John Degen 🍁
@jkdegen.bsky.social
Sleeping dog. Novelist, poet, rock & bird nerd. He/him. CEO @twuc, Chair @IntAuthors - Opinions entirely my own, so don’t even. Bird and book content at my website— jkdegen.com — and substack https://substack.com/@johndegen
Valuing Human Creativity in the Age of AI.
I spoke and moderated at this important symposium this week in Ottawa.
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I spoke and moderated at this important symposium this week in Ottawa.
www.cpac.ca/public-recor...
Valuing Human Creativity in the Age of AI
The Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDCE) hosts an event in Ottawa to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the creative industries. The conference aims to deepen under...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Valuing Human Creativity in the Age of AI.
I spoke and moderated at this important symposium this week in Ottawa.
www.cpac.ca/public-recor...
I spoke and moderated at this important symposium this week in Ottawa.
www.cpac.ca/public-recor...
The spectacle of sad, middle-aged tech cheerleaders trying to recapture relevance by pretending they’ve always been against the excesses of Silicon Valley.
Whaaaaatever.
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Whaaaaatever.
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Opinion | We Didn’t Ask for This Internet
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February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The spectacle of sad, middle-aged tech cheerleaders trying to recapture relevance by pretending they’ve always been against the excesses of Silicon Valley.
Whaaaaatever.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Whaaaaatever.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
No, seriously, he was Epstein’s best friend. BEST FRIEND!
He’s all over the files. What are we waiting for?
He’s all over the files. What are we waiting for?
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
No, seriously, he was Epstein’s best friend. BEST FRIEND!
He’s all over the files. What are we waiting for?
He’s all over the files. What are we waiting for?
US immigration enforcement ignoring 18th Century treaty right?
Mississauga First Nation and Garden River First Nation on Lake Huron’s north shore warn members about recent US border-crossing troubles.
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Mississauga First Nation and Garden River First Nation on Lake Huron’s north shore warn members about recent US border-crossing troubles.
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North Shore First Nations Warn of US Border Conflicts
Historic Jay Treaty Right not always known or respected
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January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
US immigration enforcement ignoring 18th Century treaty right?
Mississauga First Nation and Garden River First Nation on Lake Huron’s north shore warn members about recent US border-crossing troubles.
open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...
Mississauga First Nation and Garden River First Nation on Lake Huron’s north shore warn members about recent US border-crossing troubles.
open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...
Canada doesn’t care, btw.
Call us when you stop murdering your citizens.
Call us when you stop murdering your citizens.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Canada doesn’t care, btw.
Call us when you stop murdering your citizens.
Call us when you stop murdering your citizens.
Please enjoy this conversation I had with Conservation Biologist Carolyn Callaghan, about wolves and other Canadian wildlife.
Her confidence around the staying-power of North America’s wolf population is a balm on the soul at a very dark time.
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Her confidence around the staying-power of North America’s wolf population is a balm on the soul at a very dark time.
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Never Cry Wolf
Talking timber wolves and conservation with Dr. Carolyn Callaghan
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January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Please enjoy this conversation I had with Conservation Biologist Carolyn Callaghan, about wolves and other Canadian wildlife.
Her confidence around the staying-power of North America’s wolf population is a balm on the soul at a very dark time.
open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...
Her confidence around the staying-power of North America’s wolf population is a balm on the soul at a very dark time.
open.substack.com/pub/shorerep...
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling with the words " buh bye now " next to him
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January 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I’m old enough to remember the EFF arguing in favour of Napster. You know… the “innovation” that destroyed the market for physical media and brought us all right here.
Physical media built secondhand markets, swaps, and libraries thanks to the First Sale principle. Without it, digital media is hollowing out those spaces and leaving us with cheap rentals.
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to all...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I’m old enough to remember the EFF arguing in favour of Napster. You know… the “innovation” that destroyed the market for physical media and brought us all right here.
I’m not anti-tech, I’m anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I’m not anti-tech, I’m anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation
Do not give the babyman anything. C’mon NATO. No concessions.
January 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Do not give the babyman anything. C’mon NATO. No concessions.
If you're in Switzerland, right now might be a good time to go get one of those great coffees they have. There is absolutely nothing important going on at the moment.
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
If you're in Switzerland, right now might be a good time to go get one of those great coffees they have. There is absolutely nothing important going on at the moment.
When a world leader makes a speech, and you have to look up some of the words. 🍁
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January 21, 2026 at 12:58 AM
When a world leader makes a speech, and you have to look up some of the words. 🍁
Reposted by John Degen 🍁
After months of trying to play nice with Donald Trump and MAGA world, Mark Carney decided to drop the hammer of truth on his rogue administration, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes. What comes next will help determine Canada's place in the world — and whether it even has one.
