Dean Hamilton
@tyburntree.bsky.social
...I am Fortune's fool. Author of The Jesuit Letter, Black Dog and Thieves' Castle. Marketer, writer, cat wrangler, walker of bear-dogs.
If you haven’t seen PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech in full, you should watch it.
In 17 min., he essentially burned down the current international order & turned a generation of foreign policy on its head.
Smart. Realistic. Practical.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9R...
In 17 min., he essentially burned down the current international order & turned a generation of foreign policy on its head.
Smart. Realistic. Practical.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9R...
PM Carney full speech at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by CTV News
youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
If you haven’t seen PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech in full, you should watch it.
In 17 min., he essentially burned down the current international order & turned a generation of foreign policy on its head.
Smart. Realistic. Practical.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9R...
In 17 min., he essentially burned down the current international order & turned a generation of foreign policy on its head.
Smart. Realistic. Practical.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9R...
Been looking through my Italy trip photos for some worth getting printed. Kind of proud of this one...
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Been looking through my Italy trip photos for some worth getting printed. Kind of proud of this one...
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"kites rise
slow and easy...
a little village"
― Issa Kobayashi
(image: Mitsumasa Anno)
slow and easy...
a little village"
― Issa Kobayashi
(image: Mitsumasa Anno)
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 AM
"kites rise
slow and easy...
a little village"
― Issa Kobayashi
(image: Mitsumasa Anno)
slow and easy...
a little village"
― Issa Kobayashi
(image: Mitsumasa Anno)
Reposted by Dean Hamilton
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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These are the days of miracles and wonder....
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January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
These are the days of miracles and wonder....
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sonuva....
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ALT: a man in a suit and tie says son of a nutcracker in white letters
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
sonuva....
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A small and exotic Buddha found far from home in #VikingAge buildings on the Swedish lake island of Helgö.
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A small and exotic Buddha found far from home in #VikingAge buildings on the Swedish lake island of Helgö.
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
Law & Order crime scene or dog sleeping on the deck?
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Law & Order crime scene or dog sleeping on the deck?
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' .
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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Godzilla, Daniel Nash
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Godzilla, Daniel Nash
Someone asked me if I had a "soundtrack" or music in mind in my books.
I don't typically, but this track from Django Unchained fit the situation/mode of my main character pretty damn solidly, and listening to it, weirdly helped me find that character's experience.
youtu.be/34I2dCO8U8A?...
I don't typically, but this track from Django Unchained fit the situation/mode of my main character pretty damn solidly, and listening to it, weirdly helped me find that character's experience.
youtu.be/34I2dCO8U8A?...
Who Did That To You-John Legend (Django Unchained Soundtrack)
YouTube video by MrCafferata5
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Someone asked me if I had a "soundtrack" or music in mind in my books.
I don't typically, but this track from Django Unchained fit the situation/mode of my main character pretty damn solidly, and listening to it, weirdly helped me find that character's experience.
youtu.be/34I2dCO8U8A?...
I don't typically, but this track from Django Unchained fit the situation/mode of my main character pretty damn solidly, and listening to it, weirdly helped me find that character's experience.
youtu.be/34I2dCO8U8A?...
Current read:
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman - an eye-opening look at Israel's use of targeted assassination, Mossad, and the last 70 years of the Middle East violence.
My reaction: Yikes. Fascinating. Horrifying. Helluva book.
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman - an eye-opening look at Israel's use of targeted assassination, Mossad, and the last 70 years of the Middle East violence.
My reaction: Yikes. Fascinating. Horrifying. Helluva book.
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Current read:
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman - an eye-opening look at Israel's use of targeted assassination, Mossad, and the last 70 years of the Middle East violence.
My reaction: Yikes. Fascinating. Horrifying. Helluva book.
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman - an eye-opening look at Israel's use of targeted assassination, Mossad, and the last 70 years of the Middle East violence.
My reaction: Yikes. Fascinating. Horrifying. Helluva book.
