Doug Saunders
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
It’s appalling the British Prime Minister
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s appalling the British Prime Minister
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
Whoever it is, this is sickening
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Whoever it is, this is sickening
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saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
Of course LLMs will get larger token-handling capacities and better code to alleviate context rot.
BUT their access to information/truth will DECREASE over time -- as big lawsuits (current and future) succeed, they will be cut off more and more, and creatively write around their lack of key facts
BUT their access to information/truth will DECREASE over time -- as big lawsuits (current and future) succeed, they will be cut off more and more, and creatively write around their lack of key facts
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Of course LLMs will get larger token-handling capacities and better code to alleviate context rot.
BUT their access to information/truth will DECREASE over time -- as big lawsuits (current and future) succeed, they will be cut off more and more, and creatively write around their lack of key facts
BUT their access to information/truth will DECREASE over time -- as big lawsuits (current and future) succeed, they will be cut off more and more, and creatively write around their lack of key facts
There's another aspect of the AI bubble that isn't being considered: The fees being charged for LLMs are obviously far below cost. Once startup capital is burned through, they'll have to start charging something close to actual cost, which will price most users out of this very limited-value tool
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There's another aspect of the AI bubble that isn't being considered: The fees being charged for LLMs are obviously far below cost. Once startup capital is burned through, they'll have to start charging something close to actual cost, which will price most users out of this very limited-value tool
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I have a basic one I have been using for a while, asking it to give me all German States containing an R. Last time I didn't get Berlin, Thüringen, Saarland, or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but did get Saxony!
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I have a basic one I have been using for a while, asking it to give me all German States containing an R. Last time I didn't get Berlin, Thüringen, Saarland, or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but did get Saxony!
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
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Ok, good to see:
1. Turning hundreds of 1000s of people already here into permanent residents is the right priority — the solution to “illegals” is make them legal
2. Doing some of this on top of PR immigration targets gets us into population growth we need
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
1. Turning hundreds of 1000s of people already here into permanent residents is the right priority — the solution to “illegals” is make them legal
2. Doing some of this on top of PR immigration targets gets us into population growth we need
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Foreigners living in Canada will get permanent residence priority, Immigration Minister says
Budget’s cuts to immigration targets to be partly offset by one-off programs
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Ok, good to see:
1. Turning hundreds of 1000s of people already here into permanent residents is the right priority — the solution to “illegals” is make them legal
2. Doing some of this on top of PR immigration targets gets us into population growth we need
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
1. Turning hundreds of 1000s of people already here into permanent residents is the right priority — the solution to “illegals” is make them legal
2. Doing some of this on top of PR immigration targets gets us into population growth we need
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
The fact that Berlin to Copenhagen is not a usable train journey today -- eg it meant I had to use flights for my recent year of work in Sweden -- is a pretty absurd hole in the rail system. That it'll take at least until 2040 to fill it is even more absurd
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission
Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The fact that Berlin to Copenhagen is not a usable train journey today -- eg it meant I had to use flights for my recent year of work in Sweden -- is a pretty absurd hole in the rail system. That it'll take at least until 2040 to fill it is even more absurd
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Also, they just love it when you bring up the subject of kamikaze pilots a propos of nothing in Japan
When he says the country, he most often just means himself
Trump on Democrats: "I think they're kamikaze pilots. I just got back from Japan, I talked about the kamikaze pilots. I think these guys are kamikaze. They'll take down the country if they have to."
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, they just love it when you bring up the subject of kamikaze pilots a propos of nothing in Japan
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A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
I’d love to hear about the Upper West Side / Upper East Side split
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I’d love to hear about the Upper West Side / Upper East Side split
It looks like Mamdani may have won an actual majority, which, given that Trump is sure to spend the next 3 years branding him as the face and identity of the Democratic Party, at least gives him something Trump has never had
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It looks like Mamdani may have won an actual majority, which, given that Trump is sure to spend the next 3 years branding him as the face and identity of the Democratic Party, at least gives him something Trump has never had
A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
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November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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As Geoffrey York observes, the "persecution of Christians" that has led Trump to threaten war against Nigeria is about as real as the "violence against white farmers" in South Africa -- that is, not real at all, just an easily fact-checked online meme
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump threatens military attack on Nigeria in response to alleged persecution of Christians
Threats are response to a campaign by U.S. Christian groups and politicians who describe Nigerian attacks as genocide, a claim analysts say is inaccurate
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As Geoffrey York observes, the "persecution of Christians" that has led Trump to threaten war against Nigeria is about as real as the "violence against white farmers" in South Africa -- that is, not real at all, just an easily fact-checked online meme
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Due to the Chatham House Rule, nobody can report that I’m the one in the back of every meeting who yells “It’s not Chatham House Rules! There’s only one rule!” and causes everyone to groan
October 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Due to the Chatham House Rule, nobody can report that I’m the one in the back of every meeting who yells “It’s not Chatham House Rules! There’s only one rule!” and causes everyone to groan
“Venezuelans are consistently underrepresented in crime statistics—accounting for only 1.3 percent of detentions in 2024 despite comprising over 2.5 percent of the population”
In Ecuador, as in USA, undocumented Venezuelans LOWER the crime rate and make people safer
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
In Ecuador, as in USA, undocumented Venezuelans LOWER the crime rate and make people safer
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Data Against Fear: What the Numbers Say About Venezuelan Migrants and Crime in Ecuador
To devise and design all immigration policy solely through the lens of crime—particularly as part of broader efforts to combat gangs—is misguided and likely to be ineffective. Instead, policy should f...
www.cgdev.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Venezuelans are consistently underrepresented in crime statistics—accounting for only 1.3 percent of detentions in 2024 despite comprising over 2.5 percent of the population”
In Ecuador, as in USA, undocumented Venezuelans LOWER the crime rate and make people safer
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
In Ecuador, as in USA, undocumented Venezuelans LOWER the crime rate and make people safer
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
If we win, they have to start measuring pitches in km/h. That’s only fair
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If we win, they have to start measuring pitches in km/h. That’s only fair
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
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If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Carney wants a China ‘reset.’ May he avoid the mistakes of the previous four
To be sure, the Prime Minister has good reasons to attempt this century’s fifth reset
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.
EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.
Spicy!
MOULTON: If you're like Trump & took advantage of girls w/Epstein-
SCARBOROUGH: We don't have evidence he took advantage of girls w/Epstein
M: Common sense be damned
S: Is he in the files?
M: Obviously
S: You have absolutely no evidence he took advantage of girls
M: I think it's pretty obvious
SCARBOROUGH: We don't have evidence he took advantage of girls w/Epstein
M: Common sense be damned
S: Is he in the files?
M: Obviously
S: You have absolutely no evidence he took advantage of girls
M: I think it's pretty obvious
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Spicy!
If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Carney wants a China ‘reset.’ May he avoid the mistakes of the previous four
To be sure, the Prime Minister has good reasons to attempt this century’s fifth reset
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...