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John Picciola

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"And so, after nearly two years of torturing Gaza, the global Western braintrust had a moment last week and decided that they had to change course in its rhetoric to ultimately, save ourselves." My latest ... noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-west-c...
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The West changes its tune on Gaza just in time?
Last week, consensus shifted within Canada’s opinion-makers (journalists, politicians, pundits).
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The Conversation France @france.theconversation.com · 27/07/2025
La surprenante indépendance des femmes du Moyen Âge : ce que nous apprennent leurs testaments
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La surprenante indépendance des femmes du Moyen Âge : ce que nous apprennent leurs testaments
Dans les villes européennes du début du Moyen Âge, les droits des femmes se sont étendus. Les testaments sont parmi les rares documents que les femmes ont quelquefois dicté elles-mêmes au notaire.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
CTV Editors: Man murders his girlfriend? Let's make sure that she's humilated in the afterlife to illustrate the news of her killer's NCR designation. What the fuck is this photo? www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
A man holding the back ofthe neck of a woman while they are lovingly head to head
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Janet’s version gets used more
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights." inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
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Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win
A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Must be nice to be able to go to a hospital and get treatment without fearing that it will be bombed to ground or that the doctors will be summarily executed
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"Damn America and their tariffs," say Canadian grocery chains, dramatically slamming fists on desks as they raise food prices
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Magali Reghezza @magalireghezza.eurosky.social · 13/05/2025
Puisqu’en ce moment on parle crue de la Seine, 15 minutes de vidéo avec votre serviteur sur le blob. À consommer sans modération 😉 leblob.fr/videos/crue-...
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Crue centennale, un risque oublié | Le blob, l'extra-média
On a coutume de parler de la crue de 1910 comme d’une crue de type centennale, mais cela fait plus de cent ans que nous n’avons pas connu une telle catastrophe. Une crue est-elle imminente ? Sommes-no...
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Credentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This was the famous French Connection that gave us that movie, so ultimately it’s impossible to tell whether this was good or bad
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Credentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
When French dockworkers forced to work for MONTHS on half wages organized with communists to strike, the US paid the Corsican mob to break them. This gave the mob opportunity to restart heroin smuggling to the US after the war had totally choked it off, inaugurating The Drug Problem as we know it.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 08/05/2025
LMAOOOOO but also rewarding people for saying slurs is CRAZY.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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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United Airlines Cancels Newark Flights After FAA Staff Walks Out
United has been urging the government to limit the number of flights to what an airport can realistically manage based on staffing, CEO Scott Kirby said.
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Forgot to note that yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals in Italy. We sure could use one of those now! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifes....
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Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals - Wikipedia
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Today on the podcast, the largest lab-grown chicken nugget, plant-based fried calamari, and other science news of the week. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The AI jobs crisis is not coming—it's here right now. It just might not look the way many thought it would. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...
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The AI jobs crisis is here, now
It's not coming, it has already arrived.
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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
FFC review: SINNERS (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/04/sinn...
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Sinners (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***/****starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connellwritten and directed by Ryan Coogler by Walter Chaw Movies used to make me feel all kinds of ways. Usually, it was Adri...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 30/04/2025
NEW from me in the Watershed Sentinel: How First Nations are pushing back against a proposed CCUS mega project on their traditional territory. watershedsentinel.ca/article/the-...
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The Carbon Capture Hypeline | Watershed Sentinel
Expensive, speculative, risky carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology represents the fossil fuel industry’s last stand.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/04/2025
Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
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Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Student: Teacher, why do we learn? Socrates: For life! Freire: For liberation! Dewey: For democracy! Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I really enjoyed being in conversation with @tinariversryan.bsky.social to discuss my article in the April issue of @artforum.com. You can check out the recording of our conversation here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2y...
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Sonja Drimmer on the empty rhetoric of generative AI | UNDER THE COVER
YouTube video by Artforum
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Christopher Curtis @titocurtis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Asylum claims are WAY down in Canada this year and many of the thousands were turning aside end in ICE prisons. Yet, both Carney and Poilievre have vowed to hire at least 1,000 new agents, beef up surveillance and PP wants the army deployed along the Canada-US border. therover.ca/theres-no-in...
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There's no Influx: Canada sees drop in asylum seekers, many turned away sent to ICE  – The Rover
Despite the fear over the last six months that Trump’s mass deportation will flood Canada with refugees fleeing the States, the overall number of refugees entering Canada has gone down by over 50 per ...
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Folks we almost made it. And regardless of who wins, things are going to get worse. We talk about how, while making you laugh, in this week's episode of Sandy and Nora: The Home Stretch. sandyandnora.com/episode-319-...
