Rick Harp
@rickharp.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, etc. 📻 “Knowledge is never innocent or neutral” Aileen Moreton-Robinson
🎙️ Host, APTN News Brief https://podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief
🎙️ Host/producer, MEDIA INDIGENA https://podfollow.com/mediaindigena
🎙️ Host, APTN News Brief https://podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief
🎙️ Host/producer, MEDIA INDIGENA https://podfollow.com/mediaindigena
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NEW 🎙️ Our return to all-new podcasts opens our series of reflections on “Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of ‘Collaboration’.” First up, @candiscall.bsky.social on concurrence of Indigenous movements w/the rise of Indigenous people working in media
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 1 (ep 360)
ON THIS EPISODE: Interrogating 'the white possessive.' And according to Indigenous scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson, countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S. are best understood as 'white posse...
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It's a MEDIA INDIGENA (partial) reunion with @kimtallbear.bsky.social and I sitting down with Candis to discuss her talk at this awesome @sfuindg.bsky.social event! ⬇️
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Here’s a Canadian story that is an example of cutting off your nose to spite your face:
The Conservatives decided to blame immigrants for the housing crisis. The news media parroted it without any inspection whatsoever and so ppl believed it. Demand and supply right?
WRONG.
The Conservatives decided to blame immigrants for the housing crisis. The news media parroted it without any inspection whatsoever and so ppl believed it. Demand and supply right?
WRONG.
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Here’s a Canadian story that is an example of cutting off your nose to spite your face:
The Conservatives decided to blame immigrants for the housing crisis. The news media parroted it without any inspection whatsoever and so ppl believed it. Demand and supply right?
WRONG.
The Conservatives decided to blame immigrants for the housing crisis. The news media parroted it without any inspection whatsoever and so ppl believed it. Demand and supply right?
WRONG.
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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Berens River First Nation in Manitoba considering their next steps for students after the loss of their only school to a fire.
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APTN News Brief: Berens River considers next steps after only school lost to fire
Our lead story: Berens River First Nation in Manitoba figures out next steps for students after the sudden loss of their only school to an early morning fire.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Berens River First Nation in Manitoba considering their next steps for students after the loss of their only school to a fire.
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Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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So the #NHLJets just went 6-2-2 in the last 10 games.
Pretty solid record, right?
In that time they went from T-31st and 11 points out of a playoff spot…
…to 29th and 8 points out of a playoff spot.
Shows how hard it is to make up ground.
30 games left.
Pretty solid record, right?
In that time they went from T-31st and 11 points out of a playoff spot…
…to 29th and 8 points out of a playoff spot.
Shows how hard it is to make up ground.
30 games left.
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 AM
So the #NHLJets just went 6-2-2 in the last 10 games.
Pretty solid record, right?
In that time they went from T-31st and 11 points out of a playoff spot…
…to 29th and 8 points out of a playoff spot.
Shows how hard it is to make up ground.
30 games left.
Pretty solid record, right?
In that time they went from T-31st and 11 points out of a playoff spot…
…to 29th and 8 points out of a playoff spot.
Shows how hard it is to make up ground.
30 games left.
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I wrote for The Star about Carney delivering a pivotal speech about new global partnerships, then immediately laying off the very people who build said partnerships
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I wrote for The Star about Carney delivering a pivotal speech about new global partnerships, then immediately laying off the very people who build said partnerships
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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On our latest episode, @josephcox.bsky.social of
@404media.co discusses Mobile Fortify, a faulty facial recognition app that ICE uses to identify suspects. The agency says it overrides a birth certificate. Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
@404media.co discusses Mobile Fortify, a faulty facial recognition app that ICE uses to identify suspects. The agency says it overrides a birth certificate. Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
On our latest episode, @josephcox.bsky.social of
@404media.co discusses Mobile Fortify, a faulty facial recognition app that ICE uses to identify suspects. The agency says it overrides a birth certificate. Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
@404media.co discusses Mobile Fortify, a faulty facial recognition app that ICE uses to identify suspects. The agency says it overrides a birth certificate. Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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The value of patient data held by for-profit companies that own chains of medical clinics is valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Four experts explain how an emerging model is turning Canadian patient medical records — and patients themselves — into lucrative commercial assets. 🩺💻
Four experts explain how an emerging model is turning Canadian patient medical records — and patients themselves — into lucrative commercial assets. 🩺💻
Are Your Health Records Quietly Being Used for Commercial Purposes? | The Tyee
The ‘vertical integration’ of medical clinics and data brokerages may bypass key regulatory rules.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The value of patient data held by for-profit companies that own chains of medical clinics is valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Four experts explain how an emerging model is turning Canadian patient medical records — and patients themselves — into lucrative commercial assets. 🩺💻
Four experts explain how an emerging model is turning Canadian patient medical records — and patients themselves — into lucrative commercial assets. 🩺💻
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Point Salad and Point City were both great tableau-building games from @flatoutgames.bsky.social & @alderaceg.bsky.social . Point Galaxy is here now, and it carries to torch on, and into outer space! Read my review, right now. Go on. punchboard.co.uk/point-galaxy... #Boardgames #BoardGameSky
Point Galaxy Review - Out of this world tableau building
Point Galaxy is absolutely slathered with the Point game jam that Shawn, Molly, and Robert cook up in the Flatout Games kitchen.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Point Salad and Point City were both great tableau-building games from @flatoutgames.bsky.social & @alderaceg.bsky.social . Point Galaxy is here now, and it carries to torch on, and into outer space! Read my review, right now. Go on. punchboard.co.uk/point-galaxy... #Boardgames #BoardGameSky
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Alec Karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social has
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
The complex and troubling history of police body cameras
A new article in the Yale Journal of Law and Liberation aims to reveal the propaganda behind police body cameras and who has stood to benefit from “reform narratives”
prismreports.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Alec Karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social has
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
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So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
"If your mother says she loves you, check it out"
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
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New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"If your mother says she loves you, check it out"
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BYD is never going to build cars in Canada. They don’t really want to build in India despite high demand and extremely low production (wage) costs.
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BYD Weighs India Expansion as Hundreds of Car Orders Pile Up
BYD Co. is weighing options to expand in India, including local assembly to meet surging demand for the Chinese automaker’s electric vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
BYD is never going to build cars in Canada. They don’t really want to build in India despite high demand and extremely low production (wage) costs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New Mexico filed a suit in late December alleging a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing by three Texas oil executives.
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Mai...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
New Mexico filed a suit in late December alleging a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing by three Texas oil executives.
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Manitoba is launching a review into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the health minister says the analysis will be limited because people have moved on from the global health crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba launching review into government's COVID-19 response, but focus will be limited | CBC News
Manitoba is launching an internal review into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the health minister says the analysis will be limited because people have moved on from the global...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Manitoba is launching a review into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the health minister says the analysis will be limited because people have moved on from the global health crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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German soccer leader adds to calls for boycott of World Cup matches in United States
German soccer leader adds to calls for boycott of World Cup matches in United States
Calls for boycotting U.S. World Cup matches are surging after two ICE fatal shootings, aggressive immigration tactics and international hostility.
www.latimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM
German soccer leader adds to calls for boycott of World Cup matches in United States
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New episode live. Carney dogwhistling anti-communism while re-asserting the sensibleness of neoliberal logic, while convincing too many people that he's actually standing up to fascism.
antifascist-dad-podcast.castos.com/episodes/16-...
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16. Mark Carney is Not Your Antifascist Dad
Carney’s recent speech at Davos really is as important as everyone’s saying it is. But in my view, it’s not important for the obvious truth we just heard him confess, but for the les...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
New episode live. Carney dogwhistling anti-communism while re-asserting the sensibleness of neoliberal logic, while convincing too many people that he's actually standing up to fascism.
antifascist-dad-podcast.castos.com/episodes/16-...
antifascist-dad-podcast.castos.com/episodes/16-...
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Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
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The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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APTN News Brief: First Nations health ombud seeks 'hands-off' review of alleged violence toward Sask. patients
Our lead story: Dr. Dianne Lafond, the First Nations Health Ombudsperson, calls for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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The CBS News editor-in-chief invited staffers to quit if they don’t agree with her new vision to make the network more Trump-friendly.
MAGA Curious CBS Boss Dares Defiant Staffers to Quit in Tense All-Hands
As Bari Weiss expanded on her MAGA-aligned vision for the network, she admitted she was “green” and already making mistakes.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The CBS News editor-in-chief invited staffers to quit if they don’t agree with her new vision to make the network more Trump-friendly.
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Keir Starmer suppressed a scientific report that warned of climate effects ranging from mass migration to nuclear conflict. Don't look up.
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer suppressed a scientific report that warned of climate effects ranging from mass migration to nuclear conflict. Don't look up.
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Community members in Winnipeg, Manitoba have been advocating for the Thunderbird House in the downtown area to be repaired.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
Occupiers of derelict building advocating for its repair evicted without notice | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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January 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Community members in Winnipeg, Manitoba have been advocating for the Thunderbird House in the downtown area to be repaired.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
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Tomorrow, the United States officially withdraws from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Tomorrow, the United States officially withdraws from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
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For all the boardgamers out there, NPRs wonderful "Planet Money" show decided to make a "Planet Money" boardgame and has over the months runs several episodes looking into how you make a modern boardgame. Latest episode focusing on choosing a title. It is great stuff.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name? : Planet Money
Planet Money has teamed up with the company Exploding Kittens to make a board game inspired by the legendary economics paper The Market for Lemons. We’ve decided we want a mass-appeal party game that ...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
For all the boardgamers out there, NPRs wonderful "Planet Money" show decided to make a "Planet Money" boardgame and has over the months runs several episodes looking into how you make a modern boardgame. Latest episode focusing on choosing a title. It is great stuff.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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With appearances on “Fox & Friends” and many mostly far-right U.S. and Canadian podcasts, larger-than-life lawyer Jeffrey Rath has emerged as the cowboy-hatted figurehead for the Alberta Prosperity Project, or APP.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand | The Tyee
The free-swinging Alberta Prosperity Project leader is caught on video spouting conspiracy theories and profanities.
thetyee.ca
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
With appearances on “Fox & Friends” and many mostly far-right U.S. and Canadian podcasts, larger-than-life lawyer Jeffrey Rath has emerged as the cowboy-hatted figurehead for the Alberta Prosperity Project, or APP.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli