The Foreign Desk: How will AI reshape warfare and great-power competition? Andrew Mueller speaks to Scott Young, General John Allen, and Ulrike Franke bit.ly/3tnUNJR

2022 #BalsilliePrize shortlist announced! Congratulations to this year’s finalists: John Lorinc, Dr. Jean Marmoreo & Johanna Schneller, #KentRoach , Vaclav Smil Fan, & #KimStanton . Coach House Books Penguin Books Canada Delve Books Viking Books UBC Press ◢ ◥ writerstrust.com/BalsilliePrize ◢ ◤

Every year, I get to fight about books with Taki Sarantakis and Dr. Samantha Nutt for the Balsillie Prize Writers' Trust. Congratulations to John Lorinc, Dr. Jean Marmoreo and Johanna Schneller, Kent Roach, Vaclac Smil, and Kim Stanton, all of whom have written books that deserve to be read.

Guns, Germs, and Repeal.

'It is home to more tech workers than Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington DC, trailing only New York and Silicon Valley, according to CBRE, a real estate company that tracks tech hiring.' nytimes.com/2022/03/21/tec…

Alberta resident narrowly avoids losing $50,000 to repeat scammer

Guys, maybe the world doesn’t need more Canada.

Can't wait to fly this new SAS - Scandinavian Airlines route!

cc Nordic Bridges

This is my convoy.

Noun. German in origin. Resident of Aufgeh’nistan.

It is January 1, 2022.

And I just booked my booster shot.

This year already feels hopeful.

Today will be a little brighter than yesterday.

Nominations are now open for the inaugural Nordic Scaleup of the Year award! Deadline: February 14, 2022.

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Pitch: Derry Girls.
But Canadian.
In a Pixar film.
Set in downtown Toronto.
With a giant red Totoro.
Plus Timbits. And the old streetcars.
Featuring characters from diverse backgrounds.
At a middle school named after Lester B. Pearson.

Klingons

Speechless. I grew up in the next town over (Langley).

Um. Not to belabour the global supply chain crisis, but everything east of Abbotsford (in other words, virtually all of Canada) is also now cut off by rail and road from the country’s largest port. With Xmas in 39 days.