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Caroline O’Neill

@carolineoneill.bsky.social
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👩‍🏫 Carleton University Bachelor of Media Production and Design Contract Instructor. ✍️ Master of Journalism Student. 📺 Former political tv producer.

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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
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Rapid Response Mechanism Canada detects information operation targeting a candidate for the leadership campaign of the Liberal Party of Canada - Canada.ca
Global Affairs Canada’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM Canada), in its mandate as part of the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force to monitor the digital information ecosyst...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/02/2025
This is one of the best listener-mailbag podcasts I've ever listened to! Lots of helpful advice and anti-doomer pep talks for the nerve-racking times we're suddenly living in. You can subscribe for $5! Their entire back catalog is worth bingeing
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Canada report on foreign interference: no evidence of ‘traitors’ in parliament
Commission finds democratic institutions ‘robust in the face of foreign interference’ but some MPs behaved ‘naively’
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/01/2025
More on teaching the social processes of science.
scientificamerican.com
To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic
Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Commissioner won’t name parliamentarians allegedly collaborating with foreign powers
Marie-Josée Hogue is leading the inquiry that will make classified recommendations to government about MPs and senators accused of aiding foreign governments
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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Widespread power outages rapidly rose to over 100,000 across southern Quebec as fierce winds continue to rage across the province through Monday night. #QCstorm #QCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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Outages rapidly mount as 90+ km/h gusting winds blow through Quebec - The Weather Network
Widespread winter warnings continue to be in effect for a burst of rough conditions, and a dangerous travel risk across Quebec into Tuesday
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I wrote the Vulture obituary for David Lynch, one of the great American artists of our lifetimes.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Trump says an External Revenue Service will come Jan 20. Canadian lawmakers have their work cut out for them in the next week.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I mean the government will argue it doesn’t have an issue with the platform itself.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Does the federal government think Meta has engaged in foreign interference by restricting Canadian news availability?
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Read nowhere as much as I wanted to in 2024 but read some good ones all the same. Highlights: Doppelgänger, Big Little Lies, North of Nowhere and Lessons in Chemistry.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What an absolute pleasure it was to take part in Reimagining Political Journalism: Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next last weekend. The panels served up some meaty food for thought. I was fortunate enough to share some of my thoughts in a plenary session.
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Lux in the Bronx @rlux.nyc · 17/11/2024
This was from 2023 but it’s still an extremely relevant piece about how never being told No breaks people’s brains: mikedrucker.substack.com/p/the-proble...
mikedrucker.substack.com
The Problem With a Life of "Yes"
Always being told you're right breaks your brain.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/11/2024
Donald Trump told supporters at a rally on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after the 2020 election. He also joked about reporters being shot.
nytimes.com
Trump Says He ‘Shouldn’t Have Left’ White House in 2020 at Pennsylvania Rally
Donald J. Trump, who sought to overturn his loss of the 2020 election, also joked that he didn’t mind if reporters were shot.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
New Brunswick’s first female premier, Susan Holt, to be sworn in on Nov. 2 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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New Brunswick’s first female premier, Susan Holt, to be sworn in on Nov. 2
The Liberal Leader announces a transition team as she prepares to take the reins of the province
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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
“Receipts of Omnibus Lines of Paris in 1879,” Émile Cheysson for the French Ministry of Public Works, 1881 Image: David Rumsey Map Collection; www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...
A map of Paris depicting revenues per kilometer of omnibus lines. The lines are of different colors and thicknesses - reds, blues, greens, oranges. A chart shows revenue collected and numbers of passengers.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7364860
cbc.ca
B.C. election remains too close to call after counting resumes
Akshay Kulkarni - CBC News
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/09/2024
We're so fucked. "Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing."
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation | HKS Misinformation Review
Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI. They are often created with widely available, genera...
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Wow. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
thestar.com
Liberals’ national campaign director tells Justin Trudeau he is quitting
Jeremy Broadhurst privately told Trudeau last month he is leaving, according to several Liberal sources.
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
I will be interested to see whether Hunter Biden gets Special Counsel David Weiss to allow him to preserve the right to appeal whether the original agreement (which fell apart after the botched plea hearing in Delaware) precluded this prosecution. www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/h...
cnbc.com
Hunter Biden will change plea in tax case, lawyers tell judge
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was convicted in June of crimes related to buying a handgun while being a user and addict of illegal drugs.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
I’m teaching a third year civics class this semester. Obviously, want to keep it Canadian focused but I would say it will be hard to just outright ignore our Southern neighbours.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/08/2024
NEW: Trump campaign says it was hacked (they speculate by Iran) after Politico receives leaked documents via anonymous e-mails, including a 271-page vetting packet on JD Vance, including a section marked "POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES" (which I have to assume just says "c'mon")
politico.com
Trump campaign was hacked, campaign says
The campaign suggested Iran was to blame. POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/08/2024
“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Jimmy Carter told his son Chip this week, according to his grandson Jason Carter
ajc.com
Jimmy Carter’s next goal is voting for Kamala Harris for president
Former President Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, is “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” in recent days, his family says.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 03/08/2024
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Before Alice Munro’s husband sexually abused his stepdaughter, he targeted another 9-year-old girl. ‘It was a textbook case of grooming’
Jane Morrey says family friend Gerald Fremlin exploited her just a few years before he sexually assaulted his stepdaughter Andrea.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after assassination attempt against former President Trump at rally.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
A devastating must read. www.thecut.com/article/brea...
