Word of the day: hypocrisy.

“The student press also fulfilled one of the most important tenets of journalism: making sure those in power were being watched.” Smart take by @pacinthe.bsky.social in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/when-it-matt...

🤯 Journalist, Munk Debate member, U of T graduate, and recent (unanimously selected) PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize recipient for her work advancing freedom of expression in Canada, @smohyeddin.bsky.social, is turned away from attending tonight's Munk debate in Toronto. Good grief 🤷

Tonight, the brillliant and courageous journalist @smohyeddin.bsky.social spoke at the @pencanada.bsky.social awards night, accepting the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize. She was lauded for her work in recognizing Palestinian rights, and in condemning Israel for violating those rights. Brava!

Last night, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed Cate Cochran about her new @harpercollinsca.bsky.social book “How My Dog Saved My Life.” It’s a collection of stories that remind us of the intelligence, resourcefulness, courage, and love that dogs show us

The CBC’s decisions about who can and can’t work from home were, and are, arbitrary, and unfair. As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.

The WORLD says NO KINGS. NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD. Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT. BRING ON THE FROGS! @maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social #NOKINGS 🧵

No Tyrants rally at U.S. consulate in Toronto. #NoKingsDay

Tell Doug Ford you oppose his ban on speed cameras. And spread the word. www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...

What a difference two years make. A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing. #GazaGenocide

Special @breachmedia.ca event in Toronto tonight, with 200+ guests to hear @desmondcole.bsky.social invu with @pacinthe.bsky.social and Sonya Fatah about the fab book “When Genocide Wasn’t News.” breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...

The promise—and the broken promise—of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries around the world, including Canada. Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social

Parent company Unilever reneged on its agreement to allow Ben & Gerry’s free speech. The ice cream is being subsumed into the Magnum brand. Time to boycott Magnum ice cream. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens ➡️ 260+ cooks ➡️ 900+ pots ➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza

Damning report from the non-profit NGO @msf.ca about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground. #GazaGenocide www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...

Looks like manufactured panic about anti-Israeli sentiments in Canada. If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source? @jewishcurrents.bsky.social

I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this: Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" = 69% Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65% www.umass.edu/news/article...

Just heard the shocking news that friend and former CBC colleague Joan Leishman has died. She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide. pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...

You ever just think about how much it sucks that Musk bought Twitter and absolutely destroyed it? Like man, that used to be where I'd meet new people, make real life friends, etc. Now, whenever I glance over there to check something, it's just unrecognizable.

Rage Against The Regime in Orlando ✊

Academic article by Dr. Miles Howe: “Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector" www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...

How the Canada Revenue Agency is complicit in funneling millions of dollars to support war crimes and genocide in Gaza. Write to your MP to demand action and accountability. Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social #GazaGenocide youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...

Ya gotta love him, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DMVNSLH...

Israel is allowing some "airdrops" of food in Gaza. This is like putting a violin group at the railway station to the death camp. All show. Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?

Respected Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has published “Our Genocide,” a devastating, detailed report about Gaza. What does “Never again” mean in 2025? #GazaGenocide www.btselem.org/publications...

A profound appeal for decency and compassion for the starving people of Gaza from @chefjoseandres.bsky.social of @wck.org #GazaGenocide www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

In this BBC video, a U.S. soldier bluntly describes the behaviour he witnessed by IDF forces at Gaza food distribution points. His word for it? “Criminal” #GazaGenocide youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...

"Can we Jews continue to use the Holocaust as the standard of 'Never Again!' against anyone, after Gaza?" A wise question from Rabbi Shaul Magid, Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School. His Substack essay is worth your time. shaulmagid.substack.com/p/the-nero-e...

Canada should lower the voting age, too: "In Austria and Latin America, young people who were enfranchised at 16 or 17 were more satisfied with democracy and democratic institutions – parliament or political parties." #Vote16 @unlockdemocracycan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just received a call that appeared to be from TD Visa, claiming there may have been fraudulent activity on my card. I was immediately suspicious, even though the caller had my name. Hung up on him and phoned Visa myself. They did not phone me and there’s nothing amiss with my card. Be wary.

Big congrats to my galpal @pacinthe.bsky.social and all the other Massey Fellows for 2025-26. @masseycollege.bsky.social www.masseycollege.ca/2025/07/02/a...

Michele Landsberg: “As painful as it is to lose cherished friends, I asked myself: Is this intense social pressure why so very few Germans stood up against the Nazis?” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Are you effing kidding me, @mark-carney.bsky.social? First Modi, who orchestrated a murder in Canada, now MBS, the thug who demanded the dismemberment of a respected journalist. Contrary to your own values, money isn’t everything. There is no excuse for this. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Seriously, Globe and Mail? No one caught that it should be “powers of attorney”? 🙄 @theglobeandmail.com

Canadian feminist royalty among the hundreds who showed up today to protest against the genocide in Gaza. Kudos to Michele Landsberg for rallying everyone. #GazaGenocide #WomenInBlack

Karma and consequences. #UScda #USpoli click.thestar.com/t?r=38&c=147...

Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and yet he refuses to leave the 19 room mansion that comes with a chef and groundskeepers - all paid for by the taxpayer. It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament." A grifter is going to grift. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...

NEVER FORGET how impressed Donald Trump was when his murderous buddy — The Saudi Crown Prince (MBS) — ordered Jamal Khashoggi — an American journalist who was reporting the truth — to be chopped up into tiny bits with a hacksaw.

@mackinnonart.bsky.social Hi Bruce MacKinnon, would you mind following me back so I can send you a direct message? Thanks!

Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell. If ever there was a case to drain the swamp...

Congrats to my former CBC colleague and “sister” @pacinthe.bsky.social for her nomination from @canadamediaawards.bsky.social for this moving , courageous essay tnq.ca/story/beauti...

RUN, don’t walk, to see this @hotdocs.bsky.social film, the story of the brilliant, brave, insightful Persian-Jewish stand-up comic Noam Shuster Eliassi. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot...

Highly recommend the film Antidote @hotdocs.bsky.social, one more screening on Monday. @bellingcat.com journalist Christo Grozev was met last night with the standing ovation he deserved.

More b.s. antics by Rebel “News,” truly a bunch of PP hacks who dare call themselves journalists. “A ForCanada truck covered with video screens circled the debate venue blaring ads that suggested Liberal leader Mark Carney has been compromised by China...” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...