Anna Mehler Paperny
@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
anna.mehler.paperny@gmail.com or amehlerpaperny@ijbureau.org
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
anna.mehler.paperny@gmail.com or amehlerpaperny@ijbureau.org
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Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada
Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules.
www.reuters.com
Canada's mass incarceration of Indigenous people is worsening and an insidious driver is the stickiness of Canada's carceral system - when people should get a shot at freedom, but often don't. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"We don't eat things off the ground," "We don't bark at neighbours," and other lies I have uttered this evening.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"We don't eat things off the ground," "We don't bark at neighbours," and other lies I have uttered this evening.
It doesn't have to be this way. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
At Middlebury, She Hoped to Start Fresh. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
It doesn't have to be this way. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Periodic reminder that you can disagree with someone without demonizing health conditions or behaviours or fallaciously pathologizing the person.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Periodic reminder that you can disagree with someone without demonizing health conditions or behaviours or fallaciously pathologizing the person.
I know age only goes one way but man this is a bad time to lose our last Holocaust survivors.
Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor who dedicated her life to speaking out against prejudice and to preserving the legacy of her stepsister, Anne Frank, died on Saturday in London at 96. trib.al/NZEPlL6
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I know age only goes one way but man this is a bad time to lose our last Holocaust survivors.
still can't stop watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxc...
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela
YouTube video by 13 ON YOUR SIDE
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
still can't stop watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxc...
When does Canada start asking Americans for proof of vaccination as condition of entry? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
When does Canada start asking Americans for proof of vaccination as condition of entry? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Toronto motorists: There is a snowstorm. If you want to drive more than 20km/hr in the city, stay home and play Mario Kart.
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Toronto motorists: There is a snowstorm. If you want to drive more than 20km/hr in the city, stay home and play Mario Kart.
It's snowing again.
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
It's snowing again.
M. Gessen is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Opinion | Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
M. Gessen is a must-read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Glad Canada fought an election over this and then did nothing discussed regarding US relations.
If I'm Canada I'm taking Trump’s "jokes" about becoming the 51st state very seriously right now.
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Glad Canada fought an election over this and then did nothing discussed regarding US relations.
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Library card!
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Library card!
Most people living in poverty in Canada are working or live in families where someone works. 👇👇👇
Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Most people living in poverty in Canada are working or live in families where someone works. 👇👇👇
Timothy Snyder is worth a read. snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
snyder.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Timothy Snyder is worth a read. snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
ICYMI: "Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report …”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation
Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad.
www.reuters.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
ICYMI: "Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report …”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.
Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack
The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.
PSA: You can go outside.
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
PSA: You can go outside.
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
re-upping this classic
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
re-upping this classic
I know it's minor today. But every time I hear the most powerful person on Earth accuse demonized countries of sending "people from mental institutions ... bad people" to the US, I'm reminded why rich countries don't treat unwell people like humans deserving of care.
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I know it's minor today. But every time I hear the most powerful person on Earth accuse demonized countries of sending "people from mental institutions ... bad people" to the US, I'm reminded why rich countries don't treat unwell people like humans deserving of care.
Would love to hear what the head of my government, an oil-producing neighbour to the US, thinks of this.
"We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Would love to hear what the head of my government, an oil-producing neighbour to the US, thinks of this.
"We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Last summer, Venezuelan ex-pat Alejandro Puyana wrote this wonderful @texashighways.bsky.social essay on his fraught relationship with his homeland.
texashighways.com/culture/essa...
texashighways.com/culture/essa...
Cueing Peace at Austin Pool Halls
A Venezuelan ex-pat finds the heart of Texas in the corner pocket
texashighways.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Last summer, Venezuelan ex-pat Alejandro Puyana wrote this wonderful @texashighways.bsky.social essay on his fraught relationship with his homeland.
texashighways.com/culture/essa...
texashighways.com/culture/essa...