Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026it would be so satisfying to push one of these things down a hill wouldn't it 0252
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 23/09/2026Sometimes you come across a paragraph which you wish could be an entire book. (From "The Soul of Indiscretion: Tom Driberg: Poet, Philanderer, Legislator and Outlaw" by Francis Wheen) 2402
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 23/09/2026Canada's employment rate is up 1 point over last year. The unemployment rate (graph below) is pretty static. Below the toplines, Canada is seeing a surprising boom in manufacturing. 45617
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/09/2026And here's her gay pal William Arondeus, who helped bombed the Dutch public records office to help Jews flee Nazi terror. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_... 1408
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/09/2026Today, at the Dutch Resistance Musuem, I learned about Freida Belinfante — all around badass. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieda_... 37718
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/08/2026act now and get a beautiful one-of-a-kind signed map for just three easy payments of $59.99 56911
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 25/08/2026Peter Navarro, Trump's trade ghoul: "They're running an Iranian 'hate the Americans, death to American alcohol.' They just keep it out of their stores and that's not right....So this is a dangerous game I think Canada's playing." oh no, whaddyagonna do, lose a war against us? 4019140
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 24/08/2026The Davie Shipyard is, alongside its massive shipyard in Helsinki, building the PolarMax ships — which are, to repeat, cool as hell. 314215
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 21/08/2026Politico is reporting out parts of the U.S-Canada draft deal. Still some missing and unconfirmed pieces, but this sounds like a pretty anemic deal. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026... 74712
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 20/08/2026We still have no real idea what's in this Canada-U.S deal from last night. There's been a few vague leaks from PM Carney's briefing of the premiers, but now Quebec's premier says a deal is "far from being concluded" and isn't sure she can get behind it. 613444
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/08/2026These motherfuckers are addicted to getting played by Putin. www.ft.com/content/d88a... 7519
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 11/08/2026What's more, the CDC was already providing very plain and direct advice to pregnant people that exactly matched what Fauci was saying publicly and privately: The risk is possible but not well-established. They provided information and let people make their own decisions. 2363
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 10/08/2026One of the absolute coolest things about Montreal is that its Pride (Fierté) Festival takes place at it's still-very-cool Olympic Stadium 314012
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 23/07/2026can't wait to watch this bad boy as it was meant to be seen 131386
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/07/2026I actually really love this memo because it's clearly the ramblings of some random source the FBI has recruited, and they pass along the claims with a note that says: "1. This is impossible. 2. Call him back if you want." 410817
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/07/2026Trump's declassified election intelligence pretty clearly shows that China *could have,* but didn't, meddle in the 2020 election to help Biden win. But that Russia *did* meddle to help Trump win. 262754922
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 16/07/2026oh, honey, no. no one is relying on you for the truth. to be honest we all thought you already died 6905
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 07/07/2026Another week of war with Iran means millions more barrels of oil flowing out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to keep prices low. 45222
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 29/06/2026I've been waiting for Tidal to figure out its position on AI-generated music. It finally has, and it's pretty good: -AI labeling -No using AI to impersonate real artists -AI music won't be monetized support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/art... 1331673
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/06/2026In Chain of Ideas, Ibram X. Kendi argues that the Great Replacement Theory is *the* driving ideology behind this new reactionary authoritarianism. He makes a good case for it here: www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-chain-of... 110834
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 19/06/2026well this is the first "the prime minister will be hungover tomorrow" email i've ever gotten 924942
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/06/2026The scale of the damage is pretty incredible. As you can imagine, the main Russian milbloggers are pretty silent about Ukraine's strikes. (Probably the most extensive and successful to date.) 311715
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/06/2026hats off to the Ukrainians, who have wrecked the Kapotnya oil refinery in Moscow for the second day in a row. 1020641
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 07/06/2026Great news from Armenia, where the pro-Europe bloc is cruising to victory, despite a deluge of Russian threats, bribery, and interference on behalf of the Russophilic opposition. 320849
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 06/06/2026If you can pick up a copy of the paper, do so: It's a particularly big spread. 15210
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 02/06/2026Pretty illustrative graph from the ISW on the sudden momentum change in Ukraine's favour understandingwar.org/research/rus... 06020
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 22/05/2026Joint statement from Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom condemning settlement expansion in the West Bank, warning companies that bid on construction contracts could face legal consequences. 815567
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 21/05/2026Woohoo. The Montreal Victoire won the PWHL championship and the Walter Trophy 316928
Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/05/2026Canada has, in the span of a year, nearly doubled its defence spending to hit 2%/GDP; stood up a project to build America's much-needed icebreakers; and is (finally) creating its own defence industrial base. So, naturally, the U.S. is suspending a shared defence panel that's been around since 1940. 33581182