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Talin Vartanian

@citizentalin.bsky.social
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Meticulous copy editor www.editortalin.com, consumer advocate Citizen Talin, former CBC Radio producer, and creator of Canada Reads.

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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Truth in this @breachmedia.ca video. breachmedia.ca/run-left-rul...
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Run left, rule right: how Liberals con progressive voters ⋆ The Breach
Liberals champion the causes of Canada’s progressive majority to get power, then screw them over to serve their corporate allies
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The scene every week at a small single family home in our area. Why? How does one family generate so much garbage?
A small single house with ten bins lined up for city pickup.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
More proof of ignorance by the U.S. government and the Orange Oaf. Not that we need it.
Charts showing Americans think their biggest oil supplier is Saudi Arabia (53%) but it’s Canada (61.6%).
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
With the eloquent, brilliant, and supremely kind Stephen Lewis at the CBC, in 2012. In the 1980s, I produced Kierans-Camp-Lewis for Morningside, a highlight of my career. They are all gone now: Stephen, Eric Kierans, and Dalton Camp, a trailblazing political panel.
Talin Vartanian and Stephen Lewis at the CBC, in 2012.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This @ezraklein.bsky.social podcast with @mashagessen.bsky.social is a must-listen episode, offering a wise and comprehensive analysis of the dangers of today’s political climate. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-01-10 · 1h 6m
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Chris Bohjalian @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Word of the day: hypocrisy.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“The student press also fulfilled one of the most important tenets of journalism: making sure those in power were being watched.” Smart take by @pacinthe.bsky.social in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/when-it-matt...
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When It Matters Most, Student Journalists Are Showing Up | The Walrus
Times are grim for the media industry. But young reporters are covering the stories that need to be told
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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🤯 Journalist, Munk Debate member, U of T graduate, and recent (unanimously selected) PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize recipient for her work advancing freedom of expression in Canada, @smohyeddin.bsky.social, is turned away from attending tonight's Munk debate in Toronto. Good grief 🤷
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Tonight, the brillliant and courageous journalist @smohyeddin.bsky.social spoke at the @pencanada.bsky.social awards night, accepting the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize. She was lauded for her work in recognizing Palestinian rights, and in condemning Israel for violating those rights. Brava!
Samira Mohyeddin speaking at PEN Canada awards night.Samira Mohyeddin, winner of PEN Canada’s Ken Filkow Prize.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Last night, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed Cate Cochran about her new @harpercollinsca.bsky.social book “How My Dog Saved My Life.” It’s a collection of stories that remind us of the intelligence, resourcefulness, courage, and love that dogs show us
Book jacket, “How My Dog Saved My Life.”Anna Maria Tremonti, on the left, interviewing Cate Cochran.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The CBC’s decisions about who can and can’t work from home were, and are, arbitrary, and unfair. As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.
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Wojtek's Ghost ❌👑 ✊🐸 @graphicsforchange.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The WORLD says NO KINGS. NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD. Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT. BRING ON THE FROGS! @maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social #NOKINGS 🧵
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Tyrants rally at U.S. consulate in Toronto. #NoKingsDay
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Tell Doug Ford you oppose his ban on speed cameras. And spread the word. www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
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Tell Ford Keep Speed Cameras: Protect Kids & Pedestrians — Progress Toronto
Doug Ford announced plans to ban speed cameras—making it easier to speed. This move puts children and pedestrians at risk. Tell Ford and Queen’s Park: keep the speed cameras and keep enforcing speed ...
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
What a difference two years make. A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing. #GazaGenocide
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Special @breachmedia.ca event in Toronto tonight, with 200+ guests to hear @desmondcole.bsky.social invu with @pacinthe.bsky.social and Sonya Fatah about the fab book “When Genocide Wasn’t News.” breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The promise—and the broken promise—of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries around the world, including Canada. Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Parent company Unilever reneged on its agreement to allow Ben & Gerry’s free speech. The ice cream is being subsumed into the Magnum brand. Time to boycott Magnum ice cream. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 24/08/2025
➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens ➡️ 260+ cooks ➡️ 900+ pots ➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Damning report from the non-profit NGO @msf.ca about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground. #GazaGenocide www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...
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Palestine : MSF report reveals so-called GHF-run food distributions in Gaza as sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanization” | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF report reveals violence at Gaza militarized zones , urging dismantling of GHF, restoration of UN-led relief and an end to global support for weaponized aid operations.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Looks like manufactured panic about anti-Israeli sentiments in Canada. If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source? @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this: Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" = 69% Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65% www.umass.edu/news/article...
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Just heard the shocking news that friend and former CBC colleague Joan Leishman has died. She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide. pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...
