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Managing Editor, @script.health, focussed on LGBTQ2S+ health II They/them 🇱🇧Send tips to ziya.jones@ptp.media II

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CTV News Montreal @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Hydro-Quebec proposal that could double the cost of energy for data centres is being put to the test at a public hearing.
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Hydro-Quebec to face off against industry actors like Google in data centre hearing
A Hydro-Quebec proposal that could double the cost of energy for data centres is being put to the test at a public hearing.
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Script @script.health · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Charges against DULF members thrown out—Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have succeeded in their constitutional challenge. So what does the future look like for DULF?
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BREAKING: Charges against DULF members thrown out
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have succeeded in their constitutional challenge
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DULF is free. This landmark ruling could alter drug policy in Canada. There's still room for an appeal, but as of today, a judge has found a section of Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional. Parliament was given six months to respond. www.script.health/article/dulf...
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BREAKING: Charges against DULF members thrown out
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have succeeded in their constitutional challenge
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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 28/09/2026
A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...
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How Vancouver police turned against DULF
Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘Father of Nunavut’ challenges territory’s refusal to pay for his housing, home care in Iqaluit even though it was willing to pay double the cost for long-term care more than 2,000 kilometres away in Ottawa, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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‘Father of Nunavut’ challenges territory’s refusal to pay for his housing, home care in Iqaluit
The Nunavut government was previously funding John Amagoalik’s higher living costs in an Ottawa long-term care home
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING!!! "The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) of Treaty 6, 7, and 8, alongside the Blackfoot Confederacy, passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its inherent & Treaty health jurisdiction, invoking the medicine chest clause." #abpoli
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Big news re: Indigenous sovereignty and access to gender-affirming care for youth in Alberta yesterday: www.script.health/article/sadd...
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Saddle Lake Cree Nation wants to override Alberta’s gender-affirming care restrictions
The First Nation says treaty rights grant it healthcare sovereignty on its land
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@unep.org says there is no longer a realistic path to keep warming below 1.5°C. Currently, the world is headed for 2.6°C by century’s end — with mounting risks to health, food, water & ecosystems. ✍️ @stefananderson.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social @wmo-global.bsky.social @climateanalytics.org
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World Has No Realistic Path To Meet 1.5ºC Warming Target, UN Declares - Health Policy Watch
The world has failed to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared on
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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA Service Journalism / Chatelaine Writers: @edenboudreau.bsky.social , Gillian Grace, @maureenhalushak.bsky.social , @ziyajones.bsky.social , @ericalenti.com 🔗 Learn more about the 2026 NMA winners: zurl.co/7tzai #NMA26 #CanadianMagazines
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Script @script.health · 18/08/2026
Things may get a little steamier in New York if these two lawmakers get their way. Earlier this month the Public Health Modernization Act was introduced, which would lift New York’s existing ban on adult saunas—and Script is here to give you all the details.
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New York could soon lift its ban on gay saunas
Lawmakers are seeking to overturn a 40-year-old prohibition
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Really excited to see @script.health join @unrigged.bsky.social this week! Independent media outlets are doing impressive things in Canada, often with a fraction of the resources of more mainstream newsrooms—and that's, in part, because of the ways we work together.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/07/2026
In the past month, as arrest numbers increased, ICE has shot at four people, including Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. And in the case of its latest killing, the agency is offering essentially nothing in the way of explanation.
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What ICE didn't say about its latest killing
The agency is no longer even claiming its officers feared for their lives.
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Script @script.health · 25/06/2026
Trans and non-binary people shouldn’t have to wait for healthcare, but access to gender-affirming care still varies depending on individual providers. @ziyajones.bsky.social looks at the barriers that still remain. This story was produced in partnership with @thelocal.to
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Training programs can improve trans healthcare—but only if medical professionals sign up
Rising anti-trans backlash is creating a chill across clinics and med schools
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 25/06/2026
Trans-inclusive health care is already hard to find in Ontario. Now, growing anti-trans rhetoric is making physicians more hesitant to get trained in gender-affirming care, experts tell @ziyajones.bsky.social. A new feature published in partnership with @script.health: thelocal.to/trans-health...
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The New Chill Facing Trans Health Care Providers | The Local
As anti-trans rhetoric intensifies at home and abroad, the organizations providing training in trans-inclusive healthcare say they’re seeing less uptake from physicians across Ontario.
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Avis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The HPV Vaccine pretty well wipes out the risk of cervical cancer when given to girls says this UK study
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
YouTube autoplay is serving me ambient tracks called, like, "End my suffering" ?????
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 28/05/2026
Bridging the Gap, the first-of-its-kind conference dedicated to strengthening journalism about and in U.S. prisons, led by incarcerated writers themselves, is happening May 29 and 30 in Chicago.
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Incarcerated journalists lead first-ever conference on U.S. prison journalism
Bridging the Gap, a conference focused on improving journalism in and on U.S. prisons and jails, will take place in Chicago on May 29 and 30.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Every time you type “I miss u” on WeChat it makes all these sparkle emojis fall across the screen and I think thats rly nice
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 08/05/2026
personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.
Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026
This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned.  The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Canada's national pharmacare plan has improved access to gender affirming care for trans femme people. But now, it seems like the federal Liberals are stalling on expanding it, and some politicians are claiming the gov won't allow more provinces to join. www.script.health/article/cana...
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Canada’s national pharmacare plan helps trans people—so why isn’t the program expanding?
Politicians across the country have accused the federal Liberal government of stalling expansion of the plan
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Just saw someone do the worm
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Arvin Joaquin @arvinjoaquin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thrilled to be nominated for a National Magazine Award for my piece on the decriminalization of HIV in Canada. Thanks to @xtramagazine.com for giving this story a home, @ziyajones.bsky.social for the thoughtful edits, and, most importantly, to everyone I spoke with who trusted me and my reportage.🌈