THE JESUIT LETTER
Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn thought he left bloodshed & violence behind him when he abandoned the war against the Spanish, but when he accidentally intercepts a letter from a hidden Jesuit, he is entangled in a murderous & deadly conspiracy.
#HF #A #P #BluePit 📖
Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn thought he left bloodshed & violence behind him when he abandoned the war against the Spanish, but when he accidentally intercepts a letter from a hidden Jesuit, he is entangled in a murderous & deadly conspiracy.
#HF #A #P #BluePit 📖
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
SORCERER STREET
“You want us to investigate this killing. That means questions. That means turning over rocks & setting things scurrying…”
There's a dead man in Lambeth.
Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned player, discovers it is no ordinary murder, but one tinged with arcane magic.
#Q #BluePit 📖 #A #HS
“You want us to investigate this killing. That means questions. That means turning over rocks & setting things scurrying…”
There's a dead man in Lambeth.
Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned player, discovers it is no ordinary murder, but one tinged with arcane magic.
#Q #BluePit 📖 #A #HS
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Conrad was the name of a raccoon that died on the corner of Yonge and Church in the summer of 2015. And though Conrad was just a raccoon, he was human enough to inspire compassion and warmth in the hearts of Torontonians. This is a monument in his honour that moves around the city.
#Toronto
#Toronto
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Conrad was the name of a raccoon that died on the corner of Yonge and Church in the summer of 2015. And though Conrad was just a raccoon, he was human enough to inspire compassion and warmth in the hearts of Torontonians. This is a monument in his honour that moves around the city.
#Toronto
#Toronto
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SORCERER STREET
From the fetid back-alleys & bear-pits of Southwark, to the diplomatic cat-and-mouse between France & Spain, Kit Tyburn must hunt a deadly pair of killers armed with an arcane weapon, threatening the throne itself.
3 Musketeers x Harry Bosch
#Q #BluePit 📖 #A #HS
From the fetid back-alleys & bear-pits of Southwark, to the diplomatic cat-and-mouse between France & Spain, Kit Tyburn must hunt a deadly pair of killers armed with an arcane weapon, threatening the throne itself.
3 Musketeers x Harry Bosch
#Q #BluePit 📖 #A #HS
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
THIEVES' CASTLE
Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn thought finding a missing gold-seller would be simplicity itself, but London's fetid back-alleys hide deadly secrets, not the least of which is the lethal Harlequin, a twisted female thief-lord chasing her past. #HF #A #P #BluePit 📖
Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn thought finding a missing gold-seller would be simplicity itself, but London's fetid back-alleys hide deadly secrets, not the least of which is the lethal Harlequin, a twisted female thief-lord chasing her past. #HF #A #P #BluePit 📖
January 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Someone is killing the sorcerers of London.
Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned play-actor, has to dive into the arcane world of Elizabethan astrology & magic, hunting a vicious pair of killers intent on harnessing a weapon that threatens the throne itself.
3 Musketeers x Harry Bosch
#Q #BluePit 📖#A #HS
Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned play-actor, has to dive into the arcane world of Elizabethan astrology & magic, hunting a vicious pair of killers intent on harnessing a weapon that threatens the throne itself.
3 Musketeers x Harry Bosch
#Q #BluePit 📖#A #HS
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Congratulations to our members on their new historical releases! Follow Amytis of Media, Harry Hotspur and others through the lense of #HistoricalFiction:
New books by Historical Novel Society members, November 2025 - Historical Novel Society
If you’re a HNS member who’s written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be published) in June 2025 or after, send the following details via our contact form by January 7, 2026:…
historicalnovelsociety.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations to our members on their new historical releases! Follow Amytis of Media, Harry Hotspur and others through the lense of #HistoricalFiction:
"The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep, one last time... Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!"
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England
Archaeologists have announced their discovery of a metal hoard that contained an extremely rare example of a Celtic battle trumpet.
www.livescience.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep, one last time... Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!"
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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"completely leaving behind
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
"completely leaving behind
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
the full moon
winter seclusion" Issa Kobayashi
(images: Koitsu Tsuchiya)
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There’s hope in’t yet.
January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
There’s hope in’t yet.