • Relatively young: 56 • Avoids public • Trusted by father, clerics • Was in military during Iraq-Iran war • His wife, Zahra, killed in Israeli airstrike w his father

holy shit

don’t make me tap the sign

posts u make when things r definitely going well

These poor kids. This family did nothing wrong except believe in the United States.

“The war with Iran is little more than the joint targeting process unleashed. The Frankenstein’s monster that is the operational level of war, unsatiated after eating strategy, is now feasting on policy”. @bafriedman.bsky.social

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

"Was the Iranian regime bad?" And "now that Trump started a regime change war in a country the size of Iraq and Afghanistan combined, without getting congressional approval or doing any planning at all, should we just kind of roll with it?" Are different questions. But you'd hardly know it.

EXCLUSIVE: Ottawa admits to restricting intelligence with U.S. over Op. Southern Spear concerns. Read my update here: substack.com/@thestateoft...

In a savvy move, Trump undoes sanctions on Russia after Russia helps Iran target Americans.

-There is no opposition, democratic or otherwise, ready to take over. This is a country of 90 million, awash in weapons, next to the Strait of Hormuz, at risk of falling into civil war and prolonged instability.

Very useful thread

Less than a week before she died, a woman stabbed in a small southwestern Ontario town had spoken to CBC about the threats she was facing for speaking out about Khalistan extremism. Grewal said she received 40 death threats and reported those threats to Windsor police. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is now inaccurate on royal succession in Canada post-Motard. Canada simply follows the British law. When we pass our own legilsation, it's merely to express assent, as per the Statute of Westminster 1931 convention. The succession would change in law for Canada whether we assented or not.