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Happy writing fun ball. Born and raised on Treaty One territory. Now living in Ukraine.
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And so, a playground becomes a gathering place, where residents of shattered buildings sit and gaze at the worst of the strike, an apartment ripped nine floors down its gut. They murmur to each other. Some are bandaged. Psychologists hover at the margins, in case anyone needs support.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

the weakest statement imaginable.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion—not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one…according to four people familiar with the assessment” www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

💔 A couple stands in front of their destroyed home in Kyiv. Their son is still under the rubble. This photo from Solomianskyi district has become a symbol of the pain, rage, and helplessness Ukrainians woke up to this morning. 📷: REUTERS / Thomas Peter

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Ryan sees things clearly. He swims in the Internet and how it affects the world. And more than anything I have read from him, this felt like truly heartfelt despair.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Sad news. I most recent shared Langewiesche’s outstanding piece on MH370 just a couple of days ago. The best journalist about aviation disasters, hands down, and every subject he took on he told in careful, incredibly vivid depth. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Jesus Christ a cruise missile just went right over my apartment. I am in the basement. Horrendous night in Kyiv and ongoing.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

The Children's Gulag. Me podcasting for @theglobeandmail.com's The Decibel on the Canadian-funded project that has mapped the 136 facilities that Russia is using to process kidnapped Ukrainian children - including some that are preparing Ukrainian kids to fight against their own country...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

“somehow, polio returned”

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

My dispatch from Kyiv Pride for @theglobeandmail.com: where people came to celebrate, share community, and raise money for Ukraine’s defence, even as they braved threats from outside, and inside, the country. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

It's wild that Canada used to purchase fully 1/3 of US wine exports and, because of Trump, is now on track to single-handedly destroy much of the US wine industry.

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"

submitted 9 days ago • 57 comments

ABC reports Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being returned to the United States abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...

submitted 11 days ago • 81 comments

The expected missile and drone attack on Kyiv is now underway. (I am in the metro designed as a Cold War nuclear shelter and thus absolutely safe.)

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

A Palestinian photographer’s perseverance. After leaving Gaza, Pulitzer-winning photographer Ahmed Zakot adjusts to starting anew in Canada with his family. As told to @cfrangou.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #journalism

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Actions that do great immediate harm and have no credible path to making the world better, are not excused by someone shouting a slogan you like beforehand, or having some symbolic resonance with a sympathetic cause. All the sneering at consequentialist reasoning has driven some people off a cliff.

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

We always suspected this but now it's confirmed: American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the Assad regime www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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