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Canadian Twitter transplant here for news, art, books, and pop culture. https://substack.com/@kumiko
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Tesla's highly irregular 72hr sales spike from January is now under investigation by Canadian Minister of Transport and Internal Trade @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social - which includes freezing of $43M in rebates. #teslatakedown #cdnpoli

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I understand why The Economist doesn’t use bylines - but on @economist.com podcasts, they often lean into their personalities (which I enjoy tbh). Is this a strategic decision or did the early days podcasting teams just run amok and it stuck? These are the things I want to discuss at dinner parties!

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John Langan’s The Fisherman is one of LitHub’s Small Press Books We Love. Check out Drew Broussard’s full review at the link. lithub.com/a-small-pres...

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Spring catch-up post on the substack: open.substack.com/pub/robertru...

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Inspired by Vivian Maier's color photography this morning

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Over 37,000 people have been evacuated as deadly wildfires continue to spread across the South Korean provinces of Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do. These fires are the region's worst on record.

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Vote in advance today @ City Hall (8am-8pm) for Vancouver's by-election: vancouver.ca/your-governm... If you're unable to make any of the voting days, a vote-by-mail package can be picked up at the Election Office (request by noon April 1). #vanpoli

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The @worldathletics.org decision to implement mandatory sex testing for female athletes sets a dangerous precedent. IOC discontinued such gender verification decades ago, as these tests can be inconclusive and discriminatory even for cis athletes without differences of sex development.

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Thinking of the Shingoose family and the entire community of St Theresa Anisininew Nation in northern Manitoba tonight. 🫶🏽

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I love CBC’s The Next Chapter podcast especially when I travel, and this week’s recommendations from Robert J. Wiersema are a great example why. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #booksky #fundthecbc

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"Everything is huge right now. Handbags, marketing, hats, assholes, assholes in hats, JD Vance’s face."

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"In Mr. Duterte’s Philippines, due process was not a right, it was a privilege reserved for those he considered human. That did not include the victims of his drug war," Patricia Evangelista writes from Manila.

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On April 28, Canadians will go to the polls to choose their next leaders. Follow the latest news here: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Something I wish I'd known earlier: We can access free movies, tv shows, and documentaries on @kanopy.com (just use your Vancouver library card). They even have unlimited access to kids' content and read-along stories. Perfect rainy weekend activity imo. kanopy.com #vanpoli #vancouverpubliclibrary

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Kristen Arnett’s Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One, Clay Risen’s Red Scare, and Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.

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