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Heather Mallick

@hmallick.bsky.social
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Canadian news columnist formerly CBC, newspapers, magazines etc. author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. @heathermallick.substack

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 25/09/2026
For those confused because of the context-collapse reality we all live in now, this is an AI-generated meme trend that the Poilievres have jumped on. The song is by American rappers Quavo & Takeoff. Takeoff was accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit in 2020. He was murdered in 2022.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's hard to understand Trump without Aaron Rupar's visuals. They're like Renaissance paintings as cartoons and I can't figure out how that works either. Just chomp on them.
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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 24/09/2026
We publish these three books today: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Creative Writing by David Shrigley Three Brothers in a Boat by The Maclean Brothers It's an exceptional, eclectic bunch. Find them now at your local bookshop or uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...
A photograph of the three books, in a floating stack against a plain background
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People have slowly come to understand the horrors of cancer, say, or obvious disability. You can imagine it happening to you. But #ME/CFS is different. It looks like a secret.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.
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Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is wild. Flooding? What flooding? The level of closet space is FABULOUS.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Steven Kolb, an openly gay man, put his hand over the woman's mouth and his thumb against her nose, impeding her breathing. He had her head backed up against his groin. People around them seemed shocked but did nothing to defend her. Trump times.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are not loud enough about this. Steven Kolb is an abuser and charges need to be brought. Don’t sit by and watch and do NOTHING like all these fashion folks did!
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
News: A former Alberta Mountie who collected hundreds of images of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison. With credit for time served, however, he was released yesterday. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
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Ex-Alberta Mountie released on time served after sentencing for child sex abuse images
A former RCMP officer caught with hundreds of images of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to prison — but has been released
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It remains the best sentence in the English language: “Thomas and Alito dissent.”
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I dunno, if I were talking to a group of elementary school kids, I’d want to hear about things like their favorite colors or books. (I’m sure they have a favorite Pigeon book.) “How have you guys been using the slop app?” is probably the last thing I’d ever think to ask a kid.
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Future Heist @futureheist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So the bad news about methods of cooling data center that use less water: they rely on forever chemicals. "In “two-phase immersion cooling” systems, servers are immersed in a pool of Pfas with a low boiling point." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 09/09/2026
News In Photo:
Nation's whiskey bootleggers flip coins, wink, in response to Trump's Canadian alcohol ban
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Story on Hong Kong man in Victoria, B.C. refers to the "online voyeurism community." The NYT today refers to the "9/11 completist community." It's jargon and doesn't help readers understand online crime or ruinous obsession or indeed how how this creep used a cellphone.
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 08/09/2026
this is so gross nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...
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‘The theft is blatant’: Nunavut AI ‘correspondent’ regurgitates northern stories
Leah Qammaniq, an Inuk journalist raised in the North, understands first-hand the issues that she reports on in Nunavut. She covers Inuit self-governance, food security and, generally, daily life in t...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums theonion.com/nobel-prize-in-medicin…
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For the love of god someone please ask him when he thought Germany was great because I’ve got an idea.
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We hear...for you!
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Succession - We here for you.
YouTube video by MakeMineMovies
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On 9/11 when the first plane hit I was driving home from the gym listening to Howard Stern on 92.3 K-Rock after doing 45 minutes on the elliptical in my Atlantic Blue Mustang for a Women’s Studies class at Rutgers. If I can remember that, he should be able to remember being a heroic first responder.
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🍁🇨🇦Emotional Support Canadian🇨🇦🍁 @emosupportcanadian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump is going to let farmers and cattle ranchers sell food directly to the public. Does this mean produce and meat will not be going through the FDA first for safety inspections? Need I even make the prediction? Get used to reading the phrase “explosive diarrhea.“
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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Hitchcock made films today.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If Trump wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and didn’t have the money for tacky gold painted medallions plastered all over the walls and a $14 million reflecting pool disaster, this is how I see him at the White House. 
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
Trump looked like an absolute wreck during his speech on Wednesday (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
Trump walks away from his lectern looking sweaty and disheveledzoom in on his face
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.
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Alex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley
(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle...
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I want the Guardian to prosper even with its new and massive cheeseball lifestyle content. But most Guardian readers are older, lots over 60. Calling your readers "smelly" no matter how much they wash is not a great move. And leave your mom out of it, jeez. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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Do people really smell different as they get older? The truth behind ‘old person smell’
Experts say that the smell comes from a chemical compound called 2-nonenal, and it can show up much earlier than one expects
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh boy this is uncomfortable
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New Heritage Minute just dropped, starring Rick Mercer as the mayor of Gander, Newfoundland:
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NEW Heritage Minute: Gander and 9/11
YouTube video by Historica Canada
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Kirsten Scrimshaw @kirstenscrimshaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just saw that CBC has updated its story. Better. But it shouldn’t have taken a major backlash to get to accurate reporting.
CBC headline now says “Hegseth targets cadets in post”
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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Freelancers are making more money fixing AI slop than creating original work www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to cleanup its mistakes rather than create original work
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 02/09/2026
it's genuinely deranged how democrats let him run again after this like it was nbd
the capitol on Jan 6 wreathed in smoke and overrun with insurrectionists waving Trump banners
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
He literally says “you know I’m well to do” as a defense against the accusation of corruption, the argument is literally “come on, would a RICH man break ethical boundaries to become wealthier?”
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Americans don't understand foreigners. The CBC screwed up out of its paralyzing politeness, not malice. It wouldn't call 9/11 "terrorist" in the same way it wouldn't call the Tumbler Ridge killer "male." It didn't want to offend trans lobby, ethnic groups, any humans ever www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
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Republican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention | CBC News
Chuck Thompson, the head of public affairs at CBC, says the public broadcaster is reviewing the Republican National Committee's "disappointing" decision to revoke CBC/Radio-Canada press accreditation ...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/08/2026
stuff like this for example
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Here in Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario this week I've ordered books from Blackwell's in the UK and gifts from China and Australia. It's hard to avoid buying American goods but it's worth a try.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It was the wrong issue for the hard left to nurture and the middle-left still can't see that it helped keep Trump in power. It's a horror story about "good intentions" that brushed women's rights aside and lost a democracy. What a car crash.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
But that's what my human editors did in legacy newspapers. I see, LLMs will do it for free!
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Very good piece on the survivors of the Norman invasion stitching the story of horror and bloodspill that soldiers let loose on civilians to this day. Humans don't change. Women must be mute. The stories slip out.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/08/2026
Oh well! Thanks Meta. Link to ad: www.facebook.com/share/v/19TT...
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
All credit to the Atlantic for running this fine piece but it's a hard ride. So many MAGAs spring to mind as August nears it end. Gift read. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Jews Who Voted for Hitler
What happened when members of a minority community cast its lot with a political leader who despised them
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How much reporting has been done in the UK (and elsewhere for that matter) which has not even MENTIONED this trail of events. Does nobody know how to Google ‘Chris Rufo’ ? or look up Ghent’s sources of funding? …or read Politico even?
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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