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Costanza Musu

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Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. My current research focuses on the fight against the illicit trafficking of antiquities looted from conflict areas in the Middle East.

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Actually, if you can document the family line you might be able to, not sure. In these times might be worth having another passport…

12.04.2025 04:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...

04.04.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 18960 πŸ” 4399 πŸ’¬ 332 πŸ“Œ 196
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There is No Plan. They're Just Morons. Trump doesn't have complex trade theories. He's just an idiot.

β€œOn April 2nd, Donald Trump declared β€˜Liberation Day’, and America liberated itself from economic growth and leadership of the free world.”

www.infinitescroll.us/p/there-is-n...

04.04.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could I please ask the press to stop reporting Trump’s rather arbitrary numbers of the tariffs other countries impose as though this were real? The WTO has a tariff database. You can look up the real numbers there.

02.04.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 1062 πŸ” 313 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9

Under the vague heading of β€œending woke ideology” Poilievre would distort research, erase human right achievements, and turn Canada into a lackey of the US

31.03.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canadian general who recommended F-35 deal now calls for purchase of other jets β€” Ottawa Citizen Retired Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin says building Canada’s future fighter force solely on the American-made F-35 would be β€œirresponsible” given the hostility of the U.S. government.

Even traditionally prudent military folks are coming forward to push for a reorientation of Canada’s defense strategy

apple.news/AVITYRTbtSxS...

27.03.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about Trump Fascism scholar Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second Trump administration

The brain drain from the US has started

www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/u...

27.03.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | They’re coming for immigrants first And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.

Remember last time Trump was president and unmarked vans swept up people off the street and he tried to get the military to use force against protesters? If you think the administration's vindictive defiance will stop with immigrants, you're naive.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q

19.03.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 1828 πŸ” 615 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 27

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

15.03.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 26697 πŸ” 10738 πŸ’¬ 714 πŸ“Œ 806
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

Several of my publications appear to have been pirated and then used by Meta to train its AI. If you are a published author you might want to check if your name appears as well. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

20.03.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Musk Retweets β€˜Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

Uh if the Trump admin is really serious about combating antisemitism I have an idea where they can start …. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

14.03.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 1405 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 31
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 on Substack A MUST WATCH! Sen. Jeff Merkley bravely asking what we’ve all been thinking.

substack.com/@letsgetinto...

09.03.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Trump lying about U.S. banks not being allowed in Canada? | About That U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that U.S. banks are barred from operating in Canada, despite 16 American banks currently providing services in Canada. Andrew Chang breaks down how C...

The answer to the question is yes, he is lying. Here an excellent debunking of yet another bald-faced lie that Trump like to spread for his credulous public www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

09.03.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone has been studying the best position to angle your chin when giving a speech

05.03.2025 02:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what’s next

02.03.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.

28.02.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 10617 πŸ” 3349 πŸ’¬ 1183 πŸ“Œ 752

Listen, I know every Black person's head turned when they heard that line

28.02.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 4802 πŸ” 726 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 21

Those who think Zelenskyy should
Have acted differently, or should now apologize, would be well advised to remember this quote: β€œYou were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war” - Winston Churchill 1938

01.03.2025 03:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

28.02.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 64898 πŸ” 10112 πŸ’¬ 3268 πŸ“Œ 619

The scene at the White House was a mafioso-style shakedown with petulant undertones. It was a trap meant to mask the reality that America’s ambition is not to be β€œLeader of the Free World” but rather β€œLeader of the Authoritarian World”
#ukraine #Zelensky #whitehouse #byebyeamerica

28.02.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#pleasegovote #ontariovote

27.02.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell | Margaret Sullivan β€˜I couldn’t be more sad and disgusted,’ says former top editor Martin Baron

β€œBezos’s move is more than a gut punch; it’s more like a death knell for the once-great news organization he bought in 2013”

@washingtonpost.com #democracydiesindarkness

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

27.02.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As a result of Jeff Bezos’ interference with the work of the free press I have no other choice but to cancel my longstanding subscription to the @washingtonpost.com . Indeed, Democracy Dies In Darkness.

26.02.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands sign petition asking government to remove Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship | CBC News Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship, citing his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly thre...

If you are a Canadian citizen or
Permanent resident please consider signing this petition to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship. Link in article www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...

24.02.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
theconversation.com/why-annexing...

12.02.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Just saw this buffoonery on Google Maps. So far Apple Maps seems to be holding out.

11.02.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

β€œThe replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science.”

open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

02.02.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Economic Security Cooperation in Canada-U.S. Relations: Moving from Tension to Teamwork – Centre for International Policy Studies Canada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs.

INVITATION - You are cordially invited to a hybrid discussion on Economic Security and Canada-US relations on Mon. Feb. 3 @ 5:30pm(EST) @ the University of Ottawa. With Kimberly Donovan, Geoffrey Gertz, Danielle Goldfarb and Jeff Mahon. Click link below for details!

www.cips-cepi.ca/event/econom...

28.01.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who remembers the Lavender Scare?

www.archives.gov/publications...

23.01.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0