The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Wow. The first sub-2-hour marathon. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "In a huge, once-inconceivable moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya smashed the men’s world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday." apnews.com/article/mara...

Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧

The @theglobeandmail.com has a story on my article with @thomasjuneau.bsky.social on intelligence review in Canada. Second half gets to the heart of the issue: NSIRA has brought about many useful reforms & needed more than ever, but relationship needs a reset. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.

This is Bella. She is taking an online biscuit-making class. Her technique is unconventional, but the results are flawless. 14/10 (TT: motherofsausages)

People say Toronto doesn't have a civic identity, as though being awkward and embarrassing isn't an identity.

This doesn’t just impact the US - the SPLC has been covering movements for years that have been present in Canada, especially, Neo-Nazis and the Hammerskins movement. The are important to the global conversation around hate and this is why they are being targeted.

Another 764 terrorism arrest in Canada. 26 year old man in Quebec. (Which I think is on the older side of NVE?) rcmp.ca/en/news/2026...

Honestly, just grateful that this is the Canadian ice problem.

“Some turbulence” is polite Canadian for shit show.

It hasn't been clear whether Iran was deliberately manipulating the negotiations to play the admin or whether there actually isn't anyone in charge. But it's the latter.

⚡️EU ambassadors back 20th package of Russia sanctions after Hungary, Slovakia drop veto. EU ambassadors agreed on the 20th package of sanctions imposed against Moscow in response to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on April 22, after Hungary and Slovakia lifted their veto over the measures.

"the U.S. had put all outgoing ammunition shipments on hold" news.err.ee/1610001736/u...

Smart guy wanted healthy troops.

In light of news that talks are cancelled....

In this (open access) article, @thomasjuneau.bsky.social and I examine the impact of the new National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) on Canada's intelligence community. There has been a LOT of improvement, but significant challenges remain. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled, honoured, tickled to be nominated alongside these rockstars. Huge congrats to @bkstar.bsky.social, Tavia, @jenstden.bsky.social, the CTV team.

New at Debating Canadian Defence: open.substack.com/pub/philippe...

surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

J.M. Berger is one of the best writers on extremism. His 2018 book for MIT Press is the best book on the subject. Fascinated to see what he will do with this move into fiction but very happy to recommend it to all who enjoy a good thriller

Agreed entirely. The ICE "detention facilities" *are* concentration camps - literally facilities concentrating civilians deemed 'unwanted' and 'enemies' of the U.S. state, in violation of their basic human rights. The history of concentration camps is longer & more common than most people know.

Our plans: www.businessinsider.com/onion-ceo-pl...

love bluesky because the replies to this post immediately descend into people fighting about whether the minions would have worked for stalin

HEY MAN WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS EVERY CANDIDATE IN THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S RACE A TOTE BAG OF MEDICAL WASTE

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon

US Navy has struck an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman after it was warned to stop.

PM Mark Carney releases what is basically a “fireside chat”-style video. A lot of it is a repeat of his greatest lines. But also a warning that “A lot is going on in the world and not all of it is good”, with changing US-relations a key focus . youtu.be/uk2TZwkhi4E?...

this was written by the child of a jew whose family fled germany

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Great thread on Iranian ops recruiting criminals (and perhaps inspired individuals) to engage in covert(ish) acts ranging from arson to assassination. Excellent context for understanding HAYI operations. (I still think it's more of a surrogate or coordination front rather than a full proxy)

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is

When life gives you blocks make blockade?

So at the risk of maybe overreading this and making an educated guess, I think I can guess what specifically Wyden is talking about. I think it's about use of AI (LLMs) by FBI to surveil American communications without a warrant

I want you all to notice how everyone is glad Hungary voted for the opposition instead of the fascists, and nobody is like “maybe they should’ve let the fascists win again to teach the opposition a lesson” Because that would be just unfathomably stupid to say

My sister got me the greatest birthday present ever!

Zelensky just out with a long comment after the latest Ramstein meeting. Optimistic and gives thanks to many partners. Not a single mention of the US helping Ukraine. The Ukrainians are not hiding the fact that the US is no longer their friend.

Krastev called Orban the right-wing Castro, which I think is exactly right: the leader of a small relatively insignificant country, that nevertheless became the ideological lodestar for a global movement after being propped up by russia

I am following Hungarian politics like it's a political thriller. I have never seen a democratically-elected leader enact You Can Just Do Things on this level, and it's absolutely riveting.

A+ headline. defector.com/president-ex...

We filed a complaint in 2025 because he re-posted his video calling for Jews to be removed from Canada - the same one for which he had been previously been convicted of willful promotion. Now Travis Patron is facing a charge for willful promotion of hatred.

However you feel about the guy this is an insane argument to make about his education and background in economics.

Can someone out there please count up all the CPAC speakers who ranted about George Soros funding left wing causes? Be sure to take breaks and stretch every hour or two.

“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.” Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir. www.ft.com/content/ff70...

Yessssss www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

virgin mary punching the devil, england, 13th century