Karen Walton
@karenwalton.bsky.social
Screen and television writer. Human rights & clean water fan. Made in Canada.
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“The documents indicate that Meta’s own research suggests its products have become a pillar of the global fraud economy. A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S.” Jeff Horwitz @reuters.com
An excellent article in grand Canadian style: say Americans pay for this twat’s senseless tariffs (and underscore Other Economic Nonsense the Current President Has Burped, with Import) while doing actual Journalism.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
The executive order also removes tariffs on tea, fruit juice, cocoa, spices, bananas, oranges, tomatoes and certain fertilizers.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An excellent article in grand Canadian style: say Americans pay for this twat’s senseless tariffs (and underscore Other Economic Nonsense the Current President Has Burped, with Import) while doing actual Journalism.
Reposted by Karen Walton
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
Meet Xtra’s 2025 Ken Popert Media Fellows | Xtra Magazine
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
xtramagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
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No ‘official’ portrait could capture Donald Trump’s presidency like this one does
#Opinion from @shannongormley.bsky.social
#Opinion from @shannongormley.bsky.social
Shannon Gormley: No ‘official’ portrait could capture Donald Trump’s presidency like this one does
Next to the scene of collapse around him, the President of the United States cuts a solitary and disdainful figure.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
No ‘official’ portrait could capture Donald Trump’s presidency like this one does
#Opinion from @shannongormley.bsky.social
#Opinion from @shannongormley.bsky.social
“Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, killing more than 3,000 Canadians each year. Yet, exposure to radon is not part of screening criteria for lung cancer. To qualify for most lung cancer screenings, you must meet certain age requirements …and have a …history of smoking”
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, killing more than 3,000 Canadians each year. Yet, exposure to radon is not part of screening criteria for lung cancer. To qualify for most lung cancer screenings, you must meet certain age requirements …and have a …history of smoking”
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When I visited PEN Ukraine in Kyiv in September 2023, I was photographed by Kostiatyn Huzenko, who documented the war. He enlisted in the Ukrainian armed forces this April and was killed on November 1 by a Russian missile. Courage, truth, memory
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
“If Caught in the Rain, He’d Smile”: In Memory of Kostiantyn Huzenko, Soldier, Artist, Friend
A marine, photographer, and friend, Kostiantyn Huzenko was killed by Russia in 2025. His spirit lives on in memories, photos, and the people he touched.
united24media.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When I visited PEN Ukraine in Kyiv in September 2023, I was photographed by Kostiatyn Huzenko, who documented the war. He enlisted in the Ukrainian armed forces this April and was killed on November 1 by a Russian missile. Courage, truth, memory
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
⬇️ there are no short cuts to preserving endangered languages and certainly not any design by white male Anglo-American privilege. Please pass it on in your endangered languages.
Interesting perspective. Large language models can be capable of preserving endangered languages, but is a company like Meta who you really trust with preserving your language and cultural heritage?
Or will they just use it to generate ad revenue like they do with literally everything else?
Or will they just use it to generate ad revenue like they do with literally everything else?
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
⬇️ there are no short cuts to preserving endangered languages and certainly not any design by white male Anglo-American privilege. Please pass it on in your endangered languages.
