August 31, 1939 The Gleiwitz radio station (now Gliwice, Poland) was seized by seven SS men dressed as Polish soldiers, who seized the radio station and broadcast a short anti-German message in Polish. The invasion was the next day, September 1.
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This thing about the FAA closing airspace around El Paso and parts of New Mexico, for a week on pain of pain sounds batshit crazy until you remember that it's just across the border from Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. -
This picture from https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502/116047090400689262@rwg @timbray Yes, but as usual with governments, the tails wag the dog (:-))
As a result of Mr Trump going after universities and foreign students, especially Canadian students, the door swung back open. For example, in https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/graduate-student.html PhD students are guaranteed a go/no-go decision in two weeks.
For yourself, reach out quickly to an immigration lawyer, as Canada has announced they are converting large numbers of work-visa recipients to the PR stream this year. You fall into one of the categories they mention, so I'd try jumping on it while it's still a priority.
Governments are slow, slow, slow ... until they become lightening-fast.
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This picture from https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502/116047090400689262@timbray @rwg I groveled around and found some parliamentary reports up to 2025 at https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/documents/pdf/english/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2025.pdf
They (carefully?) don't say what the quotas were: mere citizens have to spreadsheet that ourselves.