Flannery Dean
@flannerydean.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor with clips @ The Star, Guardian, Slate, The Narwhal, Bright Wall/ Dark Room, Macleans, Globe. www.flannerydean.com
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Flannery Dean
@flannerydean.bsky.social
· Jul 26
Not gonna read one more piece. Waiting for Manosphere in IMAX
Watching The Beast In Me finally. Once again discovering my kink is seeing Jonathan Banks level someone with withering contempt onscreen — and even briefly
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Watching The Beast In Me finally. Once again discovering my kink is seeing Jonathan Banks level someone with withering contempt onscreen — and even briefly
Kind of have to hand it to trailer park boys too. For anyone who grew up in hoser small town that show is like a yearbook come to life
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Kind of have to hand it to trailer park boys too. For anyone who grew up in hoser small town that show is like a yearbook come to life
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
Tween and I are ripping thru Hamilton pizza highlights in staggered weekly sessions and I gotta say do not sleep on Cima. I never see this listed and it deserves ranking
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Tween and I are ripping thru Hamilton pizza highlights in staggered weekly sessions and I gotta say do not sleep on Cima. I never see this listed and it deserves ranking
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The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
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god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
Lizza may be serializing corruption and embodying same but I am in complete shock at what he is alleging she did
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Lizza may be serializing corruption and embodying same but I am in complete shock at what he is alleging she did
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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I bleached the countertops in preparation for the Thursdaymeal cooking marathon. Went to take a shower before my family gets here.
Came back to the kitchen and
Came back to the kitchen and
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I bleached the countertops in preparation for the Thursdaymeal cooking marathon. Went to take a shower before my family gets here.
Came back to the kitchen and
Came back to the kitchen and
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
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🇫🇷 It’s almost silly how beautiful Paris is
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🇫🇷 It’s almost silly how beautiful Paris is
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This gift season buy books! For example! Mobility is about oil & human frailty! It has scenic locations & a polarizing protagonist loved ones can argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/mobi....
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Mobility: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This gift season buy books! For example! Mobility is about oil & human frailty! It has scenic locations & a polarizing protagonist loved ones can argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/mobi....
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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He's right ... and he should say so
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
He's right ... and he should say so
Could have been an encyclopedia salesman extraordinaire, this one
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Could have been an encyclopedia salesman extraordinaire, this one
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This is disappointing
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada's cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Canada's reduced pledge to The Global Fund reflects recent aid cuts, a shift from its previous leading role in fighting AIDS, TB, and malaria.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is disappointing
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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a fun thanksgiving ice breaker is to go around the table and rate everyone by hotness. it’s fine if no one else wants to play
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
a fun thanksgiving ice breaker is to go around the table and rate everyone by hotness. it’s fine if no one else wants to play
Do I think apple pie is lesser pie? Yes, I do. Will I eat all of it and often direct from the pan? Also, yes.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Do I think apple pie is lesser pie? Yes, I do. Will I eat all of it and often direct from the pan? Also, yes.
This is a very interesting piece that tackles the narrative shifts that always mark adaptation. Really enjoyed Roxana Hadidi’s endorsement of the changes too.
Most people know where I stand on Train Dreams but that doesn't stop me from thinking this is a great, well-written, informative piece on what many consider its shortcomings. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Review: Train Dreams - Chicago Reader
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams is a compelling and beautiful film, but it struggles as an adaptation to live up to its source material.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is a very interesting piece that tackles the narrative shifts that always mark adaptation. Really enjoyed Roxana Hadidi’s endorsement of the changes too.