Robin MacNab
@robinmacnab.bsky.social
Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.
Our personal data is all over the dark web. Here’s what you can do (gift article) wapo.st/496Fd6k
Our personal data is all over the dark web. Here’s what you can do.
Got a message saying your data wound up somewhere it shouldn’t be? You’re not alone.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Our personal data is all over the dark web. Here’s what you can do (gift article) wapo.st/496Fd6k
Customs agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the U.S. Here are tips for keeping your data safe. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/t...
Phone Searches at the Border Are Up. How to Protect Your Privacy.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Customs agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the U.S. Here are tips for keeping your data safe. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/t...
A good overview and assessment of various AI tools (gift article ) wapo.st/49gIuAa.
Column | ChatGPT is overrated. Here’s what to use instead.
When I want help from AI, ChatGPT is no longer my default first stop.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A good overview and assessment of various AI tools (gift article ) wapo.st/49gIuAa.
As usual, a very well written piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social : Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h...
Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?
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December 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As usual, a very well written piece from @stephanienolen.bsky.social : Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h...
Breakthrough technology that is portable, inexpensive and provides better images than the big X-ray machines that dominate the health care sector. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Two Canadian hospitals giving startup’s imaging tech a chance
KA Imaging breaks into Canadian hospitals. St. Mary’s in Kitchener and the University Health Network in Toronto bought mobile X-ray units from KA Imaging that will be used for bed-side scans for inten...
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December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Breakthrough technology that is portable, inexpensive and provides better images than the big X-ray machines that dominate the health care sector. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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Jakarta is now estimated to have almost 42mn residents, overtaking greater Tokyo as the world’s biggest city, according to the UN. www.ft.com/content/4ee5...
Move over, Tokyo — the world has a new biggest city
Jakarta and its sprawling environs’ 42mn inhabitants are now the most populous conurbation, according to the UN
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December 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Jakarta is now estimated to have almost 42mn residents, overtaking greater Tokyo as the world’s biggest city, according to the UN. www.ft.com/content/4ee5...
Very important piece (gift article): The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly. China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Very important piece (gift article): The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly. China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
New study sheds light on a beneficial compound found in coffee and chocolate.
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests. (gift article) wapo.st/3N0WOFu
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests. (gift article) wapo.st/3N0WOFu
New study sheds light on a beneficial compound found in coffee and chocolate
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New study sheds light on a beneficial compound found in coffee and chocolate.
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests. (gift article) wapo.st/3N0WOFu
Theobromine, an alkaloid found in dark chocolate and coffee, is associated with slower cellular aging, a study suggests. (gift article) wapo.st/3N0WOFu
How a nearly 70-year-old debut novelist published 2025’s breakout hit: With virtually no marketing or social media presence, “Theo of Golden” became a blockbuster. wapo.st/4j9dKpk @peggyblair.bsky.social to note (gift article)
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December 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
How a nearly 70-year-old debut novelist published 2025’s breakout hit: With virtually no marketing or social media presence, “Theo of Golden” became a blockbuster. wapo.st/4j9dKpk @peggyblair.bsky.social to note (gift article)
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) will seek power in next year's state elections. Civil society groups are alarmed, as are security services, which have found that some of its factions represent extremist threats. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
Germany's far-right AfD may seize regional power in 2026 – DW – 12/24/2025
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) will seek power in next year's state elections. Civil society groups are alarmed, as are security services, which have found that some of its factions represent extre...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) will seek power in next year's state elections. Civil society groups are alarmed, as are security services, which have found that some of its factions represent extremist threats. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
UWhat interest do China and Russia have in Venezuela? www.dw.com/en/what-inte...
What interest do China and Russia have in Venezuela? – DW – 12/23/2025
US president Donald Trump continues to ratchet up pressure on Venezuela. There is also a geopolitical element to the conflict. What interests do China and Russia have in the country?
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December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
UWhat interest do China and Russia have in Venezuela? www.dw.com/en/what-inte...
