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It's crazy how much independent life does not incentivize reporting. I spent 2 days working on a piece about Meta censoring the biggest Muslim news acct in India, digging into Meta's relationship w/ India's far right BJP party & I lost paid subscribers. Meaning I lost hundreds of $ doing this story

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American Tourism Flop Era is upon us

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If this isn't a 4th wall break, I don't know what is. 😂

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This is an incredible close-up look at the labour exploitation required to sustain fast fashion and at China's insane command capitalism. youtu.be/fd228YQPn-0?...

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The blasé privilege of the women quoted in this story is really something. New checkpoints at the border are only shocking to people who think they're somehow exempt from being affected by world events.

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"It is comic how willing, even eager, Premier Doug Ford is to trade his ambition to look like a statesman for his petty fixation on bike lanes. Ford has now added to the growing list of his Trumpian attributes: a disrespect for judges + the rule of law." www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...

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What the helly berry 🔥🔥

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Ford pitches Carney on his 401 tunnel vision. (Reminder: As outlined by the Premier it would be 60km long -- the world's longest such tunnel -- and toll-free. Experts say it could cost $60B to $120B or more and do little to solve traffic woes.) #ONpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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I can’t.

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To save runaways from slavery who were trying to make lives in the North “illegally,” local Vigilance Committees formed. They kept watch for slave catchers, secreted away those in danger, and posted placards that outed slave catchers, sometimes hounding them till they left town.

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I was just in Canadian Tire and someone CAME UP TO ME and asked if I needed help to find what I was looking for. Should I buy a lottery ticket??

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Our greatest ally in the war on cars is the pedal pub. I will fight and bleed beside you in the trenches, pedal pubbers.

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This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.

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You constantly hear Canadians complaining about ‘downtown Toronto’ running the country. Downtown Toronto doesn’t even run Toronto.

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“…beyond intentional attacks, drivers in cars, SUVs and trucks threaten the safety of our public spaces everyday but we treat the damage they do like the weather: something inevitable that just happens.”

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WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out. Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!

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My latest for the Globe and Mail is a look at how Canada's wine regions can be enjoyed by non-drinkers, from wellness in Prince Edward County to outdoor Adventure in the Okanagan Valley. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/133d23d...

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Oh

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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

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A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics. This is not normal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.

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With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure. - Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes - We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles - We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

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I should have taken pic 10 seconds later when everyone crossing but dozens of people & a dozen bikes at south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park & Queen. Just a bananas amt of people not in cars. The critical mass of Toronto is a thing. A mini Shibuya Crossing (ok settle down)

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a glowing endorsement for conservatives so let’s use our fucking brains on voting day canada

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“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.” “1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.” Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.

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200 people detained by ICE because they made a wrong turn on the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. 200.

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You can donate to support the BC Filipino community here: filipinobc.com/donate

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Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

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“Based on a massive dataset of over 50k houses in some 1,000 archaeological sites worldwide, the study suggests economic inequality is not an inevitable result of societal advancement, agriculture, or population. Instead, it seems to be a consequence of political choices and governance structures.”

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This is the truth of reporting on the election: Conservatives aren't giving the press the time of day. It's a problem for the media, for our readers, and for democracy. ( For my story, I reached out to six Conservative candidates in Peel and not a single one responded directly.)

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@thestar.com Toronto needs pedestrian streets. Toronto has zero metres permanent pedestrian streets. The city has 100 metres of a temporary pedestrian street (Market St. next to the St. Lawrence Market). Olivia Chow doesn't care about pedestrian streets. #topoli

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Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...

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They hate us for our freedom (but actually).

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Had a sweet older man door knocking today for the ndp candidate in my liberal stronghold riding. I hope he had a good day. 🥹

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Since January, 213 people have been detained at the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. 90% of those abducted are there because they made a wrong turn and drove onto the bridge by accident. www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n...

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If anyone wants my Detroit Marathon ticket please let me know, I can't get a refund based on the US being a dictatorship and trying to annex our country. I am however allowed to transfer the ticket. I will discount the ticket if you wear a large Canadian Flag while running.

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The Conservative platform is here, and a Pierre Poileivre government says it would ban trans women from women's federal prisons. There's also that line about broadly "protecting women's spaces in federal institutions and policy" that is worth noting 👀 xtramagazine.com/video/conser...

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#Breaking: Court grants injunction pausing bike lane removals on Bloor, University and Yonge

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There is a microtrend on Tiktok of people taking daytrips by plane. New York to Cairo, Chicago to Amsterdam. They're spending less time in the places they're visiting than they are in airports. It's stressing me out so I wrote about it in my latest newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/maryamsi...

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The American tourism industry is going to get absolutely smoked

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Two million Canadians voted yesterday! #CanadaVotes

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Over a 30 minute wait to vote in the first hour of advance polls being open.

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It's one of my constant refrains: We need leaders who understand that "cyclists" are not a fixed constituency but that "cycling" is a thing that should be cultivated.

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Thanks @johnlorinc.bsky.social for this insightful article in @spacing.bsky.social about how this federal election lacks meaningful discussion about cities. #cdnpoli #elxn45 #LPC #NDP #GPC #CPC #BQ spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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Almost like letting the far right propagandists masquerade as actual journalists was a terrible idea in the first place. Appallingly mismanaged. (& yes I know about the previous court case. Which didn't say they couldn't be excluded, just that the commission hadn't justified it.)

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