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Episode 319 – Elxn 25 – The Home Stretch
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have gone soft on Poilievre and about how no one is talking about the big issue in this election: income inequality.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This week, scientists released the first video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, filmed nearly 2,000 feet deep in the South Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Kat Bolstad, who helped identify the squid, joins us to talk about the sighting.
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A Colossal Squid Video? That’s A Big Deal
Researchers captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid swimming in its natural habitat—almost 2,000 feet deep.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I am once again asking toy companies what, exactly, they think my job is.
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New Dig! The first in 3-part series with Aziz Rana on his very smart book The Constitutional Bind; the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of US Constitution—starting w foundation of settler empire to eve of World War I www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sett...
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Settler Empire w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American capitalist, imperialist project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the first in a three-part series, t...
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
There’s no replacing US research capacity. The academic jobs crisis is as bad in Canada. Canadian universities have no more will, and less capacity, to fight governments or donors, should that be necessary. There will be some cherry-picking of stars, some student recruitment, and a lot of big talk.
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Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Rebel News au débat des chefs, c'est le symptôme d'un milieu journalistique encore plus mal en point que ce milieu lui-même le reconnaît. Comment Rebel News a-t-il pu amener autant de gens dans l'institution journalistique à accepter qu'ils étaient des «collègues»? 🧵
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The FT has crowned me "cost-shock queen". I take it. Thanks @chrisgiles.ft.com! Get ready for the next round of sellers' inflation, this time not triggered by natural disasters and war but an onslaught on the global trading system launched by the White House.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Trump promised “largest deportation operation in American history” - further militarizing border, targeting refugees & asylum seekers, mass raids in undocumented communities, targeting pro-Pal organizers esp students on visas. Borders are linchpin for fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Denied, detained, deported: the people ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown
The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile cases
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 16/04/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
SCOOP: THE CANADIAN TIE TO TRUMP'S EL SALVADOR MASS DEPORTATIONS As it turns out, someone with significant ties to Canada — to our biggest museum, our 150th anniversary celebration, and more — is a top dog at the company behind the El Salvador deportation planes. youtu.be/O8El6gbYHx0
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SCOOP: The Canadian tie to Trump's El Salvador mass deportations
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Minnesota school board votes to take down inclusive posters—pays parents $30K in damages. Parents sued claiming that posters with messages like "Be Kind" & "We Are Stronger Together" fostered a "hostile educational environment."
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John Picciola @johnpicciola.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This may interest you. @moorehn.bsky.social
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 13/04/2025
Married women without children do 2.3 times as much household work as their male counterparts (14.4 hours per week versus 6.2 hours).
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 11/04/2025
With the federal election just a couple of weeks away, what will become of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples? Pam Palmater joins @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs on The Breach Show to discuss campaign promises and the future of reconciliation. breachmedia.ca/reconciliati...
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The end of the reconciliation era? ⋆ The Breach
Pam Palmater joins us to consider election promises on resource development, policing, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"Down with the BRT, long live the bus." I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept. open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
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Down with the BRT, long live the Bus
Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline: 
If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter
Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m.

caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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Christopher Curtis @titocurtis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I get that this is a two-way race between banker and crypto bro, but why is our public broadcaster being so dismissive of the Green Party, openly mocking his proposal to attack the rich on live television. This is by one of our new contributors, Marie-Élaine Guay. therover.ca/opinion-radi...
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Opinion: Radio-Canada Silences, Ridicules Green Party Leader – The Rover
I’m writing this carefully, weighing every word.  I hesitated — a lot. Because I’m a both a freelancer and a mother, because I know that in this
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 06/04/2025
We should never concede that immigration is a major bottom-up concern People do not come to their political opinion by themselves. These are mediated in a top-down manner and we should not pretend the political and media elite only respond rather than lead journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Populism, public opinion, and the mainstreaming of the far right: The ‘immigration issue’ and the construction of a reactionary ‘people’ - Aurelien Mondon, 2025
While mainstream elite actors with the ability to shape public discourse (politicians, academics, and the media) generally oppose far-right politics, it is wide...
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Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I went to the anti-Trump protest. People were united around something I hadn't expected: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/i-went-to-...
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I Went to the Anti-Trump Protest
VIDEO: People I interviewed were united on one thing I wasn't expecting
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever: www.404media.co/nih-archives...
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Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Indigenous people, stop eating our animals so we can kill them for sport: hunting org
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Indigenous people, stop eating our animals so we can kill them for sport: hunting org
One of Canada's largest outdoor sports organizations warns there simply aren't enough animals around for everyone and is calling for major sacrifices to be made by Indigenous Peoples. "Please, ...
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John Picciola @johnpicciola.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“US officials took her fingerprints, seized her phone and bags, frisked her, and put her in a cell. ‘I heard the door lock, and I instantly threw up’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Even the NYT concedes—and proves beyond a shadow of doubt— that Israel murdered paramedics in cold blood. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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