Robin MacNab
@robinmacnab.bsky.social
Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social joined @AndyPinsent to discuss Johnston’s interview with Ambassador @BobRae48, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to UN. www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
CFRA Weekends - Bob Rae prepares to make way for David Lametti as his U.N. representation winds down - CFRA Live! - Sound Bites | iHeart
<p>Bob Rae, a former Premier of Ontario, has spent his recent years serving as a Canadian Representative to the United Nations. In the coming days, he will be replaced by David Lametti, a former Attor...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social joined @AndyPinsent to discuss Johnston’s interview with Ambassador @BobRae48, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to UN. www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
North Korea's young female footballers have won back-to-back U17 World Cups. Why is the isolated state so good at the game? www.dw.com/en/why-the-n...
Why the North Korean women's football team is so good – DW – 11/09/2025
North Korea's young female footballers have won back-to-back U17 World Cups. Why is the isolated state so good at the game?
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November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
North Korea's young female footballers have won back-to-back U17 World Cups. Why is the isolated state so good at the game? www.dw.com/en/why-the-n...
Hermann and Albert Göring: Two very different brothers. Hermann was Adolf Hitler's second-in-command; the lesser-known Albert saved the lives of many Jews and dissidents whom the Nazis persecuted. www.dw.com/en/hermann-u...
Hermann and Albert Göring: Two very different brothers – DW – 11/08/2025
Hermann was Adolf Hitler's second-in-command; the lesser-known Albert saved the lives of many Jews and dissidents whom the Nazis persecuted.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hermann and Albert Göring: Two very different brothers. Hermann was Adolf Hitler's second-in-command; the lesser-known Albert saved the lives of many Jews and dissidents whom the Nazis persecuted. www.dw.com/en/hermann-u...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good sale today on some Michael Connelly ebooks www.kobo.com/ca/en/deals
Well duh!: FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well duh!: FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
Cold front at the border: Canadians uneasy about U.S. travel, say new fingerprint requirements “invasive” - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/cold-front-a...
Cold front at the border: Canadians uneasy about U.S. travel, say new fingerprint requirements “invasive” - Angus Reid Institute
Majority of frequent border crossers are making fewer trips, choosing Canadian destinations instead November 7, 2025 – The once reliable Canada-U.S. relationship appears to have entered a new phase of...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Cold front at the border: Canadians uneasy about U.S. travel, say new fingerprint requirements “invasive” - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/cold-front-a...
Subway should feature this guy in an ad www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Subway should feature this guy in an ad www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social interviews Bob Rae on his departure as Canada’s Ambassador to the UN. Would that all diplomats were such mavericks! Hats off to Bob for a job well done.
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‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says
For the past five years, Bob Rae has served as the ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social interviews Bob Rae on his departure as Canada’s Ambassador to the UN. Would that all diplomats were such mavericks! Hats off to Bob for a job well done.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/a-da...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/a-da...
New gel to replace tooth enamel www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham scientists 'very excited' by gel to repair tooth enamel
A university says the new material is "opening up new possibilities" for treatment.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
New gel to replace tooth enamel www.bbc.com/news/article...
Waterloo rockets into top ten tech talent rankings www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/waterlo...
Waterloo Rockets Into Top-10 of CBRE Tech Talent Rankings - Waterloo EDC
Waterloo is now the 7th best tech talent market in North America, according to the CBRE Scoring Tech Talent report. Find out what’s behind Waterloo’s incredi...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Waterloo rockets into top ten tech talent rankings www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/waterlo...
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social joined @AndyPinsent on CFRA Weekend to discuss the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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CFRA Weekends - Has peace in the Middle East taken a direct hit? - CFRA Live! - Sound Bites | iHeart
<p>It appears that the delicate ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, previously brokered by the U.S. and its international partners, has failed to yield temporary peace. This follows a renewa...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social joined @AndyPinsent on CFRA Weekend to discuss the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
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Exiled Russian founders build new startups across Europe www.dw.com/en/exiled-ru...
Exiled Russian founders build new startups across Europe – DW – 10/31/2025
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled their home country since the start of the Ukraine war. Some have launched new businesses abroad, but the journey has been anything but smooth.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Exiled Russian founders build new startups across Europe www.dw.com/en/exiled-ru...
George Will on the tariff cases (gift article): For what more momentous controversy might the court be hoarding the prestige that enables it to do its duty to police the excesses of the political branches? wapo.st/43NuonV
Opinion | Presidential power and the Supreme Court’s own stature ride on this case
The momentous tariffs case will undermine or buttress the Constitution’s separation of powers.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
George Will on the tariff cases (gift article): For what more momentous controversy might the court be hoarding the prestige that enables it to do its duty to police the excesses of the political branches? wapo.st/43NuonV
Sudan: Mass killings prompt fears of a new Darfur genocide www.dw.com/en/sudan-mas...
Sudan: Mass killings prompt fears of a new Darfur genocide – DW – 10/29/2025
More horrific reports of atrocities against civilians in el-Fasher came on the third day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized control.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Sudan: Mass killings prompt fears of a new Darfur genocide www.dw.com/en/sudan-mas...
