Stephanie Carvin
stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Stephanie Carvin
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
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What gets me is who in elite UK is so bestial that they say, "actually, you can't be a BBC science journalist and support trans people out there in the world in 2025."
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Attention northern word nerds: The very first Canadian Word of the Year is MAPLEWASHING!
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This is also very bad news for Pierre Poilievre ahead of his leadership review in January.
BREAKING: Conservative MP Michael Ma is crossing the floor to sit as a Liberal.

Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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BREAKING: Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals. #cdnpoli #canpoli #cpc

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Caucus and joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We don't know much yet, but after the Jeffrey Delisle espionage case, there was a lot of concern about damage and Canada's reputation. Allies were not happy, but all have experienced some kind of similar espionage over the last decade. Let's be clear - this could be bad, but it's not unique.
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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TSC Director Michael Glasheen today testified "when you look at the data" on domestic terror threats, Antifa is "the most immediate violent threat that we are facing..."

What data? Surely "the most immediate" domestic terrorism threat has data behind it? No? Anyone?
Fellow terrorism researchers, see below 👇
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Fellow terrorism researchers, see below 👇
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Canada just updated its list of designated terrorist groups to include three ideologically motivated violent extremist groups — ones that are pretty darkly disturbing.

The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective.

Here's what you need to know:
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Close enough
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Via Rail’s quality of service is far, far below international standards – Canadians need to stop normalizing this:

“Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after “serious mechanical issues” forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ontario”
Via Rail passengers spend night on train in Brockville, Ont. after ‘operational constraint’
Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after “serious mechanical issues” forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ont.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Comments from me on the threat of US meddling in Canadian politics after the release of their NSS.
BLUF: If the Trump admin acts, I suspect it will be through their coalition of tech, Christian-nationalists & far-right media influencers bolstering political movements rather than official state tools
U.S. ambassador downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canadian politics | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting political movements in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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La lune éclaire la foret
Claude Picher
1977
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Hanging On
24” x 24”
Acrylic on canvas
2025

This vivid abstract landscape was inspired by a friend’s photo of the changing light on the open fields in Alberta in the winter. ❄️ 💕

At Canada House Gallery, Banff, Alberta

canadahouse.com/collections/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today Canada listed four new terrorist entities: 764, Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also known as Daesh) affiliate Islamic State-Mozambique.

www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
Government of Canada lists four new terrorist entities - Canada.ca
The Government of Canada is taking action to counter terrorism and violent extremism, in particular the radicalization of young people online, by adding four new organizations to the Criminal Code lis...
www.canada.ca
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oh good there is a worse version of the NSS. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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This is our new CEO, Javier. I have officially adopted him. He is estimated to be 8 years old and he's deaf, so there's no need to give any feedback on his job performance. He is just a perfect gentlemen and I am so grateful he made his way to me. 14/10 no bias at all
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Last Call for Free Webinar Tomorrow
Where are you meeting the people you're trying to reach?
If you're working to prevent gender-based violence & support healthy relationships: reaching youth, parents & caregivers in ways that work for their lives.
Dec 10, 10-11:30am MT
#GBVPrevention
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December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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1/Framing Trump foreign policy as envisaging "a world carved into spheres of interest by the big powers" misses the more fundamental transformation at foot. If it was, why the animosity towards Europe? Why, boat strikes on Venezuela but pardons for Honduras?
www.ft.com/content/e055...
The White House’s rupture with the western alliance
Trump’s security strategy is a wake-up call for Europe on defence and growth
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
LOL. No.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I spoke with GBV experts yesterday under the impression the government is looking to ban social media for children under 16 in Canada.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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I know Americans overly romanticize Europe but I still think moving to a little house on a canal in the Netherlands could solve like 82% of my problems
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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We have issued a Freedom of Information Act request for the video of the Venezuelan air strike. And if the government will not release it, we will have to access it from Pete Hegseth’s “Kinetic Warrior Lethality” Discord server.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Rocky IV, but instead Ivan Drago casually leans on the ropes while Rocky repeatedly punches himself in the face.
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM