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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 6d

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 10d

If you’ve ever felt dumb: An archeologist just told me her most unusual find was 3,000-year-old pubic hair and I asked her how she knew it was pubic hair.

“Because of where it was.”

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 10d

DAMMIT!! first time deleting to correct public to pubic 😂

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 14d

A shortage of OB-GYNs and other maternity care doctors in BC has meant some expectant patients have had to travel hundreds of kms to give birth. A deep dive on how we got here, and the story of one couple that was shuffled through four hospitals to give birth
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

OB/GYN shortage in B.C. threatens collapse in local maternity care

Understaffed hospitals send pregnant patients elsewhere, bringing stress during a vulnerable time

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14d

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says

Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 19d

AP file on Matthew Dowd, policy analyst and former aide to President George W. Bush, fired by MSNBC for saying “Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions” after Charlie Kirk shooting
apnews.com/article/dowd...

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 20d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20d

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...

ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

www.cnn.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20d

Thomas Müller in a Terry Fox hoodie yesterday, during week of Marathon of Hope's 45th anniversary. Photos from @whitecapsfc.com IG

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24d

As city columnist for the Edmonton Journal, I wrote often about the crisis of homelessness. I was naive. For years, I thought people wanted to help those living on the street. It took me ages to realize that many people just wanted the homeless gone, someplace away, out of sight and out of mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20d

"It is certainly 'dangerous rhetoric' to call people fascists who aren’t fascist. But to call out actual fascists is not rhetoric. It is a patriotic duty," writes @acoyne.bsky.social.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The death of Charlie Kirk did not make him a moderate

He is well on his way to sainthood among MAGA Republicans

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20d

Ontario has directed child care operators to immediately block parking spaces directly adjacent to their sites after a vehicle crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare last week, killing a toddler. But operators say these rushed rules have created new risks
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Rushed crash safety measures creating new risks, Ontario daycare operators say

New Ontario government measures lack consultation, daycare operators say

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 21d

Days after a fox news host said the homeless should be killed.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 21d

At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected.

abcnews.go.com/US/people-hu...

13 people hurt in 2 mass shootings at Minneapolis homeless encampments on the same day

At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis.

abcnews.go.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 21d

New: Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie announces he will not seek re-election next year, after 25(!) years in the role.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 21d

This is such a beautiful and gutting piece of writing on Robert Munsch, a beloved children's author and Canadian icon whose stories are slipping away.

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer

www.nytimes.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 21d

Chrystia Freeland is expected to leave her cabinet post as Transport and Internal Trade Minister to become international envoy for Ukraine, Robert Fife reports:
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Freeland expected to leave cabinet, become international envoy for Ukraine

Announcement could come as early as Tuesday afternoon, a source says. She will remain an MP for the time being

www.theglobeandmail.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 23d

this is a very good and incredibly sad piece about Canadian national treasure Robert Munsch, the author of phenomenal children's books Angela's Airplane, the Paper Bag Princess, Thomas's Snowsuit, and many others

Munsch has dementia. Fuck dementia.

When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer

www.nytimes.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 22d

A B.C. coroner ruled that two deaths in the Kootenays that occurred on the same day were accidental. Then a killer confessed.

From Susan Lazaruk:
vancouversun.com/news/bc-kill...

A B.C. coroner ruled two deaths the same day were accidental. Then a killer confessed.

The daughter of a man who was shot dead in his home in the Kootenays spent years worrying that the killer would get away with his murder.

vancouversun.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 22d

Jinfeng Guan, 50, lone survivor of triple stabbing in East Van Sept 5, has died from injures: VPD.

Viet Quy John Ly, 54, currently charged w/ two counts second-degree murder in deaths of Jianghui Deng, 55, and Chunxiu Yin, 54, discovered in residential building near Joyce St and Vanness Ave

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 22d

Of 2,100 members to sign up suddenly for the BC Conservative Party last month, all had phone numbers that read “1111111111” or “2222222222" and the same email formats, and many used the same credit card. Also, some were dead.

From @robshaw.bsky.social:
www.theorca.ca/provincial-p...

Rob Shaw: Phantom BC Conservatives cast shadow over Rustad's leadership review

Suspicious signups raise questions about integrity of Conservative leadership review as caucus pressure intensifies behind closed doors

www.theorca.ca

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 25d

Tyler Robinson, 22, IDed as Charlie Kirk shooting suspect. Trump says clergyman and suspect’s father involved in turning him in, @adrianmorrow.bsky.social reports:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Authorities identify 22-year-old Utah man as suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting

The suspect was identified Friday as Tyler Robinson; Trump announced initial news of the arrest on Fox & Friends

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 26d

Media not allowed to report on hearing into mental fitness of Adam Lo, charged in Lapu Lapu attack, because publicizing deets could dissuade future defendants from co-operating w/ court ordered psych assessments, a judged has ruled

@mikehager.bsky.social:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Judge dismisses media attempt to report details of mental-health history of accused in Lapu-Lapu case

Publicizing details of fitness hearings could dissuade future defendants from co-operating with psychiatric assessments, judge says

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 26d

Yikes. Doctor raised idea to family of badly injured Lapu Lapu victim to let him die, @globalnews.ca reports

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Lapu Lapu attack victim left to ‘fight the system’ in recovery, family says | Globalnews.ca

'He was in ICU, linked up to dialysis, linked up to a ventilator,' Vanessa Hill, Sico's partner, told Global News. 'His face wasn't his face. You could barely see his face.'

globalnews.ca

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 26d

FBI releases images of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah

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