Julie Sobowale
@juliesobowale.bsky.social
Canadian journalist and lawyer 🇨🇦VP @cajournalists.bsky.social. Film enthusiast 🎥 coffee addict ☕️ tennis fan 🎾
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Julie Sobowale
@juliesobowale.bsky.social
· Nov 14
An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible | The Walrus
Racialized professors say they were underpaid, bullied, and ignored at UBC
thewalrus.ca
Thank you to the brave people who spoke to me about the dysfunction at UBC Allard Law. Institutions can’t take credit for DEI work while excluding racialized people #lawsky #lawschool
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Wrote about the largest Canadian AI company and lessons learned from Cohere’s mistakes #AI
A $240 million federal investment. A commitment to Canadian innovation. And a team up with some of the most controversial players in tech. Journalist @juliesobowale.bsky.social takes a closer look at the trouble with Cohere, Canada's homegrown AI hope: thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-canada...
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Wrote about the largest Canadian AI company and lessons learned from Cohere’s mistakes #AI
Today is a good reminder why I cancelled my NYT subscription
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Today is a good reminder why I cancelled my NYT subscription
Reposted by Julie Sobowale
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
So glad this is being covered. We need to talk more about what the tech industry values and how this affects our communities
A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich.
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
US tech titans are building toxic politics at home and looking to export. Gil Duran has a warning for Canada. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So glad this is being covered. We need to talk more about what the tech industry values and how this affects our communities
Well at least we get an extra night of sleep tonight #worldseries
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Well at least we get an extra night of sleep tonight #worldseries
Extra innings!?!?!?! Omg
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Extra innings!?!?!?! Omg
Of course the game is this close #worldseries
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Of course the game is this close #worldseries
What a fun game. So good
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What a fun game. So good
This is incredible
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is incredible
I’m so sleepy but I can’t stop watching
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’m so sleepy but I can’t stop watching
Derek Guy talking about SCC Christmas dresses is freaking fantastic
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Derek Guy talking about SCC Christmas dresses is freaking fantastic
One Battle After Another is the right movie at the right time. It’s a movie about resistance and family. The marketing for this film was awful but now that I’ve seen it, I get it. Lots of surprises
a man and a woman walking down a sidewalk with #one battle after another written on the bottom
ALT: a man and a woman walking down a sidewalk with #one battle after another written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
One Battle After Another is the right movie at the right time. It’s a movie about resistance and family. The marketing for this film was awful but now that I’ve seen it, I get it. Lots of surprises
Reposted by Julie Sobowale
THIS SATURDAY: The fourth annual Butter Tart Festival. With plenty of butter tart options, including gluten free, dairy free, nut free, and vegan & more fun and activities. The Market is located at 6154 Abbott St. East. atthebarn.ca/butter-tart-...
September 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
THIS SATURDAY: The fourth annual Butter Tart Festival. With plenty of butter tart options, including gluten free, dairy free, nut free, and vegan & more fun and activities. The Market is located at 6154 Abbott St. East. atthebarn.ca/butter-tart-...
Reposted by Julie Sobowale
Y'all got recommendations for independent news / publications run by journalists from underrepresented communities?
In particular, journalists of color?
In particular, journalists of color?
September 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Y'all got recommendations for independent news / publications run by journalists from underrepresented communities?
In particular, journalists of color?
In particular, journalists of color?
Reposted by Julie Sobowale
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Nature #Words #Language #Culture #Climate #Diction #Writing #Writers
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Nature #Words #Language #Culture #Climate #Diction #Writing #Writers
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.
grist.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reposted by Julie Sobowale
Between the Medvedev Meltdown, Ostapenko complaining over Townsend not apologizing over a net cord that wasn't even a clean winner, and Tsitsipas complaining about an underarm serve from over an hour ago at the net, this US Open isn't short of drama.
August 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Between the Medvedev Meltdown, Ostapenko complaining over Townsend not apologizing over a net cord that wasn't even a clean winner, and Tsitsipas complaining about an underarm serve from over an hour ago at the net, this US Open isn't short of drama.
My take on the biggest #legaltech story of the year
Clio's US$1 billion acquisition of vLex this summer means that along with Thomson Reuters, Canada now has two of the world’s leading legal tech companies. @juliesobowale.bsky.social has the story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
How Clio’s big moves in AI could affect legal practice
It remains to be seen whether its purchase of vLex will have wide-ranging effects on the legal market, but observers say it could be a much-needed disruption
www.nationalmagazine.ca
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My take on the biggest #legaltech story of the year
I love Taylor Townsend. That’s all
August 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I love Taylor Townsend. That’s all
Venus Williams reminding everyone who she is #usopen
a woman is holding a wilson tennis racquet on a tennis court
ALT: a woman is holding a wilson tennis racquet on a tennis court
media.tenor.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Venus Williams reminding everyone who she is #usopen