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Those who forget their history are doomed to having Dan Gardner explain to them how critical it is to understand — not such a bad deal, really.

- Justin Ling

It's a newsletter, and it's about the internet.

- Justin Ling

Jared Holt mixes good journalism, top-shelf research methods, and shitposting to bring you the best regular podcast on the disinformation that makes us all insane.

- Justin Ling

Punchy, important, in-depth journalism on the state of affairs in Quebec from Christopher Curtis.

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Alexander Rose is, hands down, one of the most intriguing and interesting historical authors writing today. Secret Worlds is all things espionage and spycraft: You won't be disappointed.

- Justin Ling

Casey Newton's impressive sources in Silicon Valley make Platformer a must-read if you care about tech.

- Justin Ling

Jess Davis crunches the numbers behind terrorism. If you can't follow the money, you can never understand — and beat — extremism.

- Justin Ling

There's few people who understand Canada's national security regime better than Wesley Wark. A keen student of not just what happens in Canada's criminally-understudied world of policing, intelligence, and security, but in how and why it happens, and how it needs to be done better. Wesley is a must-read.

- Justin Ling

Books: Have you heard of them? Murtaza Hussain has. He's giving you succinct, smart, book reports on the literature you need to be reading.

- Justin Ling

Every day at 12:36, from the very top of the CN Tower, Twelve Thirty Six let's you know what you need to know about what's going on in Toronto, Canada, and vaguely elsewhere.

- Justin Ling

To understand American politics, you have to understand American media. And few people understand American media like Aaron Rupar.

- Justin Ling

For my Canadian subscribers: If you're looking to understand how things work, or more specifically why they don't work, you can't do better than reading Canada's best political columnist.

- Justin Ling

Jen Gerson and Matt Gurney, together, form The Line: Pound-for-pound Canada's best source of opinion and news. That's it. That's the recommendation.

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Colin Horgan brings you all things culture, tech, and hellishly modern. And it's free!

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Tim Mak's coverage of the war in Ukraine has been some of the most interesting, unflinching, serious, funny, compelling coverage from the most-covered war in human history. His work isn't just worth reading, it's worth supporting.

- Justin Ling

Teddy Wilson goes deep on extremist organizing and radical trends.

- Justin Ling