we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them" - Maya Angelou

Maria Ressa going on the Daily Show and being like, "we tried to warn you [colonizers] this shit you created is bad and self-destructive [but you never listen brown people and women]" is basically the story of "western civilization" in a nutshell

Anyone else feeling like the world is completely falling apart? Like we’re not able to hold it together as a species anymore?

And the hate and extremism spreads and spirals. As @rachelgilmore.bsky.social predicted.

Getting fun messages now. Guess it’s gonna be another one of those weeks…

Please report this website:

This is a serving politician QTing a young woman journalist — someone already subjected to a sustained and dangerous hate campaign, including rape and death threats. Doing this at such a volatile moment can only add to her risk. Ironically, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is also expressing her views.

Variety describes Bari Weiss as “a well-regarded opinion writer who has tilted at extreme views, particularly those who are emblematic of the progressive “woke” movement.” Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

NEW: The Carney government invited President of The Heritage Foundation, those behind Project 2025 to address cabinet. Though the ostensible reason was to gain insight on approaching US trade talks, a deeper look reveals far more. Carney's policies uncomfortably echo Project 2025. #cdnpoli

Seeing long COVID get any coverage is good, so kudos to @sabaeitizaz.bsky.social, Kevin Jiang and the This Matters team for covering this.

Hmmm…it’s like three female journalists raised the alarm on this in 2022 and then were subsequently shut down. I wonder who they could be… @sabaeitizaz.bsky.social @rachelgilmore.bsky.social These threats have been happening to female reporters and of colour yet nothing substantial was done

So many armchair generals out here tweeting war games & strategy (while clueless) as Israel escalates strikes across the region & the world sits at a dangerous crossroads. Giving“little boys playing in the sandbox” energy at a critical and rather shameful point in history.

Iran state media confirming at least four officials,including Revolutionary Guard Corps commander-in-chief Gen. Hossein Salami, have been killed in Israeli strikes. Reuters quoting an Israeli military source saying that Iran’s top nuclear scientists also killed.

Media outlets framing Israel’s strikes on Iran as “pre-emptive” might want to look up the word? What was being “pre-empted”? Maybe stop quotes-based reporting now that we are at this critical point in history and let’s do some journalism.

Thoughts and prayers for the poor bastard at Global Affairs Canada going through the thesaurus right now to find the most equivocal words known to the English language.

NEWS 🚨 Israel has attacked Iran.

Carney & the Liberal govt’s new border bill is tightening immigration laws, expanding security enforcement powers & limits refugee rights. Critics say it also risks violating Charter protections. Are we following the U.S.–Trump playbook on immigration? We tackle this on This Matters @thestar.com

Canada ended a program that offered permanent residency— & hope to migrant food workers—they kept food on our tables especially during the pandemic. Now a path that could lead to better conditions & rights is closed. Two Star immigration reporters on my podcast: www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...

Canada ended a program that offered permanent residency— & hope to migrant food workers—they kept food on our tables especially during the pandemic. Now a path that could lead to better conditions & rights is closed. Two Star immigration reporters on my podcast: www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...

I know kids who haven’t been able to attend full days because their schools don’t have the funds to give them what they need for more than an hour or two. But hey, everyone got $200 that one time instead, right?

Kids being held down, locked in “secret rooms”,sent home because the school is unable to handle them…this is happening in Ontario. I spoke to Shawn Pegg @clontario.bsky.social about the stunning findings in a report on how the system is failing kids w/ disabilities. www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...

Kids being held down, locked in “secret rooms”,sent home because the school is unable to handle them…this is happening in Ontario. I spoke to Shawn Pegg @clontario.bsky.social about the stunning findings in a report on how the system is failing kids w/ disabilities. www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...

If you’re a former leader in journalism with a history of enabling problematic white men in media, shielding their bad behaviour & consistently failing Black and other JOC, I guess it would track that the first time you do stand up for someone, it had to be a white journalist. With all due respect.

If you’re a former leader in journalism with a history of enabling problematic white men in media, shielding their bad behaviour & consistently failing Black and other JOC, I guess it would track that the first time you do stand up for someone, it had to be a white journalist. With all due respect.

Um anyone have any advice/quick fix for someone who has strep throat and lost their voice completely but also they talk for a living and now they’re low-key panicking? *stares in low-key panic*

Meanwhile on the other site…..

