Kat Eschner
@keschner.bsky.social
I am a journalist. Bylines throughout, helped create Big [If True] for @tvotoday.bsky.social, presently on sabbatical. Any pronouns. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ kateschner.com
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Kat Eschner
@keschner.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Gonna end my career in some kind of Canticle for Leibowitz-like situation wearing a cassock and recopying load-bearing posts I swear.
jacob tierney made a show out of heated rivalry and the SOUNDTRACK
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
jacob tierney made a show out of heated rivalry and the SOUNDTRACK
I think it‘s simply that Trump is, at heart, a starfucker.
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I think it‘s simply that Trump is, at heart, a starfucker.
is it money because I've been to parksville
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
is it money because I've been to parksville
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Double your impact this #GivingTuesday! Until Dec. 2, every dollar to @wearetvo.bsky.social is matched up to $250K. Join @namshine.bsky.social in keeping media literacy in focus with journalism, documentaries and podcasts like [MIS]Treated. Give today: givingtuesday.tvo.me
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Double your impact this #GivingTuesday! Until Dec. 2, every dollar to @wearetvo.bsky.social is matched up to $250K. Join @namshine.bsky.social in keeping media literacy in focus with journalism, documentaries and podcasts like [MIS]Treated. Give today: givingtuesday.tvo.me
ugh hard to pick but
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
ugh hard to pick but
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
much like exposure, you can’t eat GDP
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
much like exposure, you can’t eat GDP
COVID and flu shots available to the general public today! www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations
Find your closest pharmacy to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
www.ontario.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
COVID and flu shots available to the general public today! www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
every time I run into one of the TTC’s significant issues I try to remind myself that this is what happens when you try to fund one of the largest transit systems on the continent out of the farebox
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
every time I run into one of the TTC’s significant issues I try to remind myself that this is what happens when you try to fund one of the largest transit systems on the continent out of the farebox
bought a chocolate eclair and walked around the neighborhood eating it and looking at the leaves. 11/10 activity
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
bought a chocolate eclair and walked around the neighborhood eating it and looking at the leaves. 11/10 activity
I always find it refreshing when people who work at small retail are somewhat disaffected and grumpy
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I always find it refreshing when people who work at small retail are somewhat disaffected and grumpy
Tune in tonight at 8pm ET!
The first episode of The Rundown with @jeyantvo.bsky.social begins tonight at 8pm www.tvo.org/the-rundown
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tune in tonight at 8pm ET!
what if the biggest negative consequence of the Industrial Revolution was somehow how it terraformed our sleep www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'
For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
what if the biggest negative consequence of the Industrial Revolution was somehow how it terraformed our sleep www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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It was a tough decision, but I'm standing in solidarity with my OPSEU colleagues (including IT staff, library techs, and registrar office staff), and cancelling my classes (not "pivoting online") during this strike.
September 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It was a tough decision, but I'm standing in solidarity with my OPSEU colleagues (including IT staff, library techs, and registrar office staff), and cancelling my classes (not "pivoting online") during this strike.
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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.
thetyee.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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 author of Azerbaijan Technology is the only one I’ve seen do AI slop right
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
the author of Azerbaijan Technology is the only one I’ve seen do AI slop right
added a few more pictures to my photography instagram: www.instagram.com/half_frame_k...
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
added a few more pictures to my photography instagram: www.instagram.com/half_frame_k...
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“What’s being undercut isn’t just NASA’s technical ability to carry out missions, although that would be bad enough. It is America’s—and the world’s—capacity to wonder, to believe, to know.“
www.wired.com/story/the-de...
www.wired.com/story/the-de...
The Destruction of NASA Would Be a Blow to Our Collective Imagination
As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, America’s willingness to look outward is also at risk.
www.wired.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“What’s being undercut isn’t just NASA’s technical ability to carry out missions, although that would be bad enough. It is America’s—and the world’s—capacity to wonder, to believe, to know.“
www.wired.com/story/the-de...
www.wired.com/story/the-de...
I myself am a dad without a bat, brad
September 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I myself am a dad without a bat, brad
Registration opens today for #SciWri25 in Chicago! I couldn't be prouder to be working on behalf of this organization as its treasurer in ~these times~ and I sincerely hope you consider attending. The conference is well worth your time: sciencewriters2025.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Registration opens today for #SciWri25 in Chicago! I couldn't be prouder to be working on behalf of this organization as its treasurer in ~these times~ and I sincerely hope you consider attending. The conference is well worth your time: sciencewriters2025.org
Happy Labour Day to my fellow unionists!
September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Happy Labour Day to my fellow unionists!
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It remains staggering to me that, in the absence of meaningful penalties for the people at fault, this has simply become a part of ordinary modern life.
NEW: Credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a data breach involving more than 4.4 million customers' personal information. TransUnion claims "no credit information was accessed" in the late-July breach, which it said involves its U.S. consumer support operations.
TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers' personal information | TechCrunch
The credit reporting giant confirmed unauthorized access to a third-party application storing the personal information of its customers.
techcrunch.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It remains staggering to me that, in the absence of meaningful penalties for the people at fault, this has simply become a part of ordinary modern life.
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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Greystar.
August 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Greystar.