@oldmikey.bsky.social
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If this happens, the first thing Chinese will do is ban four-down football. No more Superbowl!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
(Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co.’s top executive spoke to senior Trump administration officials about a potential roadmap for Chinese automakers to build cars in America by partnering with US car companies, according to people familiar with the discussions.
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
If this happens, the first thing Chinese will do is ban four-down football. No more Superbowl!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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President Trump’s closure of a trade route from the U.S. to Canada will help a billionaire—and hurt basically everyone else, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
President Trump’s closure of a trade route from the U.S. to Canada will help a billionaire—and hurt basically everyone else, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If you listen to one podcast this week, this one is well worth your time!
Join @sphillipsab.bsky.social, Leah Ward and I for a new political podcast for people who know politics isn’t polite.
New from The Strategists Podcast Network:
Balance of Power
A fresh lens on the forces shaping Canada’s future.
In our debut:
• Is Alberta separation gaining ground?
• What does volunteer burnout mean for democracy?
• Do billions in subsidies come with strings?
🎧
Balance of Power
A fresh lens on the forces shaping Canada’s future.
In our debut:
• Is Alberta separation gaining ground?
• What does volunteer burnout mean for democracy?
• Do billions in subsidies come with strings?
🎧
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If you listen to one podcast this week, this one is well worth your time!
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Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Tuning into the Olympics, I just saw a clip of Nancy Greene skiing. Now I have a craving for a Mars Bar.
#GoCanada @terryoinfluence.bsky.social
#GoCanada @terryoinfluence.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Tuning into the Olympics, I just saw a clip of Nancy Greene skiing. Now I have a craving for a Mars Bar.
#GoCanada @terryoinfluence.bsky.social
#GoCanada @terryoinfluence.bsky.social
Poring over the latest Edelman Trust Barometer. www.edelman.com/trust/2026/t...
65% of Canadians fear that foreign actors are spreading disinformation to sow domestic division. Hot topic today!
65% of Canadians fear that foreign actors are spreading disinformation to sow domestic division. Hot topic today!
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Poring over the latest Edelman Trust Barometer. www.edelman.com/trust/2026/t...
65% of Canadians fear that foreign actors are spreading disinformation to sow domestic division. Hot topic today!
65% of Canadians fear that foreign actors are spreading disinformation to sow domestic division. Hot topic today!
The City of Edmonton streets have been buried in snow and ice for two months. The ice is particularly problematic with slips, trips, and falls. However, I just heard about a resident who is using an electric jack-hammer to chip away at his cul-de-sac. #saynotoice #stopice
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The City of Edmonton streets have been buried in snow and ice for two months. The ice is particularly problematic with slips, trips, and falls. However, I just heard about a resident who is using an electric jack-hammer to chip away at his cul-de-sac. #saynotoice #stopice
@carrietait.bsky.social Taking curling to a whole different place...where they skillet.
It might seem inelegant to yeet an iron skillet across an ice rink. But this spinoff sport has its own techniques and lingo: You can throw a turtle at the bacon, for instance. n.pr/3Mlwl5y
Can't wait for Olympic curling? Trying its Southern cousin: skillet curling
It might seem inelegant to yeet an iron skillet across an ice rink. But this spinoff sport has its own techniques and lingo: You can throw a turtle at the bacon, for instance.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
@carrietait.bsky.social Taking curling to a whole different place...where they skillet.
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Calvin’s got better things to do this weekend🤣. What are your weekend plans? #CalvinandHobbes
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 AM
That feeling when you turn off the Pierre Poilievre convention and switch channels to a New Zealand beach. (sigh) 🙂
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
That feeling when you turn off the Pierre Poilievre convention and switch channels to a New Zealand beach. (sigh) 🙂
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This story on the sad sagging of the U.S. military is such a fantastic read. Perfect combination of crackling writing skill and deep knowledge of the topic from Seth Harp. The sponsorship bit was my favourite - understated, devastating comedy. harpers.org/archive/2025...
Mission Impossible, by Seth Harp
The sad state of the American armed forces
harpers.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This story on the sad sagging of the U.S. military is such a fantastic read. Perfect combination of crackling writing skill and deep knowledge of the topic from Seth Harp. The sponsorship bit was my favourite - understated, devastating comedy. harpers.org/archive/2025...
I just saw an ad for Canadian-raised seasoned chicken. Question: how do you raise seasoned chicken?
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I just saw an ad for Canadian-raised seasoned chicken. Question: how do you raise seasoned chicken?
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The quiet part, said out loud
At this meeting, Dennis Modry claimed that Premier Danielle Smith said she prefers the title 'Prime Minister' over 'President,' in a discussion about her possible leadership in an independent Alberta. 1/5
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
I'm at Heritage Park, a petition signing location in Stony Plain for Alberta Independence. Folks are lined up waiting to sign, with speakers set to begin at 7:00 pm. Will live tweet below 🧵
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The quiet part, said out loud
Tehran,Jan 27, 1980: Six American diplomats travelling with Canadian passports passed through airport security and immigration checks with no difficulty and boarded a Swissair flight. After two and a half months as refugees in the Canadian embassy, the six American hostages were free and safe.
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Tehran,Jan 27, 1980: Six American diplomats travelling with Canadian passports passed through airport security and immigration checks with no difficulty and boarded a Swissair flight. After two and a half months as refugees in the Canadian embassy, the six American hostages were free and safe.
Is today the day…? 😳🔮
January 23,1935 and a City Astrologer Predicts The High Level Bridge Crash Friday at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageed...
#yeg #alberta #edmonton
http://www.vintageed...
#yeg #alberta #edmonton
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Is today the day…? 😳🔮
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NEW POST: Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant? emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-the-sup...
Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant?
The media has been talking a lot about secession lately, with an organized separatist movement in Alberta (albeit with support that looks increasingly weak), and the spectre of a third Quebec vote pos...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
NEW POST: Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant? emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-the-sup...
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After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Generations…came to believe that oil wealth was their natural gift…”
Sounds all too familiar.
Sounds all too familiar.
"Oil will bring us ruin...We are drowning in the devil’s excrement.”
-Venezuela's Minister of Hydrocarbons, one of the architects of OPEC, in 1976, at the height of Venezuela's oil wealth.
Masterful account of how we got here, from @dougsaunders.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
-Venezuela's Minister of Hydrocarbons, one of the architects of OPEC, in 1976, at the height of Venezuela's oil wealth.
Masterful account of how we got here, from @dougsaunders.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
The ‘Venezuelan exception’ has met its long-expected demise
Long before Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro or Donald Trump, Venezuela believed oil would be its liberator. That myth is dead for good
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
“Generations…came to believe that oil wealth was their natural gift…”
Sounds all too familiar.
Sounds all too familiar.
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"If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species...fewer than half of Americans had read a single book in the previous 12 months; only 38 percent had read a novel or short story." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Reading Is a Vice
Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species...fewer than half of Americans had read a single book in the previous 12 months; only 38 percent had read a novel or short story." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Watermain break and a cabinet resignation. Sit down, 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Watermain break and a cabinet resignation. Sit down, 2025.