Excellent reporting by @rdassaly.bsky.social in @thegrindto.bsky.social on censorship in the arts. www.thegrindmag.ca/york-univers...

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

I've been investigating digital deception for ~15yrs and 2025 was the worst year. VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat: indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...

There goes my plan to visit NYC next year... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Great story from @curiouslana.bsky.social. “We don’t have enough social care, we don’t have enough supportive housing, and we have a lot of people under a lot of stress... So who is going to have to deal with that? At the moment it looks like the TTC." thelocal.to/ttc-mental-h...

"What is lost when we entrust Spotify’s systems of data collection and interpretation to do our year-end reflections for us?" Such a great piece about the love of music, of discovery and reflection, and what's lost when you let tech companies dictate your taste. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

for @thewalrus.ca I wrote about birth sovereignty and the decades-long efforts of Indigenous midwives to reclaim the right to give birth in community. honoured to have Amber Bracken's incredible photos accompanying the story: thewalrus.ca/many-indigen...

This broke me www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

Beyond well-deserved @smohyeddin.bsky.social!

I’m on CBC Commotion today talking about this revelation with @kimwheels.bsky.social — thanks @elamin.bsky.social for the conversation

if you worry about the decline of media, the rise in AI slop and the rampant misinformation circulating online — one small but meaningful way to do something about it is to support @thenarwhal.ca in reporting factual, original, investigative stories. plus you get a toque & a hand-written note!

The woman who drove the snowplow through a crowd of Palestine supporters was Athena Niggenaber, The Star confirms. As folks pointed out last week, her social media is filled with anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia and other hateful rhetoric. www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...

Bill 60 is a disgrace.

Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights. Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.

Despite fierce political opposition, cultural boycotts of Israel and institutions complicit in the occupation of Palestine have gone mainstream. I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.

On his first visit to Gaza in two years, an NPR reporter finds a “wasteland of destruction,” demolished buildings and a “vast monochrome expanse as far as the eye can see.” Escorted by the Israeli military, he did not see a single Palestinian. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

Brilliant reporting, chilling story. A must-read. By @nickhunebrown.bsky.social for @thelocal.to: thelocal.to/investigatin...

Palestinian-Canadian Saeed Teebi is among the hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers who boycotted this year's Giller Prize. Here's why.

And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials. “Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Featuring a hilarious cast of local comedians and actors, the new short film "Serious Buyers Only" takes aim at Toronto NIMBYs and greedy real estate developers. Read the review from @rdassaly.bsky.social.

Behind a 2018 mass eviction in Ottawa lies a broader shift in Canada’s housing system. Neal Rockwell investigates how rental housing has been transformed into a speculative asset class, driving up rents and displacing racialized tenants. breachmedia.ca/how-the-dism...

Novi Sad is looking beautiful today. ❤️ The student movement continues. Pumpaj. amp.dw.com/en/serbia-no...

The Ford government's proposal would effectively end rent control for tenants across the province. "The bill reads very much like an early Christmas wish list for the landlord lobby,” one lawyer tells The Grind. By @emmapaling.bsky.social & @rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...

"The world of influencer-journalism is still a Wild West." Great piece by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

For the @thestar.com, I spoke to Saeed Teebi about his best-selling new memoir, "You Will Not Kill Our Imagination." It's a book about living in exile, and how the silencing of Palestinian stories has paved the way for Israel's campaign of annihilation. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Got to cover this year's Toronto Palestine Film Festival for the coolest movie mag @lwlies.com. It was everything you'd want in a festival: films, talks, community. Deeply moving all around. Read about it here: lwlies.com/journeys/ins...

In reading about the murder of fifty-nine-year-old Kenneth Lee, journalist @royinori.bsky.social sometimes found the use of the term “swarm” melodramatic. Then she saw the footage of the girls who attacked him. thewalrus.ca/why-did-a-group-...

Pedro Pascal was spotted at the LA No Kings protest with the best sign there.

A year after the film community called out major distributors for sleeping on this, the team behind No Other Land self-releases the film on US streaming platforms. deadline.com/2025/10/no-o...

For The Grind, I spoke to 8 Canadian artists about the legacy and influence of D'Angelo. Feat. words from @witchprophet.bsky.social, @hellobegonia.bsky.social, Vivek Shraya, Tanika Charles and more. www.thegrindmag.ca/dangelos-gen...

Indigenous journalists in B.C feeling stuck in their careers with big cool dream reporting projects — apply to this!!

Are you a Canadian early-career BIPOC journalist? If so, apply to be part of our mentorship program where we'll be creating a package about LGBTQ2S+ people and work: xtramagazine.com/ken-popert-m... #CdnMediaJobs

Wrote about fact-checking, why it’s important, and those who believe we’re better off without it. Fact: we’re not. Today in @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Wrote about the dire straits of York University, which like many in Ontario is cutting its programming and employee ranks down to the bone. For decades, York has brought higher education to some of the most disadvantaged communities in the GTA -- the loss of this would be incalculable.

My sister introduced me to D’Angelo’s music. I was eleven, and forever changed. 💔

Wrote a little text for @thegrindto.bsky.social about this year’s Toronto Palestine Film Festival. If you’re in Toronto, go. You won’t be disappointed.

Excellent question #A2J www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...

Good piece by Alaa Salama, on the futility and dangers of symbolic statehood www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

Had a blast working on the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, which is rolling out acroess Toronto this weekend. If you want to support independent, progressive media, consider donating a few bucks here: www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...

Pitch in before September 21st to help @thegrindto.bsky.social continue to put out hard-hitting journalism in Toronto 💕 Show your support at www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...

We believe local journalism is essential to local democracy. Candidate Tracker 2025 is thanks to the work of @aliceboyle.bsky.social, @rebeccaga0.bsky.social, @filipouris.bsky.social, @emmapaling.bsky.social. If you like our work and want to see it continue, consider donating! thelocal.to/support/

"...the Israeli occupation of Palestine has been conducted with words and images as well as with bullets and bombs," writes Brian Eno for The Guardian ahead of tonight's concert at the Wembley Arena. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Independent UN commission finds that’s Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza *since* October 7. The report was limited to Gaza, but raises the “serious concern” that Israel intends “to destroy the Palestinians as a whole.”

"...the section on post-secondary institutions is vague enough that it grants the provincial government unprecedented leeway to dictate admission policies in higher education, and student fee management," writes @royinori.bsky.social on Bill 33 for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

"Hundreds of actors, directors and other film industry professionals have signed a new pledge vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are 'implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people'." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se....

“As anger and frustration in the streets has mounted, Mr Vučić’s response has become increasingly draconian.” But the protest continues. Tonight in Novi Sad. Pumpaj! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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