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...
*whispers* maybe even policy-makers
So *what is* a public health approach to substance use? Our latest 🧪 paper provides a systematic review of academic and grey literature and outlines a conceptual framework to guide practitioners.
link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-025-25402-4
link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-025-25402-4
Defining a public health approach to substance use: insights from a systematic scoping review and conceptual framework development approach - BMC Public Health
Background Psychoactive substance use represents a significant global public health challenge, leading to diverse health, social, and environmental harms. Traditional punitive and commercial approache...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
*whispers* maybe even policy-makers
Alberta schools are taking dozens of books of their library shelves to comply with provincial book bans and they won't tell you which ones. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Dozens of library books removed from Alberta schools as new laws take effect
New policy requires schools to remove books containing explicit images or illustrations of sexual content
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Alberta schools are taking dozens of books of their library shelves to comply with provincial book bans and they won't tell you which ones. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Granting newcomers permanent residency gives them greater labour and economic mobility, study finds: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Temporary foreign workers switch jobs and earn more after becoming permanent residents, study finds
Program that ties workers to certain industries holds workers back from economic mobility
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Granting newcomers permanent residency gives them greater labour and economic mobility, study finds: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
It is January 7, 2026.
Who is baffled? Who is boggled?
Who is baffled? Who is boggled?
Sen. Warner: The idea that Trump is actually threatening action against a NATO ally is beyond baffling. Talk about completely destroying America's reputation and our alliances. It's mind boggling.
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It is January 7, 2026.
Who is baffled? Who is boggled?
Who is baffled? Who is boggled?
Toronto this morning
a cartoon of a deer swimming in a body of water
ALT: a cartoon of a deer swimming in a body of water
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Toronto this morning
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
January 6, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
January 6, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
Why is this still happening?
In the five days that I've been monitoring this stuff on X, I've not detected any significant slow-down.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Why is this still happening?
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
19thnews.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Venezuela’s government has moved to suppress any expression of support for Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, launching a crackdown that has included the detention of journalists, the arrest of civilians and the deployment of armed gangs across the capital.
Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in Venezuela
Venezuela’s government launched a far-reaching crackdown after Maduro’s ouster, detaining journalists and civilians and sending armed gangs to the streets.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Venezuela’s government has moved to suppress any expression of support for Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, launching a crackdown that has included the detention of journalists, the arrest of civilians and the deployment of armed gangs across the capital.
Things I want protection against:
- freezing rain
- self-doubt
- complicity in the suffering of others
Things I have protection against:
- phantom footfalls
- squirrels
- freezing rain
- self-doubt
- complicity in the suffering of others
Things I have protection against:
- phantom footfalls
- squirrels
January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Things I want protection against:
- freezing rain
- self-doubt
- complicity in the suffering of others
Things I have protection against:
- phantom footfalls
- squirrels
- freezing rain
- self-doubt
- complicity in the suffering of others
Things I have protection against:
- phantom footfalls
- squirrels
Freezing rain is an abomination.
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Freezing rain is an abomination.
Throughout the election campaign and as recently as September, Carney was referring to a "rupture" in Canada-U.S. relations.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today, "our closest partnership is with the United States."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today, "our closest partnership is with the United States."
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Throughout the election campaign and as recently as September, Carney was referring to a "rupture" in Canada-U.S. relations.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today, "our closest partnership is with the United States."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today, "our closest partnership is with the United States."
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clarifies position on the United States using military force to annex Greenland:
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clarifies position on the United States using military force to annex Greenland:
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
Where Canada is at: www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/c...
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Where Canada is at: www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/c...
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Where's Canada at?
(Reuters) - Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Britain, and Denmark said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Where's Canada at?
Why is the media conspiracy suppressing all the How to Address Osteoarthritis by Staying in Bed articles?
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Why is the media conspiracy suppressing all the How to Address Osteoarthritis by Staying in Bed articles?
"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...
