Loren King
@lorenking.org
"Ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross"
Dad, professor, marathon swimmer.
Not nearly as smart as @kimdej.bsky.social
@lorenking@mstdn.ca
www.lorenking.org
www.greatlakestrust.org
Dad, professor, marathon swimmer.
Not nearly as smart as @kimdej.bsky.social
@lorenking@mstdn.ca
www.lorenking.org
www.greatlakestrust.org
In the fallout over these thoughtful remarks (marred by Trump's predictably idiotic and variously incoherent responses) it's easy to miss a basic truth clearly stated: "a world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable."
As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
In the fallout over these thoughtful remarks (marred by Trump's predictably idiotic and variously incoherent responses) it's easy to miss a basic truth clearly stated: "a world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable."
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APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued threats to annex Greenland is having a direct effect on the people of Nunavut.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Greenland top of mind in Nunavut says journalist
APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says the situation in Greenland is top of mind for Inuit living in Nunavut.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued threats to annex Greenland is having a direct effect on the people of Nunavut.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Oh HELL yes!
Ahem, @lorenking.org.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Oh HELL yes!
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‘The feudal bond, because rooted in the soil, should have meant a reasonably stable relationship, but the more slippery “bastard feudal” bond facilitated a market in allegiance.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson · All the flowers shall bow: Wars of the Roses
Given that the most widely accepted date for the start of the Wars of the Roses is 1455, it is unsurprising that the...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
‘The feudal bond, because rooted in the soil, should have meant a reasonably stable relationship, but the more slippery “bastard feudal” bond facilitated a market in allegiance.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Yes!!!
If we had a halfway decent opposition party in Canada, they’d endorse the words Carney used today, and then hammer him relentlessly on implementation or lack thereof.
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Yes!!!
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damn, he's back for a few hours and he's already just casually dropping new classics
The ones who annex Omelas for the rare earths
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
damn, he's back for a few hours and he's already just casually dropping new classics
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Hollywood bike stencil told to slim down to meet unrealistic expectations of city.
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Hollywood bike stencil told to slim down to meet unrealistic expectations of city.
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A United Nations agreement to protect the open oceans from unsustainable fishing practices has now taken effect, in a huge win for marine conservation
First treaty to protect the high seas comes into force
A United Nations agreement to protect the open oceans from unsustainable fishing practices has now taken effect, in a huge win for marine conservation
www.newscientist.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 AM
A United Nations agreement to protect the open oceans from unsustainable fishing practices has now taken effect, in a huge win for marine conservation
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official. buff.ly/rLQ3R2r
#TradeDeal #Canada #China #EVs
#TradeDeal #Canada #China #EVs
Canada wants to be first in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official | CBC News
Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with China within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official.
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official. buff.ly/rLQ3R2r
#TradeDeal #Canada #China #EVs
#TradeDeal #Canada #China #EVs
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Oh I love this.
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Oh I love this.
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Seems like they’re just not that into us 🤷🏼
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Seems like they’re just not that into us 🤷🏼
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There shouldn’t be a Department of Homeland Security. It’s a grab bag of various agencies under a dangerously murky heading which can and now has been co-opted for a fascist transition.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There shouldn’t be a Department of Homeland Security. It’s a grab bag of various agencies under a dangerously murky heading which can and now has been co-opted for a fascist transition.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
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I'm just going to point out that ICE is about 23 years old. It was formed as part of the response to 9/11 and was reactionary, performative, and racist from the start.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I'm just going to point out that ICE is about 23 years old. It was formed as part of the response to 9/11 and was reactionary, performative, and racist from the start.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
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I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
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Ontario is proposing to delay new affordable housing quotas in private residential developments near major transit stations until 2027, after approving dozens of these areas in Toronto this past August.
Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations
The proposal would push affordable housing requirements in effect in Toronto, Mississauga and Kitchener to 2027.
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Ontario is proposing to delay new affordable housing quotas in private residential developments near major transit stations until 2027, after approving dozens of these areas in Toronto this past August.
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So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
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A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus • Washington State Standard
A bill to ban the possession and sale of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of a House committee on Wednesday.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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out of curiosity, i looked at my mp, @chrismurraymp.bsky.social - has a bsky account but hasn't posted in 9 months
are active on Twitter, where their pinned post is about getting abuse on there
are active on Twitter, where their pinned post is about getting abuse on there
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
out of curiosity, i looked at my mp, @chrismurraymp.bsky.social - has a bsky account but hasn't posted in 9 months
are active on Twitter, where their pinned post is about getting abuse on there
are active on Twitter, where their pinned post is about getting abuse on there
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Checking in on CBS News(max)
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Checking in on CBS News(max)
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When you aren't supposed to talk about gender in class but want to explain how the US and Russia went from probe and drogue space docking to a 50/50 system where the first word in its name is literally "Androgynous", because neither country was willing to be the, er, receiver
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
When you aren't supposed to talk about gender in class but want to explain how the US and Russia went from probe and drogue space docking to a 50/50 system where the first word in its name is literally "Androgynous", because neither country was willing to be the, er, receiver