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Joan Leishman wins the Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
The prize recognizes a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has provided significant help to a writer or journalist outside Canada.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Rage Against The Regime in Orlando ✊
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Academic article by Dr. Miles Howe: “Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector" www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...
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Academic article by Dr. Miles Howe: Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector - Just Peace Advocates
Utilizing tax return data gathered through Access to Information requests, this article probes the Canadian charitable sector for evidence of financial complicity in the aiding and abetting of Israeli...
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
How the Canada Revenue Agency is complicit in funneling millions of dollars to support war crimes and genocide in Gaza. Write to your MP to demand action and accountability. Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social #GazaGenocide youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...
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Ep 38: CANADIAN CHARITIES SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION AND GENOCIDE
YouTube video by ON THE LINE MEDIA
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Ya gotta love him, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DMVNSLH...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Israel is allowing some "airdrops" of food in Gaza. This is like putting a violin group at the railway station to the death camp. All show. Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Respected Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has published “Our Genocide,” a devastating, detailed report about Gaza. What does “Never again” mean in 2025? #GazaGenocide www.btselem.org/publications...
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A profound appeal for decency and compassion for the starving people of Gaza from @chefjoseandres.bsky.social of @wck.org #GazaGenocide www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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Opinion | José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
In this BBC video, a U.S. soldier bluntly describes the behaviour he witnessed by IDF forces at Gaza food distribution points. His word for it? “Criminal” #GazaGenocide youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...
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Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"Can we Jews continue to use the Holocaust as the standard of 'Never Again!' against anyone, after Gaza?" A wise question from Rabbi Shaul Magid, Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School. His Substack essay is worth your time. shaulmagid.substack.com/p/the-nero-e...
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The Nero Effect: Are We Jews Distracted by Claims of Genocide while Judaism is Burning?
Omer Bartov and Yuval Harari on Genocide and Judaism
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Canada should lower the voting age, too: "In Austria and Latin America, young people who were enfranchised at 16 or 17 were more satisfied with democracy and democratic institutions – parliament or political parties." #Vote16 @unlockdemocracycan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits | Christine Huebner
They turn out at high rates and are engaged, but don’t expect electoral shocks – they’re as politically diverse as anyone, says Christine Huebner of the University of Sheffield
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Just received a call that appeared to be from TD Visa, claiming there may have been fraudulent activity on my card. I was immediately suspicious, even though the caller had my name. Hung up on him and phoned Visa myself. They did not phone me and there’s nothing amiss with my card. Be wary.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Big congrats to my galpal @pacinthe.bsky.social and all the other Massey Fellows for 2025-26. @masseycollege.bsky.social www.masseycollege.ca/2025/07/02/a...
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Pacinthe (@pacinthe.bsky.social)
Journalist | www.pacinthe.com
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#GazaGenocide
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Michele Landsberg: “As painful as it is to lose cherished friends, I asked myself: Is this intense social pressure why so very few Germans stood up against the Nazis?” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Michele Landsberg: I once embraced the Zionist dream. Now I’m protesting the genocide in Gaza on the streets of Toronto
My adolescent dream of a Jewish state committed to justice and equality has died a slow death.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Are you effing kidding me, @mark-carney.bsky.social? First Modi, who orchestrated a murder in Canada, now MBS, the thug who demanded the dismemberment of a respected journalist. Contrary to your own values, money isn’t everything. There is no excuse for this. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman invited to G7 summit in Alberta: sources | CBC News
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to attend the upcoming G7 summit in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, two government sources told CBC News.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Seriously, Globe and Mail? No one caught that it should be “powers of attorney”? 🙄 @theglobeandmail.com
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Canadian feminist royalty among the hundreds who showed up today to protest against the genocide in Gaza. Kudos to Michele Landsberg for rallying everyone. #GazaGenocide #WomenInBlack
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Karma and consequences. #UScda #USpoli click.thestar.com/t?r=38&c=147...
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U.S. set to lose $12.5 billion in international visitor spending as global tension escalates
International visitor spending in the U.S. is expected to fall to $169 billion by the end of 2025.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and yet he refuses to leave the 19 room mansion that comes with a chef and groundskeepers - all paid for by the taxpayer. It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament." A grifter is going to grift. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
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Pierre Poilievre's 19 Room Mansion - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Otawa edition)
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NEVER FORGET how impressed Donald Trump was when his murderous buddy — The Saudi Crown Prince (MBS) — ordered Jamal Khashoggi — an American journalist who was reporting the truth — to be chopped up into tiny bits with a hacksaw.
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Talin Vartanian @citizentalin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
@mackinnonart.bsky.social Hi Bruce MacKinnon, would you mind following me back so I can send you a direct message? Thanks!
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