Ok, odd question but has anyone been in the confessional in St Michael’s cathedral in Toronto? Or seen a picture of the inside?

This is Murphy’s tiktok if youd prefer to watch/listen vm.tiktok.com/ZMB4uPUu4/

This is the best, most logical interpretation I’ve seen about what’s going on

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2y ago

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

🗣️ “Carney…fits the constructed image of our reasonable politician: an older, white, male professional who exudes a kind of father-figure appeal to voters who want someone in charge who will protect them during a chaotic time.” thewalrus.ca/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s Secret Weapon? Being Reasonable | The Walrus

The power of looking like you’ve got this

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From the archives: US tariff policy as threatening Miss Canada’s sexual purity, 1891 Conservative campaign poster

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The news can be stressful. New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt wants you to laugh at it | CBC Radio

Barry Blitt says it’s an uncertain time for editorial cartoonists amid political tensions in the US, but laughter is the key to dealing with the heavy stuff. In his three decades as an editorial carto...

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Wilfrid Laurier University’s People Make History lecture series returns with March 26 panel on Canada-U.S. relations, featuring Lara Campbell from Simon Fraser University; Tim Cook from the Canadian War Museum; and Asa McKercher from St. Francis Xavier University

Laurier’s People Make History lecture series returns with March 26 panel on Canada-U.S. relations

Featuring Professor Lara Campbell from Simon Fraser University; Tim Cook, chief historian and director of research at the Canadian War Museum; and Asa McKercher, Steven K. Hudson Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations at St. Francis Xavier University

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This is a great piece. But it’s also fascinating that the marriage/SA allegory for US/Canada relations still has so much power over us. “Annexation is not marriage. It’s rape.” www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Why some Canadians are in denial about Donald Trump

Security threats don’t feel close until your windows start to shake.

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Here’s another much more salacious depiction of Miss Canada and Uncle Sam. Richard Cartwright the Liberal finance minister is an “Arab” selling her into (sexual) slavery. 1891 Conservative campaign poster.

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US annexation of Canada was often imagined as a marital (read: sexual) union by 19th and 20th c cartoonists. Bengough uses the motif in this 19 Jan 1889. It’s funny b/c Miss Canada (who’s particularly comely in her toque and blanket coat) rebuffs US’s come on. Girl just wants to shop.

JW Bengough drew dozens of cartoons about US-Canada tariff policy. This one from Feb 26, 1876 critiques Mackenzie’s and the Liberal’s free trade policy in the face of American economic aggression.

“Crisis” implies that at some time in the past the (im)balance of power between the sexes was just right, Goldilocks style.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2y ago

Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men

We just saw a crystal clear demonstration of DJT’s “might makes right” attitude. He kept saying “you have no cards.” All he understands is brute power. He is the CINC of the world’s largest military & so everyone must kneel. He and Putin plan to carve up their adjacent territories b/c they can.

The Art of the Kneel

I was talking American politics with a smart group of friends on the weekend and we all agreed that by just saying stuff that was objectively true made us sound completely bananas.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm convinced this is a genuine problem. The reality of Trump is so cartoonishly, comically awful that an absolutely neutral description sounds like a hit piece, even to me. So if you're at all predisposed to think of press as biased, factual reporting looks like some relentless vendetta.

We all know that what RFK is up to is eugenics, right?

I’m pretty sure the Gaza video started as satire. The Trump team has consistently appropriated satirical takes to muddy the waters. When we don’t know what’s irony and what’s fact, anything becomes possible.

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Taking bets on which political opponent will be the first to go to jail and the first to die.

Joey is a former student & I brag about them all the time. I have also invited Joey to my history methods class & the students are always wowed. Joey’s work is fascinating & innovative, their approach to archiving & historical research thoughtful & important. Check out Joey’s essay to find out more.

Jo-eek! ‘Dead-chibe' W. 👻@thestacks.ca · 2y ago

I've finally put together some thoughts on archiving games history, the satisfaction of scanning, and what the future holds. I'd love it if you took a look 💛 thestacks.ca/posts/2025-0...

This is how it’s done. Political cartoonists that endlessly play on “Trump is a little bitch” with all the misogynist and queer-phobic connotations that entails could learn something here.

Michael de Adder@deadder.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Globe and Mail

Thinking about sex, gender and politics: the first time an MP spoke in Parliament was their “maiden speech” and (in the US at least) a man’s first time to the polls was his “virgin vote” historyofparliament.com/2017/07/19/m...

Do you ever read something that just stuns you with its insight and erudition? Rn it’s Diana Donald’s *Art of Caricature* for me. The incisiveness and quality of understanding is just wow. If I could have read and understood this 10 years ago, everything about my project would have been different.

Glad someone is saying the quiet parts out loud. “Trump's arguments sound like a man trying to construct a pretext.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ANALYSIS | Trump's talk about Canada parrots Putin's claims on Ukraine | CBC News

Donad Trump's threats and claims about Canada may be unprecedented in the history of U.S.-Canada relations. But they have a strong precedent elsewhere in recent history: They closely resemble remarks ...

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‘Never underestimate the power of quiet determination. It changes the most severe circumstances and holds the line against impossible odds.’ - Tatanga Mani (George McLean), Stoney-Nakoda, at age 92 as seen by photojournalist Rosemary Gilliat at Morley, Alberta in 1962.

@annettejosephg.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & I are seeking submissions for a special issue of French Historical Studies on "Children & Childhood in the French-Speaking World." We are esp interested in contributions that deal with race, empire, and colonialism. CFP here: bit.ly/3EIeVvE

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Spending time with the future leader, zoologist, botanist, biologist, researcher, conservator, registrar, interpreter, paleontologist, archaeologist, curator and storyteller in your life? Take her to a museum. #WomeninScienceDay

If you’ve recently cancelled Prime, go back and make sure it’s actually cancelled. I went through the process carefully and it still renewed this month. Same thing happened last time I cancelled.

Le Groupe d'histoire politique de la Société historique du Canada sollicite des communications pour une conférence intitulée « Populisme : ici et ailleurs » qui aura lieu à Toronto du 16 au 18 octobre 2025. Voir les détails ci-dessous.