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Walls and Wheels

@wallsandwheels.bsky.social
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Canadian engineer, part time lecturer, amateur history enthusiast

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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Once more a sign that all is not well... the Empire withdrawals its legions from Britannia. #rome #fairford #ukusa www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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US withdraws all bomber aircraft from UK airbase
The United States confirmed that it had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, reportedly due to "new threats," with Britain's government insisting Monday the site is safe...
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Anton Falco @antonfalcowx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hamilton (YHM) September Summary: -Above average high & low temperatures. -Only 22% of climatology expected rainfall. -September 2nd Severe Weather Outbreak. -Well above average Pacific Hurricane Season. antonfalco.substack.com/p/hamiltons-...
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Hamilton's September 2026 Climatology vs Observed: Warmer Than Average, Significantly Below Average Rainfall. Elsewhere: Very Active Pacific Hurricane Season.
Comparing weather normals vs daily readings from Hamilton airport (YHM) and brief reports on weather related events across the world.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Decades and decades of a national policy and zeitgeist that amounts to 'nobody needs to care about social studies' and we're now in an unwinnable war with a foreign country whose culture and leadership we did not understand based around geography we ignored. 🤷‍♂️
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hell yeah!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One day, two very different signals to Canadians. #canadaeu #eu #canada bsky.app/profile/vond... Trump signs memorandum to iden... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Trump signs memorandum to identify and remove Canadian products from U.S. federal procurement | CBC News
U.S. President ‌Donald Trump ​signed a presidential ​memorandum on ​Wednesday to identify Canadian-origin goods ‌in federal civil government procurement ‌and take steps ​to remove them, the White Hous...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We did it! I knew hunanity had it in itself to Netflix and chill its way to this accomplishment!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just got back from up north before it's back to reality.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Loved the episode. It (link between the Empire and the Viking age) is one of those ideas which are obvious in hindsight but which I would likely never have considered without it being pointed out to me.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
theconversation.com/trumps-geopo...
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Trump’s geopolitical aims, not economics, are behind his trade hostility towards Canada
A seismic shift in American geopolitics explains the breakdown in U.S.-Canada trade relations. Understanding U.S. policy is critical as Canada faces stark choices.
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Anton Falco @antonfalcowx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I discuss the severe weather setup and tornado risk, within the north west flow, for Southern Ontario and the US over the next few days. antonfalco.substack.com/p/severe-wea...
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Severe Weather Risk For Southern Ontario & New York State - August 31st Through September 2nd, 2026
Severe weather in Southern Ontario, especially in late August and early September, isn’t uncommon, but the main weather related stories, through July and August this year, have been recurring flooding...
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dump the F35 and go all in on the Gripen. America just ran out of its own missiles - Canada's arms orders will be absolutely last when need them. Why on Earth would we chose to buy 100% American when we have an offer to build it all here - and beef up NATO arms overall capacity.
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Anton Falco @antonfalcowx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
With Environment Canada expected to switch to a polygon style warning system soon, I discuss what it is and the weaknesses of the previous system (that I'm sure many Canadians have personally dealt with over the years). antonfalco.substack.com/p/environmen...
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Environment Canada To Switch To Polygon Based Warning System For Severe Thunderstorms & Tornadoes Soon
If implemented well, it would be a welcome change from the current system
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Awesome. Late empire fiction is my go to vacation escapism (when I'm not still working through the backlog of Tides guest lecturers' books). Bloody Crowns and a Gordon Doherty's Legionary series on the go up north this week right now. Can't wait for the Wolf and the Eagle!
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Anton Falco @antonfalcowx.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I discuss the synoptic overview of the wildfire smoke invading the Greater Toronto area and parts of the northeast, with air quality impacted for several more days. youtu.be/yNluspn7DOo
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Wildfire Smoke Invading Ontario & The Northeast. July 15th, 2026
YouTube video by Anton Falco Photography
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Oh no!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What a fascinating read about what has been going on behind the scenes, up to and including the current Ankara NATO summit. What's interesting is just how integrated the EU and Canada are now. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S.
Facing threats from Trump, Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
There were plenty of checks and balances for George III in Parliament. The growth of the Constitution was well underway already. The last royal veto of legislation had already been exercised in 1708. If only any of that had extended to the colonies, things may have been different.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
DST preferred since it locks us closer to European time and that's the future direction for Canada!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
BC, Alberta, NWT now switching, Saskatchewan since time immemorial. Let's go Ontario, end this, this year. I don't care if we lock in on DST or EST (DST preferred, and places even further north of us have gone DST, but ending the switch is more important!) globalnews.ca/news/1181060...
