Glad to share that our special issue of German History, co-edited with @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is now available in First View. It focuses on colonial railway infrastructure in the German Empire. If you would like access, just let us know.
doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
Wonderful news! Congratulations!
This brings to mind a novel I just finished - The Correspondent. The main character is a letter writer and some of the book focuses on how she writes and receives lovely letters from writers she admires. Such a beautiful and profound book.
Photo du premier ministre Carney devant un podium à La Citadelle à Québec, Québec. Une citation de son discours est éditée ci-dessus : « LE CANADA ET LES ÉTATS-UNIS ONT ÉTABLI DES RELATIONS REMARQUABLES DANS LES DOMAINES DE L'ÉCONOMIE, LA SÉCURITÉ, ET DES RICHES ÉCHANGES CULTURELS. CEPENDANT, LE CANADA NE "VIT PAS GRÂCE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS". LE CANADA PROSPÈRE PARCE QUE NOUS SOMMES CANADIENS. »
Le Canada prospère parce que nous sommes Canadiens.
tweeted by a Spanish deputy to the European Parliament
"In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice – compete with each other for favour, or to combine to create a third path with impact."
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Davos 2026
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)
The Globe and Mail (Canada’s sober, establishment, slightly centre-right paper): Trump plans to treat Canada as Athens treated Melos—“the strong do what they please; the weak suffer what they must”—and Canada must regard itself as in a “national emergency.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/f9f7c04...
There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.
Canada effectively legitimating unfettered US aggression, with not even a hint that this might have horrifying consequences for Canadian sovereignty going forward.
Solidarity with Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and all First Nations in Alberta fighting these nonsense separatist efforts.
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This insight unfortunately is usually only internalised by a society after its state has experienced a potentially terminal crisis
There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Oligarchs are addicted to greed.
In 1982, there were just 13 US billionaires worth $14 billion.
Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, there are 903 US billionaires worth $6.8 trillion.
Enough is enough. We need an economy that works for all, not just the top 1%.
Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
I am so deeply uninterested in AI. Just think of all the 🤩 stories that aren't being covered by journalists, the worthy projects that aren't being funded, the institutional challenges that aren't being addressed by uni administrators — bc their 👀 are all focused on this dumb product nobody asked for
The last time Canada's official Head of State came in person to open our Parliament was 48 years ago. PM Carney definitely sending strong signals with this invite.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
From Andrew Coyne's G&M article about Poilievre's proposed use of the Notwithstanding clause: “Poilievre isn’t proposing to use the notwithstanding clause to pass his crime bill — the point of the crime bill is so that he can use the notwithstanding clause.” #cdnpoli
57% of Britons would rather have the EU as a close trading partner than the US, amid suggestion that closer alignment with Europe could endanger a trade deal with the US
EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
Additional caution recommended for several categories of academics including:
- Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies
- Those whose research could be seen as being at odds with the position of the current U.S. administration
#AcademicSky
Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Pierre Poilievre promising to use the notwithstanding clause:
"I think this is a very dangerous step"
"I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics."
well this is terrifying.
screenshot of a tweet from Mike Bird relaying a Goldman Sachs chart showing a precipitous drop in air travel to the US by non-US-citizens
international travelers spent $213 billion in US in 2023 and support 1.2 million jobs
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly just delivered a forceful statement responding to the U.S. tariffs and Donald Trump’s push for a “global trade reset.” #cdnpoli
Poilievre needs to heed calls by First Nations leaders to drop Aaron Gunn running in North Island-Powell River who did posts denying the history of residential schools, praised Musk & supported Putin. #CPC seems to go out of its way to find brutal candidates. www.timescolonist.com/2025-canada-...
