Robin MacNab
@robinmacnab.bsky.social
Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.
Excellent insights (gift article) “I suspect the question the administration cares about is not “is this legal,” “is this a war crime,” “is this murder” or even “is this good for America,” but rather, “isn’t this violence delightful?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
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December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Excellent insights (gift article) “I suspect the question the administration cares about is not “is this legal,” “is this a war crime,” “is this murder” or even “is this good for America,” but rather, “isn’t this violence delightful?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/premiers-per...
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute
Amid pipeline tensions, both Eby (40%) and Smith (44%) see negligible downward movement December 5, 2025 – The political fortunes of Canada’s provincial leaders are varied this holiday season, with so...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Premiers’ Performance: Manitoba’s Kinew tops year-end approval rankings; Ontario & Quebec leaders remain last - Angus Reid Institute angusreid.org/premiers-per...
Insightful update (gift article)from David Ignatius: The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away wapo.st/49T90la
Opinion | The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away
Hard-won openings for change will close without more focus and follow-up from the U.S.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Insightful update (gift article)from David Ignatius: The Middle East’s moment of opportunity is slipping away wapo.st/49T90la
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social looks at the latest state of play following Trump’s pro-Kremlin “peace plan” for Ukraine.
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Ukraine and allies scuttle pro-Kremlin peace plan
The Trump administration presented Ukraine with a so-called peace plan that amounted to capitulation to Russia’s maximalist demands.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social looks at the latest state of play following Trump’s pro-Kremlin “peace plan” for Ukraine.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/ukra...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/ukra...
Trump presides over a coalition showing increasing cracks - tech bros, small-government fanatics, Jew-haters, anti-vaccine quacks, Christian nationalists, xenophobes, isolationists, anti-immigration monomaniacs and garden-variety populists www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Peace Through Bungling
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump presides over a coalition showing increasing cracks - tech bros, small-government fanatics, Jew-haters, anti-vaccine quacks, Christian nationalists, xenophobes, isolationists, anti-immigration monomaniacs and garden-variety populists www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
If healthy, a rotation of Cease, Gausman, Bieber, Yesavage and Berríos may be among the best in baseball. www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Blue Jays, Dylan Cease agree to 7-year, $210M contract: Sources
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November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If healthy, a rotation of Cease, Gausman, Bieber, Yesavage and Berríos may be among the best in baseball. www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
European and African leaders held talks in Angola on raw materials, security and the Global Gateway initiative. How can the EU compete with China on the continent? www.dw.com/en/eu-africa...
How the EU seeks to counter China in Africa – DW – 11/25/2025
European and African leaders held talks in Angola on raw materials, security and the Global Gateway initiative. How can the EU compete with China on the continent?
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November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
European and African leaders held talks in Angola on raw materials, security and the Global Gateway initiative. How can the EU compete with China on the continent? www.dw.com/en/eu-africa...
Kirill Dmitriev's role has been growing in Russia's foreign policy. What is Dmitriev's background, and what's his connection to Vladimir Putin? www.dw.com/en/who-is-kr...
Who is Russian Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev? – DW – 11/26/2025
Kirill Dmitriev's role has been growing in Russia's foreign policy. What is Dmitriev's background, and what's his connection to Vladimir Putin?
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November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Kirill Dmitriev's role has been growing in Russia's foreign policy. What is Dmitriev's background, and what's his connection to Vladimir Putin? www.dw.com/en/who-is-kr...
After Trump's Ukraine peace proposal called for using frozen Russian assets to benefit the US, Europeans say only they can decide what to do with assets located in Europe. www.dw.com/en/russia-uk...
Can Europe save frozen Russian assets from Donald Trump? – DW – 11/25/2025
After Trump's Ukraine peace proposal called for using frozen Russian assets to benefit the US, Europeans say only they can decide what to do with assets located in Europe.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
After Trump's Ukraine peace proposal called for using frozen Russian assets to benefit the US, Europeans say only they can decide what to do with assets located in Europe. www.dw.com/en/russia-uk...
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With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
The Bone-Finder
Charlie Pike returns to Manomin Bay in this gripping, …
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
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It was challenging, but I really wanted to try to get their sense of fear and loss when they're abandoned, and the way they tolerate things when they know they have no choice, but then their sheer joy when they're happy, and how they live in the moment.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It was challenging, but I really wanted to try to get their sense of fear and loss when they're abandoned, and the way they tolerate things when they know they have no choice, but then their sheer joy when they're happy, and how they live in the moment.
