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Oliver Jull

@oliverjull.bsky.social
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Lawyer. Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Legal Research and Writing, Courts, Administrative and Constitutional Law, International Law. Skiing, hiking, travel, and languages. Flames fan.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
The final Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. The entire page is mostly white as they're in the winter snow. The pair is walking with a sledge, nicely duffled in in scarves, hats, gloves. Calvin delightedly exclaims 'wow, it really snowed las night! Isn't it wonderful?'. Hobbes follows up with 'Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new!' -- A new year... a fresh, clean start!' adds Calvin. As they look over the landscape, Hobbes observes 'it's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on!' -- 'A day full of possibilities!' Calvin affirms. They get ready on their sledge and Calvin tells his friend 'it's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... let's go exploring!', and the pair sledges off into the wintery landscape.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/12/2024
Jimmy Carter spent his childhood on a peanut farm and returned there after serving in the Navy. His political career took him to Atlanta, the White House and beyond. We pulled together a list of objects that show a snapshot of his life and legacy. nyti.ms/3ZQCWYw
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | These 10 Charts Will Help You Understand 2024
Steven Rattner recaps a historic year in charts.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I’ll be thinking about this @dougsaunders.bsky.social essay on democratic backsliding abroad for a while, including this theory: Democracy erodes from the top. (gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9018739...
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2024 was a ‘Year of Elections’ when democracy lost out
More than half the vote-eligible population of the planet went to the polls this year. The result was terrible for democratic freedoms
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Johnathan Alter discusses the Reagan precedent for backing off on the Panama Canal, with quotes from John Bolton www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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Opinion | Reagan Backed Off His Panama Threats. Will Trump?
He may be hungry for global disorder.
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Dr. Brian Goldman ER MD and Broadcaster @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Holidays to all. And a special thank you to the people who provide essential services on the holidays.
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a drawing of a christmas tree and menorah with the words forward together
ALT: a drawing of a christmas tree and menorah with the words forward together
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Holiday cheers to comity in the Senate
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Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 23/12/2024
Trump has talked about sending special forces into Mexico, has non-stop "joked" about Canada becoming the 51st state, has threatened Panama over the Canal and has declared annexing Greenland a vital US security interest. He's not even US President yet I very much want to get off this train thanks.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
From Howard Bryant’s indispensable biography, “Rickey”:
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 20/12/2024
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Trudeau holding talks with cabinet, party leaders about whether to step down
Several ministers push for PM to stay on, with insiders offering contrasting views of his position in the aftermath of Freeland’s exit
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GC Gi @caldeiragiselle.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
'L’embellie' ('The Improvement'), 1962, oil on canvas, by 20th century Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte (1898-1967). Nitess💤
Uma porta aberta para o céu cheio de nuvens, do lado esquerdo uma esfera branca.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Alberta unveils new doctor pay model rewarding physicians for taking on new patients, by Aaron Sousa www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Alberta unveils new doctor pay model rewarding physicians for bringing on patients
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says new payment deal will dramatically improve province’s ability to recruit and retain primary care physicians
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Warm memories of visiting
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Interesting comment on the weaponization of immigration by Russia, from Syria, to North Africa, to Ukraine, to destabilize and sow social discord in European democracies www.hoover.org/research/wea...
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Weaponization Of Migration: A Powerful Instrument In Russia’s Hybrid Toolbox
As part of Moscow’s hybrid war toolbox, Russia’s weaponization of migration becomes an even more apparent means of destabilizing the West. Across three continents, a pattern of strategically engineere...
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The PM of Canada has long been an “elected dictatorship.” What’s different is the erosion of the Cabinet surrounding Trudeau
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Paul Daly @pauldalyesq.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy Birthday to Vavilov! Five years old today, very much alive, kicking and looking forward to a long, healthy life. www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2024/12...
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Vavilov: Alive at Five
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 SCR 653. 2019 is really a wor...
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 18/12/2024
former united states war crimes ambassador at large on mass graves uncovered in syria: “we really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the nazis”
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Leader Net Favourables: Poilievre: Even Singh: -8% Trudeau: -43% Abacus Data / Dec 17, 2024 / n=1186 / Online
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"Trump’s premise — that we practice free trade while other countries tax our products — is false," Ramesh Ponnuru writes. wapo.st/4fvAGvK
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Opinion | Trump says his tariffs are dressing for revenge. Don’t believe him.
“Reciprocity” sounds like good policy. But the idea has a track record, and so does the president-elect.
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Schoolyard bully stuff www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
In case it needs saying: Trump views trade relations (and most other stuff) as a big-money business negotiation with a basically win-lose structure. He thinks he’s really good at these negotiations b/c he’s it’s a psychological game that is won by the player who can best display dominance.
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Interesting result of a constitutional amendment in the 1970s protecting the right to a clean environment
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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A lot of words to say that a big chunk of O&G’s viability hinges on not having to clean up after itself. But we can all agree that requiring security from distressed cos makes no sense. Fortunately, cos w/ ⬆️ #️⃣ of inactive assets — CNRL, Cenovus, Imperial — are 💰! financialpost.com/commodities/...
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Pushing companies 'over the edge': Oil and gas insolvencies surge to three-year high
A downturn in natural gas prices is behind a 3-year record high surge in insolvencies among oil and gas producers. Read for more
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 18/12/2024
helpful visualization of elon musk’s influence over x users compared to the entirety of united states congress:
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GC Gi @caldeiragiselle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Franz Marc, Two Blue Horses
Dois cavalos azuis estilizados.
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Eliav Lieblich @eliavl.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Extremely honored and frankly in disbelief but most of all thankful to the awarding institutions and to all of the colleagues involved.
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Really fascinating
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thanks to @ubyssey.ca for covering the "Confronting Residential School Denialism" event, featuring Michelle Good and I speaking at the UBC First Nations House of Learning last month: ubyssey.ca/culture/ubc-...
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'Before there can be reconciliation, there must first be truth': UBC FNHL hosts panel on confronting residential school denialism
On November 14, the UBC First Nations House of Learning (FNHL) hosted “Confronting Indian Residential School Denialism,” a panel discussion featuring Michelle Good, lawyer and author of the award-winn...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
After months of equivocating... Smith finally says it clearly. If the courts rule that Alberta has violated the Canadian Charter, she will use the notwithstanding clause to allow her to violate the human and charter rights of Albertans. "Absolutely". #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/12/2024
The German government collapsed on Monday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in Parliament, ending the unpopular three-party coalition government he has led since 2021. Here's what to know.
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What to Know About the Collapse of Germany’s Government, and What’s Next
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German Parliament, ending the unpopular three-party coalition government he has led since 2021.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Worth reading Canadian finance minister Freeland’s resignation in detail. It is not primarily about power or economic policy. It is about how a democracy needs to respond to the emergency created by the US election, vs narrow partisanship. It is a debate all functioning democracies are having
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/12/2024
The guidebook writer Rick Steves believes in the transformative power of travel. “I want to go home a little bit different, a little less afraid, a little more thankful, a little better citizen of the planet.” Read or listen to more on The Interview. nyti.ms/3ZApmZi
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Realpolitik meets Ukrainian resolve for democracy and independence
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“The last time we did this was probably 1939.” Last month a group of Ontario’s health care leaders, several government officials, and the Canadian Armed Forces got together to begin answering the question: what if Canada was part of another major war? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Bruce Arthur: How would Canada’s health-care system respond in another world war?
A group of health-care experts gathered in Toronto for a war game based on the idea of a protracted ground war in Europe that involves NATO countries, and therefore Canada.
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
ICJ did this with the Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion (1996)
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/12/2024
The Biden administration is expected to grant California and 11 other states permission to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars after 2035, one of the most ambitious climate policies in the U.S. and beyond. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them. nyti.ms/3Zv4xOK
Cars are pictured on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles at night. Headline reads: "Biden Administration Is Said to Allow California to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars." Photo credit: Stella Kalinina for The New York Times.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
In case you were wondering what the “I never met a nuclear warhead I didn't like (and want hundreds of)” crowd is advocating for and salivating over for the next four years, here you go: www.heritage.org/defense/repo...
Screenshot of the preview page of a December 10, 2024, report by Robert Peters of the Heritage Foundation, "President Trump Must Put the Nuclear Enterprise on a Wartime Footing."