Support for immigration is at its lowest in 25 years. Those who were once seen as a solution—to economic growth & an aging population—are now being blamed for everything from the housing crisis to collapsing healthcare. What changed? The episode where you find the answers in the data: @thestar.com

Support for immigration is at its lowest in 25 years. Those who were once seen as a solution—to economic growth & an aging population—are now being blamed for everything from the housing crisis to collapsing healthcare. What changed? The episode where you find the answers in the data: @thestar.com

Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands. The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.

Since when do segments get cancelled due to “pushback”on factual content? 4 yrs after 140 newsrooms signed a collective letter against the harassment of their most vulnerable journalists that was ironically propelled by Rachel,me & Erica Ifill. What chilling message is being sent to journalists?

I was thinking about what @sabaeitizaz.bsky.social posted about here and she’s right. A merely two-and-a-half years later all our work is forgotten and irrelevant. I can’t deny I feel sad and angry and lied to.

Since when do segments get cancelled due to “pushback”on factual content? 4 yrs after 140 newsrooms signed a collective letter against the harassment of their most vulnerable journalists that was ironically propelled by Rachel,me & Erica Ifill. What chilling message is being sent to journalists?

Deeply personal, painful & resonating piece on the Canadian experience of exiled international journalists. The number of times I’m patronized and underestimated on assumptions made from an accent & the very clear signs I’m not “from here”. We who used to be assets for our homeland and people.

#Breaking: Hudson's Bay to give $3 million in bonuses to managers — while confirming no severance pay for workers

Read what Hossam, a 24-year-old Palestinian journalist, wrote just hours before he was killed today. There are no words to describe the inhumanity of the times you and I are sharing.

Just a day after we ran this interview I did with Amira Elghawaby—a Muslim woman in Ajax was almost set on fire. The hateful comments under our episode post say everything. Islamophobia is escalating. The urgency of this conversation has never been clearer. open.spotify.com/episode/0zHg...

#StarInvestigation: A life-threatening infection is spreading inside Ontario’s most over-crowded jail. The Ontario government did not answer questions about the outbreak of invasive group A strep at Maplehurst Correctional Complex.

Tariffs looking to kick off a major trade war in N.America,but we’re in the surreal Trump timeline where everything may change by tomorrow. Meanwhile,here’s Kevin Jiang & me with a video primer on what all this means for you! And no I DON’T regret my pun play at the end. youtu.be/zJWIRzBhwcg?...

Tariffs looking to kick off a major trade war in N.America,but we’re in the surreal Trump timeline where everything may change by tomorrow. Meanwhile,here’s Kevin Jiang & me with a video primer on what all this means for you! And no I DON’T regret my pun play at the end. youtu.be/zJWIRzBhwcg?...

As a former diplomatic correspondent, can’t state enough how bizarre this is frm a bilateral diplomacy angle. Such exchanges do happen but behind closed doors. There’s a reason Trump left the cameras rolling. Very telling re future U.S foreign policy & geopolitical role. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Rubio’s face at the Trump-Zelensky meeting today. “YUppp that’s me…you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation….”

Also gotta love a Vice President of the United States of America not knowing the difference between litigate and NEGOTIATE in a high-level highly media covered bilateral meeting. “Let’s go litigate those disagreements..” Are they going to file a lawsuit against President Zelensky? 🤡 😹

Rubio’s face at the Trump-Zelensky meeting today. “YUppp that’s me…you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation….”

Also gotta love a Vice President of the United States of America not knowing the difference between litigate and NEGOTIATE in a high-level highly media covered bilateral meeting. “Let’s go litigate those disagreements..” Are they going to file a lawsuit against President Zelensky? 🤡 😹

As a former diplomatic correspondent, can’t state enough how bizarre this is frm a bilateral diplomacy angle. Such exchanges do happen but behind closed doors. There’s a reason Trump left the cameras rolling. Very telling re future U.S foreign policy & geopolitical role. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

The second “Big H” this election season: Housing. Soaring rents,homeownership a distant dream,endless waiting lists for subsidized housing & homelessness numbers up by 25% since the last election. Toronto Star affordable housing reporter Victoria Gibson and I break it down on the pod. #ThisMatters