A Different Kind of Gaze Lee Munn 2026

We can have values or realism; it is pretty hard to have both, even when we should & can avoid extremes. I think what the Carney government is trying to convey is that we will be making some pretty inconsistent compromises to survive. But it doesn’t sound as tidy. apple.news/AeALbv3ypTU2...

Anand tells UN Canada is courting more partners as ‘great powers’ retreat from economic co-operation — The Globe and Mail

Foreign Affairs Minister says Ottawa can no longer afford to depend on a single partner as it renews ties with China and India

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But I need to smile more.

Counter-terror police lead investigation into major incident near RAF base, officials say www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

RAF Fairford: Men held in major incident near air base as homes evacuated

Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. The US Air Force say they "remain vigilant" to ensure safety of services members at the RAF base.

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In the midst of the CDU campaign to say the Linke outside the bounds of democracy due to antisemitism, it was a strategic error for members of the CDU to make the international news by working with the far right to ban the memorialization of victims of Nazism in Heidenau. bsky.app/profile/cnn....

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution. https://cnn.it/4rvLl0O

There are a lot of claims without a lot of evidence in this story. At the same time this is another case where better clarity around GSRP diplomatic reporting program would be helpful. If we want to have a foreign human intelligence capability, we should do it properly.

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2d ago

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2d ago

Class solidarity.

This being the internet I should probably point out the sarcasm in the last post. Incredibly shameful that they decided to stop one of the most impactful ways to remember the Shoah.

And this is now (rightly) making international news. Well done, CDU.

This story is wild. Pure and irresponsible speculation on my part but this sure seems similar to what you would do to build a “digital legend” to establish credibility to take elsewhere. The refusal to take payment is very 👀. Good on Policy Options for the transparency.

Les Perreaux@perreaux.bsky.social · 4d ago

A cautionary tale for my editor friends (and probably many others in this new world.) Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...

IN MINNESOTA.

🌬Breeze@cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

Tamarack Swamp, Algoma Lawren Harris c. 1950

Name something that Canadians love more than filling out the census.

Looks like they really screwed the pooch... Which is not disqualifying at the FBI these days.

Dustin Volz@dustinvolz.bsky.social · 5d ago

The apparent ShinyHunters hack of the FBI 1) appears real 2) is alarming for counterintel reasons but also the possibility of criminals seeking retribution against FBI agents 3) is just latest security lapse at an FBI that has suffered a series of major breaches www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...

I'm sure THIS Trump trade measure will work as intended and not backfire spectacularly in any way

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d ago

(Politico ) - The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices .. @politico.com #ExportBan ⛽️ www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Icy Reception: How Rebel Forces Lost Hoth Despite Prepared Defenses and Favorable Terrain

☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 6d ago

What’s your fake starwars academic paper

🚨🎙️It's out! Season 4 of Secure Line just launched. In our first episode, we talk about our goals for the fall and then dive into some research on gender & identity-based violence in rural Eastern Ontario. A must-listen: youtu.be/jJ_fVK16CAQ?...

Hate in the Algorithm: From Global Narratives to Local Harm

YouTube video by Secure Line

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The suspect in the Belleville synagogue shooting has been named: "Ward was formerly in the Canadian military in Alberta" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Suspect, police officer wounded in shooting outside Belleville, Ont., synagogue ID'd | CBC News

Investigators have identified the wounded suspect in the shooting incident that unfolded near a Belleville, Ont., synagogue Sunday night, and the local police officer who was also wounded.

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I’m sure getting potash from a dictatorship adjacent to a warzone on the other side of an ocean will be easier than getting it from … Saskatchewan

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d ago

Trump: “The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada…”

Almost certainly yes.

John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 7d ago

Has someone convinced Trump that Belarus potash can replace Canadian supply and increase trade pressure on Canada? That all seems pretty dumb to me!

Just joining the Russian economic sphere I guess.

Gotta say, when this season started, I didn't anticipate having to emotionally choose between "Blue Jays don't go the playoffs" or "Blue Jays claw their broken corpses to the playoffs only to then likely watch their pitchers' arms fall off one by one."

From the ground

Pretty sure I caught one of the last flights of the Canadian Snowbords as we were heading out of Ottawa.

The lowest poll the media can find on this issue is around 50% lmao

National Newswatch@nationalnewswatch.com · last wk.

Nanos: Canadians back closer EU ties, but not EU membership www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

lol what

Our students don’t deserve this. For those who don’t understand UT Austin admissions, most undergrads get in bc they were top 5% of their graduating class, from a Texas high school. Anyone calling for more white students is advocating for race conscious admissions - to help out white students.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · last wk.

From the official Dept of Education account on X, an endorsement of Bo French's racist tweet about Indian students at a University of Texas football game. Just awful.

Innocent civilians are being murdered with dirt-cheap and essentially impossible to ban tiny flying robots at shocking numbers globally (read our piece below). We have REAL, CURRENT cyberpunk horrors to deal with right now, and we don’t need to waste our time on hypothetical AI basilisks.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · last wk.

It’s people - not AI systems - who are choosing to murder civilians with small drones at ever escalating rates around the world, as I recently wrote about with Yale’s Nathaniel Raymond for @foreignpolicy.com:

Me, in the future: I never let AI break my brain. No sir. I broke it the old-fashioned way