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Another #booksky review as I clear my list for the year: "How Fascism Works" by Jason Stanley, formerly of Yale.
It's thorough, elegant, and prescient, written in 2017 and playing out today....1/2
#polisci #uspoli
www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...
It's thorough, elegant, and prescient, written in 2017 and playing out today....1/2
#polisci #uspoli
www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fa…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another #booksky review as I clear my list for the year: "How Fascism Works" by Jason Stanley, formerly of Yale.
It's thorough, elegant, and prescient, written in 2017 and playing out today....1/2
#polisci #uspoli
www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...
It's thorough, elegant, and prescient, written in 2017 and playing out today....1/2
#polisci #uspoli
www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...
🧵 Deeply appreciated @fieryparticle.bsky.social 's "Orwell's Ghosts...". Beers intimately understands Blair the man, Orwell the author, and his context. The book is accessible and timely. She helps anyone understand why Orwell matters today...
#booksky #polisci
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
#booksky #polisci
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-Fir…
For the 75th anniversary of 1984 , Laura Beers explores…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🧵 Deeply appreciated @fieryparticle.bsky.social 's "Orwell's Ghosts...". Beers intimately understands Blair the man, Orwell the author, and his context. The book is accessible and timely. She helps anyone understand why Orwell matters today...
#booksky #polisci
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
#booksky #polisci
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
I couldn't even finish "Circle of Days" by Ken Follett. It was unreadable. Obviously Stonehenge gets built, but the problem is the banal plot of sex and murder that could have instead explored the politics of resource scarcity. Back to #polisci.
#booksky #histfic
#booksky #histfic
Circle of Days
From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the dee…
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December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🧵 In #Canada and arguable the US, we just don't have a #resilience culture. We're used to things working, getting what we want, being safe.
How we react, individually and societally, to system failures is very telling. We just don't know how to handle it...1/3
How we react, individually and societally, to system failures is very telling. We just don't know how to handle it...1/3
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧵 In #Canada and arguable the US, we just don't have a #resilience culture. We're used to things working, getting what we want, being safe.
How we react, individually and societally, to system failures is very telling. We just don't know how to handle it...1/3
How we react, individually and societally, to system failures is very telling. We just don't know how to handle it...1/3
Small wonder the younger generations feel doomed. How can we solve #climate crisis or social injustice when merely asking people not to fatally speed is met with widespread derision?
It is now partisan to ask, "please don't kill my family"
#cdnpoli #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is now partisan to ask, "please don't kill my family"
#cdnpoli #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
All of Toronto's speed cameras are gone. How did we get to this point? | CBC News
Toronto's speed cameras may be gone, but this time there are no mysterious vandals wielding power tools, no blurry suspect photos and no police investigation.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Small wonder the younger generations feel doomed. How can we solve #climate crisis or social injustice when merely asking people not to fatally speed is met with widespread derision?
It is now partisan to ask, "please don't kill my family"
#cdnpoli #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is now partisan to ask, "please don't kill my family"
#cdnpoli #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A lot of resilience and continuity consultants will try to sell you on BC and DR plans, not realizing that's part of your service level agreement with your #tech vendor.
Don't buy a generic plan. To be resilient, invest in #tech infrastructure #resilience. Cloud, auto backup, more servers, etc.
Don't buy a generic plan. To be resilient, invest in #tech infrastructure #resilience. Cloud, auto backup, more servers, etc.
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A lot of resilience and continuity consultants will try to sell you on BC and DR plans, not realizing that's part of your service level agreement with your #tech vendor.
Don't buy a generic plan. To be resilient, invest in #tech infrastructure #resilience. Cloud, auto backup, more servers, etc.
Don't buy a generic plan. To be resilient, invest in #tech infrastructure #resilience. Cloud, auto backup, more servers, etc.
I'm a real stickler for documentation.
I document processes, decisions, and lessons learned.
Why?
Because institutional knowledge prevents repeating mistakes and accelerates recovery after any disruption.
#Resilience #Leadership #Learning
I document processes, decisions, and lessons learned.
Why?
Because institutional knowledge prevents repeating mistakes and accelerates recovery after any disruption.
#Resilience #Leadership #Learning
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm a real stickler for documentation.
I document processes, decisions, and lessons learned.
Why?
Because institutional knowledge prevents repeating mistakes and accelerates recovery after any disruption.
#Resilience #Leadership #Learning
I document processes, decisions, and lessons learned.
Why?
Because institutional knowledge prevents repeating mistakes and accelerates recovery after any disruption.
#Resilience #Leadership #Learning
Obviously we all want to have strategic foresight, but how do we do that when the paradigm has changed so completely?
Identify potential disruptions, model impact scenarios, and develop contingency plans.
Only now, we have to expect everything. Easier said than done.
#Strategy #Resilience
Identify potential disruptions, model impact scenarios, and develop contingency plans.
