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Joshua Best
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Photojournalist and event photographer based in Toronto, Canada.
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mykidsmombb8.bsky.social MyKidsMomBB8 @mykidsmombb8.bsky.social · Aug 26
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Photo of a press pass that has been sliced through diagonally. For the past eight years I have worked as a stringer for Reuters news agency. My photos covering stories in the prairie provinces have been published by the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and other media outlets across North America, Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. At this point it's become impossible for me to maintain a relationship with Reuters given its role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza. I owe my colleagues in Palestine at least this much, and so much more. When Israel murdered Anas Al-Sharif, together with the entire Al-Jazeera crew in Gaza City on August 10, Reuters chose to publish Israel's entirely baseless claim that Al-Sharif was a Hamas operative - one of countless lies that media outlets like Reuters have dutifully repeated and dignified. Reuters' willingness to perpetuate Israel's propaganda has not spared their own reporters from Israel's genocide. Five more journalists, including Reuters cameraman Hossam Al-Masri, were among 20 people killed this morning in another attack on Nasser hospital. It was what's known as a "double tap" strike, in which Israel bombs a civilian target like a school or hospital; waits for medics, rescue teams, and journalists to arrive; and then strikes again. Western media is directly culpable for creating the conditions in which this can happen. As Jeremy Scahill from Drop Site News put it, "every major outlet - from the New York Times to the Washington Post, from AP to Reuters - has served as a conveyor belt for Israeli propaganda, sanitizing war crimes and dehumanizing victims, abandoning their colleagues and their alleged commitment to true and ethical reporting." By repeating Israel's genocidal fabrications without determining if they have any credibility - willfully abandoning the most basic responsibility of journalism - Western media outlets have made possible the killing of more journalists in two years on one tiny strip of land than in WWI, WWIl, and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine combined, to say nothing of starving an entire population, shredding its children, and burning people alive. The fact that Anas Al-Sharif's work won a Pulitzer Prize for Reuters did not compel them to come to his defence when Israeli occupation forces placed him on a "hit list" of journalists accused of being Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants. It did not compel them to come to his defence when he appealed to international media for protection after an Israeli military spokesperson posted a video making clear their intention to assassinate him following a report he did on the growing famine. It did not compel them to report on his death honestly when he was hunted and killed weeks later. I have valued the work that I brought to Reuters over the past eight years, but at this point I can't conceive of wearing this press pass with anything but deep shame and grief. I don't know what it means to begin to honour the courage and sacrifice of journalists in Gaza - the bravest and best to ever live - but going forward I will direct whatever contributions I have to offer with that front of mind.
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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breachmedia.ca
Toronto!

Join us for the launch of our new book ‘When Genocide Wasn’t News’ – an anthology on Canadian media’s cover-up of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

📅 Jul 10 @ 7 PM
📍 CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst
Feat. @desmondcole.bsky.social‬, Martin Lukacs & Dania Majid

RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1424782255...
July 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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yipengge.bsky.social
As the genocide in Gaza intensifies, as the repression and silencing intensifies, we push forward by being louder than ever. We must end Canada's complicity in Israel's crimes.

📷: @joshuabest.bsky.social
Yipeng Ge speaking into and holding a microphone, wearing a keffiyeh, and also holding a poster that reads "Stop Arming Israel".
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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aljazeera.com
We compare and contrast how, in 1936, Columbia University expelled a student for staging anti-Nazi protests and how Columbia has now punished 22 students for protesting against Israel's war on Gaza.
March 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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lukelebrun.ca
According to Meta’s Facebook ad library, Canada Proud has spent ~$15,000 on Carney-Epstein attack ads that have been viewed 2 million times

Friends of Canadian Media says these unregulated companies “make billions of dollars by allowing ads with disinformation … to be displayed on their platforms”
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March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Toronto, Canada 2023.03.13. Molly Wickham for @breachmedia.ca
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Molly Wickham, is land and water protector and a Wing Chief of Cas Yikh, a house group of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. She's in town for a screening of Yintah.
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#yintah #landdefender #photojournalism #portrait
March 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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ricochetmedia.bsky.social
Doug Ford isn’t the (only) reason that everything is terrible. Neoliberalism did that — We are now living with the consequences of policy decisions made more than 30 years ago.

New analysis from @geordiedent.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/politics/dou...