I guarantee this will be the best 27 minutes you have spent in a long time - amazing! Oz Pearlman joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Read Your Mind’ www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...
Mentalist Oz Pearlman reads Willie and Mika's minds on air
Oz Pearlman 'The Mentalist' joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Read Your Mind: Proven Habits for Success from the World's Greatest Mentalist,' and he reads Mika, Willie and Jonathan Lemire's m...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I guarantee this will be the best 27 minutes you have spent in a long time - amazing! Oz Pearlman joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Read Your Mind’ www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...
Gary Mason: Pete Hoekstra is an embarrassment as America’s representative in Canada. And the sooner he is gone, the better. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Washington, we have a serious problem: Your ambassador to Canada
The sooner Pete Hoekstra goes home to Trumpland, the better
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October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Gary Mason: Pete Hoekstra is an embarrassment as America’s representative in Canada. And the sooner he is gone, the better. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social provides a useful update on evolving developments in Gaza as the peace process falters.
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Gaza peace process falters
The renewal of deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza earlier this week demonstrated the delicate ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social provides a useful update on evolving developments in Gaza as the peace process falters.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/gaza...
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Hats off to @justinling.ca: “If Canada cares enough about the rest of the world to join it, then Ottawa needs to switch its broadcaster back on.” Time to reinvent and invigorate Radio Canada International @RCI-Action.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that
To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools
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October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hats off to @justinling.ca: “If Canada cares enough about the rest of the world to join it, then Ottawa needs to switch its broadcaster back on.” Time to reinvent and invigorate Radio Canada International @RCI-Action.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Canada has been a “difficult” negotiating partner, one who has just not been willing to make a deal. What that means is that Canada has not been willing to make the same sort of one-sided, concession-laden deal that Mr. Trump has browbeaten from others. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: This isn’t just a hissy fit from Trump – it’s his ‘Art of the Deal’ playbook
Abruptly ceasing trade talks isn’t really about one TV ad - the President was going to find a way to disrupt negotiations anyway
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October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Canada has been a “difficult” negotiating partner, one who has just not been willing to make a deal. What that means is that Canada has not been willing to make the same sort of one-sided, concession-laden deal that Mr. Trump has browbeaten from others. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Israel doesn't like it, but US President Donald Trump has brought Turkey into Gaza ceasefire planning anyway. What role can the country play, and what advantages can it expect from getting involved? www.dw.com/en/troops-ai...
Troops, aid, influence? Turkey's role in Gaza – DW – 10/26/2025
Israel doesn't like it, but US President Donald Trump has brought Turkey into Gaza ceasefire planning anyway. What role can the country play, and what advantages can it expect from getting involved?
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October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Israel doesn't like it, but US President Donald Trump has brought Turkey into Gaza ceasefire planning anyway. What role can the country play, and what advantages can it expect from getting involved? www.dw.com/en/troops-ai...
Search-and-rescue organizations are sounding the alarm, warning that many children and youths are venturing across the Mediterranean, along one of the world's most dangerous refugee routes, on their own. www.dw.com/en/alone-at-...
Alone at sea, unaccompanied refugee minors in mortal danger – DW – 10/26/2025
Search-and-rescue organizations are sounding the alarm, warning that many children and youths are venturing across the Mediterranean, along one of the world's most dangerous refugee routes, on their o...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Search-and-rescue organizations are sounding the alarm, warning that many children and youths are venturing across the Mediterranean, along one of the world's most dangerous refugee routes, on their own. www.dw.com/en/alone-at-...
Washington Post editorial (gift article): The pettiest reason to derail talks with Canada wapo.st/3Wn1g2Q
Opinion | The pettiest reason to derail talks with Canada
A TV ad highlighting Ronald Reagan’s support for free trade causes an uproar in the White House.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Washington Post editorial (gift article): The pettiest reason to derail talks with Canada wapo.st/3Wn1g2Q
Last in an excellent series from Kingston Whig Standard’s @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social: The online backlash against feminism and the pervasiveness of misogyny in digital spaces make the Internet a dangerous virtual place for women and girls. www.thewhig.com/opinion/miso...
Misogyny metastasizes in the ‘manosphere’
The online backlash against feminism and the pervasiveness of misogyny in digital spaces make the Internet a dangerous virtual place.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Last in an excellent series from Kingston Whig Standard’s @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social: The online backlash against feminism and the pervasiveness of misogyny in digital spaces make the Internet a dangerous virtual place for women and girls. www.thewhig.com/opinion/miso...
Great story (gift article): Two decades ago, father-and-son photos showed what was to come for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Two decades ago, father-and-son photos showed what was to come for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Great story (gift article): Two decades ago, father-and-son photos showed what was to come for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Another Trump “finger” to Canada. We have registered longstanding opposition to drilling in the refuge that could threaten caribou that our people have hunted for centuries. - Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
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October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another Trump “finger” to Canada. We have registered longstanding opposition to drilling in the refuge that could threaten caribou that our people have hunted for centuries. - Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...