If you're a Canadian filling out the census, read about why LGBTQ2S+ researchers think it's important to finally have a question about sexual orientation 👇

🔴 NEW: Over $1bn in North Sea oil and gas profits have flowed to an Israeli firm blacklisted by the UN for its activities in the West Bank. More could follow if Rosebank is approved. Read our latest investigation 👉 http://bit.ly/4cBuX7R

So many “social media victims” are just LGBTQ kids whose parents blame IG for their kids sexuality or gender or not conforming to societal norms. Trans girl Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death in a hate crime and her mom said she was **murdered first by social media**

I don't understand how anyone with even a remote understanding of journalism can read "reporter free newsroom" and think it's a positive thing.

Over the past few weeks, anti-war protesters in Glasgow have mobilised against the US and Israel's recent strikes on Iran. Check out my report from one of the earliest protests on The Clyde Insider ⬇️

Remember the Plain Dealer column? I wrote a response arguing why newsrooms should be critical of AI, and listen to students when they raise concerns.

Read our investigation showing how C-IRG/CRU's mandate is growing to encompass any kind of public order incident, especially Palestine protests.

My first article for @breachmedia.ca looks into how C-IRG, the RCMP paramilitary unit responsible for the violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek, played a role in shaping the response to Palestine encampments in BC. Give it a read below ⬇️

Not being hired because I don't want to write stories with AI is one of my fears as an early-career journalist so great to see it validated here 🫠

Just found out that in 2019, Yvette Cooper published a girlboss feminism book celebrating women who changed the world, including Greta Thunberg. Now Greta's getting arrested standing up against Cooper's repressive laws lol.

🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK Trump-aligned lobbyist who hosted Farage’s meeting with a January 6 rioter is funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...

🚨Umer Khalid is on the fourth day of his thirst strike and could die any day. “His motivations for his demands are deeply rooted in the struggle of his comrades, the oppression of the Palestinians, and of any and all oppressed nations all over the world,” Umer's friend tells me. For EU Reports ⬇️

It annoys me to see environmental organizations in the West say that "no country has been invaded for renewable energy" when Elon Musk literally staged a coup for lithium in Bolivia in 2019. A green transition that continues to appropriate the resources of the Global South is not a just transition.

Even if soldiers are being "forced" to commit war crimes, it doesn't make their actions any less appalling. Of course, joining the US military is a choice in the first place.

Mainstream media once again proving that they're lackeys of empire 🤢

#journorequest For a potential article, I'm looking for #Eurovision superfans or content creators who are no longer watching/covering the contest due to "Israel"'s inclusion. Any leads appreciated!

Go read my article on @theflytrapmedia.com for free!

African countries have the opportunity to do the funniest thing with the Louvre heist 😏

New resource⚡ How to Clean Up Copaganda We're pleased to share our new resource for journalists, communicators, and organizers responding to law enforcement disinformation. Check out this online guide written by IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, here: bit.ly/CleanUpCopag...

Reading this and sobbing at the thought of that terrified 7 year old begging for a place to hide so she isn't taken away by the Ghestappo Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

🌳🪶 En français : La mobilisation – et la victoire – des gardien·nes du territoire autochtones et de leurs soutiens contre la Loi 97 de la CAQ. ⬇️Texte de @eksbainbridge.bsky.social

Writing at @therovermedia.bsky.social Emma Bainbridge explains how Indigenous land defenders and allies mobilized against the CAQ’s Bill 97 and won in Nehirowisiw Territory. therover.ca/a-summer-of-... 🔶

I've spent the past month trying to understand what's going on behind the scenes at Ottawa's Capital Pride after they mysteriously removed their Palestine solidarity statement. Thanks to @theleveller.bsky.social for publishing this!

Queers For Palestine #Ottawa organized a demonstration within the #CapitalPride parade. For weeks, Palestinian solidarity activists were organizing - so were politicians and pro-genocide institutions. We explain what really happened in the run-up to these events. leveller.ca/2025/09/putt... #ottpoli

In January, I was verbally harassed and accused of anti-police prejudice by an officer when checking in on an unhoused man being harassed by police in the Montreal metro. Removing people from metro stations doesn't fix homelessness, and police actively harm the vulnerable people they interact with.

