CanadianTom
@canadiantom.bsky.social
Historian, ethicist, at PSU for now, from Ottawa, almost retired from rugby, still a fan of the Giant Metrozoids. 🇺🇦
Danny Ramirez was good. Judge in pinstripes was fun.
I don't know what order to put the bad parts in:
The dark suit & shirt on dark background was a bad choice.
Gretzky did not do well with the "saying team names" part.
Village People should revise that Native American outfit.
I don't know what order to put the bad parts in:
The dark suit & shirt on dark background was a bad choice.
Gretzky did not do well with the "saying team names" part.
Village People should revise that Native American outfit.
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Danny Ramirez was good. Judge in pinstripes was fun.
I don't know what order to put the bad parts in:
The dark suit & shirt on dark background was a bad choice.
Gretzky did not do well with the "saying team names" part.
Village People should revise that Native American outfit.
I don't know what order to put the bad parts in:
The dark suit & shirt on dark background was a bad choice.
Gretzky did not do well with the "saying team names" part.
Village People should revise that Native American outfit.
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"The outer shell of the empire fell off in 1991, and many mistook that for collapse. Like a matryoshka doll, within one 'prison of nations' another waited," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, an academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
Why Russia cannot help but invade
The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're going to make a deal." Some view this as a setback for diplomacy, but it may we...
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The outer shell of the empire fell off in 1991, and many mistook that for collapse. Like a matryoshka doll, within one 'prison of nations' another waited," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, an academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
Incredible energy from Rodriguez. Late first half goal, and running hard as anything at 106' (which was even more than it sounds, as 15' of extra time played in regulation, and a hour -long plowing delay.
Reactions from across the world after a historic, snowy Canadian Premier League final featuring a bicycle kick goal 📺🏆 #CanPL
truenorthfoot.ca/article/reac...
truenorthfoot.ca/article/reac...
Reactions from across the world after a historic, snowy Canadian Premier League final featuring a bicycle kick goal
The 2025 Canadian Premier League final went viral for every reason you can think of. A snow-packed pitch and a bicycle kick goal were the highlights.
truenorthfoot.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Incredible energy from Rodriguez. Late first half goal, and running hard as anything at 106' (which was even more than it sounds, as 15' of extra time played in regulation, and a hour -long plowing delay.
Any thoughts @scottlincicome.bsky.social ?
(more on the politics than the economics, but open-ended ask)
youtube.com/watch?si=rEdDMPLbGr-uk6Eq&v=hN_CVvzExpM&feature=youtu.be
(more on the politics than the economics, but open-ended ask)
youtube.com/watch?si=rEdDMPLbGr-uk6Eq&v=hN_CVvzExpM&feature=youtu.be
Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.
YouTube video by Toronto Sun
youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Any thoughts @scottlincicome.bsky.social ?
(more on the politics than the economics, but open-ended ask)
youtube.com/watch?si=rEdDMPLbGr-uk6Eq&v=hN_CVvzExpM&feature=youtu.be
(more on the politics than the economics, but open-ended ask)
youtube.com/watch?si=rEdDMPLbGr-uk6Eq&v=hN_CVvzExpM&feature=youtu.be
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The ad was accurate
Painful to defend Ford but the Reagan Foundation is full of 💩
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Painful to defend Ford but the Reagan Foundation is full of 💩
bsky.app/profile/mich...
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The ad was accurate
Painful to defend Ford but the Reagan Foundation is full of 💩
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Painful to defend Ford but the Reagan Foundation is full of 💩
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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One way that social media has driven people insane is by convincing them that political outcomes are shaped by the net allocation of care points and so politics consists in attempting to shape the amount of caring everyone dedicates to your pet issue.
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One way that social media has driven people insane is by convincing them that political outcomes are shaped by the net allocation of care points and so politics consists in attempting to shape the amount of caring everyone dedicates to your pet issue.
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some folks I think legit are not interested in winning because their whole thing is being more righteous. For the rest of us, get onboard because I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
I realize that all the "we are going to win" inspiration posting codes as aesthetically liberal (being left is being unimpressed) and invites the responses you'd guess from a certain genre of more radical than thou poster but still surprised at the particular condescension strategies people go for
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
some folks I think legit are not interested in winning because their whole thing is being more righteous. For the rest of us, get onboard because I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
This is excellent
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is excellent
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Wishing everyone a great Fall.
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wishing everyone a great Fall.
