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@godfrey.bsky.social
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it's not delivery; it's digiornalist
freelance writer/editor/researcher
work in Guardian, G&M, Tyee, Filter
awards n stuff
canadian freelance union member
co-founder: @debriefcomms.bsky.social
justice, drugs, housing, health
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🎁godless dustbin (festive)🎄 @godfrey.bsky.social · 18d
I mean, I can be a godless dustbin year round
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filtermag.bsky.social
“They weren’t stopping the overdoses … It’s a red-light emergency,” co-founder Jeremy Kalicum told the BC Supreme Court yesterday.

DULF lawyer set out 3 points behind the constitutional challenge that could throw out convictions against the compassion club operators, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins - Filter
As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience ...
filtermag.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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thefnha.bsky.social
Toxic Drug Alert: The week of November 17-21 saw BC’s highest number of calls made to 911 for toxic drug poisoning events. This is likely due to a substance called medetomidine being mixed with fentanyl. Please see and share the information provided.
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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michellecyca.com
without evidence, the federal government says a law that prohibits fossil fuel companies from lying about the environmental impacts of their products is “creating investment uncertainty”
thenarwhal.ca The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 5d
The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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akkabah.bsky.social
Political commentary has framed the Cowichan decision as zero-sum, winners and losers. But there‘s an entirely different, more just path forward, Adam Olsen writes for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Indigenous Relations: Letting Go of Zero-Sum Thinking | The Tyee
Responses to the Cowichan decision have stoked fear about private property. There’s a more just and hopeful way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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404media.co
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public

www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
“a [VPD] member attended a high school to provide a presentation on policing, following which the member exchanged emails with a female student regarding a career in policing. After the student had graduated high school, the two became engaged in an intimate relationship”
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Upon request from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), the Commissioner ordered an investigation into the conduct of a VPD member. It was reported that the member attended a high school to provide a presentation on policing, following which the member exchanged emails with a female student regarding a career in policing. After the student had graduated high school, the two became engaged in an intimate relationship. The investigation showed that the member had lied to the female about their age and was verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. The member developed an inappropriate relationship with the female which included the member’s behaviour towards the female during their relationship. MISCONDUCT Discreditable Conduct Conduct that discredits the department DISCIPLINARY MEASURE Dismissal Date of Incident: 2018-2022 Process At the conclusion of the investigation, the Discipline Authority found that the member appeared to have committed misconduct. No prehearing conference was offered and as a result, the matter proceeded to a discipline proceeding where the member admitted the allegation. The member resigned from the VPD before the conclusion of the discipline proceeding. In arriving at the appropriate disciplinary or corrective measures, the Discipline Authority noted the seriousness of the misconduct, that the member was in a clear position of trust, influence, and authority and would have significant influence over the female’s career aspirations. The Discipline Authority also noted the abusive and demeaning behaviour was shown to be sustained throughout the relationship rather than limited to a single outburst, and that the member kept the relationship hidden, indicating he understood the relationship was inappropriate. The member did not request a review of the disciplinary decision. The OPCC reviewed these findings and determined that further review was not required and that the discipline imposed was appropriate in the circumstances.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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jameswsthomson.com
This might be the single coolest photo I've ever seen. By photographer Andrew McCarthy (ajamesmccarthy on IG), it shows a skydiver crossing in front of the sun.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
godfrey.bsky.social
perhaps some of that half a billion dollars they want next year could go towards responding to FOI requests
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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kellyblack.ca
“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'
At $73 billion in direct impact to the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.
www.timescolonist.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
godfrey.bsky.social
one day we will not look back on this moment because we will have outsourced all looking back on moments to AI
mattdpearce.com Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 8d
I guess I already knew beauty ads were fakey but now they’re fakey-fakey at scale.

www.wsj.com/articles/lor...
Initially the Nvidia microservices will be applied in two areas of L'Oréal's business: its generative Al content-creation platform and a new Al product-recommendation engine. L'Oréal's generative AI content-creation platform, known as CreAltech, can import three-dimensional renderings of products and then use Al to generate photo-realistic images and videos for marketing purposes. Currently, CreAItech uses a range of AI models, among them Stability AI's Stable Diffusion, Google's Imagen and Adobe's ADBE -1.82% V Firefly. Since most models run on Nvidia GPUs, their microservices can offer a big lift in terms of making the platform scale more effectively, Dubey said.
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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simonplittle.ca
Webcomic about trying to cram AI into everything, using peas as an example
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
godfrey.bsky.social
sometimes I think I should proofread my posts/texts before hitting send

but then I cease to think
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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thetyee.ca
“I am not working in those facilities because I find it morally inappropriate.”

