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Alexandra Kimball

@alexandrakimball.bsky.social
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Journalist and author, Toronto

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Jay Cockburn @jaycockburn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Truly awesome reporting work by @emmapaling.bsky.social and @thelocal.to here, taking the reader inside a safe consumption site so you can see for yourself the effects of its coming closure. thelocal.to/moss-park-sa...
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The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site | The Local
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 02/06/2026
For the first time, Canada’s building code limits the volume of greenhouse gases new buildings can emit. Documents obtained by The Narwhal show natural gas companies lobbied against it. thenarwhal.ca/natural-gas-...
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Natural gas companies lobbied against Canada’s limit on household emissions | The Narwhal
Canada’s new building code limits greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Documents show fossil fuel lobbyists pushed back on it
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 12/05/2026
per @karynpugliese.bsky.social, the New York Times just sent a memo to all their freelancers, which says "Freelance contributors must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced by gen-A.I. tools." karynpugliese.substack.com/p/update-nyt...
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Update: NYT just sent a memo to all freelancers on use of A.I.
Just for transparency, all freelancers in the New York Times database got this memo.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Absolutely terrifying
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Huh, so The Times falsely quoted the Canadian leader of the opposition as saying: "If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow.” Wild. archive.is/Fu3md
"If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow.”
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Twice the amount of time with my father, who died of pancreatic cancer within weeks of diagnosis at age 80, would have been transformative for me. I hope to god research progresses.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I am from Toronto. Go Raptors!
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Is it just me or is the food trend cycle accelerating? Weren’t beans the “new thing” in 2014 and the pandemic?
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The mental shift of menopause is surprising because you don’t become a new person exactly, just less of a girl about it.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 01/05/2026
Is taxing the rich a climate solution? Yes, according to tech entrepreneur Avi Bryant. He's a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group pushing Canada for a higher tax on wealthy people like him because, "Society is better off if everyone has their basic needs met." thenarwhal.ca/canada-wealt...
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This Canadian millionaire wants to pay higher taxes | The Narwhal
Avi Bryant made millions in the tech industry. Now, he’s part of Patriotic Millionaires and says a wealth tax could help Canada achieve climate goals
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Sounds like they didn’t heed the potent anti-tech warnings of the Electric Grandmother, a movie my school played on a projector during rained-in lunch periods for at least 8 years that featured a robot Maureen Stapleton and always made at least half the students cry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ele...
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The Electric Grandmother - Wikipedia
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So stoked to have been a part of @thelocal.to’s summer wildlife issue, nominated for a National Magazine Award for best editorial package!
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every generation gets the Spadina Expressway fight they deserve. This is ours. Toronto needs to defeat this. Please sign this petition, please share it: win.newmode.net/nojetsto/sav...
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I feel like the press on this book did a bit of injustice on how complicated the politics and medicine of infertility treatment really is. (1)
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
New peak description of Paw Patrol: “…real sinister garbage: those gee-whiz police dogs bounding ‘yip’ into the cockpits of clean, new munitions.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Pain and Play of Divorce on Kids’ TV
A “Sesame Street” writer once said it was easier to write an episode about death than one about divorce. Where are the shows that manage to do it well?
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I’ve been trying to get a website up for myself for a solid year, but can’t because I keep going through “medical stuff” — a sort of grab bag of non-serious midlife conditions that has me in a lot of doctor’s offices, lots of scans and tests and followups (1)
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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thankfully the Prime Minister has now said something albeit not nearly as forcefully as I'd like: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Carney calls for leaders to respect international law as Trump escalates Iran threats
Prime Minister calls on all parties involved in the war in Iran not to target civilians or civilian infrastructure
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is openly threatening to commit genocide against 90 million people. Prime Minister Carney: if there was ever a moment to denounce this illegal war, withdraw your support, and call for accountability for war crimes—it’s now.
Screenshot of a post from Donald Trump: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Kathryn Blaze Baum’s (In)fertility, a memoir-slash-investigation, tells the story of assisted reproduction in Canada while also offering a window into infertility’s emotional devastation. My (first-ever!) book review is up on @theglobeandmail.com now: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90e516f...
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In Fertility is honest and vivid about the emotional toll of navigating IVF
The writer zooms out to investigate the entity to which she has ceded so much of her time, body, will and sanity: the fertility industry
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A thing I’m enjoying about middle age is getting to participate in these classic intergenerational exchanges from the other side as it were
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We looked into a green burial for my father in 2023 but the restrictions were incredibly difficult to navigate — one of many ways families are denied autonomy over death and burial. Wherever he is now, I know he’d approve this story 💚
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I read this last night and am still thinking about it — especially Earth’s ever-growing “nimbus of space trash” from previous expeditions. Just heartbreaking.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Amazingly it’s *worse* than the correction suggests because it wasn’t just an error within the headline, the headline was deliberately crafted around the error.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“To see a jailed human face-to-face breaks through the erasire upon which America bases its prison system.” I’ll be thinking about this gorgeous @mollycrabapple.bsky.social piece for a long time.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The part I can’t wrap my head around is what *professional writer* would not be deeply ashamed of using AI in the first place
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is why when I run for mayor of Toronto my slogan will be “embrace the cringe”, which my 7 year old tells me is itself a “dead meme” and itself cringe!