#onpoli #Ontario #neoliberalism
Doug Ford isn’t the (only) reason that everything is terrible. Neoliberalism did that
We are now living with the consequences of policy decisions made more than 30 years ago
ricochet.media
March 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Every year The Biking Lawyer LLP offers FREE Know Your Rights Workshops across Ontario, in person or virtual, from Ottawa to Owen Sound.

Book your free workshop now: info@thebikinglawyer.ca

We discuss your rights as a cyclist, what to do in case of a crash, & more.
March 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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ricochetmedia.bsky.social
Activists take protest to the doorstep of Canada’s Defence Minister Bill Blair after repeatedly ignoring calls for action — People demanding an arms embargo on Israel left with ‘no other choice’.

@nurdogandiyorki.bsky.social reports:

ricochet.media/justice/acti...

#cdnpoli #gaza
Activists take protest to the doorstep of Canada’s Defence Minister after repeatedly ignoring calls for action
People demanding an arms embargo on Israel left with ‘no other choice’
ricochet.media
March 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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aljazeera.com
Palestine solidarity protesters in Jordan rally against resettlement plans for Palestinians in Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fkwhzj
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Doug Ford celebrates majority win by demolishing closest hospital
Doug Ford celebrates majority win by demolishing closest hospital
ETOBICOKE, ON — After his Conservative party was officially re-elected with a majority vote this evening, Doug Ford celebrated his win by immediately hopping in his car, tearing down University Avenue...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
joshuabest.bsky.social
This speaks volumes about the America press corps. They have failed at every turn to actually hold Trump accountable.
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Feb 25
The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser
The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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FUCK DOUG FORD. VOTE HIM OUT. @kizmet32.bsky.social with the incredible signage.
February 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Toronto, Canada. 02.22.2025. Photos from BeanSì003. Kali Horse, Willow Switch and Animal Party.
#eventphotography #concertphotography #folkmusic #electronicmusic
February 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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politicsinthewild.bsky.social
I have a deal for all of the Christian Nationalists who keep comparing Trump to Jesus Christ:

Crucify Trump on a cross and if he comes back to life, in 3 days, I will support & obey him until the day I die.
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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cultmtl.com
“A fire can’t spread if you suck all the oxygen out of the room. As a foundational element of Canadian culture, the CBC has a public responsibility to fight Trump’s annexation threats with extreme prejudice at every opportunity they get.”
Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda
Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda.
cultmtl.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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aljazeera.com
Israeli tanks enter the northern occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as part of an intensified military offensive that has forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps.

— in pictures aje.io/3mj6ua
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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thewalrus.ca
Laurentian University’s financial collapse was a warning. Instead of intervening, Doug Ford’s government let the crisis worsen, slashing jobs and reducing program quality. Is this the future for Ontario’s universities? thewalrus.ca/inside-doug-ford...
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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akurjata.ca
"The first parallel I see is the argument that it is somehow in Canadian's best interest to be a part of the U.S. because fundamentally we're not that different. This is indeed very similar to the argument that Ukrainians have some sort of quirky identity maybe, but fundamentally we're the same."
ANALYSIS | Trump's talk about Canada parrots Putin's claims on Ukraine | CBC News
Donad Trump's threats and claims about Canada may be unprecedented in the history of U.S.-Canada relations. But they have a strong precedent elsewhere in recent history: They closely resemble remarks ...
www.cbc.ca
February 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
joshuabest.bsky.social
The only threat in this woman's washroom are the heavily armed MALE police officers. Trump's Amerikkka is a fascist nightmare. #acab #fucktrump
celeste.lgbt Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · Feb 23
We all warned you that bathroom bans would serve as pretext to enable state-sanctioned sexual harrassment and gender policing.
February 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Toronto, Canada. 2025.02.23. Pro-Palestian protesters held a rally outside of Bill Blair's home. Blair, is The Minister of Defense for Canada and oversees weapons trading for the country. The protesters demanded a two-way arms embargo to stop the flow of weapons and weapons parts to and from Israel
February 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Early voting is open. Get out there, avoid stress and lines.
#onpoli #ontarioelection
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
joshuabest.bsky.social
Poilievre is a career politician, literally, he's never had a job outside of the government. He is a bootleg Donald Trump wannabe, that has no actual plans other than to make people suffer.
February 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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brandonyan.com
Unequivocally ban entry to any US official who calls for the annexation of Canada
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM