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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦

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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦

@DrMichaelBonner

Writer | Classicist | Historian of Iran | Arabisant | dundurn.com/books_/t22117/…

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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Jun 23, 2023
Here is an EPIC new review of In Defense of Civilization by David Marks Shribman for the Literary Review of Canada (@reviewcanada). Huge!
Preserving What Works | Literary Review of Canada
From reviewcanada.ca
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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Feb 19, 2025
Ah, yes, "Tes Thdpssssps".
Christopher Nolan Archives
@NolanAnalyst
Feb 19, 2025
Coming in 2026
Readers added context
This is a fandmade poster by a reddit user called r/Fatdino426 Credit: reddit.com/r/TheOdysseyMo…
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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Jun 11, 2025
Did you know that Mexico used to belong to the House of Habsburg?
Ryan Shead
@RyanShead
Jun 11, 2025
Did you know that California used to belong to Mexico? …along with Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, you get the picture. I see why MAGA wants to ban books and eliminate the Department of Education. We can’t have the next generation learning accurate history, now can we?
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@DrMichaelBonner
Feb 19, 2025
Replying to @DrFrancisYoung
An insult to Cadmus of blessed memory.
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@DrMichaelBonner
Nov 7, 2025
Because you can only plunder everything from Constantinople and tack it on to your church haphazardly ONCE.
World Scholar
@WorldScholar_
Nov 7, 2025
Why did humans stop building like this?
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@DrMichaelBonner
Mar 24, 2025
Who could forget?
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@DrMichaelBonner
Oct 26, 2023
No. This is the way:
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@DrMichaelBonner
Aug 26, 2024
Many of you know that I held Temporary Foreign Worker file in the federal government once upon a time. Nevertheless, I have usually refrained from speaking about it, since so many unpleasant memories are attached to it. I will say now that, in my time, we practically forbade the
Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
Aug 26, 2024
We’re reducing the number of low-wage, temporary foreign workers in Canada. The labour market has changed. Now is the time for our businesses to invest in Canadian workers and youth.
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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
May 27, 2025
Ironically, what diminishes our seriousness is precisely the sort of ignorance of our traditions displayed in this embarrassing comment:
John-Paul Berg
@SemperVeritasX
May 26, 2025
We are not a serious country.
Mickey Djuric
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Mickey Djuric
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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Aug 1, 2025
Somehow the fact that the first legislation against slavery appeared in Upper Canada in 1793 and that it has never been legal in the Dominion of Canada is transformed into a source of shame by this bozo.
Steven Guilbeault
@s_guilbeault
Aug 1, 2025
Today, we mark Emancipation Day—a time to reflect on the history of slavery & the enduring impacts of anti-Black racism in Canada. People of African descent have been foundational in shaping our identity & in building a stronger, more inclusive country. 🔗canada.ca/en/canadian-he…
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@DrMichaelBonner
Jun 3, 2025
In a stunning twist of fate, the budget didn't balance itself...
Richard Dias
@RichardDias_CFA
Jun 3, 2025
The Canadian Federal Government's Interest expense has exploded. It is now ~60% higher than Defence. 😬
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@DrMichaelBonner
Sep 17, 2023
Compare this with the distribution of Sasanian coins and other artefacts. Source: caitlingreen.org/2017/07/sasani…
Daily Roman Updates
@UpdatingOnRome
Sep 16, 2023
A Map of the Distribution of Roman Coins Found in Eurasia and North Africa.
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@DrMichaelBonner
May 2, 2025
BECAUSE HE IS OUR HEAD OF STATE.
Kat Kanada 🏴
@KatKanada_TM
May 2, 2025
Why would King Charles need to deliver the throne speech?
Western Standard
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Western Standard
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MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦
@DrMichaelBonner
Oct 2, 2024
Fake news! Unless I'm very much mistaken, North America's first female head of state was Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)!!!
thehill.com
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as North America’s first elected female head of state
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in at a joint session of the country’s Congress on Tuesday, becoming North America’s first elected female head of state. Sheinbaum took the reins from …
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