Whenever I think "wow, Canadians have gotten really patriotic" I just need to read about the political mood of the 1930s and how much fear/anger toward Americans could convince pretty much any Canadian leader to do anything
Book is "The Microphone Wars", 1994, by Knowlton Nash archive.org/details/micr...
"Radio broadcasting, while valuable for certain limited commercial purposes is perhaps primarily an instrument for the cultivation of public opinion, of education and entertainment. It should make the home not merely a billboard, but a theatre, a concert hall, a club, a public meeting, a school, a university."
Spry and Plaunt arranged for American radio inventor Dr. Lee De Forest to testify in writing. In his statement, he said radio was being debased by advertising and added, "We look to you in Canada to lead radio in North America out of the morass in which it has pitiably sunk. May Canada fulfil my early dream."
Bennett, voicing his worries about the American radio invasion of Canada, told Spry, "It may well be, Graham, that you havecsaved Canada for the British Commonwealth."
"First of all," he said, "this country must be assured of complete Canadian control of broadcasting from Canadian sources, free from foreign broadcasting interference or influence. Without such control radio can never become a great agency for communication of matters of national concern and for the diffusion of national thought and ideals, and without such control it can never be the agency by which national consciousness may be fostered and sustained and national unity still further strengthened. ... No other scheme than that of public ownership can ensure to the people of this country equal enjoyment of the benefits and pleasures of radio broadcasting ... I cannot think that any government would be warranted in leaving the air to private exploitation and not reserving It for development for the use of the people."
Reading about the successful efforts to establish public broadcasting in Canada and damn we need this sort of energy again
Ok have fun debating a person who explicitly said he won't read your response
Iqalutsiavak (Beautiful Fish)
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
2005
I saw his post and was like, ok that's a little silly. Then I saw his followup where he was like 'oh, people are replying to me, but I am too busy, I won't read any of the arguments I asked you to make' and now I will never see him again
Remember when we all agreed to block people instead of amplifying them? You could do that with the "explain consciousness" guy. Just a thought
Will this be Chinese Taipei's year??
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
I fear I am going to get into the World Baseball Classic
Watching the Columbia v Canada WBC game is enjoyable partly because it lets me imagine what it would be like to just be sitting in the sun watchin baseball
Fun fact: Canada has a land border with Denmark and a maritime border with France
Wait, Middle East en français is "Moyen-Orient"?
My Facebook page is weirdly broken so if I ever try to click on notifications they never load and it's actually awesome. I started posting some local news stuff there from time to time and I have things with like 200 comments and I have no idea what any of them are
Looks like his most recent work on the topic is this essay www.environicsinstitute.org/insights/ins...
Technically earth is 'the ocean planet' but unlike if it existed in Star Wars we do not all live in boats and underwater cities
real talk: this gets on my nerves in science fiction. i get scale considerations are annoying to have to deal with in space opera but come on
Axworthy: Feds care more about a trade deal than preserving our independence broadview.org/lloyd-axwort...
North at risk from ‘old battles,’ federal spending priorities, Axworthy says www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
As Chretien and Harper share stages under the maple leaf, it's interesting that Lloyd Axworthy has emerged as the most prominent figure from Canada's political class to express a value-based alternative to Carney's approach. Not just on foreign policy but domestic ones, as well
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The Ghanian community in Prince George has grown from a couple dozen to more than 500, with hopes for a community hall to help connect diaspora communities for the year ahead
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Much appreciation to @natalieporter.bsky.social for sharing your talents with us in @thetyee.ca!
I love this essay on skateboarding history and the vital work librarians do. 🛹🔥 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Mark Carney was just in Australia saying our two countries should have aligned strategies against global hegemons, right??
Art: Here is a human interpretation of our world as it is or could be. It is a specific point of view for you to engage with us
Photography: Here is a snapshot in time of our world. It captures a moment in time for future generations
AI: What if neither?
It's amazing people will claim "Canada and the USA have the same culture" and then on something as fundamental as "do you trust your fellow citizens to be good" we are further apart than any other two countries
A screenshot of two contestants on Race Around the World talking to a cab local in BC, who is being quoted with in screen text. "Well there is no bus service now from that direction..."
"you can't ride the train up there no more."
Contestant: "There's no concrete way of getting past Whistler?"
Local: "Uh, not on any kind of transit"
The first episode where they discover B.C. has virtually no intercity transit is AMAZING
The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.
Headline: A 30-year high!
Story: Still smaller than it was before the austerity of the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
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cbc.ca/northernbc is a good filter as stories can get buried on the main page sometimes
This is a profound continental divide. Canadians overwhelmingly view other Canadians, even those unlike them, as being good people. Americans, more than any other country, view their neighbours and fellow citizens as bad people. Anti-Americanism flourishes in the United States