In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense
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December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
Megan McCardle: (gift article) The diversity overcorrection in the workplace: Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring. wapo.st/4pQQuiA
Opinion | The diversity overcorrection in the workplace
Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Megan McCardle: (gift article) The diversity overcorrection in the workplace: Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring. wapo.st/4pQQuiA
Best wishes to Cheryl, an outstanding player in economic development at the municipal level: The Town of Bracebridge is saying goodbye to a long-tenured employee. www.muskokaregion.com/news/council...
Longtime Bracebridge employee stepping down after two decades with municipality
Mayor applauded Kelley’s pivotal role in shaping the town’s development, particularly through initiatives like the downtown master plan.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Best wishes to Cheryl, an outstanding player in economic development at the municipal level: The Town of Bracebridge is saying goodbye to a long-tenured employee. www.muskokaregion.com/news/council...
Reposted by Robin MacNab
Watching with great interest the ongoing European Council deliberations in Brussels regarding a proposal to use Russian assets as collateral for a reparations loan to Ukraine.
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Watching with great interest the ongoing European Council deliberations in Brussels regarding a proposal to use Russian assets as collateral for a reparations loan to Ukraine.
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social on the decision by the European Union to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, a move greatly welcomed by Ukraine
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Europe infinitely immobilizes Russian assets
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a Christmas appeal to the Kremlin.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social on the decision by the European Union to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, a move greatly welcomed by Ukraine
www.thewhig.com/opinion/euro...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/euro...
A brilliantly researched backgrounder: Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
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December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A brilliantly researched backgrounder: Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
CTV Life channel will be on free view Dec 19 to January 11. During that time, there will be a marathon of all episodes of Blue Bloods.
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
CTV Life channel will be on free view Dec 19 to January 11. During that time, there will be a marathon of all episodes of Blue Bloods.
Give yourself the best Christmas present ever for only five bucks! Excellent production and lots of funto boot. therefmovie.com
The Ref Didn't See It!
A documentary celebrating pro wrestling's unsung heroes in zebra shirts.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Give yourself the best Christmas present ever for only five bucks! Excellent production and lots of funto boot. therefmovie.com
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.socialThe Trump administration’s recently published national security document is not so much a strategy guiding American foreign policy as it is an imperialist, ham-fisted attack on the rules-based international order www.thewhig.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s national security strategy is alarming
The Trump administration’s national security document is not so much a strategy as it is an imperialist, ham-fisted attack.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.socialThe Trump administration’s recently published national security document is not so much a strategy guiding American foreign policy as it is an imperialist, ham-fisted attack on the rules-based international order www.thewhig.com/opinion/trum...
Excellent insights (gift article) “I suspect the question the administration cares about is not “is this legal,” “is this a war crime,” “is this murder” or even “is this good for America,” but rather, “isn’t this violence delightful?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
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December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Excellent insights (gift article) “I suspect the question the administration cares about is not “is this legal,” “is this a war crime,” “is this murder” or even “is this good for America,” but rather, “isn’t this violence delightful?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/premiers-per...
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute
Amid pipeline tensions, both Eby (40%) and Smith (44%) see negligible downward movement December 5, 2025 – The political fortunes of Canada’s provincial leaders are varied this holiday season, with so...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/premiers-per...
Insightful update (gift article)from David Ignatius: The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away wapo.st/49T90la
Opinion | The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away
Hard-won openings for change will close without more focus and follow-up from the U.S.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Insightful update (gift article)from David Ignatius: The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away wapo.st/49T90la
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social looks at the latest state of play following Trump’s pro-Kremlin “peace plan” for Ukraine.
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Ukraine and allies scuttle pro-Kremlin peace plan
The Trump administration presented Ukraine with a so-called peace plan that amounted to capitulation to Russia’s maximalist demands.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social looks at the latest state of play following Trump’s pro-Kremlin “peace plan” for Ukraine.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/ukra...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/ukra...