finally a chance to say
Lulz
Lulz
Meme stocks wiped out this week during mild market sell-off
Meme stocks wiped out this week during mild market sell-off
A sell-off of speculative names within a meme stock ETF could have far-reaching ramifications for the overall U.S. economy, said investor Peter Boockvar.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
finally a chance to say
Lulz
Lulz
As Kyiv is bombed thanks to those in Putin’s pocket - These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom - The Canadian Press
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As Kyiv is bombed thanks to those in Putin’s pocket - These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom - The Canadian Press
Sour Puss moves some liqueur production to Canada after trade war devastates sales - The Canadian Press
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sour Puss moves some liqueur production to Canada after trade war devastates sales - The Canadian Press
Did he? And wasn’t the global pandemic just like, a flu? ‘Gone by April’ if you were a Donny stooge? And didn’t a hurricane plan to hit actually a totally different place on a map than it did and didn’t he also ‘say’ — bad headlines all over, editors— www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump calls Epstein emails a Democratic deflection after correspondence alleges president ‘knew about the girls’ – live
Trump says release of Epstein emails is a distraction from Democrats’ performance during shutdown; White House says they ‘prove absolutely nothing’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Did he? And wasn’t the global pandemic just like, a flu? ‘Gone by April’ if you were a Donny stooge? And didn’t a hurricane plan to hit actually a totally different place on a map than it did and didn’t he also ‘say’ — bad headlines all over, editors— www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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I am giving a Nov. 11 library talk in Kitchener, Ontario, re a forgotten war crime that changed the world.
Free + open to the public.
Event info tinyurl.com/34uef9uj
My book:
Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3
Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2
Wordsworth tinyurl.com/ykm6ee6m
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
Free + open to the public.
Event info tinyurl.com/34uef9uj
My book:
Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3
Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2
Wordsworth tinyurl.com/ykm6ee6m
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I am giving a Nov. 11 library talk in Kitchener, Ontario, re a forgotten war crime that changed the world.
Free + open to the public.
Event info tinyurl.com/34uef9uj
My book:
Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3
Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2
Wordsworth tinyurl.com/ykm6ee6m
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
Free + open to the public.
Event info tinyurl.com/34uef9uj
My book:
Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3
Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2
Wordsworth tinyurl.com/ykm6ee6m
@dundurnpress.bsky.social
If you aren’t aware, before breaking bad Mr Gilligan wrote all the most amazing episodes of The X files. The ones other writers (or punks like me at least) go, wow. No disrespect to all the writers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you aren’t aware, before breaking bad Mr Gilligan wrote all the most amazing episodes of The X files. The ones other writers (or punks like me at least) go, wow. No disrespect to all the writers.
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Someone asked if I have been shadowbanned on here, because they haven’t seen my posts for weeks.
I am not shadowbanned, I’ve just been quiet on socials and substack.
I’ve focusing on teaching and navigating the fallout from my firing from @washingtonpost.com — it’s been psychologically hard.
I am not shadowbanned, I’ve just been quiet on socials and substack.
I’ve focusing on teaching and navigating the fallout from my firing from @washingtonpost.com — it’s been psychologically hard.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Someone asked if I have been shadowbanned on here, because they haven’t seen my posts for weeks.
I am not shadowbanned, I’ve just been quiet on socials and substack.
I’ve focusing on teaching and navigating the fallout from my firing from @washingtonpost.com — it’s been psychologically hard.
I am not shadowbanned, I’ve just been quiet on socials and substack.
I’ve focusing on teaching and navigating the fallout from my firing from @washingtonpost.com — it’s been psychologically hard.
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Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn unpack the first two episodes of 'Pluribus' and slam AI: 'Silicon Valley' has 'f---ed up the world.'
variety.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
long ago, when I thought he was just a debt-trading snark show on canadian public broadcaster’s teat, I made the mistake of low-balling his …. Act. As, harmless and sometimes even entertaining. while smarter women were like, no dude.
I have never regretted airing an under-informed opinion more.
I have never regretted airing an under-informed opinion more.
Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, millionaire, Trump lover, Canadian, fraud, bad investor, and person who worships income disparity and believes people in poverty should admire the 1%. Here is why I am extremely angry and confused that I was not Zohran Mamdani's first priority and favourite special little boy
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
long ago, when I thought he was just a debt-trading snark show on canadian public broadcaster’s teat, I made the mistake of low-balling his …. Act. As, harmless and sometimes even entertaining. while smarter women were like, no dude.
I have never regretted airing an under-informed opinion more.
I have never regretted airing an under-informed opinion more.