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10 years to the day since the miracle in Brighton; rugby has another historic result on English soil
Canada take down the Black Ferns, inflicting their second ever knockout defeat, and in some fashion
The semi-final that promised to deliver, has given us a result for the ages
Canada take down the Black Ferns, inflicting their second ever knockout defeat, and in some fashion
The semi-final that promised to deliver, has given us a result for the ages
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
10 years to the day since the miracle in Brighton; rugby has another historic result on English soil
Canada take down the Black Ferns, inflicting their second ever knockout defeat, and in some fashion
The semi-final that promised to deliver, has given us a result for the ages
Canada take down the Black Ferns, inflicting their second ever knockout defeat, and in some fashion
The semi-final that promised to deliver, has given us a result for the ages
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people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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“Fiscal crisis” has become a pretext for far-reaching changes that are not necessary so much as desired by uni leaders. “The tragedy…is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power.” ⬇️
www.chronicle.com/article/they...
www.chronicle.com/article/they...
They’re Killing the Humanities On Purpose
The crisis is not one of resources but of values.
www.chronicle.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Fiscal crisis” has become a pretext for far-reaching changes that are not necessary so much as desired by uni leaders. “The tragedy…is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power.” ⬇️
www.chronicle.com/article/they...
www.chronicle.com/article/they...
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Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, or a famous Ukrainian — some of whom, you might be surprised to learn are from Ukraine.
34 facts to learn about Ukraine this Independence Day
Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, t...
kyivindependent.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, or a famous Ukrainian — some of whom, you might be surprised to learn are from Ukraine.
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"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."
"Nothing that happened in medieval eastern Europe bound future states to make war against each other a thousand years later"
My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war"
www.ft.com/content/9731...
My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war"
www.ft.com/content/9731...
The myths that made Putin’s war
The Alaska summit exposed the flawed history and personal vanity that fuel the conflict with Ukraine, argues Timothy Snyder
www.ft.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."
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"When war rages on the front line — with trenches, tanks, drones, and rockets — it is visible. But a far more dangerous war is fought where it goes unnoticed: in negotiations, in memoranda, in the emphasis on ethnic grievances..." writes Ukrainian author Vitaly Portnikov, in his recent op-ed.
Russia's hybrid empire
When war rages on the front line — with trenches, tanks, drones, and rockets — it is visible. But a far more dangerous war is fought where it goes unnoticed: in negotiations, in memoranda, in the emph...
kyivindependent.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"When war rages on the front line — with trenches, tanks, drones, and rockets — it is visible. But a far more dangerous war is fought where it goes unnoticed: in negotiations, in memoranda, in the emphasis on ethnic grievances..." writes Ukrainian author Vitaly Portnikov, in his recent op-ed.
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Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
August 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.
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I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
Someone on the Athletic is posting made up Jesse Marsch quotes under the "Snides of Marsch" label and now I'm sitting here trying to decide if I want to get in on the game as a hobby, or make a whole Snides of Marsch shit-posting account.
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Someone on the Athletic is posting made up Jesse Marsch quotes under the "Snides of Marsch" label and now I'm sitting here trying to decide if I want to get in on the game as a hobby, or make a whole Snides of Marsch shit-posting account.
I don’t know what it means, but I think that’s the whole point. Let’s not make the mistake of understanding things we don’t understand, in a way that makes misunderstandings understandable. After all, it takes more than one lion to be in a flock…” 4/4 (from Michael T of The Athletic)
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I don’t know what it means, but I think that’s the whole point. Let’s not make the mistake of understanding things we don’t understand, in a way that makes misunderstandings understandable. After all, it takes more than one lion to be in a flock…” 4/4 (from Michael T of The Athletic)
Snides of Marsch: "My players understand that. Either by my language, or by virtue of mime. " I love quotes, I love learning from people of the past, sports figures, historical figures, whoever. My favourite current quote is, ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’. 3/4
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Snides of Marsch: "My players understand that. Either by my language, or by virtue of mime. " I love quotes, I love learning from people of the past, sports figures, historical figures, whoever. My favourite current quote is, ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’. 3/4
Snides of Marsch "so I’m pretty darn adept at being unequivocal in my barometer of speech. I think it's an important lesson in being in a leadership position to show that you're willing to be vulnerable, you're willing to make mistakes, and that's how I'm going to get better, by getting worse. 2/4
June 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Snides of Marsch "so I’m pretty darn adept at being unequivocal in my barometer of speech. I think it's an important lesson in being in a leadership position to show that you're willing to be vulnerable, you're willing to make mistakes, and that's how I'm going to get better, by getting worse. 2/4