There's no way we can "reform" this institution #acab

Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City. "He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent." It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...

Pride season in Montreal usually means drag shows, outdoor parties and community get-togethers. This year, though, it began with a boycott.

HOME OFFICE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN OVER PALESTINE ACTION BAN EXPOSED @declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments. In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...

A Palestinian activist who helped film the "No Other Land" documentary, Awdah Hathaleen, was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Monday. Locals identified the killer as Yinon Levi, who was sanctioned by the U.S. and the EU for “regularly leading groups of violent extremists” in the West Bank.

International energy companies, such as BP and Chevron, are becoming increasingly involved in Israel's energy sector and therefore fuelling the genocide of Palestinians. This article offers a really good explanation of Israel's "energy diplomacy" strategy!

Love when my work allows me to dig into fossil fuel lobbyists.

🔥A masterclass in holding cities accountable for greenwashing by @toenviro.bsky.social "When weighed against landfilling using the latest green energy technology, like methane gas conversion, the emission rate of incineration is as much as six times more." www.torontotoday.ca/local/enviro...

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One thing we’ve talked about on @theflytrapmedia.com is allowing people to sponsor posts and looking at all these amazing freelance pitches we will have to reject for purely budgetary reasons I feel like I gotta ask…anyone want to sponsor a post at The Flytrap?

In other news, I spoke with @xtramagazine.com about how lesbian communities have responded to the UK transphobia, and the importance of solidarity and collective action in the face of state-mandated persecution. Hope lies with Dyke News, with Dyke Pride, and with the Lesbian Avengers!

Meanwhile the government of so-called Canada is literally trying to pass Trump-esque legislation to deport refugees and exploit Indigenous lands without consultation 🤡🤡🤡

“We need intentional, aggressive, extremely homosexual non-compliance.” ‪@notrightruth.bsky.social‬ speaks to @eksbainbridge.bsky.social about how lesbian communities are responding to the U.K. Supreme Court ruling.

NEW: For @prismreports.org, I wrote about my beloved Los Angeles, an American city unlike any other, where there is an unspoken understanding that our place and our people must be defended at all costs:

🔴‘My Partner Turned Out to Be an Undercover Cop – Now I’m Exposing the Truth’ The activist who helped expose Britain’s ‘spy cop’ scandal discusses her new book on state-sanctioned betrayal, and why she thinks politicised policing still continues today bylinetimes.com/2025/06/02/m...

It’s Flytrap Tuesday, and this week we’ve got a brilliant freelance piece by @eksbainbridge.bsky.social on the political nature of maps and how, in contrast to what the fashy tech bros are doing, we could use that aspect of maps for good theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/maps-have-...

“Cartographers must continue understanding how maps function as a political tool and harness their influence to foster radical change.” @theflytrapmedia.com

We published a tremendously timely and thoughtful read on the political power of maps today, by @eksbainbridge.bsky.social

Super proud of this piece for @theflytrapmedia.com! Definitely the most I've used my university degree for an article!

NEW: Ottawa Police deny inviting convoy figure to help them with anti-LGBTQ+ protest at elementary school Community groups are now calling for police to face an investigation after ‘convoy church’ pastor tells city councillors he was “invited” to help police manage aggressive protests

I'm writing about how lesbian communities are resisting the Supreme Court's transphobic ruling. I'm interested in speaking to individuals who identify as lesbians (cis or trans) about their reaction to the court's attempt to remove trans women from lesbianism. for @xtramagazine.com

As a worker-owned feminist media publication, we believe in being honest about how much running a business costs. So here's the truth: we haven't been able to pay ourselves for all the brilliant work we have put out, so we are doing a subscription drive! theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/state-of-t...

Despite the issues with Carney and the Liberals, we can at least celebrate the utter humiliation of PP losing the election and his seat when he was expected to sweep the election a few months ago

#BREAKING: Yesterday morning, the NOLA ICE Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children – three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant. Read more: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...