thecut.com
When a Mammogram Misses Breast Cancer
Women with dense breasts can be blindsided by advanced diagnoses — even after years of negative screenings.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa law barring most abortions after six weeks will take effect Monday, judge orders.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 18/07/2024
globalnews.ca/news/1063101...
globalnews.ca
Longtime Liberal minister Seamus O’Regan quitting cabinet - National | Globalnews.ca
O’Regan is a longtime Newfoundland MP who was first elected for St. John’s South-Mount Pearl in 2015. The announcement comes as the Liberals continue to wane in popularity.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
A brave and devastating rumination on who can be hurt in fashioning a legacy. In that pain is the strength of four siblings. www.thestar.com/news/in-the-...
thestar.com
In the home of Alice Munro, a dark secret lurked. Now, her children want the world to know
Alice Munro's husband sexually assaulted her youngest daughter. For nearly five decades, a conspiracy of silence haunted the family, and at times, tore them apart.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
My contract came to end with Carleton last month. I always knew it would be for just the year and I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity. This was a dream of job. The students I taught are reflective, kind, and curious. Teaching and learning with them was a great pleasure.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
An important piece of reporting on how damaging toxic newsrooms can be to journalists, journalism, and democracy. t.co/IXp5e7Z9p3
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An NYC editor bullied reporters for years. Then, he was promoted.
The Objective spoke with 9 reporters — mostly women — about their experience at The Riverdale Press. Their story shows why some leave journalism for good.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
I highly suggest you give Brian Stelter’s reporting on The Washington Post a read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
The Real Story of the Crisis at The Washington Post
How the world’s greatest businessman drove his newspaper into a ditch
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
It was such a pleasure to watch MPAD students become graduates at convocation last week. They are creative, resilient, and ready to take on the world.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
OOO courtesy of the Emerald Isles.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/06/2024
Judges found Björn Höcke, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party, guilty of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in May. On Monday, he will go on trial in the same court for using the same slogan, again. To his critics, the right-wing ideologue is a threat to German democracy.
nytimes.com
The Man Softening the Ground for an Extremist Germany
Björn Höcke has done more than take the far right into the mainstream. He is tilting the mainstream toward the far right.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
A small plane went down in Vancouver's Coal Harbour Saturday afternoon, according to witnesses. bc.ctvnews.ca/plane-crashe...
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Plane crashes in Vancouver's Coal Harbour
A small plane went down in Vancouver's Coal Harbour Saturday afternoon, according to witnesses. Video from the scene shows several boats surrounding a pile of wreckage in Burrard Inlet off of Stanley ...
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
Read more about the panel I got to chair on pedagogy at Carleton’s AI and journalism roundtable last week. cusjc.ca/journalism-a...
cusjc.ca
Panelists urge educators, editors to integrate AI training into how-to manual for journalism – Journalism & Artificial Intelligence: an industry roundtable
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 02/06/2024
It was a pleasure to chair a panel on journalism, AI and pedagogy at Carleton’s industry roundtable this week. My thanks to Mario Garcia, Jeremy Caplan and Florent Daudens for their insight.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 02/06/2024
Carleton’s journalism program held a timely roundtable in Toronto this week on journalism and AI. It was pleasure to join the planning and chair a panel on pedagogy. cusjc.ca/journalism-a...
cusjc.ca
Experts probe interface of journalism, artificial intelligence at Carleton-hosted roundtable – Journalism & Artificial Intelligence: an industry roundtable
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌑 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 02/06/2024
“of course fiction is made out of experience, your whole life from infancy on, everything you’ve thought and done and seen and read and dreamed. But experience isn’t something you go and get—it’s a gift”
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
CTV’s Power Play won a Canadian Screen Award for our 2022-2023 season this week. Producing political news was a true privilege in my career. Our small but mighty team always gave it our all. My thanks to the Canadian Academy for this honour.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nicki Minaj's Saturday night concert in England postponed after Dutch authorities detained the rapper over pot in bag.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
AI is a powerful tool. What does it mean for journalism? broadview.org/the-age-of-a...
broadview.org
AI is a powerful tool. What does it mean for journalism? | Broadview Magazine
Here's how we're approaching artificial intelligence at Broadview
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Martin J. Smith @aussiemandias.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
A spokesperson said that more than a dozen staffers were impacted. deadline.com/2024/05/medi...
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Media Matters For America Undergoes Round Of Layoffs
The organization is a watchdog tasked with calling out misinformation in right wing media.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
I just saw Six the Musical and loved it! An empowering tribute to the women history loves to put into boxes.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana governor signs bill to classify two abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances.
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Caroline O’Neill @carolineoneill.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
Bring back Shirley MacLaine, you cowards. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
hollywoodreporter.com
Third ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Set With Paul Giamatti
Giamatti is reprising his role from the 'Downton Abbey' series, along with 'Downton' film newcomers Joely Richardson and Alessandro Nivola.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/05/2024
I wrote about “veneer techs,” and the dangers of letting non-dentists perform dental work “I want to make it very clear that dentists are the only ones who should be doing veneers,” a spokeswoman from the American Dentist Association told me
whatimreading.net
The dangers and delusions of the veneer tech
Unlicensed grifters are promising beautiful smiles, but may be ruining unsuspecting victims’ teeth instead.
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