Rick Conrad
@rickconrad.bsky.social
Cat daddy, gay husband, occasional journalist
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Marley was dead: to begin with.
Happy publishing anniversary to A Christmas Carol!
Happy publishing anniversary to A Christmas Carol!
Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
[a holiday cerebration]
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Marley was dead: to begin with.
Happy publishing anniversary to A Christmas Carol!
Happy publishing anniversary to A Christmas Carol!
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In apparent violation of public meeting rules, Mayor Andy Fillmore hosted secret meeting with councillors and Construction Association of Nova Scotia to talk regional plan
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
In apparent violation of public meeting rules, Mayor Andy Fillmore hosted secret meeting with councillors and Construction Association of Nova Scotia to talk regional plan - Halifax Examiner
Coun. Sam Austin expressed concerns with that meeting, saying while he thought the intentions were "good," he asked if the invitation was the "epitome of a backroom meeting?"
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In apparent violation of public meeting rules, Mayor Andy Fillmore hosted secret meeting with councillors and Construction Association of Nova Scotia to talk regional plan
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
I think that second story idea was actually done by CBC.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I think that second story idea was actually done by CBC.
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We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
Proper
I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Proper
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saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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When Jane Goodall visited Halifax in 2011, @rickconrad.bsky.social and I had the privilege of moderating her online public chat. She was a hero for her work on behalf of animals and the planet, a trailblazer for women in science and the loveliest of humans. I’m heartbroken that she’s gone.
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
When Jane Goodall visited Halifax in 2011, @rickconrad.bsky.social and I had the privilege of moderating her online public chat. She was a hero for her work on behalf of animals and the planet, a trailblazer for women in science and the loveliest of humans. I’m heartbroken that she’s gone.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
So it looks like UPS had to kick the shit out of our parcel, drop it on the ground and roll over it with a truck before they FINALLY delivered it.
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So it looks like UPS had to kick the shit out of our parcel, drop it on the ground and roll over it with a truck before they FINALLY delivered it.
This is kind of depressing, not only because we’re basically like fruit flies - apple.news/AfKYovvvtTF2...
Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old — New Scientist
Suddenly feeling old? Evidence now suggests that rather than a long, steady decline, we dramatically age around three specific times in our lives. Might it be possible to stay younger for longer?
apple.news
July 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is kind of depressing, not only because we’re basically like fruit flies - apple.news/AfKYovvvtTF2...
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James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.
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what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
Oof. The Oilers are channeling Round 2 Leafs tonight.
June 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Oof. The Oilers are channeling Round 2 Leafs tonight.
This piece is so very good
I read this Patti LuPone profile by @michaelschulman.bsky.social and when I was done, I stared in silence for fifteen seconds. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Patti LuPone Is Done with Broadway—and Almost Everything Else
The seventy-six-year-old theatre diva, famed and feared for her salty bravado, dishes on Hal Prince, her non-friendship with Audra McDonald, and sexy but dumb New York Rangers.
www.newyorker.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This piece is so very good
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It's publication week for the mass market paperback of my #truecrime book on a 1920s Chicago ponzi schemer who escaped to a new life in Canada
'Intoxicating & impressively researched'– NYT Book Review
'Among the few great biographies that read like a thriller'- Esquire
More: www.deanjobb.com/empire
'Intoxicating & impressively researched'– NYT Book Review
'Among the few great biographies that read like a thriller'- Esquire
More: www.deanjobb.com/empire
May 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's publication week for the mass market paperback of my #truecrime book on a 1920s Chicago ponzi schemer who escaped to a new life in Canada
'Intoxicating & impressively researched'– NYT Book Review
'Among the few great biographies that read like a thriller'- Esquire
More: www.deanjobb.com/empire
'Intoxicating & impressively researched'– NYT Book Review
'Among the few great biographies that read like a thriller'- Esquire
More: www.deanjobb.com/empire
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When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
May 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”