Mark Carney just shook up the world
His speech in Davos might be the most important one ever delivered by a Canadian prime minister. Its consequences will determine his place in history — and ours.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
After months of trying to play nice with Donald Trump and MAGA world, Mark Carney decided to drop the hammer of truth on his rogue administration, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes. What comes next will help determine Canada's place in the world — and whether it even has one.
I miss you Buffalo, New York.
Canadian Bills fans feel your pain.
🦬
Canadian Bills fans feel your pain.
🦬
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I miss you Buffalo, New York.
Canadian Bills fans feel your pain.
🦬
Canadian Bills fans feel your pain.
🦬
That’s actually a normal-sized coat. The problem is the size of his soul.
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
That’s actually a normal-sized coat. The problem is the size of his soul.
It’s time for Canada to ghost our bad friend.
Just stop answering the phone when we see their number.
If asked about it by others, we just say “Oh, they have a lot going on right now. We’re just giving then space. Did they call? Didn’t notice.”
And send one of our icebreakers to Greenland.
Just stop answering the phone when we see their number.
If asked about it by others, we just say “Oh, they have a lot going on right now. We’re just giving then space. Did they call? Didn’t notice.”
And send one of our icebreakers to Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It’s time for Canada to ghost our bad friend.
Just stop answering the phone when we see their number.
If asked about it by others, we just say “Oh, they have a lot going on right now. We’re just giving then space. Did they call? Didn’t notice.”
And send one of our icebreakers to Greenland.
Just stop answering the phone when we see their number.
If asked about it by others, we just say “Oh, they have a lot going on right now. We’re just giving then space. Did they call? Didn’t notice.”
And send one of our icebreakers to Greenland.
Every day, a new atrocity.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Every day, a new atrocity.
Well, that’s my nightly half-hour of American fascism videos played. Time to read a book and thank Christ I don’t live in the USA.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Well, that’s my nightly half-hour of American fascism videos played. Time to read a book and thank Christ I don’t live in the USA.
If they are so confident the evidence will show their killer was just defending himself, why are they shielding him from an investigation?
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
If they are so confident the evidence will show their killer was just defending himself, why are they shielding him from an investigation?
There is no way they get away with this murder. This has to be the end of immunity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 AM
There is no way they get away with this murder. This has to be the end of immunity.
I predict the office of small boys wanting to feel like big men will now expect Kristi Noem to take all the heat for today.
And, she 100% deserves heat, so it’s an easy call.
What a shit pit of a government.
And, she 100% deserves heat, so it’s an easy call.
What a shit pit of a government.
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I predict the office of small boys wanting to feel like big men will now expect Kristi Noem to take all the heat for today.
And, she 100% deserves heat, so it’s an easy call.
What a shit pit of a government.
And, she 100% deserves heat, so it’s an easy call.
What a shit pit of a government.
Took my Very Long Drive (TM) into Northern Ontario today. Listened to live coverage of Minneapolis on satellite. Just now watched the video.
Any other administration, you’d expect gravitas, appeals for calm, and resignations.
Never been happier for that border. Might be time to reinforce it.
Any other administration, you’d expect gravitas, appeals for calm, and resignations.
Never been happier for that border. Might be time to reinforce it.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Took my Very Long Drive (TM) into Northern Ontario today. Listened to live coverage of Minneapolis on satellite. Just now watched the video.
Any other administration, you’d expect gravitas, appeals for calm, and resignations.
Never been happier for that border. Might be time to reinforce it.
Any other administration, you’d expect gravitas, appeals for calm, and resignations.
Never been happier for that border. Might be time to reinforce it.
Miller is talking here about a military attack on a NATO protectorate, which by agreement would be a declaration of war against all of NATO. So… my fellow Canadians…
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Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
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January 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Miller is talking here about a military attack on a NATO protectorate, which by agreement would be a declaration of war against all of NATO. So… my fellow Canadians…
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
In total agreement with Lloyd Axworthy here. It's been proven again and again the current US President does not respect careful diplomacy. By not criticizing the attack on Venezuela, Canada has isolated Mexico, and we need that relationship more than ever now.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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Carney government showing a ‘clear reluctance’ to criticize Trump with lack of direct condemnation over Venezuela raid, says past Liberal foreign minister Axworthy
Neither Prime Minister Mark Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand mentioned the United States when responding to the Jan. 3 raid in Venezuela that saw President Nicolás Maduro apprehended an...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In total agreement with Lloyd Axworthy here. It's been proven again and again the current US President does not respect careful diplomacy. By not criticizing the attack on Venezuela, Canada has isolated Mexico, and we need that relationship more than ever now.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...