the people who want to forcibly take over Canada are moving an event indoors because it is -6C outside. lol. lmao, even.

Could Canada's way out of a trade war be a new alliance? cbc.ca/news/world/can…

Interesting to the responses to this piece here and on BS. There, it's all extreme optimism about the EU riding to Canada's rescue. Here, this is more the speed: cbc.ca/news/world/can…

Experimental birth control for wild animals offers a seductive solution to a thorny conservation problem: managing problematic animal populations without the messy business of killing them, John Last writes noemamag.com/lords-of-the-u…

Was Jesus a magic mushroom? The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, a longer and more complex story than first appears. In Long Now Ideas, John Last goes deep into the intertwined histories of psychedelics and spirituality.

“If preserving nature & vulnerable species means policing nonhuman life, from the purity of DNA to the timing of reproductive cycles, very important questions arise: Does saving the world’s ‘wild’ places mean controlling them entirely?” —John Last noemamag.com/lords-of-the-u…

In 1970, a controversial scholar published a book making an outlandish claim: Jesus Christ, he said, was a magic mushroom. 50 years later, we've never been less certain that he was wrong. 📄👇 longnow.org/ideas/is-god-a…

"If it could be proven that the church was built on the foundation of holy fungi, not only would figures like Allegro be vindicated — psychedelics, too, could no longer be considered so taboo." John Last for Long Now Foundation: longreads.com/2025/03/11/is-…

Danielle Smith tiny box of shame

The CBC has provided vital coverage during the American attack on our sovereignty, really drilling down on, for example, questions around our military vulnerabilities. Getting rid of CBC now, during a sovereignty crisis, would be insane.

Saying the government should be run like a business lmfao

As Ottawa’s ties with Washington fray, the Commonwealth could be increasingly valuable for Canadian foreign policy, John Last writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/can…

“For an administration that campaigned on making America ‘great again,’ there is remarkably little curiosity about what version of government, exactly, elicited such widespread acclaim.” —John Last noemamag.com/the-good-socie…

The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance itself from the popular enthusiasms of its most devout parishioners. Read John Last on the tensions within sainthood: longnow.org/ideas/saints-w…

Once upon a time, “it went largely unquestioned that government experts, working for no one but the public, could help define the best products & practices in the marketplace,” John Last writes. What happened? noemamag.com/the-good-socie…

Back in National Geographic with an article that's been in the works for some time, about wolfdog hybrids and the dangers they present to owners and conservationists alike. Read it here: nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

“Building a stage worthy of God is one of humankind’s most ancient obsessions. But in the West at least, it is a dying art.” —John Last noemamag.com/the-vanishing-…