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Filipa Pajevic @filipouris.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“Water no get enemy,” the Fela Kuti song goes. I’m reminded of it as I read @pacinthe.bsky.social's moving piece in @cangeo.bsky.social about Bashar Alshawwa and his work to protect what belongs to all. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wat...

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Waterkeeper: how water can be a blueprint for peace

For Bashar Alshawwa, water is not just a basic need — it is both the heart of global inequality and the key to peace. After decades of occupation, exile and war, he is working to turn a weaponized res...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2026

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Look, the “fraud” isn’t fraud, just “crime” isn’t crime. It’s a stand-in for race. To be nonwhite is to be fraudulent, just as it’s a crime to be nonwhite. The press does not have to accept this coded language. Reporters can say what the regime means.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/01/2026

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

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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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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 18/12/2025

The gutting of the media industry and harrowing realities facing journalists in Gaza have made it hard for @pacinthe.bsky.social to feel hopeful. In the student press, she's found a model for how to cover this moment with persistence, courage, and accountability. thewalrus.ca/when-it-matters-...

On the left: an image of an arm holding up a microphone on a red background. On the right: text that reads “When it matters most, student journalists are showing up. Times are grim for the media industry. But young reporters are covering the stories that need to be told.”

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Dwight Williams 🇨🇦 @dewline.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I am watching a session of @amnesty.ca 's Book Club tonight featuring @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social being interviewed by @pacinthe.bsky.social about his father Sen. Murray Sinclair's works.

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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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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 01/08/2025

@pacinthe.bsky.social had gotten used to the way people walk stoically past each other in Toronto, careful not to interrupt their neighbours’ “highly practised aloneness together.” But in March, she did something that punctured that quiet: she adopted a dog. thewalrus.ca/dog-parks-are-th...

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Jermaine @notinbutajthang.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Great stuff as always from @pacinthe.bsky.social I gotta agree. For me they haven't been polarizing (other than the one AI lovers vs AI haters discussion) but I've met a handful of people at the dog park at my girl's building that have turned into legitimate friends over the past 3 years.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Jazmine Sullivan and LL Cool J have both pulled out of performing at the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July Concert in Philly in a show of solidarity with striking workers

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LL Cool J, Jazmine Sullivan pull out of Philly July 4 concert due to workers strike

The Philadelphia native has joined LL Cool J in pulling out of the Wawa Welcome America concert because of the city workers' strike.

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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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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 26/06/2025

A war of annihilation is unfolding in Gaza, but you wouldn’t know it from Canada’s establishment media. What they produce isn’t coverage—it’s a cover-up. The Breach is publishing a new book, a call for truth-telling in journalism. Order it here: breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...

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When Genocide Wasn't News ⋆ The Breach

When Genocide Wasn't NewsHow Canadian media covered up the destruction of GazaEdited by Martin Lukacs, Dania Majid and Jason ToneyAs Canadians bear witness to live-streamed ho

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Pacinthe @pacinthe.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“Those are my kids. That's my kid on the roof of the fucking demolished building. It's your kid, too... Call me whatever the hell you want. I don't care. [It's the] wholesale slaughter of children. And I'm not going to be complicit in that." Omar El Akkad www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNmQ...

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Amnesty Book Club Presents Omar El Akkad: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 06/05/2025

If you missed this excellent online discussion, you can watch the recording now via octopusbooks.ca/amnesty @pacinthe.bsky.social @amnesty.ca

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 30/04/2025

Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social. Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty

Event poster: a photo of author Omar El Akkad next to the cover of his book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This".

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Pacinthe @pacinthe.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My essay “Beautiful Like The Moon” for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social - which names our censorship and failure of language on Palestine - has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. An especially meaningful nod on World Press Freedom Day. Thank you to editors Vinh Nguyen and Pamela Molloy.

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🌕 Finalist | Columns & Essays /| #NMA25 Beautiful Like the Moon @thenewquarterly.bsky.social | By @pacinthe.bsky.social 🔗 zurl.co/yg7AT

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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 30/04/2025

"The moral component of history, the most necessary component, is simply a single question, asked over and over again: When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?" - Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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Zoë Garbett @zoegarbett.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

While people recognise overt forms of discriminatory over policing - such as stop & search - live facial recognition technology presents a new threat. Black Londoners are disproportionately surveilled, highlighting a growing racial disparity that often goes unnoticed. Terrifying.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/03/2025

Institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks have always been flawed, but today’s backlash against DEI isn’t about merit. Journalist @pacinthe.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/dei-was-always-f...

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Pacinthe @pacinthe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Screaming about diversity in @thewalrus.ca: "To many of those who oppose DEI there’s an underlying assumption that Black people, women and gender-diverse people...are somehow less qualified. It’s the inverse that’s true: for many of us, we’ve succeeded *despite* having these overlapping identities."

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 02/01/2025

Voice notes are more than just messages—they’re modern love letters. In the pauses, the meanderings, and the laughter, we share moments that make us feel seen and heard. Read why voice notes are @pacinthe.bsky.social’s ultimate #GuiltyPleasure: thewalrus.ca/my-guilty-pleasu...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...

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The Times They Are A-Changin’

Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."

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Amara Possian @amarapossian.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Holding onto @pacinthe.bsky.social’s words: “I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”

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Gabriela Perdomo @gabrielaper.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

In this thoughtful, introspective and incisive speech, edited (slightly) for @jsource.bsky.social, journalist Pacinthe Mattar @pacinthe.bsky.social delves into the Palestine exception and why she is no longer following the pack of journalists who insist on applying it in newsrooms across the country

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Pacinthe @pacinthe.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thank you @jsource.bsky.social for adapting and publishing my lecture at Carleton University: "Objectivity, Press Freedom and the Palestine Exception." The video has been viewed over 1,600 times - now the text of it will be much more easily accessible for journalists, educators and the public.

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J-Source @jsource.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

“I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a viable career in journalism. "No longer.” @pacinthe.bsky.social on moving past the Palestine Exception:

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Moving past the Palestine Exception - J-Source

“I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a viable career in journalism. No longer.”

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