Jack Mitchell

Poet & classicist, in-house poet at @TheHubCanada, author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘣 (2025) and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴 (2021).

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Excellent (I'm biased but really it is excellent) @TheHubCanada interview with my dad Jim Mitchell and his co-author Kevin Lynch on their Donner-Prize-nominated book about reshaping Canadian government:
https://t.co/3JLNaGj3JH

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@j_amesmarriott Also I found your orthography breathtaking.

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Update: the kitten has emerged!

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My poem in @TheHubCanada this weekend is addressed to my parents’ new kitten.

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The Hub's poetry of the week by @jackmitchell.

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@PMCharlesTupper @TheHubCanada cc @AurelianofRome

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@ButkisDakota @harrisonlowman @terrynewman I don't think so, it just means the Canadian media (broadly speaking) lack the moral fibre to resist any future moral panic. It'll be on a different subject, of course, as will the next one after that, and the next.

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@PatrickDeneen Simpler to do a population exchange

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@CodifyBaseball His hair is also longer but that's probably for ABS

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@DanielCowper That's amazing! What a contribution!

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@DanielCowper Nice!! Tell me about your hits!

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@DanielCowper Oh, you are quite correct!

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@DanielCowper or does he somehow fail to recognize them? Did he read it too quickly or not at all? Or is he a mid-20th-century prof posing as a much better educated man than he was? It’s one of those.

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@DanielCowper But he is always showing he has not read the book he is discussing, only skimmed it. It is the passion of a stamp-collector.

For example, is he unaware that Tolkien employs different styles (here annalistic) and perspectives (here that of future people of Gondor) (1/2)

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@johnstaff @CoachBeede Very interesting, thank you.

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@GaullistTory I mean how can anyone be in a room full of Liberal MP's and refrain from yelling?

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@SandyBrowntown @jkenney What a selfish idea of loyalty. Imagine applying this to your children or spouse. Just disgusting.

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Today is Tom Longboat Day in Canada. Thomas Charles Longboat, Iroquois name Cogwagee, was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. Longboat, born in 1887, would go on to become the most globally known Canadian athlete of the first half of the 20th century. His dominant victory at the Boston marathon in 1907, with a lead of 5 minutes over the 2nd place finisher, was reported and celebrated around the world. Marathon racing at the time holding global cache.

In February 1916 Longboat enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces running messages between military posts, earning the nickname the “Bulldog of Brittania”.

After a tumultuous adulthood back in Canada, Longboat would pass away in 1949 at 61 on the Six Nations Reserve of his birth.

June 4th in Canada is Tom Longboat day.

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@oldcanadaseries We should turn that building into a museum.

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@oldcanadaseries Transactional loyalty?