Excellent original reporting that cuts through the conspiracies - yes, the truth is still out there but not at Mutinni: www.national-observer.com/2025/12/08/i...

This is an incredible tool built by @nationalobserver.com that will help foster enhanced transparency at the local level. All CAJ members can join Civic Searchlight....NOW! A big thanks to @jameswsthomson.com for this. Contact him ASAP! HT to @rorywh.bsky.social @davidmckie.bsky.social and team

Between the purge of late night comedians, Trump allies buying up TV networks, Hollywood studios and social media platforms, and news organizations getting slapped with multi-billion dollar lawsuits, there is a full-court press to dismantle the information systems propping up American democracy

Heartfelt thanks to Bill Gates for calling out the cruelty of the world’s richest man. Yes, Mr. Gates, humans DO have values although we’re seeing a real lack of them now. #philanthropy

Results will be coming in soon. Join @nationalobserver.com and @ricochetmedia.bsky.social we've got a stellar panel lined up and reporters across the country bringing you updates. We'll also have a live blog and analyses throughout the night. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/25/o...

Pierre Poilievre remains fully committed to his main election plank: importing Trump’s culture war to Canada. @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/23/o...

It’s worth pointing out that “climate and social issues” encompasses most of what the World Bank has ever done

The United States is no longer a nation under the rule of law. I urge Canadians to avoid travel. Illegal detentions and kidnapping by ICE have become all too common for travellers and those with working VISAs. Stay away at this time. boingboing.net/2025/03/20/d...

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I may need this on my bumper.

News from another cold, northern country… 🚗⚡️ www.ctvnews.ca/business/aut...

Ummm…hasn’t that always been the goal of good journalism - to reach your audience and good storytelling? Oh yeah … wouldn’t want to focus on that democracy bit too?

What the actual F?$&?!! Who is this guy - to think he can understand or interpret another country’s needs - oh yes, of course he’s an American (with apologies to a few because yes, I’m Canadian). www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...

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“Facts are not censorship. Fact-checkers never censored anything. And Meta always held the cards. It’s time to quit invoking inflammatory and false language in describing the role of journalists and fact-checking.” - Neil Brown, president of the Poynter Institute, a non-profit that owns Politifact.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump: The hydrants ran out because California didn't pump water from the north Reality: The wildfires are so intense, water systems built for fighting a single house fire failed to keep up. Another surprising impact of climate change

David Hockney, Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica, 1990💔

Fossil fuel companies

Friendly reminder this holiday season. If you see someone stealing groceries, no you didn't.

Takes one to know one …

This is kind of cool. If you have a long thread, you type everything into one box and it divides it up into individual posts and posts it for you. bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev

The proof will be in the approvals.

LOL. "Canadians have so much to gain by joining the U.S. No more renting a P.O. box stateside to ship your Target orders and trying to sort out which lane to take at the border. Also, Trader Joes everywhere!" @davidmoscrop.com writes www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/04/o...

Do you know a smart, driven reporter looking for a couple of months of steady work? We're looking for a fill-in, ideally based in Ottawa, who knows climate and politics. Mid-January through March 31. Get in touch! jimmy ~at~ nationalobserver ~dot~ com.

Shame on those who voted for this. Alberta, I don’t miss you - and all your small-minded political perspectives. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈

Black Friday Clothing Zombie ‘Speaks Volumes’ About Overproduction in Fashion

“Today, the right-wing media—Fox News, Newsmax, One America News Network, the Sinclair network, iHeart Media, the Bott Radio Network (Christian radio), X, podcasts like Joe Rogan’s, etc …sets the news agenda…This year it became obvious right-wing media has more power than the mainstream media…”

When philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt wrote his treatise On Bullshit, he noted an “indifference to how things really are [is] the essence of bullshit.” And yes, when reading AI-generated text we can recognize its cool indifference; somewhere in our language-obsessed brains a warning flares.

Always missing India - but hard to imagine this amidst the crammed crazy wonderful market of Old Delhi 🇮🇳

Ahead of an early start to bushfire season, Canada has warned Australia that Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’ after news was banned on Facebook and Instagram during Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season.

The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt...

How Clive of India’s 1767 sofa ended up in a British south Asian living room

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

Knowing how to identify and check for misinformation is an important part of being a responsible digital citizen. And this skill is all the more important as #AI becomes more common. Here’s some basic but important tips: https://buff.ly/3UYASvV #misinformation

Psychedelic storm headed this way. #bombcyclone #yvr

It's tempting to dismiss Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to kill the CBC as partisan bluster. That would be a mistake. @maxfawcett writes. #CBC #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/19/o...