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Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social · 14d

Introducing THERE IS A LIST, a new @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast investigation into Canary Mission and other organizations targeting Israel's critics in Canada.

Listen at ricochet.media/investigativ... or wherever you get your podcasts 🔶

When speaking up for Palestine gets you put on a list

Introducing Ricochet's investigation into Canary Mission and other organizations targeting Israel's critics in Canada

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Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 11h

Love this! Brilliant work @nationalobserver.com!

Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 13h

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...

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 12h

Barrie #Ontario recently declared a "state of emergency" over homelessness.

But for its mayor, the risk to human lives is not the emergency. The visibility of poverty is.

New op-ed from Nir Hagigi:

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#onpoli #Barrie #housingisahumanright

In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 1d

In ep 3 of our investigative podcast, There is a List, we look at how Canadian #journalists reporting on #Palestine are being silenced through smear campaigns and institutional failures.

Want to see more journalism like this? Pls support us: ricochet.media/donate/

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There is a List, Episode 3: The Target

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 1d

In Canada, groups are weaponizing claims of media bias to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine with complicity of newsrooms.

How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.

New from Zahra Khozema:

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#cdnpoli

How Israel and its 'digital army' work to silence the truth about Gaza

In Canada, groups weaponizing claims of media bias are being used to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine under the quiet complicity of Canadian newsrooms

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2d

We're so thrilled that you're enjoying our podcast In Bed with the Elephant hosted by @caradrianh.bsky.social!

This podcast only happens with your support. So why not sign up as a monthly donor and help keep it going? ricochet.media/donate/

#IBWTE #peoplepoweredpress

Screenshot of Apple podcast reviews. Rave reviews for Adrian Harewood's new podcast, In Bed with the Elephant.

Ricochet Media's In Bed with the Elephant host Adrian Harewood interviewing Luke Savage at a live taping in Ottawa.

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The Terminally Well @theterminallywell.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg speaking after release from Israeli prison

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lukewsavage.bsky.social @lukewsavage.bsky.social · 2d

Never done podcasting like this before, but turns out it rocks. Special thanks to @caradrianh.bsky.social, my new favourite interviewer and to everyone who came out. Our convo will be up soon here. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Big news today, as Ecuador has revoked the licence for a Canadian company to develop a massive gold mine.

Brandi Morin reported from Ecuador on this mining project in May, with locals telling her it was a ‘ticking time bomb.’

Brandi’s feature: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: Indigenous water defenders take on a Canadian mining giant

The proposed Loma Larga gold mine represents a ‘ticking time bomb’ for arsenic contamination in the region

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2d

In the next edition of the Weekly Ricochet newsletter, get an update on our awesome live podcast taping of In Bed with the Elephant. Host @caradrianh.bsky.social sat down with @lukewsavage.bsky.social at Union Local 613 in #Ottawa. Full interview out soon!

Subscribe: shorturl.at/Pz3ez

#IBWTE

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 6d

How is there still no office for Indigenous rights complaints? Six years after #MMIWG Calls to Action, #Canada still has no ombudsman.

“To be honest with you, I’m kind of frustrated that we haven’t heard much response.”

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

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#onpoli

How is there still no office for Indigenous rights complaints?

Six years after MMIWG Calls to Action, Canada still has no ombudsman on Indigenous and human rights

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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 7d

The first ever Mary Ann Shadd Cary lecture is taking place @carleton.ca on Mon. Oct. 6, 2025 at 7pm featuring @camilledundas.bsky.social @byblacks.bsky.social on “Ending Extractive Journalism”
📍 Richcraft Hall + Livestream
🔗 Free to register at carleton.ca/sjc/cu-events/…. Please join us!!

https://carleton.ca/sjc/cu-events/…

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 #Ottawa! Join us Friday for a live taping of In Bed with the Elephant. Host @caradrianh.bsky.social will be in conversation with @lukewsavage.bsky.social!🚨

It's the kick-off for @pressforwardcanada.bsky.social's Future of Independent Media Summit.

Get your tix!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-future...

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 7d

Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn.

The #Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development.

New from @xavierrichervis.bsky.social:

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#onpoli

Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn

With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 8d

"Here we are, on another #OrangeShirtDay, watching the settler colonial project unfold again in real time."

How many more Palestinian children have to die before Canada keeps its promise to the world?

New column from @jennjefferys.bsky.social:

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#HumanRights #Gaza

The youngest victims of genocide represent the last dying breath of our shared humanity

How many more Palestinian children have to die before Canada keeps its promise to the world?

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 8d

On the latest episode, Dr. @yipengge.bsky.social joins host @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss the genocide in #Gaza and Canada’s complicity.

"The threshold is very high to attack a hospital. What Israel has done is essentially attack all the hospitals in Gaza."

Listen wherever you get podcasts.

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 9d

In Thunder Bay, an Indigenous artist and ’60s Scoop survivor is using music and education to fight for Indigenous justice and give hope to the next generation.

This is @shy-anne55.bsky.social's second act.

New feature from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

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#NorthernOntario

From pop stardom to reconciliation songs: Shy-Anne Hovorka’s second act

The Anishinaabe-kwe artist and ’60s Scoop survivor turned her back on fame a decade ago — now she’s using music and education to fight for Indigenous justice and give hope to the next generation

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Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 9d

And? There's no amount of money or human resources we could invest into the Canadian military that could realistically protect us from the U.S. military. If the U.S. wanted to invade, we could not stop them.

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mānas @manas-0.bsky.social · 11d

I lived in Singapore from 1990 to 2005.

Singapore has mandatory national service for all males who are citizens or permanent citizens.

I was able to identify rape culture present within Singapore's boys when I was in primary school and could regularly identify unsafe, abusive, toxic adult males.

Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 11d

That’s not even mentioning the rampant white nationalism and violent sexism in the Canadian military.

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Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 10d

Oh I know. I'm a real journalist, so I'd spill all their secrets.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12d

Any driver who has a problem with traffic cameras wants to put other people in danger without having to suffer any monetary consequences for their recklessness. It's really that simple.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12d

The amount of drivers who absolutely lose their shit when asked to keep pedestrians safe is infuriating.

You're driving fucking tanks that can obliterate the human body. You should be held to far higher safety standards than currently exist, and you're still whining. Grow the fuck up.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11d

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.

I do not say this lightly.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 14d

President Trump said he demolished USAID to reduce waste. In fact, my reporting finds that the demolition of USAID has wasted billions of dollars--and the lives of children like 8-year-old Gy Gael.
Sec. Rubio, you still claim aid cuts haven't killed anyone?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | The Lives and Money We Are Wasting

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 11d

Next weekend! #yyc

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 14d

Hey #yyc! The Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association is co-presenting "An Evening of Indigenous Storytelling: A Film Screening and Dialogue with Damian Abrahams", a free film event on October 4, downtown.

See details & RSVP here:

downtowncoreneighbourhood.ca/event/free-t...

4 Oct 25 - Free: Truth and Reconciliation Double Feature Documentary Screening | October 4th

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