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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The latest episode of #TheInformationAnimalPodcast by Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca, featuring an interview with @heiditworek.bsky.social, director of the University of British Columbia’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. theinformationanimal.substack.com/p/radio-cabl...

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Radio, Cables, and Democracy: Lessons from the Long View

An Information Animal Podcast interview with Dr. Heidi Tworek

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 15/09/2026

Editorial: As Prime Minister Mark Carney and this country face these challenges with the United States, he should also be talking more to Canadians and to Parliament. It would go long way to better engaging with Canadians and empowering federal lawmakers. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/14/c...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I feel so confident saying the native intelligence of this generation is not the problem. The looting & wholesale sabotage of their educational infrastructure is.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 03/09/2026

And I didn’t even say Canadaddy.

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Helping circulate this: CheckFirst and the European Fact-Checking Standards Network are asking the information integrity community what's hardest about the work and what resources would actually help. 5 minutes, please respond by 18 Sept: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Reposts welcome.

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European Information Integrity Community Survey

What are the most pressing problems facing the European information integrity community today? And what resources, capabilities or infrastructure could help to mitigate these problems? This short surv...

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 17/08/2026

In this episode, @tnfalpha.bsky.social shares insights from his work at the intersection of medicine and social science, emphasizing the need for diverse pathways and generalist skills to understand complex systems like the information environment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuNA...

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David Scales on The Information Animal Podcast

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 07/08/2026

My wonderful publisher is having a summer sale - and you can get my book among other great ones on sale! Help a gal out - I’m still striving to make it into paperback! 👇🏻

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 06/08/2026

New Foraged Info 🗿GLP-1s and the desire for no desire, prediction markets betting on wildfires, UK journalists self-censoring over safety fears, and Milton Mayer’s They Thought They Were Free landing uncomfortably close to the present moment. theinformationanimal.substack.com/p/foraged-in...

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Foraged Info - 2026.08.05

Notes on the American information ecosystem, and its impact on the global information environment - with some side quest book reviews and article recommendations.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 04/08/2026

I’m just glad he didn’t add another C word to this list given my crankiness this morning.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 03/08/2026

PM Andy Burnham inherits a UK info ecosystem that’s not just foreign-owned platforms — it’s devices, cables, ISPs, news ownership, and collapsing public trust. Sovereignty without trust is a strategy without a foundation. My latest for @idsbbath.bsky.social blogs.bath.ac.uk/idsb/2026/08...

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A new Prime Minister, the same information ecosystem | Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 01/08/2026

I am not against regulation, only that we’d do better to understand the system being regulated to mitigate unintended consequences. The last chapter posits that things which could change info ecosystems should be treated like drugs, and tested before release to avoid harms. tinyurl.com/38y7989d

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Book Review: The Information Animal by Alicia Wanless: Open Standards as a Response to the Concentration of Informational Power

The printing press made knowledge accessible and triggered a century of religious wars. Radio brought continents closer together and served as a megaphone for totalitarianisms. The internet connected ...

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 01/08/2026

And even more so when you ask a library to get a copy in!

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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Millions of Americans are now breathing the consequences of the climate change that is fundamentally changing North American forests. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...

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Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out

Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 17/07/2026

I mean if working aged people just managed it, we’d have to deal with 14-15 hectares a piece. That’s about 30 acres. That’s a hobby farm of clearing. Forget how much is in absolute wilderness the likes people die in and grizzlies live, far from where most people live.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 16/07/2026

I don’t recall ever being kept inside for a wildfire in Ontario as a kid; and nor much talk of them happening, beyond what was normal. In the past 16 years, the storms where I live have also become more violent and frequent too - that coming from someone who grew up in a tornado-prone area.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social celebrate #CanadaDay, debate political #Stoicism, and discuss which products #Instagram is trying to sell them. #MyAlgorithm www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYn...

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Canada Day As Observed

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 08/07/2026

But all I’m coming up with is the book: The girl with all the gifts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gir...

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The Girl with All the Gifts - Wikipedia

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 07/07/2026

As promised, experimenting with new formats. Our first interview is with Dr. Libby Hemphill from the University of Michigan. We'll do more like this with experts helping us understand the human relationship to the information environment. theinformationanimal.substack.com/p/why-inform...

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Why Information Matters?

An Information Animal Podcast interview with Dr. Libby Hemphill

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A Brief History of Kids Today Are Selfish 🧵

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

i watched them all, and you probably should too

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Monocle Radio is up and running at Almedalen. We’re broadcasting from Donnersgatan 6 all week, come by and say hello.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 22/06/2026

Maybe it’s time just to let the cat lead?

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18/06/2026

Huge thanks to David Doel at The Rational National for joining us! Check out some of his latest videos for much-better-researched takes on the day’s news!

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Capitalism Killed ‘Hockey Night In Canada’

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 17/06/2026

Yeah, not sure laws are what make trust.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 15/06/2026

Who knew Mike Judge was making a documentary.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 13/06/2026

I’m going to need some friends in Bern…

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 05/06/2026

Are any Bluesky Canadians trying Gander?

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 05/06/2026

A little bit of Miyajima to brighten your day.

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Latest Foreign Desk Explainer on Monocle Radio looks at why Ferrari's first electric vehicle has occasioned an amount of culture war bun-throwing. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Explainer 520: Is it the end of the road for Ferrari’s new electric vehicle?

Italians are up in arms about the newly unveiled Ferrari Luce, the luxury carmaker’s first electric vehicle. But why the...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

to read social media posts is to lament the dearth (if not death) of understanding of correlation versus causation…

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 21/05/2026

Throwing shades of Animal Farm: “Feral pigs are considered one of the world’s most destructive invasive species because they tear through crops, spread disease, destroy native habitats and prey on smaller wildlife.” www.msn.com/en-ph/news/o...

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 11/05/2026

Slightly increase a band Everyone was always fighting over who was better: Blurrier or Concentrate. That's for @cward1e.bsky.social to decipher.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 11/05/2026

After turning profits on the backs of free academic labour for years...

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Some publications have closed their Kyiv bureaus. We haven't. You're looking at her. Please help us sustain this important work.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

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