@conaljarvis.bsky.social
U of T CERES 2025
Great king, strong king, king of the Four Corners, king of the Universe
Great king, strong king, king of the Four Corners, king of the Universe
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These guys...
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
These guys...
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
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this is definitely material basis for a Cthulhu or Delta Green scenario starting point
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this is definitely material basis for a Cthulhu or Delta Green scenario starting point
I swear to god this was BAP’s profile pic at one point
It would be impossible to overstate how deranged and fascistic the US government’s social media accounts have become. Protect “the west” against Spanish speaking Catholics?
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I swear to god this was BAP’s profile pic at one point
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GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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BREAKING ‼️
Virtually all democratic leaders in Georgia are now prosecuted over "sabotaging the state." 1/
Virtually all democratic leaders in Georgia are now prosecuted over "sabotaging the state." 1/
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
BREAKING ‼️
Virtually all democratic leaders in Georgia are now prosecuted over "sabotaging the state." 1/
Virtually all democratic leaders in Georgia are now prosecuted over "sabotaging the state." 1/
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Those who agree - "I am willing to accept slower economic growth in Canada if it means greater economic independence from the United States"
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Liberals: 86%
🟢 NDP: 77%
🟢 Conservatives: 55%
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Liberals: 86%
🟢 NDP: 77%
🟢 Conservatives: 55%
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Budget Week Opens with Rising Public Skepticism
Canadians remain split on Carney's ability to deliver results, while dissatisfaction with Ottawa ticks upward
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Those who agree - "I am willing to accept slower economic growth in Canada if it means greater economic independence from the United States"
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Liberals: 86%
🟢 NDP: 77%
🟢 Conservatives: 55%
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Liberals: 86%
🟢 NDP: 77%
🟢 Conservatives: 55%
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Ok Bluesky hive mind: trying to find a clip that was played in a class lecture about three years ago. It was a documentary (I think) featuring a rural Manchurian village where they’re doing a lottery. (Felt just like home LOL) @beijingpalmer.bsky.social @bokane.org any ideas?
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ok Bluesky hive mind: trying to find a clip that was played in a class lecture about three years ago. It was a documentary (I think) featuring a rural Manchurian village where they’re doing a lottery. (Felt just like home LOL) @beijingpalmer.bsky.social @bokane.org any ideas?
Vibes are of that Enterprise episode where the Vulcans have established a listening post under a monastery near the Andorian border…
Russian propaganda, infiltration and Quislings in the High North.
www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/apparen...
www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/apparen...
'Apparently, God himself commanded the Russian Orthodox bishop to build a chapel right under NATO radars'
Russian security forces are strengthening their influence in northern Norway — and sowing division within the country.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Vibes are of that Enterprise episode where the Vulcans have established a listening post under a monastery near the Andorian border…
For all the focus on defence in the budget, neglecting global health (insert something something securitization, hammer and problems looking like nails, yadda yadda) is a bizarre choice given the last couple years have clearly shown the importance of biodefence
Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
What I'm looking for in the Canadian federal budget: Development
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
For all the focus on defence in the budget, neglecting global health (insert something something securitization, hammer and problems looking like nails, yadda yadda) is a bizarre choice given the last couple years have clearly shown the importance of biodefence
Does Al-Wardi mean the same as it does in Akkadian?
Thanks to Kerra for this write up on the Plague maqama article. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Myths about rapid spread of the Black Death influenced by single “literary tale”, experts show
Myths about how the Black Death travelled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found. Modern portrayals of the plague qui...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Does Al-Wardi mean the same as it does in Akkadian?
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The seemingly outsized cuts to Global Affairs Canada in Budget 2025 are hard to square with the government’s repeated call to expand and deepen Canada's international partnerships. Reinvesting in the military is welcome – but defence is just one tool of our international policy.
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The seemingly outsized cuts to Global Affairs Canada in Budget 2025 are hard to square with the government’s repeated call to expand and deepen Canada's international partnerships. Reinvesting in the military is welcome – but defence is just one tool of our international policy.
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I hear some "let's forget 🇬🇪 and focus on 🇦🇲" from Europeans.
I'm all for Armenia in the EU, but the region won't be free, whole, and at peace with an unstable and Russified Georgia.