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 27/03/2026
The role of crossing guard was once seen as an idyllic job meant for local retirees. Today, most crossing guards are poorly paid contract workers employed by private companies, and their job is more dangerous than ever, writes Angela Misri @karmicangel.bsky.social. thelocal.to/crossing-gua...
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The New Reality for Toronto's Crossing Guards | The Local
Once a job for local retirees backed by the police, today's crossing guards are poorly paid contract workers employed by private companies. As they confront growing road rage and speeding drivers, the...
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Ok so after a day of processing the Lindy West memoir I’ve landed on this: it works really well as a kind of autofiction about self-loathing. The poly/throuple stuff (which is generating the backlash) feels tacked on by marketers. It might ultimately be a blistering condemnation of publishing
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
One more thought about Adult Braces: I don’t understand the thing where for 5 pages, Lindy West’s husband is organizing her chore list and they call that BDSM?
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
As someone who wrote about gender on the internet during the 2010s I feel legally required to say something about Lindy West’s memoir, though as per usual the backlash is more telling. This is the best thread I’ve seen so far:
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I think my #1 issue with many artistic depictions of Toronto is that they try to make Toronto seem “cool” (1)
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Which fast food megachain CEO are you rooting for? I’m a Tom Curtis girl myself but Chris Kemczinsky has a great underdog backstory rising from the trenches of Kraft Inc and the grit to prove it
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 02/03/2026
I never get to do BREAKING NEWS, but here's some: B.C. is scrapping the time change, which reams of scientific research and anecdata from exhausted parents can tell you is a good thing. here's an update to my reporting from last year, which now has a more celebratory tone:
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Gorgeous article about the new Catherine Opie show at the National Portrait Gallery in London: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘I’m dying for the day heterosexuals have to come out’: Catherine Opie and her astonishing shots of queer America
Famed for having a child’s drawing of a family carved into her back, the photographer has devoted her life to queer America, from endurance swimmers to drag artists to her son in a tutu. Now she’s fin...
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Women and children were deliberately targeted in one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe. The Gomolava burial sites in northern Serbia uncovered a grave containing the remains of more than 77 individuals, most of them women and children.
Reconstruction of burial event: Sara Nylund
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Fifth episode of Love Story: John & Carolyn (do people do hashtags on here?) has been consumed by me and there were the usual Ryan Murphy highs and lows (1)
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I always thought the aging related transition to bifocals would be one of the least annoying/ominous/emblematic changes of midlife but so far for me it’s pretty much the whole thing
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The larger the gaps between pop psychology, DSM psychiatry (overdetermined by clinical needs) and neuro/psych research, the more zombies will abound
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“Brontë demonstrates that not all trauma has a resolution, that belonging is a gift that not even the most powerful of novelists can readily bestow.”
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
There was definitely a layer of culture nerd Twitter that was wholesome and fun. RIP to that. I recommend Pasolini’s interviews about fascism because he really prophesied the moment: www.goodreads.com/book/show/70...
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In Danger: A Pasolini Anthology
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) was a major cultural fi…
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I feel like this happens every 7-8 years. One thing I have been thinking about is how my generation launched perimenopause (as a cultural flashpoint) and how that’s become immediately commodified and slopified.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This thread is true public service. Twitter is the devil fr!
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I can’t get over how overtly expository the dialogue in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story is. It doesn’t even sound like a wiki entry, it sounds like someone reading a deposition, like they’re legally required to repeat certain facts in certain ways
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
ANTM was such a dark portrait of the 00s. It bumped up against the existing fashion culture in interesting ways. I still remember the silence in the room when Andre Leon Talley joined the judging panel and pointedly refused to verbally abuse the scapegoated contestant of the week.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What’s interesting about Ryan Murphy nonfiction series is that for every 10 scenes of blatant exposition dumping there is usually one scene that is brilliant — subtle, elegant, truly affecting. I don’t know what to make of that.
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Ryan Murphy is the original AI. If you type “Carolyn Kennedy” into Chat GPT, then give it a Netflix budget and some sort of blood pact with Naomi Watts, it would produce exactly this
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I’m watching the JFK Jr/Carolyn series and the way it barrels through every possible trending stylistic genre of music, visuals, editing, the way people speak (!) while still being “this is the 90s!!” is absolute peak Ryan Murphy
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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
UK press rooms must be *so* fun right now. The best pun guys are living their best lives.
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