Mark Bourrie
@drmarkbourrie.bsky.social
Author, lawyer, trilobite hunter.
Spinels are a girl's best friend:
I am into fossils, not gems, but I do love pretty things and I keep an eye on what's happening in the world of precious stones. Here's my take, including a warning about Trump and the gem market:
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I am into fossils, not gems, but I do love pretty things and I keep an eye on what's happening in the world of precious stones. Here's my take, including a warning about Trump and the gem market:
open.substack.com/pub/markbour...
Spinels are a girl's best friend
Canada came late to the diamond trade, and the stones aren't an investment. Here are some other gems, some Canadian. You can go elbows-up when you shop for jewelry, even if you don't want a diamond..
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January 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Spinels are a girl's best friend:
I am into fossils, not gems, but I do love pretty things and I keep an eye on what's happening in the world of precious stones. Here's my take, including a warning about Trump and the gem market:
open.substack.com/pub/markbour...
I am into fossils, not gems, but I do love pretty things and I keep an eye on what's happening in the world of precious stones. Here's my take, including a warning about Trump and the gem market:
open.substack.com/pub/markbour...
A media partnership with an AI company is on the same level as inviting six people with bubonic plague into your bed.
No, of course not. Why would you s- oooh, oh right. From February of this year:
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A media partnership with an AI company is on the same level as inviting six people with bubonic plague into your bed.
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"It is possible, Noakes notes, that Alexander nursed a grievance against Pugliese for his critical reporting on the Afghanistan mission or other episodes, such as Alexander’s championing while in office of the controversial “Victims of Communism” monument"
It's important to remember, and Mr. Wark clearly makes this point, that David Pugliese did absolutely nothing wrong:
The Robar case gets weirder
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The Robar case gets weirder
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The Robar case gets weirder
Or, more from wilderness of mirrors
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December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"It is possible, Noakes notes, that Alexander nursed a grievance against Pugliese for his critical reporting on the Afghanistan mission or other episodes, such as Alexander’s championing while in office of the controversial “Victims of Communism” monument"
The Biblioasis Holiday Book Guide: Part III
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The Biblioasis Holiday Book Guide: Part III
Plus, our 2026 Subscription Clubs are here!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Biblioasis Holiday Book Guide: Part III
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It's important to remember, and Mr. Wark clearly makes this point, that David Pugliese did absolutely nothing wrong:
The Robar case gets weirder
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
The Robar case gets weirder
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
The Robar case gets weirder
Or, more from wilderness of mirrors
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's important to remember, and Mr. Wark clearly makes this point, that David Pugliese did absolutely nothing wrong:
The Robar case gets weirder
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
The Robar case gets weirder
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
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This is a great and perceptive book. The guy’s weird and he always will be. He does not know how to be.
As Pierre Poilievre's leadership goes on the block, it's a good time to read Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre. I guarantee you'll learn a lot about what makes him tick. You have time to read it and give it to someone for Christmas.
It's available everywhere.
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It's available everywhere.
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Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre - Biblioasis
One of The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025 As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre […]
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December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is a great and perceptive book. The guy’s weird and he always will be. He does not know how to be.
This video is worth watching. It's an overview of the situation of young men, but it's not manosphere. I wish he had gone into the social stigma attached to men who read and think, this anti-nerd trope that has driven three generations of young men away from books.
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Men are dying at alarming rates | Richard Reeves
YouTube video by Big Think
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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This video is worth watching. It's an overview of the situation of young men, but it's not manosphere. I wish he had gone into the social stigma attached to men who read and think, this anti-nerd trope that has driven three generations of young men away from books.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnA9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnA9...
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A good read. Fair-minded but no excuses
As Pierre Poilievre's leadership goes on the block, it's a good time to read Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre. I guarantee you'll learn a lot about what makes him tick. You have time to read it and give it to someone for Christmas.
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre - Biblioasis
One of The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025 As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre […]
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December 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A good read. Fair-minded but no excuses
As Pierre Poilievre's leadership goes on the block, it's a good time to read Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre. I guarantee you'll learn a lot about what makes him tick. You have time to read it and give it to someone for Christmas.