Only now, we have to expect everything. Easier said than done.
#Strategy #Resilience
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Obviously we all want to have strategic foresight, but how do we do that when the paradigm has changed so completely?
Identify potential disruptions, model impact scenarios, and develop contingency plans.
Only now, we have to expect everything. Easier said than done.
#Strategy #Resilience
Identify potential disruptions, model impact scenarios, and develop contingency plans.
Only now, we have to expect everything. Easier said than done.
#Strategy #Resilience
Leaders must be present, visible, and transparent in times of uncertainty.
Consistent updates, empathetic engagement, and decisive action build confidence and reinforce stability across teams and stakeholders.
Let people know you have skin in the game, too.
#Crisis #Leadership #Trust #Resilience
Consistent updates, empathetic engagement, and decisive action build confidence and reinforce stability across teams and stakeholders.
Let people know you have skin in the game, too.
#Crisis #Leadership #Trust #Resilience
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Leaders must be present, visible, and transparent in times of uncertainty.
Consistent updates, empathetic engagement, and decisive action build confidence and reinforce stability across teams and stakeholders.
Let people know you have skin in the game, too.
#Crisis #Leadership #Trust #Resilience
Consistent updates, empathetic engagement, and decisive action build confidence and reinforce stability across teams and stakeholders.
Let people know you have skin in the game, too.
#Crisis #Leadership #Trust #Resilience
Get ready for disruption.
Understand how you fit into the globalized world.
Obtain a #risk assessment.
Outline business impacts that could occur.
Invest in emergency and continuity training.
Prioritize affordable strategies like backing up critical data.
Avoid #risk, don't accept it.
Understand how you fit into the globalized world.
Obtain a #risk assessment.
Outline business impacts that could occur.
Invest in emergency and continuity training.
Prioritize affordable strategies like backing up critical data.
Avoid #risk, don't accept it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Subitis, Inc. is risk-focused. We will help you protect what you’ve built in your business or your community by helping you prepare for the most likely and the most impactful threats and risks. Our strategic #foresight, advisory, and #resilience services can help.
Just check it out. www.subitis.ca
Just check it out. www.subitis.ca
Subitis, Inc. | Resilience and crisis management consulting.
Subitis, Inc. offers best in-class business resilience and crisis management consulting. Services include standards compliance, exercise programs, and risk management.
www.subitis.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Subitis, Inc. is risk-focused. We will help you protect what you’ve built in your business or your community by helping you prepare for the most likely and the most impactful threats and risks. Our strategic #foresight, advisory, and #resilience services can help.
Just check it out. www.subitis.ca
Just check it out. www.subitis.ca
#Climate change is causing more floods, fires, and heat waves, forcing businesses and municipalities to spend more on emergency services, contingency plans, and infrastructure upgrades. With tight budgets and limited staff, many organizations struggle to prepare for these threats.
#resilience
#resilience
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#Climate change is causing more floods, fires, and heat waves, forcing businesses and municipalities to spend more on emergency services, contingency plans, and infrastructure upgrades. With tight budgets and limited staff, many organizations struggle to prepare for these threats.
#resilience
#resilience
Canadian businesses and municipalities are under pressure from growing #risks while having limited resources to deal with them. Global conflicts and #trade issues are pushing up the cost of food and energy, for example, which makes it harder for both local governments and small businesses to plan.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Around the world, resources are being used as a tool in political conflicts, and international #sanctions are changing how countries #trade and cooperate. In response, Canadian political leaders are calling for policies that focus on #resilience, fairness, and building a more sustainable economy.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Around the world, resources are being used as a tool in political conflicts, and international #sanctions are changing how countries #trade and cooperate. In response, Canadian political leaders are calling for policies that focus on #resilience, fairness, and building a more sustainable economy.
#Canada is exposed to a number of significant #risks. Rising prices for food and energy are being pushed higher by global conflicts and trade problems, while #climate change is bringing more extreme weather, like wildfires, that put pressure on communities and health systems.
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🧵 Some thoughts toward a PESTEL analysis for those who might be interested:
Political: Hegemonic power is shifting to a multi-polar, eastern-based system with #China, #India, and #Russia gaining regional influence. The weakening of middle powers. The rise of populism and extreme nationalism...
Political: Hegemonic power is shifting to a multi-polar, eastern-based system with #China, #India, and #Russia gaining regional influence. The weakening of middle powers. The rise of populism and extreme nationalism...
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Don't forget #veterans in their hour of need: legion.ca/donations
#Remembrance #Canada
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Don't forget #veterans in their hour of need: legion.ca/donations
#Remembrance #Canada
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Don't forget #veterans in their hour of need: legion.ca/donations
#Remembrance #Canada
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Don't forget #veterans in their hour of need: legion.ca/donations
#Remembrance #Canada
Readers are leaders. The best #crisis leaders have context and awareness. They're able to draw on extensive knowledge so that they don't have to make up solutions. Instead, they borrow from a body of knowledge to recreate success. Sometimes #resilience looks like a full bookshelf.
