Tom Slee
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The former general "can’t foresee any scenario in which Canada and the United States disagree on the use of F-35s for the defence of North America."
How about the unilateral assertion of American sovereignty and freedom of action in the far north?
How about the unilateral assertion of American sovereignty and freedom of action in the far north?
Canada should buy F-35s but plan for European fighter jets next, former general says
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada should buy F-35s but plan for European fighter jets next, former general says
European jets will provide Canada with a capability that isn’t vulnerable to U.S. influence, retired lieutenant-general Yvan Blondin says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The former general "can’t foresee any scenario in which Canada and the United States disagree on the use of F-35s for the defence of North America."
How about the unilateral assertion of American sovereignty and freedom of action in the far north?
How about the unilateral assertion of American sovereignty and freedom of action in the far north?
If I were to write a collapse-of-civilization novel it would start with AI-aided ransomware.
Get ready for 2026, the year of AI-aided ransomware
Get ready for 2026, the year of AI-aided ransomware
State-backed crews are already poking at autonomous tools, Trend Micro warns
Cybercriminals, including ransomware crews, will lean more heavily on agentic AI next year as attackers automate more of their operations, Trend Micro's researchers believe.…
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If I were to write a collapse-of-civilization novel it would start with AI-aided ransomware.
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So excutives from Dwave and IONQ have recently dumped large amounts of stock. Zapata (kinda?) went bust... what are the other quantum computing stocks to watch?
D-Wave CEO and CFO dump $29 million worth of shares of their own company. Quantum pump and dump in action!
www.newscase.com/d-wave-quant...
www.newscase.com/d-wave-quant...
D-Wave Quantum Shares Slide Following Executive Stock Disposals | NewsCase
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) experienced a notable decline in its share price, dropping 3.6% during yesterday's trading session. This downward movement c
www.newscase.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So excutives from Dwave and IONQ have recently dumped large amounts of stock. Zapata (kinda?) went bust... what are the other quantum computing stocks to watch?
I am sure Mr Trump will take full responsibility for this mess, and will not just blame Ms Halligan who tried to do the illegitimate things he wanted.
“Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had ‘no lawful authority to present the indictment’ against the former FBI director and New York attorney general, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her opinion.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I am sure Mr Trump will take full responsibility for this mess, and will not just blame Ms Halligan who tried to do the illegitimate things he wanted.
Your #CharlieBrownScore is the number of links in the Charlie Brown chain before you reach a blocked post.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Your #CharlieBrownScore is the number of links in the Charlie Brown chain before you reach a blocked post.
Affine collection.
POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS:
Baby’s gone absolute brush bristles
Soup’s too thick
Rhinestone choker & gun in the garter
Kkssh! Check your upstairs window.
& THAT’S a Uruguayan mouthful
Picnicking the analysis
Shaking a pie tin while saying you’re Stevie Nicks
Loper, loper, time to get a corset
Baby’s gone absolute brush bristles
Soup’s too thick
Rhinestone choker & gun in the garter
Kkssh! Check your upstairs window.
& THAT’S a Uruguayan mouthful
Picnicking the analysis
Shaking a pie tin while saying you’re Stevie Nicks
Loper, loper, time to get a corset
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Affine collection.
A good set of links on the problems of Canada F-35 purchase decisions and particularly the issue of who controls the software.
Another story that encouragingly foregrounds the question of who controls the F-35’s software when considering which jet Canada should buy.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Ideally, reporters would also look beyond the F-35 to the military & government’s pervasive software dependency problem. The F-35’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Opinion: Sweden offers Canada a chance to revive its near-dead defence aerospace industry
Building Saab’s Gripen fighter jet and GlobalEye surveillance plane in Canada would create thousands of jobs – and infuriate Trump
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A good set of links on the problems of Canada F-35 purchase decisions and particularly the issue of who controls the software.
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
Blocked by Mr MacFarlane. Oh well. Fuck off.
I follow you for smart commentary on Canadian politics, and I have come to expect better than blaming "people like you" (like theatre critics? Or do you know Mr Nestruck personally?) and caricaturing what they say. Can I suggest you take a breath?
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Blocked by Mr MacFarlane. Oh well. Fuck off.
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
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Spoiler alert: my answer is NO.
In the Globe and Mail, @vassb.bsky.social asks the basic question: Should we just let big tech companies insist that consent to use data for AI training is part and parcel of using their service?
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: With AI, you are now the product: The hidden costs of staying online
More platforms are tying data surveillance for AI training as a condition to use services. Canada needs to reject this
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Spoiler alert: my answer is NO.
Is he still here?
Future of trade talks depends on Canada’s purchase of American fighter jets, U.S. ambassador says
Future of trade talks depends on Canada’s purchase of American fighter jets, U.S. ambassador says
Pete Hoekstra said it will not be easy to restart the now-stalled trade talks, and urged Canada to "harmonize" as much as possible with the U.S. on a range of
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is he still here?
