Talin Vartanian
@citizentalin.bsky.social
Meticulous copy editor https://www.editortalin.com/, consumer advocate Citizen Talin, former CBC Radio producer, and creator of Canada Reads.
Last night, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed Cate Cochran about her new @harpercollinsca.bsky.social book “How My Dog Saved My Life.” It’s a collection of stories that remind us of the intelligence, resourcefulness, courage, and love that dogs show us
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Last night, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed Cate Cochran about her new @harpercollinsca.bsky.social book “How My Dog Saved My Life.” It’s a collection of stories that remind us of the intelligence, resourcefulness, courage, and love that dogs show us
The CBC’s decisions about who can and can’t work from home were, and are, arbitrary, and unfair.
As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.
As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The CBC’s decisions about who can and can’t work from home were, and are, arbitrary, and unfair.
As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.
As you’ll read in this thread, the CBC fired a talented former colleague of mine, @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social, because he put his family’s health first.
Reposted by Talin Vartanian
The WORLD says NO KINGS.
NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD.
Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT.
BRING ON THE FROGS!
@maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social
#NOKINGS 🧵
NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD.
Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT.
BRING ON THE FROGS!
@maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social
#NOKINGS 🧵
America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The WORLD says NO KINGS.
NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD.
Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT.
BRING ON THE FROGS!
@maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social
#NOKINGS 🧵
NO KINGS protests have started ACROSS THE WORLD.
Because WE THE PEOPLE are RIGHT.
BRING ON THE FROGS!
@maddowblog.msnbc.com @acyn.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @atrupar.com @aaronparnas.bsky.social
#NOKINGS 🧵
No Tyrants rally at U.S. consulate in Toronto.
#NoKingsDay
#NoKingsDay
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
No Tyrants rally at U.S. consulate in Toronto.
#NoKingsDay
#NoKingsDay
Tell Doug Ford you oppose his ban on speed cameras. And spread the word.
www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
Tell Ford Keep Speed Cameras: Protect Kids & Pedestrians — Progress Toronto
Doug Ford announced plans to ban speed cameras—making it easier to speed. This move puts children and pedestrians at risk.
Tell Ford and Queen’s Park: keep the speed cameras and keep enforcing speed ...
www.progresstoronto.ca
October 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tell Doug Ford you oppose his ban on speed cameras. And spread the word.
www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
What a difference two years make.
A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing.
#GazaGenocide
A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing.
#GazaGenocide
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
What a difference two years make.
A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing.
#GazaGenocide
A revealing new @nytimes.com poll shows Israel’s attempts to whitewash genocide are failing.
#GazaGenocide
Special @breachmedia.ca event in Toronto tonight, with 200+ guests to hear @desmondcole.bsky.social invu with @pacinthe.bsky.social and Sonya Fatah about the fab book “When Genocide Wasn’t News.” breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Special @breachmedia.ca event in Toronto tonight, with 200+ guests to hear @desmondcole.bsky.social invu with @pacinthe.bsky.social and Sonya Fatah about the fab book “When Genocide Wasn’t News.” breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...
The promise—and the broken promise—of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries around the world, including Canada.
Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social
Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The promise—and the broken promise—of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries around the world, including Canada.
Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social
Tonight in Toronto, part one of the 60th annual CBC IDEAS Massey Lectures by Alex Neve of Amnesty International @alexneve.bsky.social
Parent company Unilever reneged on its agreement to allow Ben & Gerry’s free speech. The ice cream is being subsumed into the Magnum brand. Time to boycott Magnum ice cream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Parent company Unilever reneged on its agreement to allow Ben & Gerry’s free speech. The ice cream is being subsumed into the Magnum brand. Time to boycott Magnum ice cream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens
➡️ 260+ cooks
➡️ 900+ pots
➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food
Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
➡️ 260+ cooks
➡️ 900+ pots
➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food
Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
August 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens
➡️ 260+ cooks
➡️ 900+ pots
➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food
Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
➡️ 260+ cooks
➡️ 900+ pots
➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food
Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
Damning report from the non-profit NGO @msf.ca about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground.
#GazaGenocide
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...
Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground.
#GazaGenocide
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...
Palestine : MSF report reveals so-called GHF-run food distributions in Gaza as sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanization” | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF report reveals violence at Gaza militarized zones , urging dismantling of GHF, restoration of UN-led relief and an end to global support for weaponized aid operations.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Damning report from the non-profit NGO @msf.ca about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground.
#GazaGenocide
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...
Israeli-run and U.S.-backed, the GHF has weaponized food distribution, and created a killing ground.