“The documents indicate that Meta’s own research suggests its products have become a pillar of the global fraud economy. A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S.” Jeff Horwitz @reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“The documents indicate that Meta’s own research suggests its products have become a pillar of the global fraud economy. A May 2025 presentation by its safety staff estimated that the company’s platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the U.S.” Jeff Horwitz @reuters.com
I've changed my profile photo to a 2025 digital poppy from the Legion. You can too, even if your late Dad or Mum or sib or cousin wasn't a #NATO #CDNnavy #veteran and worked the poppy campaign in their day :) Donate what you can, then you're good mypoppy.ca. #Canada #RemembranceDay
Implemented by The Legion National Foundation, the Digital Poppy is a simple but meaningful way to honour Canada's Heroes.
mypoppy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I've changed my profile photo to a 2025 digital poppy from the Legion. You can too, even if your late Dad or Mum or sib or cousin wasn't a #NATO #CDNnavy #veteran and worked the poppy campaign in their day :) Donate what you can, then you're good mypoppy.ca. #Canada #RemembranceDay
*unearned performative swagger innit?
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
*unearned performative swagger innit?
can’t even muster an arched brow. thank those who voted for this racket - twice.
Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
can’t even muster an arched brow. thank those who voted for this racket - twice.
👀 I can guess. Can you?
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
👀 I can guess. Can you?
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The minority Liberal government appears poised to survive the first of three confidence tests on its budget, with the NDP and Bloc Québécois declaring Thursday that they will not vote with the Conservatives on an amendment.
NDP, Bloc will vote with government on first budget confidence vote
The minority Liberal government appears poised to survive the first of three confidence tests on its budget, with the NDP and Bloc Québécois declaring Thursday that they will not vote with the Conservatives on an amendment.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The minority Liberal government appears poised to survive the first of three confidence tests on its budget, with the NDP and Bloc Québécois declaring Thursday that they will not vote with the Conservatives on an amendment.
‘ a starting point, not the closure of an historical chapter’
CAF = Canadian Armed Forces
CAF = Canadian Armed Forces
Scott Taylor: The CAF’s emotional apology for racism
"In my more than four decades of close affiliation with the CAF, I have not experienced a more unconventional ceremony."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
"In my more than four decades of close affiliation with the CAF, I have not experienced a more unconventional ceremony."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
The CAF’s emotional apology for racism
The general consensus at the Oct. 30 ceremony was that this emotional apology is a starting point, not the closure of an historical chapter.
www.hilltimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
‘ a starting point, not the closure of an historical chapter’
CAF = Canadian Armed Forces
CAF = Canadian Armed Forces
“A core aim of the intelligence firms was to find evidence that could be used to undermine her credibility and the abuse claims she has made against the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan” #patterns www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“A core aim of the intelligence firms was to find evidence that could be used to undermine her credibility and the abuse claims she has made against the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan” #patterns www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Ah. The infamous Danielle Smith government’s ‘due diligence’
Oily. As always. Stains. Mess. US creeps’ benefits.
Oily. As always. Stains. Mess. US creeps’ benefits.
According to an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy’s revenues had dropped and the company was in “survival mode” when Alberta allowed it to acquire 170 oil wells. Now, the company isn’t paying its bills to landowners and owes taxes to at least one municipality. thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ah. The infamous Danielle Smith government’s ‘due diligence’
Oily. As always. Stains. Mess. US creeps’ benefits.
Oily. As always. Stains. Mess. US creeps’ benefits.
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Short story I’m submitting around right now has a Zone that deconstructs time, space and matter into its own negation. Short film I have playing at Fog Fest next month has a cosmic entity that is understood by people as a version of themselves.
What’s the most unusual element in your fictional world? In my current WIP, the MC has a necklace that tells the future #writingq #WritingCommunity
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Short story I’m submitting around right now has a Zone that deconstructs time, space and matter into its own negation. Short film I have playing at Fog Fest next month has a cosmic entity that is understood by people as a version of themselves.