Kvis time.
Is Kvantify Qrunch: |
a. A breakfast cereal, or
b. A mystic in the Dune sequence of novels, or
c. A quantum computing company, or
d. A Sesame Street character known for counting things?
Is Kvantify Qrunch: |
a. A breakfast cereal, or
b. A mystic in the Dune sequence of novels, or
c. A quantum computing company, or
d. A Sesame Street character known for counting things?
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Kvis time.
Is Kvantify Qrunch: |
a. A breakfast cereal, or
b. A mystic in the Dune sequence of novels, or
c. A quantum computing company, or
d. A Sesame Street character known for counting things?
Is Kvantify Qrunch: |
a. A breakfast cereal, or
b. A mystic in the Dune sequence of novels, or
c. A quantum computing company, or
d. A Sesame Street character known for counting things?
Odd.
Unsurprising: Using longer words makes female authors more “literary”
Surprising: The opposite is true for male authors
For more cool plots + findings, take a look at my #CHR2025 paper exploring the role of form vs gender in the classification of genre & literary fiction
doi.org/10.63744/Ztw...
Surprising: The opposite is true for male authors
For more cool plots + findings, take a look at my #CHR2025 paper exploring the role of form vs gender in the classification of genre & literary fiction
doi.org/10.63744/Ztw...
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Odd.
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Ford’s so-called Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act doesn’t protect workers — it protects Uber.
All it really does is help U.S. platform giants suppress wages, with Ford and Piccini setting up the system for them.
Thank you, Captain Canada.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
All it really does is help U.S. platform giants suppress wages, with Ford and Piccini setting up the system for them.
Thank you, Captain Canada.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
This GTA rideshare driver says his earnings have never been lower. Why he and others say Ontario’s new minimum wage law isn’t helping
Rules guarantee minimum wage $17.20/hour for “engaged time” — spent actively completing trips or deliveries — but ignore time spent waiting for work.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ford’s so-called Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act doesn’t protect workers — it protects Uber.
All it really does is help U.S. platform giants suppress wages, with Ford and Piccini setting up the system for them.
Thank you, Captain Canada.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
All it really does is help U.S. platform giants suppress wages, with Ford and Piccini setting up the system for them.
Thank you, Captain Canada.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
Sigh. Eye roll. Waldman wrong again.
No one should listen to a meanie like you.
Disagree.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sigh. Eye roll. Waldman wrong again.
Disagree.
when the argument is taking place in quote tweets, it’s a bad sign for the quality of the conversation, whichever of the antagonists you may vibe with.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Disagree.
Posts and headlines like this, which are really common, assume an audience that is not old. I'm 65, my parents are dead, and my grandparents died ages ago. I guess it's not for me.
Have your grandparents, parents, or elders ever fallen for a scam? We explore the topic in our latest episode: https://www.youtube.com/@BigIfTrueTVO
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Posts and headlines like this, which are really common, assume an audience that is not old. I'm 65, my parents are dead, and my grandparents died ages ago. I guess it's not for me.
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Over The Gate. 11°C with sunshine and showers. Redwing have arrived.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Over The Gate. 11°C with sunshine and showers. Redwing have arrived.
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Weirdly, the soon-to-be famous NYT headline "Did women ruin the workplace?" turned out to be true for BBC announcer Martine Croxall who used the word "women" without formal permission.
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Weirdly, the soon-to-be famous NYT headline "Did women ruin the workplace?" turned out to be true for BBC announcer Martine Croxall who used the word "women" without formal permission.
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New from me for @washingtonian.com: a deep dive into the autopen's place in American politics. washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/i...
Inside Washington’s Controversial Addiction to Autopens
Can’t talk about it. Can’t live without it. From the White House to Capitol Hill, Washington relies on autopens. How did a machine that mimics human signatures become so essential—and sometimes conten...
washingtonian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New from me for @washingtonian.com: a deep dive into the autopen's place in American politics. washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/i...
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Can’t make this up is right.
The Skills Development Fund scandal just got a lot more interesting…
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainm...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Can’t make this up is right.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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...and from yesterday's Globe and Mail, an article about pregnancy that avoids the word "woman".
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
...and from yesterday's Globe and Mail, an article about pregnancy that avoids the word "woman".
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
It seems so obvious that the US Supreme Court is not going to get in the way of American tariffs that I'm tempted to just mute the whole topic (literally, here, and figuratively elsewhere). Am I wrong?
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It seems so obvious that the US Supreme Court is not going to get in the way of American tariffs that I'm tempted to just mute the whole topic (literally, here, and figuratively elsewhere). Am I wrong?