Summary:

"The U.S. is building nuclear weapons at a glacial pace: At the current pace, it will be decades before the current arsenal is replaced. This is unacceptable. By operating at only a fraction of the level of production capacity that the U.S. did during the Cold War—and, subsequently, only producing a tiny fraction of the warheads that the United States produced in the Cold War—the U.S. runs the risk of undermining the credibility of its deterrence. Given the current security environment, the risk of a nuclear war is far higher—and has far greater consequences—than the risk of an environmental accident at a nuclear weapons lab. America must decide where it needs to best buy down risk."

Key takeaways:

1. "The United States must have a larger and more diverse 21st-century nuclear deterrent given the nature and composition of modern enemies’ nuclear threats."

2. "The incoming administration should not tolerate the continued failure to build the nuclear weapons that are the ultimate backstop of American security."

3. "The President, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and the NNSA Administrator can help complete the mission of stockpile stewardship and modernization."
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
DOGE meets budgetary and legislative realities. Sit, doggy, sit; lie down, doggy lie, down 🐶 lol
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 13/12/2024
macron names new french pm: centrist françois bayrou the fourth pm this year lets see how long this one lasts
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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Canada considering export tax on oil, uranium and potash in response to Trump tariff threat www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Canada considering export tax on oil, uranium and potash in response to Trump tariff threat
Federal government is looking at a number of ideas, but not close to selecting which to adopt, senior government official says
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 12/12/2024
nato sec gen mark rutte in brussels: "russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with ukraine and with us" "we are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years…it is time to shift to a wartime mindset”
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 12/12/2024
trump asked if he trusts netanyahu and says “i don’t trust anybody.”
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 12/12/2024
“For too long, we did not act. Georgia in 2008. Crimea in 2014. And many did not want to believe he would launch all-out war on Ukraine in February 2022. How many more wake-up calls do we need?” Every European citizen should read this speech by NATO SecGen Rutte. www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
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“To Prevent War, NATO Must Spend More” - Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Concert Noble, Brussels
(As delivered)
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 12/12/2024
Donald Trump’s master plan to overhaul the U.S. federal government, and the consequences it may have: The president-elect has vowed to purge civil servants, and has plans to install loyalists at the Department of Justice and intelligence agencies
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Donald Trump’s master plan to overhaul the U.S. federal government, and the consequences it may have
The president-elect has vowed to purge civil servants, and has plans to install loyalists at the Department of Justice and intelligence agencies
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/12/2024
A former FBI informant has agreed to plead guilty to lying about President Biden and his son Hunter taking a bribe from a Ukrainian oligarch, as well as other federal charges, according to a court filing on Thursday.
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Ex-FBI Informant Alexander Smirnov Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens
Alexander Smirnov’s deal with the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden could lead to 48 to 72 months in prison, though a federal judge would need to review the deal.
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Authoritarian drift in the UCP
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Free movement plus single-market access. If only there were some organization to facilitate such arrangements
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Oliver Jull @oliverjull.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Important to get this perspective on MAID. A lot of alarmism out there
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