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Alex Boyd

@alexboyd.bsky.social

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National misinformation + politics reporter, Toronto Star. Based in Alberta Signal: alexboyd.56

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello new followers! I'm a Canadian reporter focused on politics and misinformation. I define this as "why our info ecosystem is so messy," and have written about an Olympic star radicalized online, a beach-pooping rumour exploited by the far right and an online scam job I once had for several days.

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5h

Has anyone figured out a good solution to saving articles for future reading now that Pocket is gone? So far I have tried having a billion tabs open at all times and it's not going great.

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 9h

There are "scary times," said Mr. Beast.
gizmodo.com/even-mrbeast...

Even MrBeast Is Worried About AI Slop

The AI video tsunami is getting to America's most popular influencer.

gizmodo.com

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 12h

Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more.

Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 1d

Ohhh she wrote Dopesick! That's why the name is familiar. I just put her new one on hold at the library. Thanks for sharing!

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 1d

Urbana is in Ohio, but has relatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

For working-class kids, the path to the middle class Is vanishing. Returning to my Ohio hometown showed me why, Beth Macy writes.

What Happened to My Hometown?

The fraying of my family and the Ohio we once knew

bit.ly

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 1d

What a beautifully written gut punch.

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 1d

Self serving story idea: someone please write a comprehensive review of Tim Hortons protein coffee as that is a $3 gamble I will not be taking.

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Grant LaFleche @grantrants.bsky.social · 1d

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’

Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."

variety.com

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 2d

This video was shared by the ostrich farm itself and... words are failing me. www.facebook.com/share/v/1F78...

Redirecting...

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 2d

Update: one of the birds who seemed to previously have an issue with its leg has died and the AI tributes are spreading fast.

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 2d

I tried to find a good quote to post this but the whole thing is fascinating honestly.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for reading!!

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 3d

Ah good to know! I had no idea. I don’t think staff accounts have this option! (And I empathize.)

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 3d

Get out! The Star has gift links??

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to @philofwrite.bsky.social and @fsnagovsky.bsky.social for chiming in!

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 3d

In which @raisapatel.bsky.social and I try to explain why people are asking Pierre Poilievre about ostriches—and why he’s not really answering. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Why everyone suddenly cares what Pierre Poilievre thinks about ostriches

Why the Conservative leader is weighing in on the fate of more than 300 birds after avian flu was discovered in the flock.

www.thestar.com

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 4d

Knowing Angela, I would respect that ranking.

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5d

Here for research that affirms my most deeply held beliefs. www.huffpost.com/entry/diet-c...

So THAT'S Why Diet Coke Tastes Superior At McDonald's

“Bottled Diet Coke is like watching fireworks on TV. McDonald’s Diet Coke is the live show.”

www.huffpost.com

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5d

I wish!

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5d

Okay so my story on ostriches is already 10 inches too long but did you know a flock is sometimes called a wobbl--

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 6d

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta after pregnant mother contracts disease

In July, Alberta recorded the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis.

www.thestar.com

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5d

On the topic of the new AI actress, this is also funny (?) slate.com/technology/2...

This Controversial Actress Looks Exactly Like Me. I’m Horrified.

In the strangest way possible, musician Stella Hennen found her doppelganger: She’s a computer-generated actress stirring up controversy online.

slate.com

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 5d

"She exists to probe what audiences will tolerate and to remind Hollywood, already anxious and penny-pinching, that the line between performance and product has never been thinner." www.vulture.com/article/till...

The Real Stakes Behind a Synthetic Star

Tilly Norwood isn’t scary. A Hollywood system that rushes to cast her is.

www.vulture.com

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