Professor of Buddhist Studies. Author of Yasodhara and the Buddha (2021) and The Gathering (2023). Karate enthusiast. Goofy and serious and a Gemini.https://bsky.app/profile/vanessarsasson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessarsasson.bsky.social/post/3lh7g7ybvxs2oI’m Canadian, with many friends and family in the US. We have just been thrown into a #tradewar and worse may be on the horizon. This is a stunning development. I went grocery shopping and tried focusing on CDN brands. I feared I was abandoning my American friends in the process. Now what?02 Feb 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:jdae6ohftxleoptcfm4rc64p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh7g7ybvxs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vanessarsasson.bsky.social/post/3lh4ttin6c22iHi Bluesky! Excited to jump on here. Looking forward to seeing what worlds of conversation there is to discover.01 Feb 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:jdae6ohftxleoptcfm4rc64p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4ttin6c22i