Robson Fletcher
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Data journalist with CBC Calgary. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 📧 [email protected]
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Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis is identified
Jonathan Ross, a Minnesota-based agent, was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing motorist.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Video of the shooting in Minneapolis.
Looks to be legit. This distinctive house seen in the video matches the one seen in a Google Street View image from the 3300-block of Portland Avenue.
Sensitive content warning for the video below, of course.
Looks to be legit. This distinctive house seen in the video matches the one seen in a Google Street View image from the 3300-block of Portland Avenue.
Sensitive content warning for the video below, of course.
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video of the shooting in Minneapolis.
Looks to be legit. This distinctive house seen in the video matches the one seen in a Google Street View image from the 3300-block of Portland Avenue.
Sensitive content warning for the video below, of course.
Looks to be legit. This distinctive house seen in the video matches the one seen in a Google Street View image from the 3300-block of Portland Avenue.
Sensitive content warning for the video below, of course.
In a residential Minneapolis neighbourhood, protesters yell at military-clad authorities who just shot a woman:
"You gonna shoot someone else and kill 'em?"
“You gonna murder someone else?"
“Come on. Kill us all. You can’t kill us all. You can’t kill us all, Nazis. You can't kill us all.”
"You gonna shoot someone else and kill 'em?"
“You gonna murder someone else?"
“Come on. Kill us all. You can’t kill us all. You can’t kill us all, Nazis. You can't kill us all.”
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
In a residential Minneapolis neighbourhood, protesters yell at military-clad authorities who just shot a woman:
"You gonna shoot someone else and kill 'em?"
“You gonna murder someone else?"
“Come on. Kill us all. You can’t kill us all. You can’t kill us all, Nazis. You can't kill us all.”
"You gonna shoot someone else and kill 'em?"
“You gonna murder someone else?"
“Come on. Kill us all. You can’t kill us all. You can’t kill us all, Nazis. You can't kill us all.”
Talking about betting market odds as the "chances" that something will happen is not accurate data communication.
Talking about betting market odds on a potential act of war is not responsible journalism.
Talking about betting market odds on a potential act of war is not responsible journalism.
January 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Talking about betting market odds as the "chances" that something will happen is not accurate data communication.
Talking about betting market odds on a potential act of war is not responsible journalism.
Talking about betting market odds on a potential act of war is not responsible journalism.
"Dance like nobody’s watching was always sound advice for anyone hesitant to let loose at a club, concert or wedding...
The new rule: Dance like anybody could be watching and that footage will follow you forever."
Oof this is bleak (& makes me glad I was young before the constant-surveillance era)
The new rule: Dance like anybody could be watching and that footage will follow you forever."
Oof this is bleak (& makes me glad I was young before the constant-surveillance era)
Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs
More partygoers are worrying about looking goofy on camera, prompting some artists to wonder if social media is killing dance.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"Dance like nobody’s watching was always sound advice for anyone hesitant to let loose at a club, concert or wedding...
The new rule: Dance like anybody could be watching and that footage will follow you forever."
Oof this is bleak (& makes me glad I was young before the constant-surveillance era)
The new rule: Dance like anybody could be watching and that footage will follow you forever."
Oof this is bleak (& makes me glad I was young before the constant-surveillance era)
"Our digital lives are now gated in a way that makes it harder or more expensive for us to reach the information we’re looking for...
The internet no longer feels like a single, heterogeneous place. Instead, we spend our time bouncing between decaying platforms."
Via @sarahcrgr.bsky.social:
The internet no longer feels like a single, heterogeneous place. Instead, we spend our time bouncing between decaying platforms."
Via @sarahcrgr.bsky.social:
The year enshittification became undeniable | BetaKit
So many tech systems that we interact with in our daily lives seem to have degraded beyond usability, or, as Cory Doctorow puts it, enshittified.
betakit.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Our digital lives are now gated in a way that makes it harder or more expensive for us to reach the information we’re looking for...
The internet no longer feels like a single, heterogeneous place. Instead, we spend our time bouncing between decaying platforms."
Via @sarahcrgr.bsky.social:
The internet no longer feels like a single, heterogeneous place. Instead, we spend our time bouncing between decaying platforms."
Via @sarahcrgr.bsky.social:
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Bonkers story from @matthewblack.ca: Lawyers for a former AHS board member claim a self-described political fixer, along with an indy publisher, have been paid to smear their client in an effort to discredit & dissuade him from testifying in the wrongful dismissal suit from the agency’s former CEO.
Former AHS board member claims podcasters paid to smear him ahead of Mentzelopoulos testimony
Lawyers for a former Alberta Health Services board member claim a political fixer and a publisher have been paid to smear their client.
edmontonjournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bonkers story from @matthewblack.ca: Lawyers for a former AHS board member claim a self-described political fixer, along with an indy publisher, have been paid to smear their client in an effort to discredit & dissuade him from testifying in the wrongful dismissal suit from the agency’s former CEO.
So @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social suggested reading this in Futurama character Zapp Brannigan's voice and I am now deceased 💀
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social suggested reading this in Futurama character Zapp Brannigan's voice and I am now deceased 💀
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
lol the wind direction shifted and the temperature dropped 14 degrees Celsius in one hour this morning 🥶
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
lol the wind direction shifted and the temperature dropped 14 degrees Celsius in one hour this morning 🥶
Facebook's old mission statement was: "To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.”
Its new thing: Oh, you wanna share more than two links? That'll be £10.
Its new thing: Oh, you wanna share more than two links? That'll be £10.
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
Meta is encouraging users to verify themselves to unlock more features or engagement with their posts.
www.bbc.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Facebook's old mission statement was: "To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.”
Its new thing: Oh, you wanna share more than two links? That'll be £10.
Its new thing: Oh, you wanna share more than two links? That'll be £10.
Classic Calgary temperature swing incoming
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Classic Calgary temperature swing incoming
"Senior Alberta government officials stalled the submission of a coal mine pollution study to a scientific journal and prevented the lead researcher from speaking publicly about his work, according to records The Narwhal obtained through a freedom of information request."
Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
thenarwhal.ca
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Senior Alberta government officials stalled the submission of a coal mine pollution study to a scientific journal and prevented the lead researcher from speaking publicly about his work, according to records The Narwhal obtained through a freedom of information request."
Jenn Vanderlaan, senior communications advisor for Acute Care Alberta, said "there is no legal requirement for public reporting of acute-care outbreaks."
United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith said health officials are “morally obligated as supposed trustees of our public health.”
United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith said health officials are “morally obligated as supposed trustees of our public health.”
Alberta quietly ends public reporting of COVID outbreaks in acute care
Public service journalism
theijf.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jenn Vanderlaan, senior communications advisor for Acute Care Alberta, said "there is no legal requirement for public reporting of acute-care outbreaks."
United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith said health officials are “morally obligated as supposed trustees of our public health.”
United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith said health officials are “morally obligated as supposed trustees of our public health.”
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As someone who immigrated to Canada this is personally terrifying
Under such a system I would have been “lucky” that I got cancer after I had been here for long enough to become a citizen.
Under such a system I would have been “lucky” that I got cancer after I had been here for long enough to become a citizen.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As someone who immigrated to Canada this is personally terrifying
Under such a system I would have been “lucky” that I got cancer after I had been here for long enough to become a citizen.
Under such a system I would have been “lucky” that I got cancer after I had been here for long enough to become a citizen.
"A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was revealed in court that one of the emails was sent through an email-spoofing website..."
She was accused of threatening a former Alberta justice minister, others — until a spoofed email came to light | CBC News
A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was r...
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was revealed in court that one of the emails was sent through an email-spoofing website..."
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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Facebook use among teens has plummeted from 71% to 31% in the span of a decade.
Twitter/X has fallen from 33% to 16%.
All other platforms included in this survey have either grown or seen relatively unchanged usage over that same time.
Twitter/X has fallen from 33% to 16%.
All other platforms included in this survey have either grown or seen relatively unchanged usage over that same time.
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Facebook use among teens has plummeted from 71% to 31% in the span of a decade.
Twitter/X has fallen from 33% to 16%.
All other platforms included in this survey have either grown or seen relatively unchanged usage over that same time.
Twitter/X has fallen from 33% to 16%.
All other platforms included in this survey have either grown or seen relatively unchanged usage over that same time.
We have a 15-year-old dog & 4-year-old kid who loves him, but also loves cats. This was his conversation with my wife yesterday.
KID: "When our dog dies, can we get a cat?"
MOM: "He's still very much alive. But no, we can't. Your dad is allergic to cats."
KID: "When dad dies, can we get a cat?"
KID: "When our dog dies, can we get a cat?"
MOM: "He's still very much alive. But no, we can't. Your dad is allergic to cats."
KID: "When dad dies, can we get a cat?"
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We have a 15-year-old dog & 4-year-old kid who loves him, but also loves cats. This was his conversation with my wife yesterday.
KID: "When our dog dies, can we get a cat?"
MOM: "He's still very much alive. But no, we can't. Your dad is allergic to cats."
KID: "When dad dies, can we get a cat?"
KID: "When our dog dies, can we get a cat?"
MOM: "He's still very much alive. But no, we can't. Your dad is allergic to cats."
KID: "When dad dies, can we get a cat?"
Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year.
The previous agreement was set to expire April 1, 2026. The new deal will run through March 31, 2027.
The previous agreement was set to expire April 1, 2026. The new deal will run through March 31, 2027.
Alberta signs extension on child-care deal with Ottawa, but only for one year | CBC News
Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year. The previous agreement was set to expire in April. ...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year.
The previous agreement was set to expire April 1, 2026. The new deal will run through March 31, 2027.
The previous agreement was set to expire April 1, 2026. The new deal will run through March 31, 2027.