Heather Mallick
@hmallick.bsky.social
Canadian news columnist formerly CBC.ca, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. Am considering a Substack while I re-read Infinite Jest about screens that became drugs.
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
This is outrageous. It’s usually the Daily Mail that does that to people.
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is outrageous. It’s usually the Daily Mail that does that to people.
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"Questions about Epstein, with whom Trump was close friends for more than a decade, seem to trigger the president more than any other issue he has faced," writes Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt.
As Epstein questions linger, Trump falls back into familiar habit: lashing out at female reporters
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Questions about Epstein, with whom Trump was close friends for more than a decade, seem to trigger the president more than any other issue he has faced," writes Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt.
Aw, poor guy. This is very Canadian. She tries to be as gentle as possible and tells him people will laugh, don't worry. But the Alberta government, MAGA in nature, isn't known for its sense of humour.
One of the reasons I love live call-in radio shows is for moments like this.
Poor Richard thought he was talking to a call screener.
He was actually talking live on air to Alberta At Noon host @kathleenpetty.bsky.social, who gently and professionally nudged him toward that realization.
Turn 🔊 on:
Poor Richard thought he was talking to a call screener.
He was actually talking live on air to Alberta At Noon host @kathleenpetty.bsky.social, who gently and professionally nudged him toward that realization.
Turn 🔊 on:
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Aw, poor guy. This is very Canadian. She tries to be as gentle as possible and tells him people will laugh, don't worry. But the Alberta government, MAGA in nature, isn't known for its sense of humour.
He's doing a Gerald Ratner who famously the jewelry he sold was crap, "cheaper than a prawn sandwich from Marks and Spencer's." This one, it's stand-up comedy.
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
He's doing a Gerald Ratner who famously the jewelry he sold was crap, "cheaper than a prawn sandwich from Marks and Spencer's." This one, it's stand-up comedy.
American architecture hasn't been this cheap and ugly since brutalism, true, but how can Trump label it as basically a waste of time? Is he lashing out because someone mocked his Goldilocks peel-and-stick Oval Office? It's unreal. www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
Architecture no longer considered a "professional degree" in USA
Students in the USA will receive lower loans under the terms of the One Big Beautiful Bill as architecture will not be considered a professional degree.
www.dezeen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
American architecture hasn't been this cheap and ugly since brutalism, true, but how can Trump label it as basically a waste of time? Is he lashing out because someone mocked his Goldilocks peel-and-stick Oval Office? It's unreal. www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
Proud to see this.
Unifor is proud to welcome 90 workers at Bell Media in Toronto and Ottawa to our union.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
CTV news workers in Toronto and Ottawa join Unifor
Unifor is pleased to welcome 90 workers at Bell Media in Toronto and Ottawa, who work on the national news desk, the news channel, and CTVnews.ca.“We are thrilled to welcome these talented…
www.unifor.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Proud to see this.
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🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨
The National Post is NOT in our national interest.
The National Post is NOT in our national interest.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨
The National Post is NOT in our national interest.
The National Post is NOT in our national interest.
On the anniversary of JFK's assassination, don't forget photos like this of the crowd that greeted him at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas that day. (AP photo via NBC)
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
On the anniversary of JFK's assassination, don't forget photos like this of the crowd that greeted him at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas that day. (AP photo via NBC)
Say I screwed up my Bluesky account because of inattention, shall we say. [email protected] doesn't work. Who do I contact to get help? I need a human, I think.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Say I screwed up my Bluesky account because of inattention, shall we say. [email protected] doesn't work. Who do I contact to get help? I need a human, I think.
The problem is that men and women of MAGA get filler and layer more filler on top before the previous has dissolved. It goes lumpy. Your face enlarges to cartoon proportions. Nobody wants fillerface until everyone has it and then MAGAs have to fit in. It's high school, with spackle.
Dr Anita Kulkarni says nobody comes into her practice asking for Mar-a-Lago face by name, but the most obvious clue is when a patient with visible lip filler comes in wanting more.
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The problem is that men and women of MAGA get filler and layer more filler on top before the previous has dissolved. It goes lumpy. Your face enlarges to cartoon proportions. Nobody wants fillerface until everyone has it and then MAGAs have to fit in. It's high school, with spackle.
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This devastating piece describes what it’s like to die of blood cancer. It also describes what it feels like to do so while your cousin is Secretary of Health & Human Services & a ghoul. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This devastating piece describes what it’s like to die of blood cancer. It also describes what it feels like to do so while your cousin is Secretary of Health & Human Services & a ghoul. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Possibly the lamest City of Toronto (city hall & police) response ever in its long history of lame responses. (Gift article) www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
City investigating after contractor drives tractor with snowplow through Palestinian protest
Videos show a tractor with a snowplow attached driving through a crowd on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. consulate on Tuesday evening.
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Possibly the lamest City of Toronto (city hall & police) response ever in its long history of lame responses. (Gift article) www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
After the appalling mob cancellation of Kate Clanchy, a wonderful writer, in the UK: yes, social media made it infinitely worse but human cruelty was always astounding. I never got over this well-reported Toronto Star story about a perfectly ordinary workplace. Read with care. tinyurl.com/4kywrkye
Mississauga company fined $266,000 for ‘campaign of abuse’ against deaf worker
The Ontario Court of Appeal decision amplified the original damages awarded to Vicky Strudwick by over $100,000.
tinyurl.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
After the appalling mob cancellation of Kate Clanchy, a wonderful writer, in the UK: yes, social media made it infinitely worse but human cruelty was always astounding. I never got over this well-reported Toronto Star story about a perfectly ordinary workplace. Read with care. tinyurl.com/4kywrkye
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He looks like some Italian fashion icon who was very big in the 80’s.
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
He looks like some Italian fashion icon who was very big in the 80’s.
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
NEW YORK—Faced with backlash against comments she made last week downplaying the sex trafficking crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an anxious Megyn Kelly appeared on her podcast Monday waiting for everyone e...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
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This. Her sudden attack of conscience is a total scam.
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This. Her sudden attack of conscience is a total scam.
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The stuff of my nightmares.
#daddyslittlemeatball
#daddyslittlemeatball
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The stuff of my nightmares.
#daddyslittlemeatball
#daddyslittlemeatball
A horrific tale of newborns dead or damaged after women had no help whatsoever during birth. The nouveau-hippie Free Birth Society podcast cult led by a Canadian woman targeted idealistic women, some traumatized by previous medicalized childbirths. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A horrific tale of newborns dead or damaged after women had no help whatsoever during birth. The nouveau-hippie Free Birth Society podcast cult led by a Canadian woman targeted idealistic women, some traumatized by previous medicalized childbirths. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...