A Tyee investigation found that Calgary anesthesiologists are being scheduled by managers, in response to government directives, to work in for-profit chartered surgical facilities, sometimes against their will. #abpoli
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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thetyee.ca
The change came a year-and-a-half after the VPD told The Tyee that releasing the names and school assignments would be a potential threat to the physical and mental health and safety of the officers and others.

The Tyee first requested them on Dec. 6, 2023.

@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
Vancouver Police Finally Reveal Names of School Liaison Officers | The Tyee
After telling The Tyee publishing this information would harm police, names and school assignments are out.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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thetyee.ca
As 2025 draws to an end, key commitments on flood prevention programs and infrastructure remain undelivered, local officials say.

@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
BC’s Flood Prevention Promises Remain Unfulfilled | The Tyee
After the 2021 atmospheric river, governments preached averting over recovery. Locals remember. Do politicians?
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
godfrey.bsky.social
if you're one of two Canadian streaming services, and the other one may or may not still exist idk, you don't have to be ~good~. you merely have to be ~resembling fictional~
marygillis.bsky.social Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 9d
I love it when the "show you're now watching" tile on a streaming service doesn't take you to the show page, but straight into the next episode.
It's neat that these things are made by people who can't conceive of a person skipping an episode, or wanting to know how many eps are left in a season.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
godfrey.bsky.social
it's really great that once you reach a certain professional stature it's almost impossible for you to fail
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Nuzzi, who recently joined Vanity Fair as its West Coast correspondent, dished on American Canto – her book that is set to be released next month – and her “digital affair” with Kennedy in a series of interviews with The New York Times.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
godfrey.bsky.social
i'm sorry, she's mad that instead of seeing parked cars she's seeing people riding scooters?

and she's mad at the scooters for a car crash?
But the San Francisco-based micro-mobility company moved forward. This week, workers installed a 10-scooter docking station on the street outside her kitchen window — obstructing the view Marini has cherished for several decades. Instead of watching her garden or neighbours on the block, she says she is now facing a constant parade of scooters and riders. “It’s very upsetting,” said Marini. “We took my grandson out to learn how to ride his bike and saw beer cans littered around the station,” she said, noting broken glass from a car accident the previous night and the absence of Lime helmets on the majority of the station’s scooters.
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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simonplittle.ca
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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marygillis.bsky.social
Scamtech will now help you better hide the fact you're using scamtech to lie to people.
OpenAI has a fix for a telltale sign that you used ChatGPT
For some writers, the em dash had become tarnished because it could indicate ChatGPT use — could an OpenAI update help it lose the stigma?
www.businessinsider.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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antihate.ca
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.

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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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thetyee.ca
Yesterday, The Tyee looked at how the industry is struggling to meet demands for wheelchair maintenance and repairs — a situation that can trap people at home or even in bed while they wait.

In part two today, we look at solutions. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. 🦽 #bcpoli
How to Speed Up Wheelchair Repairs | The Tyee
Systemic changes are needed from government and industry, experts say. In the meantime, users are turning to DIY.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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thetyee.ca
While PM Carney’s fast-tracking initiative has been touted as a response to U.S. President Trump’s trade war, critics have pointed out the projects are largely backed by foreign-owned corporations — and include substantial U.S. investment.

@amandafollett.bsky.social reports. #uspoli #canpoli #LNG
Ksi Lisims LNG Makes Federal List of ‘Nation-Building’ Projects | The Tyee
The prime minister sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition at a northern BC presser.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?

What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?

Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
So anyways…

You know how “Last Door” is the UCP’s most favorite recovery group ever?

Looks like their former employee who they allegedly tried to cover up for by deleting complaints from victims got sentenced to 3 years for sexual assault.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM