Mark Morris (@markinmetaform.bsky.social)
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A Toronto dwelling 40-something rambling on about whatever pops into his head. Youtube: https://t.co/Gft9Kr03Uk
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Joined March 2009
A new Brave New Something Podcast drops! My podcast interview with Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae. https://t.co/L6VVUBA9XS
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Peter Beinart joins me on the new pod for the #bravenewsomething podcast. We discuss Israel's current trajectory and the present state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. https://t.co/EYd1bX8JiD
#Israel, #Gaza
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And if you want to see what it is all about, check out my last episode with General Ben Hodges on Ukraine! https://t.co/oQmh5aiiFU
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Pssst. Can I ask you for a favour? I started a podcast and need more followers. Can you subscribe to the Brave New Something Podcast for me, for support, for trolling, whatever... I just need the numbers up! https://t.co/eoDf9J4wgT
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The world is changing, fast. Our economy, business, and future are all in flux. Join Mark Morris as he interviews leading thinkers about this new world and Canada's place within it.
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Enjoyed doing this relatively new "Brave New Something" podcast, hosted by Mark Morris from 🇨🇦. Battlefields of Tomorrow: Lt General Ben Hodges on the Future of Warfare https://t.co/v5v0FxvnqO via @YouTube
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And the hits keep coming! Thrilled to announce episode 4 of the Brave New Something Podcast with Patrick McGee author of "Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company". What an interview. https://t.co/APVCdEO7Jk
#ChinaUS
#tradewar
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Brave New Something Podcast, Episode 3 is now up. Special guest, @timhudak! https://t.co/W0lAIsdCTp
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Thrilled to announce that the second episode of the "Brave New Something" Podcast has dropped. @mercoglianos host of What's Going on With Shipping joins me to talk about how Canada's shipping is affected by recent US actions and more! https://t.co/H11EJ7rpor
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I started a podcast! My first guest was with the amazing @BenRabidoux. Give it a listen and, of course, if you like what you hear, please like and subscribe! https://t.co/lPjlCTdob5
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I have largely left Twitter but I do have a substack. Here is my most recent article. https://t.co/qfp9aTExbO
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On tariffs… https://t.co/9JowAMW34X
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back. Perhaps that starts by doing something we have not done in a LONG time; maybe we should seek out other alliances that won’t stab us in the back.
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is our home, and it will be forever more and it is in our character to shy away from fights and seek solace in compromise until it isn’t. I am hardly oblivious to the amount of pain and despair we are about to endure but that is coming no matter what and so now we need to push
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when pushed. Well guys, we are now being pushed and the worst Canadian trait that I am seeing right now is the one that corrals people and encourages them to give up and resign themselves to their fate. Fuck that. We are Canadian and we have fought for this country. This
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were darkest. We repelled manifest destiny in the 1800’s, we fought for the motherland and gave all when under the Crown in World War 1 and we build an industrial base made us the third largest trading nation in the world in World War 2. We prefer peace but we have a spine
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by our acquiescence, it will not stop by giving in and it will not stop by being friendly. This stops when Canadians develop a backbone and tell our neighbours to shove it where the sun don’t shine. Canada has been great many times in its past, most notably when the days
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in our hands and that we simply need to endure this and eventually, this too shall pass. With respect to my fellow countrymen, buck the fuck up. We are facing a bully and the only thing that a bully ever respects is being punched in the nose. This trade war will not stop
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mandate. Economic stupidity aside, I want to address our collective psyche. What I find most distressing about this seismic event is the despair and almost learned helplessness that I see from those who I respect and admire; the notion that our collective destiny is no longer
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point. Economic devastation is here, it is real and is borne of intention; Trump made very clear that this was his stated policy on the campaign and the Americans voted for it and even many Canadians supported his candidacy. In short, this trade war is part of Trump’s
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friends and Trump, in turn, will do what he always does which is escalate. Bullies always do. This trade war will get ugly, and fast. Of course, in a larger sense, there is no need for what the WSJ is calling “the stupidest trade war in history” but that fact is beside the
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