#booksky
#booksky
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Readers are leaders. The best #crisis leaders have context and awareness. They're able to draw on extensive knowledge so that they don't have to make up solutions. Instead, they borrow from a body of knowledge to recreate success. Sometimes #resilience looks like a full bookshelf.
#booksky
#booksky
There's a lot of #crisis frameworks out there and a lot of them are written by ex-uniform types who only live in operations mode (love you all, for real).
Business leaders need to be in the #resilience mindset. Accept that crises may happen and have plans to avoid them, not grind through them.
Business leaders need to be in the #resilience mindset. Accept that crises may happen and have plans to avoid them, not grind through them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There's a lot of #crisis frameworks out there and a lot of them are written by ex-uniform types who only live in operations mode (love you all, for real).
Business leaders need to be in the #resilience mindset. Accept that crises may happen and have plans to avoid them, not grind through them.
Business leaders need to be in the #resilience mindset. Accept that crises may happen and have plans to avoid them, not grind through them.
Just taking a moment to extol the virtues of the semi-colon; however, some may disagree, or dislike it; others may enjoy it, use it, and celebrate it; and, yet more may be indifferent.
But I love it.
Thank you, semi-colon. You’re not a half-measure to me.
#booksky
But I love it.
Thank you, semi-colon. You’re not a half-measure to me.
#booksky
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just taking a moment to extol the virtues of the semi-colon; however, some may disagree, or dislike it; others may enjoy it, use it, and celebrate it; and, yet more may be indifferent.
But I love it.
Thank you, semi-colon. You’re not a half-measure to me.
#booksky
But I love it.
Thank you, semi-colon. You’re not a half-measure to me.
#booksky
Train your crisis management teams with realistic scenarios that reflect potential disruptions. Hands-on practice builds confidence, reduces errors, and ensures everyone knows how to act under pressure.
Everybody loses when everybody wins in an exercise.
#Training #Preparedness #Resilience #Crisis
Everybody loses when everybody wins in an exercise.
#Training #Preparedness #Resilience #Crisis
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Train your crisis management teams with realistic scenarios that reflect potential disruptions. Hands-on practice builds confidence, reduces errors, and ensures everyone knows how to act under pressure.
Everybody loses when everybody wins in an exercise.
#Training #Preparedness #Resilience #Crisis
Everybody loses when everybody wins in an exercise.
#Training #Preparedness #Resilience #Crisis
How you say it is as important as what you say. Maintain calm, clear, and factual communication. Empathy paired with awareness and authority reinforces confidence and trust.
#Crisis #communications #resilience
#Crisis #communications #resilience
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How you say it is as important as what you say. Maintain calm, clear, and factual communication. Empathy paired with awareness and authority reinforces confidence and trust.
#Crisis #communications #resilience
#Crisis #communications #resilience
Cloud systems, automation, and secure remote access are not just conveniences—they are #resilience multipliers. Adopt tools that support continuity when the unexpected hits. And then adopt backups.
Check out subitis.ca.
#crisis
Check out subitis.ca.
#crisis
Subitis, Inc. | Resilience and crisis management consulting.
Subitis, Inc. offers best in-class business resilience and crisis management consulting. Services include standards compliance, exercise programs, and risk management.
subitis.ca
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Cloud systems, automation, and secure remote access are not just conveniences—they are #resilience multipliers. Adopt tools that support continuity when the unexpected hits. And then adopt backups.
Check out subitis.ca.
#crisis
Check out subitis.ca.
#crisis
Policies and procedures matter, but #culture sustains resilience.
#Crisis leaders need to encourage transparency, flexibility, and wellbeing.
Teams that embrace these values respond more effectively and cohesively.
Check out this veteran-owned business with deep expertise: gasparotto.co
#Crisis leaders need to encourage transparency, flexibility, and wellbeing.
Teams that embrace these values respond more effectively and cohesively.
Check out this veteran-owned business with deep expertise: gasparotto.co
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November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Policies and procedures matter, but #culture sustains resilience.
#Crisis leaders need to encourage transparency, flexibility, and wellbeing.
Teams that embrace these values respond more effectively and cohesively.
Check out this veteran-owned business with deep expertise: gasparotto.co
#Crisis leaders need to encourage transparency, flexibility, and wellbeing.
Teams that embrace these values respond more effectively and cohesively.
Check out this veteran-owned business with deep expertise: gasparotto.co
Team Japan won the MLB #WorldSeries. The season started there, and Yamamoto finished it here in #Toronto. Heartbroken for my @torontobluejays.bsky.social and at the same time, in awe of his talent.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Team Japan won the MLB #WorldSeries. The season started there, and Yamamoto finished it here in #Toronto. Heartbroken for my @torontobluejays.bsky.social and at the same time, in awe of his talent.