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Also excited to see this package nominated for a National Magazine Award for best service journalism! I had so much fun talking to sources on this one—they were all awesome and they really made me think about the ways I personally hope to experience and think about sex as I age! Truly gorgeous.
Screenshot of the nomination card for Chatelaine's "Sex after 40" editorial package"
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yay, @xtramagazine.com has been nominated not once but twice for the National Magazine Awards in the investigative journalism category—no small feat for indie media! Congrats to @arvinjoaquin.bsky.social, Rob Csernyik, @tmziniuk.bsky.social, Angela Mullins and everyone who touched these stories!
A screenshot showing the two stories nominated for awards.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Apple pushed an update that stopped deleted Signal messages being stored in the iPhone’s notification database. This comes directly in response to 404 Media finding the FBI was using this technique to recover deleted Signal messages. No longer an issue now www.404media.co/apple-fixes-...
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Apple Fixes Bug That Let FBI Extract Deleted Signal Messages After 404 Media Coverage
The move comes directly in response to 404 Media’s coverage about how the FBI was able to recover incoming Signal messages from an iPhone because the messages were saved in the device’s notification s...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"The agency has reversed the position it held in July 2025, when it categorized drug-checking strips as life-saving overdose prevention tools."
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SAMHSA Bans Fentanyl Test Strips, OD Hotlines From Grant Funding
The agency has reversed the position it held in July 2025, when it categorized test strips as life-saving overdose prevention tools.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Just remembered that in summer you can survive virtually any heartbreak
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Script @script.health · 16/04/2026
“Like all people who live in the shadow of the role of monster, I feel compelled to say it over and over: I am person, just like you,” writes @razorfemme.bsky.social www.script.health/article/tran...
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“Not a monster, just a person”
Fear, scapegoats and the trans mass-shooter myth
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Walking around beautiful Montreal Québec Canada looking positively busted
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/04/2026
Fascinating article on an island lovingly tended by the Coast Salish, a reminder that a lot of the mythology surrounding the environment puts a heavy focus on 'untouched wilderness' when in fact Indigenous people have been consciously working with the land for centuries.
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Tending to Paradise
A rare prairie ecosystem shaped by humans in Washington State exemplifies a shift in how conservationists envision our relationship with the natural world.
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 22/04/2026
New op-ed from me today, looking at the way that queer and trans activists share information on Instagram and some of the problems that can arise. When you sacrifice nuance in favour of shareability, could that spread unnecessary panic and even misinformation? xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
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Instagram activism has a nuance problem | Xtra Magazine
Panic around a recent Alberta legislature bathroom ban petition comes from a well-intentioned place, but it may be doing more harm than good
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"One intriguing concept comes from farmer and activist Stephanie Wang from Quebec. Wang proposes something called perennial farms, where the land and infrastructure needed to farm aren’t owned by individuals." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Has a Farming Problem. Here’s How to Fix It | The Tyee
The province’s next generation of farmers is ready and willing. But they need stable, affordable land access.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 21/04/2026
We're thrilled to be nominated for a CAJ award. Congrats to Rob, and the team. And we're in amazing company! 💫
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The early 2000s was an amazing time to be a guy who was a loser if you knew how to play guitar
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 13/04/2026
Canada's governing Liberal party passed a widely support resolution this weekend calling for a ban on people under 16 using social media. But this age verification—and particularly the digital tools used for it—can be a big barrier for trans people of all ages xtramagazine.com/video/canada...
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How a Canadian social media age ban would impact trans people of all ages | Xtra Magazine
Whether it’s requiring government ID or scanning users’ faces, digital age-verification tools pose a host of problems for queer and trans people
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I'm not longing bruh YOU're longing
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 10/03/2026
Journalism job alert! Script (Xtra's sister site focused on LGBTQ2S+ health) is looking for a savvy social media pro to join the team as Community Manager. You'll be joining an emerging publication with lots of exciting things on the horizon. Please share with your networks! Posting is below:
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
SCRIPT IS HIRING! Come work with me! We are looking for someone *fluently* bilingual (fr/eng) who is a social media pro and who is passionate about LGBTQ2S+ health. Please share! prohttps://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4381174904/
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Pink Triangle Press hiring Community Manager, Script Health in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 3:35:11 AM. Who We AreWelcome to Pink Triangle Press! We are Canada’s oldest LGBTQ2S+ media organization with a…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The latest Scouts headlines have me remembering editing this story only 4 yrs ago. Wild how quickly rights get rolled back the second sth is politicized. The previous policies weren't perfect, as this story outlined, but there was no public hand-wringing about them. xtramagazine.com/power/trans-...
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Can Boy Scouts of America be a model for trans inclusion?
For five years, the Boy Scouts of America have welcomed trans youth—but some challenges remain
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Script @script.health · 20/02/2026
Rédacteur·ice en chef de Script @ziyajones.bsky.social explique comment les temps d’attente pour les chirurgies d'affirmation de genre ont évolué — et ce que cela signifie pour les Québécois·e·s trans et non binaires qui cherchent à obtenir des soins.
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Les réductions budgétaires augmentent les temps d’attente pour les soins médicaux transaffirmatifs au Québec
Les résident·e·s du Québec peuvent attendre jusqu’à quatre fois plus longtemps pour des soins que les patient·e·s venant de l’extérieur de la province
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Script @script.health · 20/02/2026
Script’s managing editor @ziyajones.bsky.social breaks down how wait times have changed for gender-affirming surgeries with the recent budget cuts—and what this means for trans and non-binary Quebeckers seeking care.
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Healthcare cuts increase wait times for gender-affirming surgeries in Quebec
Quebec residents can expect to wait up to four times longer for care than out-of-province patients
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Script @script.health · 12/02/2026
“What would [it] mean, to be ready to defend ourselves [as trans women], especially as communities of disabled people, chronically ill people, of people whose bodies are constantly subjected to the criticism of being 'weak' or 'unfit?'” @razorfemme.bsky.social's new column is now live at Script:
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What does it mean for trans women to be strong?
On transfemininity, self-defence and who is allowed to be dangerous
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
At a time when the focus should be on a community in mourning, people like MLA Tara Armstrong are using a horrific tragedy to promote what boils down to conversion therapy. Nauseating.
There is an epidemic of transgender violence spreading across the West. Today, a transgender school shooter murdered 9 innocent victims and injured 25 more in Tumbler Ridge, BC. My heart breaks for the victims, their families, and the community. But I can’t stop at condolences — we need solutions.

