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Hey folks, I tried to avoid this but I’m looking for work—freelance or otherwise. Preferably hybrid (caring for my mom, a stroke survivor) I've written culture/film & tech/gaming critiques & interviewed many. Please reach out with any leads. For more, visit

by this definition of “childless” every US president in history is without children (i don’t think obama, trump or biden gave birth)

72 hours & no Canadian media coverage. Normally, we’d find the Canadian engineers involved in building the solar powered water plant in Gaza & get a comment from Global Affairs Canada about Israel blowing up their project. But, it’s Israel, so this story wouldn’t make it past the pitch.

Now that the fanfare of the Olympics has died down, which was an exciting three weeks, it's a good time to dig into a podcast about how the games impacts cities. I spent a year with people who are moved out, pushed out and priced out in the name of sport. globalreportingcentre.org/state-of-play/

hope this HR investigation confirms whether or not biden has committed a war crime

I spoke to a couple Canadian authors about the Giller Prize's decision to drop "Scotiabank" from its name, without divesting from Elbit Systems. “This whole prize is structured around art-washing the genocide in Gaza,” Avik Jain Chatlani said. thestar.com/entertainment/…

Every American journalism school and newspaper editorial board ought to be SCREAMING

Israeli forces carrying guns have entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to vacate and imposing a 45-day closure.

An unfathomably grim day in Lebanon, with more yet on the horizon. A 5th wave of arial bombardement is now underway, pounding more Lebanese villages, towns & cities. The death toll keeps rising: so far there are 492 dead - among them at least 35 children on.ft.com/47zYDPQ

Dina Darwiche, a UNHCR employee, has been killed alongside her son Jad in an Israeli strike that hit their residential building in Bekaa, Lebanon😞

More United Nations employees were killed over a period of several months by Israel in Gaza than at any time in the UN's history. There were virtually not repercussions by the UN or its member states, so Israel is now killing UN employees in Lebanon.

calling all literary journalists! i’ll be joining some amazing faculty at the Banff Centre for a two week residency next may. info on how to apply here: banffcentre.ca/programs/liter…?

Vancouver’s surprise decision this summer to allow natural gas heating in new buildings followed behind-the-scenes discussions & lobbyist meetings that included the top adviser on the Mayor’s payroll, who is also director of 2 private natural gas companies vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

I will never stop talking about the Al Ahli Arab Hospital bombing - it was critical in setting up Palestinian hospitals as ‘legitimate’ targets. But more than that, it was central in being used to establish Palestinians as ‘untrustworthy witnesses’ to their own genocide.

Israel is yet to issue the required permits necessary to evacuate the two Al Jazeera journalists shot while reporting in Gaza “We hold the Israeli government responsible for any deterioration of their conditions caused by this prolonged delay.”

Read this feature by Jesse Winter and sarah berman, which traces the legal fight that led to the CRAB Park encampment becoming Vancouver's only fully legal tent community — and how its residents are still fighting for the camp's survival to this day. macleans.pulse.ly/6ukopvkb1y

i scouted superfans for this story yesterday. the woman in the photo crocheted that jacket and hand beaded a top naming every taylor song. left me speechless

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