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Matthew Trevithick
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Journalist, photographer, burned out, need new avatar

matthew.trevithick@cbc.ca / Twitter: @m_trevithick / #LdnOnt
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I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike, according to two people familiar with the matter." apnews.com/article/trum...
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A cease and desist letter sent to Hamou by the city accuses her of sending "numerous communications," including a physical note, text messages, and voicemails to the city and Morgan's family with threats and other personal and professional allegations about him www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #LdnOnt
Former London city councillor accused of extorting, harassing mayor | CBC News
A former London, Ont., city councillor is facing allegations she extorted and harassed Mayor Josh Morgan following an investigation by an outside police force, CBC News has learned.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The number of commercial poultry farms in Strathroy-Caadoc hit with avian influenza now stands at four. The CFIA says the first three outbreaks alone affected more than 63,000 turkeys www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #LdnOnt
4 poultry farms in southwestern Ontario hit with avian flu resulting in 63k birds culled so far | CBC News
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has identified additional outbreaks of avian influenza in Strathroy-Caradoc, bringing the total number declared in the last two weeks to four.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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In Brighton Park, you had this incident with a protester, and a federal agent falsely claiming he was assaulted.
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ProPublica: White House official told senior Department of Homeland Security officials to return devices to Tate brothers several days after they were seized. The official, Paul Ingrassia, is a lawyer who previously represented the Tate brothers. www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
China’s state-sponsored hackers used AI technology from Anthropic to automate break-ins of major corporations and foreign governments during a September hacking campaign, the company says www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
Exclusive | Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s AI to Automate Cyberattacks
The use of AI automation in hacks is a growing trend that gives hackers additional scale and speed
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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not too hard to imagine a comprehensively gambling-obsessed political media, maybe soon nymag.com/intelligence...
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
NYT: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Pres. Trump had 'spent hours at my house' with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages suggesting Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Jimmy Kimmel remembers friend and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, who passed away Tuesday morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlV...
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Yeah I don't think this is indicative of a healthy society www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside Three Longterm Relationships With A.I. Chatbots (Gift Article)
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
‘You’re not rushing. You’re just ready:’ Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does." news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
nyti.ms/47O4mT0
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🎈Happy Birthday... to US! 🎂 47 candles on our cake today!

On this day in 1978, '6X FM' (as it was branded then) launched on Hallowe'en!🎃
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fanshawe College looks to shed longtime campus radio station, putting the future of 106.9 The X into question www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #LdnOnt
Student-run radio station 106.9 The X on the chopping block by Fanshawe College | CBC News
Nearly 50 years after it made history as Canada's first licensed, instructional campus radio station, London's 106.9 The X now faces an uncertain future.
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM