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Historian of France, the Atlantic world, language, food. Squirrelly cyclist, slowfooted defenseman, working dad. Worried about the 21st century. https://utoronto.academia.edu/PaulCohen

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as a European and Europhile, I"m all for your idea! important for Canadians to realize the scale of sovereignty Canada would give up with membership tho

06.03.2026 16:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

will have to say goodbye to dairy supply management, SAQ and LCBO, the notwithstanding clause and the loonie tho

06.03.2026 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Capture dโ€™รฉcran de la confรฉrence de Jordan Barella ร  Nimes. On voit Bardella et "Redevenir maรฎtre chez soi, rรฉfรฉrence antisรฉmite de Charles Maurras, basรฉ dans la croyance antisรฉmite que les Juifs contrรดlaient la France.

Capture dโ€™รฉcran de la confรฉrence de Jordan Barella ร  Nimes. On voit Bardella et "Redevenir maรฎtre chez soi, rรฉfรฉrence antisรฉmite de Charles Maurras, basรฉ dans la croyance antisรฉmite que les Juifs contrรดlaient la France.

Mardi 3 ร  Nรฎmes, Jordan Bardella a repris lโ€™un des slogans les plus antisรฉmites de lโ€™histoire de France : ยซ Maรฎtre chez soi (nous) ยป.

Pas de dog whistle, pas de "cap franchi", pas de "faute de trop". Pas dโ€™indignation. Rien, absolument rien.

Journalistes, faites votre travail.

06.03.2026 00:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 562 ๐Ÿ” 367 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

If its not war then its just murder.

06.03.2026 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

9. Capitalism, the First Three Thousand Years

06.03.2026 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. What Is History?
2. The Practice of History (grad)
3. Early Modern Europe 1648-1815
4. France 1610-1830
5. French Revolution & Napoleonic Empire
6. Football: History of the World's Game
7. Readings in Early Modern France (grad)
8. Revolutions in History: The Annales School in Context (grad)
...

06.03.2026 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

btw did Mike Johnson momentarily forget that it's the department of war now?

06.03.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€œEvangelicals are missing from the halls of power. Thatโ€™s a problem.
The lack of evangelical Christians at Americaโ€™s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.โ€

Excerpt From
โ€œOpinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. Thatโ€™s a problem.โ€
Aaron M. Renn
The Washington Post
https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ
This material may be protected by copyright.

โ€œEvangelicals are missing from the halls of power. Thatโ€™s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at Americaโ€™s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.โ€ Excerpt From โ€œOpinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. Thatโ€™s a problem.โ€ Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

06.03.2026 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3590 ๐Ÿ” 639 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 181 ๐Ÿ“Œ 302

if Benjamin Franklin had been present he would have chosen violence

06.03.2026 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you're keeping score at home what's happening is this the department of war is running major combat operations in iran which may last just a few weeks maybe longer or maybe even forever and which are NOT a war but whose stated objective is unconditional surrender

06.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 184 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
a photograph of the Brazilian footballer Sรณcrates, at the 1986 World Cup, wearing one of the many headbands on which he had written political messages in favor of justice, in solidarity with Mexico following the terrible earthquake of the year before, and against war and violence

a photograph of the Brazilian footballer Sรณcrates, at the 1986 World Cup, wearing one of the many headbands on which he had written political messages in favor of justice, in solidarity with Mexico following the terrible earthquake of the year before, and against war and violence

the real GOAT

06.03.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a photograph of Cristiano Ronaldo in the White House, behind the Resolute desk, standing, with Donald Trump also smiling seated beside him

a photograph of Cristiano Ronaldo in the White House, behind the Resolute desk, standing, with Donald Trump also smiling seated beside him

cr9 tambรฉm

06.03.2026 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Leo Messi at the White House in a suit, pictured with his Inter Miami teammates, with Trump

Leo Messi at the White House in a suit, pictured with his Inter Miami teammates, with Trump

la pulga es un fascista

06.03.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 60 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 5951 ๐Ÿ” 2476 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 539 ๐Ÿ“Œ 362

can't think of a better person for the role of administrator of the coalition provisional authority in iran than glenn greenwald

06.03.2026 14:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know how American intelligence was pretty excited to do to the USSR in Afghanistan what Soviet intelligence did to the US in Vietnam?

06.03.2026 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 367 ๐Ÿ” 96 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Oh man we are HAVING A NEWS DAY I see

*BLACKROCKโ€™S $26 BILLION PRIVATE CREDIT FUND LIMITS WITHDRAWALS

06.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1326 ๐Ÿ” 281 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 110

In today's funniest news, the Daily Telegraph, paper of choice for people who think they lived through The War, is being sold to the Germans...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.03.2026 14:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

i think alot about the fact that trump would have been far richer in 2016 than he was had he simply invested his inheritance in index funds

06.03.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was clear from the jump, but the Venezuela invasion going as smoothly as it did, from a pure operational perspective, is going to prove catastrophic in the long run.

06.03.2026 14:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2979 ๐Ÿ” 392 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

I basically stopped using our our cargo bike since our daughter outgrew it too, and I need to get around to selling it

06.03.2026 14:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[Qatar is in fact bringing their LNG to Europe overland by mule]

06.03.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree wholeheartedly -- though even that I fear wouldn't be enough. I nurse hopes for a movement towards more far-reaching reforms -- wide prosecutions w/in DHS, other gov agencies, and tech, electoral reform, SCOTUS reform, campaign financing, media, etc

but that may be a pipe dream as you say

06.03.2026 14:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

at this point he's daring the armed forces to coup him isn't he

06.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i just taught the Terror in my French Revolution seminar last week -- fwiw my students didn't think this was a very good idea

06.03.2026 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a still from the film The Road Warrior, showing Mel Gibson driving an armored oil tanker truck being chased by people trying to stop him and steel the gasoline in various motorized vehicles

a still from the film The Road Warrior, showing Mel Gibson driving an armored oil tanker truck being chased by people trying to stop him and steel the gasoline in various motorized vehicles

it's this movie too i suppose

06.03.2026 14:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i saw this movie!

06.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum | Euractiv As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc's legislation

Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August.

A reminder: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ is in many ways already a non-voting ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.

06.03.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 3118 ๐Ÿ” 642 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68 ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

Glad we at least figured out the terms of ending this conflict!

06.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 308 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

still thinking about this

06.03.2026 13:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0