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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 23d

Grocery store radio stations that still play The Wallflowers are keeping us all alive

Mary Beth Campbell @mbcampbell360.bsky.social · 23d

Just walked into the grocery store and "One Headlight" was blasting over the speakers. @nikostratis.com is right, it is the perfect grocery store song (check out "The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman").

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 23d

What happened after Canadian journalist @rachelgilmore.bsky.social posted about the potential repercussions of Kirk’s murder: doxxing and violent threats thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

The Dangerous Targeting of a Canadian Journalist | The Tyee

After the murder of Charlie Kirk, conservatives piled on Rachel Gilmore for expressing a well-founded fear. Then came violent threats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26d

these are great fall outfits

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 26d

Thanks to @thetyee.ca for republishing my @xtramagazine.com story this week on the media rush to link trans people to Charlie Kirk's death.

"We now have to live in fear that this violent incident will further galvanize the wrong people."

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Trans People Have Every Right to be Scared | The Tyee

Early media reports jumped to link trans people with Charlie Kirk’s murder, leading to an outpouring of hate online.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

I wrote about Harry PotterTM and the allure of the experience economy amid *waves hands* 🧹
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The Curious Case of Vancouver’s Harry Potter Experience | The Tyee

A ‘Forbidden Forest’ is coming to Stanley Park, to the chagrin of J.K. Rowling detractors.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks to @amandafollett.bsky.social for this lovely send-up to CBC's 'Hot Air,' which soundtracked Saturday afternoons for years and went quiet all of a sudden. 🎷

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How CBC’s Jazz Show, ‘Hot Air,’ Quietly Faded Away | The Tyee

When the network’s longest-running show disappeared, decades of music history went with it.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

"I did not scare myself. I *delighted* myself." 🔥

The iconic and delightful @jensookfonglee.bsky.social speaks to @harrisonmooney.bsky.social about her new book, The Hunger We Pass Down. I can't wait to read it. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Jen Sookfong Lee’s New Novel Is Terrifying | The Tyee

The Vancouver author’s latest work explores intergenerational trauma and what it means to live as a racialized immigrant woman.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

On the cover: @dorothywoodend.bsky.social takes us to the Queer Film Festival, where Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh's feature documentary 'The Nest' presents a layered exploration of family, home and history erased. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Can You Go Home Again? | The Tyee

At the Queer Film Fest, ‘The Nest’ uncovers layers of history in a family home.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

The Weekender is here! Thanks to @dorothywoodend.bsky.social @amandafollett.bsky.social @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for your wonderful contributions this week. 🧵

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Sep 8

ICYMI: @melwoods.me's recent Weekender essay on Big Protein is such a fun exploration of a weird trend. 💪 🥩

Editing this reminded me of the height of the Atkin's diet when I was a barista and made so many breva lattes and bread-less chicken paninis.

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Has ‘Big Protein’ Gone Too Far? | The Tyee

How an unsuspecting macronutrient entered the pop-science spotlight.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 24

I foolishly believe I can “hear better” with them and only use a wireless pair for locking in at work

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 24

I saw my first labubu this afternoon and its person let me go ahead of them in line because they were still deciding; the world is small and kind

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Olamide Olaniyan @olapalooza.bsky.social · Aug 23

people walking up to me on the street with tears in their eyes saying to me in voices cracked and heavy with emotion “dijon in The Tyee”

Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 23

I sit across from @harrisonmooney.bsky.social, who loves to sing. And now Dijon is in @thetyee.ca 🔥

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No Song of Summer 2025? No Problem! | The Tyee

Several new releases have revived my faith in music.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 23

I sit across from @harrisonmooney.bsky.social, who loves to sing. And now Dijon is in @thetyee.ca 🔥

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No Song of Summer 2025? No Problem! | The Tyee

Several new releases have revived my faith in music.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 23

"While it’s probably not fair to blame Vice for the current state of cultural chaos that we’re enjoying, they’re not innocent, either."

This essay on a new documentary about Vice's questionable trajectory by @dorothywoodend.bsky.social is truly great.

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From Bad Boys to Proud Boys: Vice Media’s Rise and Fall | The Tyee

Eddie Huang’s doc film tracks the outrageous trajectory of a media empire that made a name for itself by courting controversy.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Weekender is here! I'm proud to publish this feature by Emily Blatta, a former practicum student with us @thetyee.ca . She recently graduated from j-school and wrote this beautiful feature about crab fishers in the city. ☀️

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Hunting for Crabs in City Waters | The Tyee

They’re scarcer. But there are special reasons why fishers are packing the local piers.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 22

Haha if I lived closer by I'd be at the door to take all your misfits for sandwiches! I am tomato sandwich bae

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great first hand account from the Globe's Ann Hui

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Opinion: I used to be a flight attendant. Here’s what the job taught me about labour, gender – and, yes, unpaid work

Being a flight attendant was one of the most physically strenuous, mentally trying and, often, thankless jobs I’ve had

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 21

A red envelope could be the friend/partner collab

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Palestinian families in Canada say they are watching their family members lose weight and sustain more injuries and displacement in Gaza while refugee applications sit with IRCC.

They and advocates say the Canadian government's inaction on the file amounts to racism. thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Canada’s Inaction on Gaza Refugees Amounts to Racism, Say Families | The Tyee

A special program was supposed to help families to safety, but advocates say it’s failed.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 21

Bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips may be the move for Halloween 2025

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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · Aug 21

VPD was aware of the intense public interest – and also of the “fear and anxiety” news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Huge kudos to Andrew and Lisa for sticking with this story for months and showing how the VPD slow-walked FOI requests and requests for updated data.
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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 19

All the scenes made me smile. :) I love the vision of you both walking back down the aisle to "Run Away With Me." 🎷 Ours was Teebs' "Jahara," for the sparkles. lol

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · Aug 19

Screaming. I love this!!! CRJ forever 💞

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