Look at the pattern:

Aberdeen Rite Aid Facility in Maryland.

Club Q in Colorado. 

Highlands Ranch School in Colorado.

Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota.

Covenant School in Tennessee.

Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
This epidemic of violence will continue until we change our society’s response to transgender ideology.

When people are a danger to themselves and others, the common sense solution is to treat their mental illness rather than affirm dangerous delusions.

I encourage parents and teachers to help fight the transgender violence epidemic themselves — since their government is obviously uninterested in doing so. 

This issue is entrenched at every level of our education and healthcare systems.

If a minor in your care expresses a desire to transition their gender identity, help them. Offer compassion. Affirming delusions is neglect, not care.

Our kids are perfect just the way they are. So tell them plainly: they don’t need to change their name or experiment with harmful drugs and surgeries to be loved.
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Kim Werker @kpwerker.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A must-read today: "An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week. And how it is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come."
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
As we all move through the grief that news out of BC is bringing, I hope that this info is not eclipsed by sensational coverage about the shooter's gender. Everything about this is heartbreaking.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 10/02/2026
As the search for work gets more desperate, queer and trans workers often see the worst sides of work. But they also come with brilliant solutions. @desaima.bsky.social introduces the five stories in On the Clock, written by this year’s Ken Popert Media Fellows
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Work is broken. Queer and trans workers could help fix it | Xtra Magazine
The five stories in Xtra’s On the Clock series show queer and trans workers searching for, fighting for and inventing work that’s fair and meaningful
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Ziya Jones @ziyajones.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I was right btw
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 04/02/2026
Refugees fleeing war, persecution, and climate disasters now face new fees for prescriptions and essential therapies in Canada. As a doctor, writes @yipengge.bsky.social these cuts will harm patients and strain our health-care system. breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-...
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As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all ⋆ The Breach
Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all
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