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More on teaching the social processes of science.

Widespread power outages rapidly rose to over 100,000 across southern Quebec as fierce winds continue to rage across the province through Monday night. #QCstorm #QCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...

I wrote the Vulture obituary for David Lynch, one of the great American artists of our lifetimes.

Trump says an External Revenue Service will come Jan 20. Canadian lawmakers have their work cut out for them in the next week.

I mean the government will argue it doesn’t have an issue with the platform itself.

Does the federal government think Meta has engaged in foreign interference by restricting Canadian news availability?

Read nowhere as much as I wanted to in 2024 but read some good ones all the same. Highlights: Doppelgänger, Big Little Lies, North of Nowhere and Lessons in Chemistry.

What an absolute pleasure it was to take part in Reimagining Political Journalism: Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next last weekend. The panels served up some meaty food for thought. I was fortunate enough to share some of my thoughts in a plenary session.

This was from 2023 but it’s still an extremely relevant piece about how never being told No breaks people’s brains: mikedrucker.substack.com/p/the-proble...

Donald Trump told supporters at a rally on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after the 2020 election. He also joked about reporters being shot.

New Brunswick’s first female premier, Susan Holt, to be sworn in on Nov. 2 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

“Receipts of Omnibus Lines of Paris in 1879,” Émile Cheysson for the French Ministry of Public Works, 1881 Image: David Rumsey Map Collection; www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

We're so fucked. "Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing."

Wow. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

I will be interested to see whether Hunter Biden gets Special Counsel David Weiss to allow him to preserve the right to appeal whether the original agreement (which fell apart after the botched plea hearing in Delaware) precluded this prosecution. www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/h...

I’m teaching a third year civics class this semester. Obviously, want to keep it Canadian focused but I would say it will be hard to just outright ignore our Southern neighbours.

NEW: Trump campaign says it was hacked (they speculate by Iran) after Politico receives leaked documents via anonymous e-mails, including a 271-page vetting packet on JD Vance, including a section marked "POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES" (which I have to assume just says "c'mon")

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jimmy Carter told his son Chip this week, according to his grandson Jason Carter

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after assassination attempt against former President Trump at rally.

A devastating must read. www.thecut.com/article/brea...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa law barring most abortions after six weeks will take effect Monday, judge orders.

A brave and devastating rumination on who can be hurt in fashioning a legacy. In that pain is the strength of four siblings. www.thestar.com/news/in-the-...

My contract came to end with Carleton last month. I always knew it would be for just the year and I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity. This was a dream of job. The students I taught are reflective, kind, and curious. Teaching and learning with them was a great pleasure.

An important piece of reporting on how damaging toxic newsrooms can be to journalists, journalism, and democracy. t.co/IXp5e7Z9p3

I highly suggest you give Brian Stelter’s reporting on The Washington Post a read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

It was such a pleasure to watch MPAD students become graduates at convocation last week. They are creative, resilient, and ready to take on the world.

OOO courtesy of the Emerald Isles.

Judges found Björn Höcke, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party, guilty of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in May. On Monday, he will go on trial in the same court for using the same slogan, again. To his critics, the right-wing ideologue is a threat to German democracy.

A small plane went down in Vancouver's Coal Harbour Saturday afternoon, according to witnesses. bc.ctvnews.ca/plane-crashe...

Read more about the panel I got to chair on pedagogy at Carleton’s AI and journalism roundtable last week. cusjc.ca/journalism-a...

It was a pleasure to chair a panel on journalism, AI and pedagogy at Carleton’s industry roundtable this week. My thanks to Mario Garcia, Jeremy Caplan and Florent Daudens for their insight.

Carleton’s journalism program held a timely roundtable in Toronto this week on journalism and AI. It was pleasure to join the planning and chair a panel on pedagogy. cusjc.ca/journalism-a...

“of course fiction is made out of experience, your whole life from infancy on, everything you’ve thought and done and seen and read and dreamed. But experience isn’t something you go and get—it’s a gift”

CTV’s Power Play won a Canadian Screen Award for our 2022-2023 season this week. Producing political news was a true privilege in my career. Our small but mighty team always gave it our all. My thanks to the Canadian Academy for this honour.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nicki Minaj's Saturday night concert in England postponed after Dutch authorities detained the rapper over pot in bag.

AI is a powerful tool. What does it mean for journalism? broadview.org/the-age-of-a...

A spokesperson said that more than a dozen staffers were impacted. deadline.com/2024/05/medi...

I just saw Six the Musical and loved it! An empowering tribute to the women history loves to put into boxes.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana governor signs bill to classify two abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances.

Bring back Shirley MacLaine, you cowards. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

I wrote about “veneer techs,” and the dangers of letting non-dentists perform dental work “I want to make it very clear that dentists are the only ones who should be doing veneers,” a spokeswoman from the American Dentist Association told me