#GazaGenocide
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-report-r...
Looks like manufactured panic about anti-Israeli sentiments in Canada.
If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source?
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source?
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
The Israeli Diaspora Affairs ministry's claim of a "670% rise" in antisemitism in Canada produced a flurry of news reports in 2024 and 2025. But the number has no source.
@blakejlambert.bsky.social reports on the context for Canada's antisemitism panic:
jewishcurrents.org/a-canadian-a...
@blakejlambert.bsky.social reports on the context for Canada's antisemitism panic:
jewishcurrents.org/a-canadian-a...
A Canadian Antisemitism Statistic Went Viral—But It Has No Source
The spread of a dubious antisemitism statistic reflects the anxieties of the Canadian Jewish establishment amid a changing political environment.
jewishcurrents.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Looks like manufactured panic about anti-Israeli sentiments in Canada.
If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source?
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
If Israeli Diaspora Affairs is serious about this, what’s the source?
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
Reposted by Talin Vartanian
I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this:
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
August 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this:
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Just heard the shocking news that friend and former CBC colleague Joan Leishman has died.
She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide.
pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...
She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide.
pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...
Joan Leishman wins the Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
The prize recognizes a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has provided significant help to a writer or journalist outside Canada.
pencanada.ca
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just heard the shocking news that friend and former CBC colleague Joan Leishman has died.
She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide.
pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...
She was kind, generous, and talented. Joan worked in Mexico City, and opened the CBC’s first African bureau, covering the end of S. African apartheid, and the Rwandan genocide.
pencanada.ca/news/joan-le...
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You ever just think about how much it sucks that Musk bought Twitter and absolutely destroyed it? Like man, that used to be where I'd meet new people, make real life friends, etc. Now, whenever I glance over there to check something, it's just unrecognizable.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You ever just think about how much it sucks that Musk bought Twitter and absolutely destroyed it? Like man, that used to be where I'd meet new people, make real life friends, etc. Now, whenever I glance over there to check something, it's just unrecognizable.
Reposted by Talin Vartanian
Reposted by Talin Vartanian
Rage Against The Regime in Orlando ✊
August 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Rage Against The Regime in Orlando ✊
Academic article by Dr. Miles Howe: “Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector"
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...
August 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Academic article by Dr. Miles Howe: “Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes and Genocide: Instances of Aiding and Abetting in the Canadian Charitable Sector"
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/academic-art...
How the Canada Revenue Agency is complicit in funneling millions of dollars to support war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
Write to your MP to demand action and accountability.
Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...
Write to your MP to demand action and accountability.
Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...
Ep 38: CANADIAN CHARITIES SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION AND GENOCIDE
YouTube video by ON THE LINE MEDIA
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
How the Canada Revenue Agency is complicit in funneling millions of dollars to support war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
Write to your MP to demand action and accountability.
Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...
Write to your MP to demand action and accountability.
Interview by @smohyeddin.bsky.social
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/2EGYn2ZVde8?...
Reposted by Talin Vartanian
Israel is allowing some "airdrops" of food in Gaza. This is like putting a violin group at the railway station to the death camp. All show.
Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?
Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?
July 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Israel is allowing some "airdrops" of food in Gaza. This is like putting a violin group at the railway station to the death camp. All show.
Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?
Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?
Respected Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has published “Our Genocide,” a devastating, detailed report about Gaza.
What does “Never again” mean in 2025?
#GazaGenocide
www.btselem.org/publications...
What does “Never again” mean in 2025?
#GazaGenocide
www.btselem.org/publications...
www.btselem.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Respected Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has published “Our Genocide,” a devastating, detailed report about Gaza.
What does “Never again” mean in 2025?
#GazaGenocide
www.btselem.org/publications...
What does “Never again” mean in 2025?
#GazaGenocide
www.btselem.org/publications...
A profound appeal for decency and compassion for the starving people of Gaza from @chefjoseandres.bsky.social of @wck.org
#GazaGenocide
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
#GazaGenocide
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A profound appeal for decency and compassion for the starving people of Gaza from @chefjoseandres.bsky.social of @wck.org
#GazaGenocide
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
#GazaGenocide
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
In this BBC video, a U.S. soldier bluntly describes the behaviour he witnessed by IDF forces at Gaza food distribution points. His word for it? “Criminal”
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...
Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
In this BBC video, a U.S. soldier bluntly describes the behaviour he witnessed by IDF forces at Gaza food distribution points. His word for it? “Criminal”
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...
#GazaGenocide
youtu.be/72aZhsNMOWk?...