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre - Biblioasis
One of The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025 As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre […]
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December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As Pierre Poilievre's leadership goes on the block, it's a good time to read Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre. I guarantee you'll learn a lot about what makes him tick. You have time to read it and give it to someone for Christmas.
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
It's available everywhere.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
I've posted pictures of some of my fossils to Instagram.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've posted pictures of some of my fossils to Instagram.
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I want Dr. Gilbert's book:
www.skeptic.com/article/nure...
www.skeptic.com/article/nure...
Nuremberg: The Film, The Trial, The Verdict
Michael Shermer reviews “Nuremberg” (2025), dir. James Vanderbilt. Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Leo Woodall.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I want Dr. Gilbert's book:
www.skeptic.com/article/nure...
www.skeptic.com/article/nure...
You think this week's snow was bad? Read about the Great Lakes hurricane blizzard that killed 300 people. open.substack.com/pub/markbour...
The Great Lakes hurricane blizzard that killed 300 people.
You think the weather was bad this week? You should have been in Ontario in 1913!
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November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You think this week's snow was bad? Read about the Great Lakes hurricane blizzard that killed 300 people. open.substack.com/pub/markbour...
When confessions are not confessions
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When confessions are not confessions
Kids can be talked into just about anything
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November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
When confessions are not confessions
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Probably the best, most accurate thing written about modern Canada this year, though I have little faith in Carney. Ingenuity and creative thinking are not his strong points. As for the environment, "Values" seems like a bad joke.
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Let's Go, Canada!
A few thoughts about travel and getting big things done.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Probably the best, most accurate thing written about modern Canada this year, though I have little faith in Carney. Ingenuity and creative thinking are not his strong points. As for the environment, "Values" seems like a bad joke.
dgardner.substack.com/p/lets-go-ca...
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Archaeologists find a Roman fossil collector's trilobite.
The emperor Augustus was an avid fossil collector and opened the world's first paleontology museum.
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The emperor Augustus was an avid fossil collector and opened the world's first paleontology museum.
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Digs & Discoveries - Fossil Force - Archaeology Magazine - November/December 2025
One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 […]
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November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Archaeologists find a Roman fossil collector's trilobite.
The emperor Augustus was an avid fossil collector and opened the world's first paleontology museum.
archaeology.org/issues/novem...
The emperor Augustus was an avid fossil collector and opened the world's first paleontology museum.
archaeology.org/issues/novem...
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Just finished Big Men Fear Me, a biog of the forgotten proto fascist who put the & in Globe & Mail. Huge amount of digging in a sparky style, Mark Bourrie @drmarkbourrie.bsky.social proves the advantage of biography in telling history - of a booze soaked political era most of us know nothing about.
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just finished Big Men Fear Me, a biog of the forgotten proto fascist who put the & in Globe & Mail. Huge amount of digging in a sparky style, Mark Bourrie @drmarkbourrie.bsky.social proves the advantage of biography in telling history - of a booze soaked political era most of us know nothing about.
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A must read!
See what critics are saying about Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre:
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Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre - Biblioasis
As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history and potential cost of the politics of […]
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October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A must read!
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Time to re-up one of the great quotes of all time...while the Totenkopf is in the discourse. www.huffpost.com/entry/attemp...
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Time to re-up one of the great quotes of all time...while the Totenkopf is in the discourse. www.huffpost.com/entry/attemp...
Did all of these people vote last November?
I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Did all of these people vote last November?
See what critics are saying about Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre:
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Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre - Biblioasis
As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history and potential cost of the politics of […]
www.biblioasis.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
See what critics are saying about Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre:
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
Columbus, 'Indians,' and the Guanches dwhauthor.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/c...
Columbus, ‘Indians,’ and the Guanches
Never mind notions of spreading Christianity to the benighted of the world, or pursuing humanity’s insatiable love of adventure: money, then as now, sought fresh opportunity, and where opportunitie…
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October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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