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N.W.T to follow Alberta in ditching clock changes, will adopt permanent daylight time | Globalnews.ca
The Premier of the Northwest Territories says now that Alberta has decided to end the practice of changing its clocks twice per year, the N.W.T. will follow suit.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ordered, through a super local store on my drive to work in my tariff-ravaged town - classy touch with the small book store option.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A century of ever closer ties, intermarriage, wars fought together, things built together, comes to a close. That's ok. When Canada and The US started pulling together 100 years ago, we were really a province of the British Empire. Just to show how things change. Our values are diverging again.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Here you go www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Exclusive: PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians
In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow o...
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It makes a lot of sense now why America's key ally (Israel) blocked the Cardinal in Jerusalem from Good Friday commemorations at the Holy Sepulchre. Seems to me to be part of the overall US strategy to weaken the Vatican and set up a parallel "Avignon papacy".
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Seems like better use of Canada's negotiating time than trying to salvage an already-dead USMCA, and far more aligned with the future direction most of us want to go. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...
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Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea
New polling suggests a majority of Canadians think Canada ought to explore joining the European Union at a fraught time for geopolitical relations.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Oh, now the Americans want to install a parallel papacy to support their "a whole civilization will die tonight" version of the Sermon on the Mount. newrepublic.com/post/208820/...
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Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump
It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Fallout of the US surrender: "This war has destroyed the pillars of American power" youtu.be/hOThz3sYffw?...
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The end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are about to secure a majority government
YouTube video by TheMunkDebates
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Iran posted this. What a humiliation for Trump.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It's already gone. The weird part is, I pretty much have ignored all the outrages tied to this war. Im not glued to the news or trying to find out what American policy is doing. Im done. It's irrelevant to me, even if it's not. I dont want to hear about America. And Im in Canada, not far away.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Fascinating. I wonder Pilate's story would have been (we'll never know). I'm imagining a senatorial or equestrian class guy on his way up the ladder and getting stuck with a plethora of annoying revolts, including crucifying one oddly zen guy to calm everyone down one day.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Was just thinking at Palm Sunday Mass today, is there any historical record of Pontius Pilate as a Roman governor (other than Christian texts)? A bit tangential, however this post reminded me of that thought.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Interesting thing to say for the president of the only country ever to receive NATO support after being attacked. The same country which didn't advise the other allies before attacking, and hasn't even launched formal consultations is now seeking aid. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump says 'we don't have to be there for NATO'
Donald Trump said on Friday the United States does not "have to ​be there for NATO," comments that again raised questions about the ‌U.S. president's commitment to the mutual defense provisions at the...
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Throwing this out there: Oxford comma, or not? Where do people stand?
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is the way to go! This is more aligned with our own values. Could be a perfect fit - we need to stop the relentless blurring of lines between Canadians and Americans.
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European News @eunews.social · 17/03/2026
Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.
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Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says
France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Let's make it happen (speaking from Canada). The EU is the only major power I respect.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Thanks for everything you put into Tides. It was my conpanion through so many drives to work and home projects. When it started, I was neither married nor a father, now I am. The podcast was a small thread linking in some way that life to this. I've learned a lot and enjoyed it.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🤣🤣 nope, but that's a pretty succinct summary of what the US is now.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The administration does run on solar energy!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Made the switch myself this year and it really wasn't too bad at all.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Don't let them hold you back. Your podcasts mean a lot to us. To be honest, listening to your ability to apply such critical thinking is the main reason I haven't completely given up on or dismissed America as Canadian.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime but they may be the portent of a bloody one.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I don't think this is good for Ontario's auto sector, which is already getting pummeled.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Going many years back to your episode on the Romance languages (still one of my favourites): at what point in history would someone speaking a Romance language have become self-aware that they were no longer speaking Latin/vulgar Latin and something different enough to be a separate language?
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is not the behaviour I'd expect from the recipient of the first FIFA peace prize.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Donald Trump is scared of being upstaged and outclassed by the world’s most powerful American — Pope Leo XIV.
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Why is Donald Trump Afraid of Pope Leo XIV?
The president is keeping his distance from the first American pope — dodging a moral reckoning on migrants and war, and dreading a spotlight he can’t control.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
archive.is/pshZa As U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Up The proliferation of illegal firearms from the United States has fueled a spike in gun violence in Canada, where most guns used in crimes are smuggled across the border.
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Noo! Tides are such a fixture for me!
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Walls and Wheels @wallsandwheels.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Better pay him a trillion dollars!
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