Jeremy Appel 🍉
@readtheorchard.org
Independent journalist in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton).
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Reckless and dangerous rhetoric from Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley. Vigilantism is completely unacceptable.
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reckless and dangerous rhetoric from Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley. Vigilantism is completely unacceptable.
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New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings reut.rs/4jh7Wdp
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings
Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings reut.rs/4jh7Wdp
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The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
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December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
December 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
Good point, Frum’s body count is way higher
David Frum and Kevin Oleary are not the same thing. Not even close.
December 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Good point, Frum’s body count is way higher
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
It is so funny that Bill Maher won’t tour anymore because he’s afraid he’ll get assassinated
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It is so funny that Bill Maher won’t tour anymore because he’s afraid he’ll get assassinated
This is the worse than much of what Jason Kenney did at Citizenship and Immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy
Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is the worse than much of what Jason Kenney did at Citizenship and Immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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While so many other countries are violating the human rights of migrants and refugees, Canada should stand as a beacon of hope. Do better @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social . We do not want to be like the USA!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy
Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
While so many other countries are violating the human rights of migrants and refugees, Canada should stand as a beacon of hope. Do better @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social . We do not want to be like the USA!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Because I ran out of space, here are others that are definitly worth supporting:
@wickdchiq.bsky.social, @readtheorchard.org, @tonyyvce.bsky.social, @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, @petersmith.bsky.social, @bellingcat.com, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, @molly.wiki, @kattenbarge.bsky.social, @404media.co
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Are we grinches or can we just no longer afford to subsidize the failure of social programs because too many of us have now been failed by our tattered and often non-existent social safety net?
Canada has become a nation of charity grinches
Charities are struggling as the number of donors, and the size of their donations, declines
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Are we grinches or can we just no longer afford to subsidize the failure of social programs because too many of us have now been failed by our tattered and often non-existent social safety net?
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As someone who was in design school when FF Trixie was in vogue I find this whole story fascinating. Bravo Mr Bianchin and all the journalists involved for doing this work.
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
As someone who was in design school when FF Trixie was in vogue I find this whole story fascinating. Bravo Mr Bianchin and all the journalists involved for doing this work.
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Good to add more perspective to the story. That old lesser slave lake riding definitely needed some work. Had almost a 2:1 vote power over some of the most crammed calgary ridings in the last election.
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Good to add more perspective to the story. That old lesser slave lake riding definitely needed some work. Had almost a 2:1 vote power over some of the most crammed calgary ridings in the last election.
In my latest for Alberta Native News, I take a look at the contentious proposal to create a new northern Alberta riding, Mackenzie, which would include 14 First Nations and four Metis settlements, but eliminate two other northern ridings.
www.albertanativenews.com/proposed-new...
www.albertanativenews.com/proposed-new...
Proposed new northern Alberta riding with increased Indigenous representation sparks division - Alberta Native News
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A proposed new northern Alberta provincial riding encompassing 18 Indigenous communities could help spur Indigenous participation...
www.albertanativenews.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In my latest for Alberta Native News, I take a look at the contentious proposal to create a new northern Alberta riding, Mackenzie, which would include 14 First Nations and four Metis settlements, but eliminate two other northern ridings.
www.albertanativenews.com/proposed-new...
www.albertanativenews.com/proposed-new...
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
Bari Weiss is a world historical hack
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Bari Weiss is a world historical hack
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support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
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UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.
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I would say that it points to Israel's plan to replicate in the West Bank what it did in Gaza.
NYT on Israel's ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NYT on Israel's ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank (Gift Article)
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I would say that it points to Israel's plan to replicate in the West Bank what it did in Gaza.
NYT on Israel's ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NYT on Israel's ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Classic Friday news dump
Alberta Next panel report has dropped.
Referendums on immigration and constitutional changes are incoming- maybe one on pension plan, TBD.
Province also will look reduce dependence on Ottawa, including establishing Alberta Police Service.
alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Referendums on immigration and constitutional changes are incoming- maybe one on pension plan, TBD.
Province also will look reduce dependence on Ottawa, including establishing Alberta Police Service.
alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Classic Friday news dump
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Amazingly (or not), G&M story refuses to acknowledge how the "alleged KGB dossier" - "the focus of a fierce but whispered debate in Ottawa over the authenticity and provenance of the files" - was reported to be a forgery by @thewalrus.ca in October, based on @readtheorchard.org's original reporting.
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Amazingly (or not), G&M story refuses to acknowledge how the "alleged KGB dossier" - "the focus of a fierce but whispered debate in Ottawa over the authenticity and provenance of the files" - was reported to be a forgery by @thewalrus.ca in October, based on @readtheorchard.org's original reporting.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Being unqualified, incompetent, and generally an absurd choice for a position is no barrier to working in this administration, but it does make it hard to actually do the job, and Bongino didn't like doing hard work.
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey
Being unqualified, incompetent, and generally an absurd choice for a position is no barrier to working in this administration, but it does make it hard to actually do the job, and Bongino didn't like doing hard work.
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey
Bongino to Step Down From F.B.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Being unqualified, incompetent, and generally an absurd choice for a position is no barrier to working in this administration, but it does make it hard to actually do the job, and Bongino didn't like doing hard work.
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey
Being unqualified, incompetent, and generally an absurd choice for a position is no barrier to working in this administration, but it does make it hard to actually do the job, and Bongino didn't like doing hard work.
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey
