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Alexandra Kimball

@alexandrakimball.bsky.social

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thank you to CBC Nature and Ontario Nature’s Andrés Monge for this wonderful interview about Toronto’s double-crested cormorants! It’s a must-listen companion to my piece that explains the ecology of it all brilliantly:

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 9d

Finally watched Mussolini: Son of the Century and thinking a parallel between Italian and contemporary global fascism is the rise of nonsense language (Marinetti = “Italian brainrot” on youtube)

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 12d

These racetrack photos by @chloeellingson.bsky.social are eerie, poignant, and elegaic — they perfectly capture the atmosphere of tarnished romance Nick builds (and mourns) throughout the piece. Just all so incredibly well done.

Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer going back to Woodbine over and over again, often with photographer @chloeellingson.bsky.social, who gorgeously captured life on the backstretch and in the grandstands. Give the piece a read, then read the rest of @thelocal.to's Wild Wild City issue! thelocal.to/breakdown-at...

Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local

Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a magazine issue as replete with bangers as @thelocal.to’s summer animal issue. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social’s story on the rise and fall of Toronto horseracing deserves the King’s Cup for storytelling. RIP Patches O’Hoolihan. #longreads

Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 12d

I admire all of @thelocal.to reporting, and this piece on Woodbine racetrack is a banger. I love horse racing, even though it's a pretty dark sport. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social confronts the darkness, the economics, and the doomy shadow over the backstretch. Great writing too!

Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 12d

A quick 🧵 on my @thelocal.to feature on Woodbine Racetrack, the economics of horse racing, and how to think about racehorses as ideas about animal-human relations shift. #longreads 1/ thelocal.to/breakdown-at...

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · 12d

Toronto is a one-horse town in a kind of delightful way (except for the potholes)

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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 27d

Doug Ford wants to control admissions criteria at Ontario universities, and which non-tuition fees students pay once they’re on campus. It may not seem overtly political, but Bill 33 is part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses, writes @royinori.bsky.social. thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

Doug Ford Is Trying to Control How Universities Operate | The Local

Ontario’s Bill 33 mandates merit-based admissions and gives the province unprecedented power over university and college operations. Is it part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses?

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Judy Zick @janaazick.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good morning Friday! Welcoming the weekend.....
#Photography #FeatheredFriday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #Birds

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not all heroes wear capes!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Sep 5

Zach Helfand writes about fact checking at The New Yorker. “A joy of the job was that you became an expert for two weeks on some subject you’d never thought much about—rocket science, foreskin, sand.”

The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department

Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 5

Equal chance of seeing a celebrity who is slightly shorter than they appear on screen though.

Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Toronto International Film Festival, a beloved annual ritual that answers the question: What if seeing a movie was like going to the airport?

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 5

I like how it combines accessibility with environmentally synergized design.

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

I am also sourcing airshow survival tips from other ppl in #toronto (do hashtags even work on here? still not sure what bluesky is good for)

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

In honor of the first deafening, space-time-ripping, ozone-obliterating airshow performance of the day, I re-introduce my lived experience of working a waffle booth at the cne:

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Vanity Fair

It’s not easy being hot and serving ice cream waffle sandwiches at the Ex, Alexandra Kimball knows—but someone has to do it.

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

Anyway how is this legal? Which election/media furor did I miss around not zoning these places correctly? I ❤️ dispensaries but I don’t understand why there are three on every block and how now there are also multiple shroom dispensaries

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

In terms of day-to-day life, it’s annoying but not a bigger deal than when there were yogurt places everywhere.

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

I live in a neighborhood that is 60% cannabis shops that are increasingly selling shrooms and various other loophole drugs. All of these drugs are available in increasingly “normal” formats, like energy drinks, ring pops, corndogs

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Sep 1

Well now you have to make MTSAG hats 😂

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 31

Such a beautiful movie.

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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just because it has always happened doesn’t mean it should always happen. #airshow

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 31

ABOLISH THE AIRSHOW #Toronto

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 30

The Ontario government is giving a portion of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to the town to boost the local economy. @fatimabsyed.bsky.social visited on a late August weekend to understand the precedent this sets and how the piping plover and its summer home might fare.

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The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal

The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 27

With Premier Doug Ford announcing today that construction is set to start on Ontario’s Highway 413, here's a look at our story on where the controversial project stands in light of Bill 5 and a federal government also set on fast-tracking development: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...

Construction starting on Highway 413: what you need to know | The Narwhal

Construction is starting on Ontario’s Highway 413 as the federal government sets its sights on fast-tracking development through Bill C-5

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 22

Oh geez my bad! Argh sorry 😭

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Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 21

Interesting, I could see cases where that might apply. Like if you fly alot, that might be a meaningful investment

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 21

Your dad is right. 30% of current culture is immigrant parents being kinda right.

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 21

It’s actually a waste of money

Alexandra Kimball @alexandrakimball.bsky.social · Aug 20

I think it used to be a Le Chateau in my day? There were a few years where we definitely would have lined up for the cultural note LC clothes hit…but we didn’t have online shopping.