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At the same time, everything I wrote about those dogs is absolutely true and Annie is based on a dog who did find bones in an archaeological site that was thousands of years old, deep underground, and absolutely no one knows how she did it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
At the same time, everything I wrote about those dogs is absolutely true and Annie is based on a dog who did find bones in an archaeological site that was thousands of years old, deep underground, and absolutely no one knows how she did it.
With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
The Bone-Finder
Charlie Pike returns to Manomin Bay in this gripping, …
www.goodreads.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
100 notable books of 2025 from the New York Times (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
100 notable books of 2025 from the New York Times (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Chinese solar equipment has been flooding African markets, partly as a ripple effect of the US-China trade war. It's one of several factors helping the continent gain traction with electrification. www.dw.com/en/africas-s...
Africa's solar power revolution is finally happening – DW – 11/25/2025
Chinese solar equipment has been flooding African markets, partly as a ripple effect of the US-China trade war. It's one of several factors helping the continent gain traction with electrification.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chinese solar equipment has been flooding African markets, partly as a ripple effect of the US-China trade war. It's one of several factors helping the continent gain traction with electrification. www.dw.com/en/africas-s...
Jakarta topples Tokyo as world's biggest city.
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Jakarta topples Tokyo as world's biggest city – DW – 11/23/2025
Gleaming skyscrapers stand right next to slums, while millions struggle with a lack of housing and poor air quality. The world's most populous city is a metropolis of extremes facing social and enviro...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Jakarta topples Tokyo as world's biggest city.
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An excellent account (gift article) and update from David Ignatius: Zelensky may never have faced a more agonizing choice - U.S. officials tell me Trump’s peace plan is flexible, but a painful decision lies at its core. wapo.st/4ohhjea
Opinion | Zelensky may never have faced a more agonizing choice
U.S. officials tell me Trump’s peace plan is flexible, but a painful decision lies at its core.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
An excellent account (gift article) and update from David Ignatius: Zelensky may never have faced a more agonizing choice - U.S. officials tell me Trump’s peace plan is flexible, but a painful decision lies at its core. wapo.st/4ohhjea
Excellent piece (gift article) from Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Excellent piece (gift article) from Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
50 notable works of fiction from 2025: Highlights among the year’s novels and short-story collections, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World (gift article) wapo.st/4849FNZ
50 notable works of fiction from 2025
Highlights among the year’s novels and short-story collections, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
50 notable works of fiction from 2025: Highlights among the year’s novels and short-story collections, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World (gift article) wapo.st/4849FNZ
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social provides a good update on the peace plan for Gaza and the importance of ultimately achieving a two-state solution.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/isra...
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Israeli-Palestinian peace requires a two-state solution
The U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza was just the first step in the process to establish a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston.bsky.social provides a good update on the peace plan for Gaza and the importance of ultimately achieving a two-state solution.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/isra...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/isra...
Mexico Is Not Just the Top Supplier to the U.S. Now It Is the Top Buyer.
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada,
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w... (gift article)
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada,
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w... (gift article)
Mexico Is Not Just the Top Supplier to the U.S. Now It Is the Top Buyer.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Mexico Is Not Just the Top Supplier to the U.S. Now It Is the Top Buyer.
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada,
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w... (gift article)
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada,
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w... (gift article)
Very interesting article (gift) on new technology that enables the tracking of individual Monarch Butterflies on their long migration from Canada to Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Very interesting article (gift) on new technology that enables the tracking of individual Monarch Butterflies on their long migration from Canada to Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
The best little old opera house north of Nashville! Celebrating generations of memories with the 125th anniversary of the Gravenhurst Opera House. @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social to note www.muskokaregion.com/things-to-do...
Celebrating generations of memories with the 125th anniversary of the Gravenhurst Opera House
Tours, merchandise and historical plaques will be available throughout the weekend to commemorate the building’s rich history and cultural significance.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best little old opera house north of Nashville! Celebrating generations of memories with the 125th anniversary of the Gravenhurst Opera House. @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social to note www.muskokaregion.com/things-to-do...
Many happy memories. In the mid 60s our high school team reached the provincial finals. www.muskokaregion.com/news/gravenh...
Gravenhurst club finds itself between a curling rock and a hard place
Board seeks community support, revenue streams to secure its future, serving as not just a sports facility but a vital community hub.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Many happy memories. In the mid 60s our high school team reached the provincial finals. www.muskokaregion.com/news/gravenh...