And Armenia's connections with the EU will remain fragile, vulnerable to overnight changes.
I'm all for Armenia in the EU, but the region won't be free, whole, and at peace with an unstable and Russified Georgia.
And Armenia's connections with the EU will remain fragile, vulnerable to overnight changes.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I hear some "let's forget 🇬🇪 and focus on 🇦🇲" from Europeans.
I'm all for Armenia in the EU, but the region won't be free, whole, and at peace with an unstable and Russified Georgia.
And Armenia's connections with the EU will remain fragile, vulnerable to overnight changes.
I'm all for Armenia in the EU, but the region won't be free, whole, and at peace with an unstable and Russified Georgia.
And Armenia's connections with the EU will remain fragile, vulnerable to overnight changes.
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New piece up @ca.theconversation.com: TL;DR, Canada needs to be strategic and diplomatic, but it cannot keep caving to a bully's version of the truth. theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
Mark Carney’s apology to Donald Trump: Far from ‘elbows up,’ it seems Canada has no elbows at all
An Ontario ad on Ronald Reagan’s support of free trade may have been an unnecessary risk. But Mark Carney’s apology to Donald Trump was an unnecessary own-goal.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New piece up @ca.theconversation.com: TL;DR, Canada needs to be strategic and diplomatic, but it cannot keep caving to a bully's version of the truth. theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
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Something Dems (especially natsecs types) need to get through their thick skulls is the only way we might come back from this internationally is if the accountability for it is swift, broad, and punishing
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Something Dems (especially natsecs types) need to get through their thick skulls is the only way we might come back from this internationally is if the accountability for it is swift, broad, and punishing
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry
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Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
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Chickenshit www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Chickenshit www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
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"Tell Ea-nasir the White House sends the following message:"
The White House posts a Proclamation on copper in the Federal Register.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Tell Ea-nasir the White House sends the following message:"
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I recommend everyone read the Temeraire series tbh
dragons work better as a strategic bomber significantly more than as CAS
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I recommend everyone read the Temeraire series tbh
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you may not be interested in natsec policy, but natsec policy is interested in you
chat is it good when defense intellectuals are citing Adrian and putting arguments you'd hear before the Spanish Civil War
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
you may not be interested in natsec policy, but natsec policy is interested in you
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Between this and Heritage's latest, the jungle is growing back and I don't think Canadian elites or even international elites are ready for the world we're going live in
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Between this and Heritage's latest, the jungle is growing back and I don't think Canadian elites or even international elites are ready for the world we're going live in
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Alberta is the Donbass of America
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Alberta is the Donbass of America
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I was invited to Ottawa as a humble grad student to present my research. I have very warm feelings for their Classics Department and university, even if I almost froze to death due to my poor packing (thank heavens for the toque and scarf I bought at The Bay).
www.change.org/p/save-greek...
www.change.org/p/save-greek...
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
www.change.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was invited to Ottawa as a humble grad student to present my research. I have very warm feelings for their Classics Department and university, even if I almost froze to death due to my poor packing (thank heavens for the toque and scarf I bought at The Bay).
www.change.org/p/save-greek...
www.change.org/p/save-greek...
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This is a deep dive into our challenges -- that should be even clearer this morning. If you don't have time to read it today, save it for a weekend read.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is a deep dive into our challenges -- that should be even clearer this morning. If you don't have time to read it today, save it for a weekend read.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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If Canada wants to be democracy’s top dog, it can’t be pulling punches.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If Canada wants to be democracy’s top dog, it can’t be pulling punches.
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In the last 24 hours, 12 people were detained over “closing the road” or “wearing a face mask.”
This includes our favourite Grandpa Giorgi. Him and his wife attend protests every day, always holding each other’s hands and wearing flags.
#TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
This includes our favourite Grandpa Giorgi. Him and his wife attend protests every day, always holding each other’s hands and wearing flags.
#TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the last 24 hours, 12 people were detained over “closing the road” or “wearing a face mask.”
This includes our favourite Grandpa Giorgi. Him and his wife attend protests every day, always holding each other’s hands and wearing flags.
#TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
This includes our favourite Grandpa Giorgi. Him and his wife attend protests every day, always holding each other’s hands and wearing flags.
#TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests