Stephen Tustin
@stustin.bsky.social
Former Senior Editor, Toronto Star/Globe & Mail/Former Sports Editor, Toronto Star/Housing & Immigration Writer/Curator/Social Media. “If you feed at the algorithm trough, you’ll fail at the algorithm trough”
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being told “thank you for licking my boots” by your interview subject should be embarrassing right?
Trump to Pat McAfee: "I'm only joining you because I hear you say such nice things about me. When people say nice about me, I join. When they don't say nice about me, I take a pass."
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
being told “thank you for licking my boots” by your interview subject should be embarrassing right?
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
Insightful piece, as always, from Nicholas Keung in the Toronto Star. #immigrationcanada #internationalstudents www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Insightful piece, as always, from Nicholas Keung in the Toronto Star. #immigrationcanada #internationalstudents www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Data shows that the algorithm on Elon Musk’s X is systematically pushing right-wing political content to British social media users regardless of their political orientation or who they follow, according to an investigation by Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Data shows that the algorithm on Elon Musk’s X is systematically pushing right-wing political content to British social media users regardless of their political orientation or who they follow, according to an investigation by Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Gavin Newsom slaps down Republican lawsuit to stop
Prop 50 with epic 3-word taunt:
"Good luck, losers."
🤣🌊💙👊
www.rawstory.com/2674269272/
Prop 50 with epic 3-word taunt:
"Good luck, losers."
🤣🌊💙👊
www.rawstory.com/2674269272/
Gavin Newsom slaps down Republican lawsuit with epic 3-word taunt
This week, Californians voted overwhelmingly for Prop 50, which replaces the Golden State's current U.S. House of Representatives district map with a new one designed to give Democrats an edge in five...
www.rawstory.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Gavin Newsom slaps down Republican lawsuit to stop
Prop 50 with epic 3-word taunt:
"Good luck, losers."
🤣🌊💙👊
www.rawstory.com/2674269272/
Prop 50 with epic 3-word taunt:
"Good luck, losers."
🤣🌊💙👊
www.rawstory.com/2674269272/
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NEW: As a wise Supreme Court justice (Robert Jackson) once said, "emergency powers...tend to kindle emergencies."
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab?
Emergency powers “tend to kindle emergencies,” as a great justice of yore once observed.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: As a wise Supreme Court justice (Robert Jackson) once said, "emergency powers...tend to kindle emergencies."
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
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I interviewed 20 Virginia House candidates over past few months. Always asked: what are you hearing on the doors?
Affordability. Good schools/no vouchers. Chaos/anxiety
No one ever mentioned hearing about trans issues - and that was GOP's dominant issue
Read @katelynburns.com's analysis. Spot on:
Affordability. Good schools/no vouchers. Chaos/anxiety
No one ever mentioned hearing about trans issues - and that was GOP's dominant issue
Read @katelynburns.com's analysis. Spot on:
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I interviewed 20 Virginia House candidates over past few months. Always asked: what are you hearing on the doors?
Affordability. Good schools/no vouchers. Chaos/anxiety
No one ever mentioned hearing about trans issues - and that was GOP's dominant issue
Read @katelynburns.com's analysis. Spot on:
Affordability. Good schools/no vouchers. Chaos/anxiety
No one ever mentioned hearing about trans issues - and that was GOP's dominant issue
Read @katelynburns.com's analysis. Spot on:
Ottawa’s new immigration plan risks lowering Canada’s quality of life - Lisa Lalande in @theglobeandmail.com #immigrationcanada #newcomers #skills #demographics #livingincanada #Liberals #Carney #economy www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Ottawa’s new immigration plan risks lowering Canada’s quality of life
Global talent won’t come to Canada – or stay – unless we can offer real opportunities in a healthy labour market
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ottawa’s new immigration plan risks lowering Canada’s quality of life - Lisa Lalande in @theglobeandmail.com #immigrationcanada #newcomers #skills #demographics #livingincanada #Liberals #Carney #economy www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
"Democrats were searching for a leader. They found something better: a coalition" - @kevinmkruse.bsky.social #elections #Mamdani campaign-trails.ghost.io/now-its-a-pa...
Now, It's a Party
Before diving in, I should apologize for light posting over the past month or so. I'm in the home stretch for the book I'm writing on John Doar and the Civil Rights Division. The draft is due to my pr...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Democrats were searching for a leader. They found something better: a coalition" - @kevinmkruse.bsky.social #elections #Mamdani campaign-trails.ghost.io/now-its-a-pa...
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Lina Khan is such a wonderful fuck you to the billionaires
Mayor-elect Mamdani announces co-chairs of his transition team:
Maria Torres-Springer, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog
All women.
Maria Torres-Springer, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog
All women.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lina Khan is such a wonderful fuck you to the billionaires
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is playing chess and making really good moves.
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is playing chess and making really good moves.
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
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Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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I like Presidents who know how to spell "tacos".
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I like Presidents who know how to spell "tacos".
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
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This line from @sproudfoot.bsky.social recent column in
@theglobeandmail.com sticks with me: “The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint." I think even most conservatives agree. #Democrats #Mamdani www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
@theglobeandmail.com sticks with me: “The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint." I think even most conservatives agree. #Democrats #Mamdani www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: U.S. Ambassador’s outburst is one more punch in the face from the neighbourhood bully
Pete Hoekstra’s aggression toward David Paterson underlines how obnoxious and abusive the Trump administration has become
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This line from @sproudfoot.bsky.social recent column in
@theglobeandmail.com sticks with me: “The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint." I think even most conservatives agree. #Democrats #Mamdani www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
@theglobeandmail.com sticks with me: “The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint." I think even most conservatives agree. #Democrats #Mamdani www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
I get Andrew's take on it, but I wasn't expecting - nor would I want - a budget that "tears the house down." Plus, the Liberal Party has to get it passed. Let's see what happens after that. Loads more to come, I expect. #Carney #Trump #tariffs #jobs www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: After all the hype, Carney’s first budget fails to meet the moment
Every little bit helps, but Ottawa’s fiscal plan is far from transformative
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I get Andrew's take on it, but I wasn't expecting - nor would I want - a budget that "tears the house down." Plus, the Liberal Party has to get it passed. Let's see what happens after that. Loads more to come, I expect. #Carney #Trump #tariffs #jobs www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Six months away from taking the court for the first time, the Toronto Tempo celebrated what appears to be an important early win on Tuesday, announcing two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello as the franchise’s first head coach, writes Paul Attfield #basketball www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baske...
Toronto Tempo names Sandy Brondello as the first head coach
Two-time WNBA champion says she’s excited about heading up the expansion franchise
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Six months away from taking the court for the first time, the Toronto Tempo celebrated what appears to be an important early win on Tuesday, announcing two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello as the franchise’s first head coach, writes Paul Attfield #basketball www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baske...
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sadly it's not in the best interest of a single uber rich person to fund real journalism
if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
sadly it's not in the best interest of a single uber rich person to fund real journalism