Viola MacMillan broke barriers in mining — then broke the system. In 1964, her scandal rocked Bay Street and reshaped Canadian finance. @timfalconer.bsky.social tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social the story behind his book "Windfall: Viola MacMillan and Her Notorious Mining Scandal."

A prominent prospector and mine developer, Viola MacMillan's 1964 purchase of a mine near Timmins, Ontario set off a storm of speculation about what lay beneath its land. But as @timfalconer.bsky.social discovered, the rumour mill didn’t quite match reality. thewalrus.ca/mining-scandal-s...

Tuesday night is going to be a blast…

Be there or miss the best book launch of the year…

@ecwpress.bsky.social

Exciting that @criterion.bsky.social has a curated list of “Surveillance” related films!

Their list, which includes THX1130, Citizen Four, The Conversation, The Anderson Tapes, & others

inspired me to post a 🧵 with my own surveillance-related film picks

www.criterionchannel.com/surveillance...

In my new gig as executive editor of Up Here magazine, I get to work with great writers, including @alannamitchell.bsky.social. Read her fabulously smart piece on what a Nunavut murre colony has to say about the future of animals and plants www.uphere.ca/articles/pro...

So Cher admits she has yet to read the final version of her own memoir. In 1991, Charles Barkley claimed he was “misquoted” in his autobiography. In 2021, Mark Meadows agreed that part of his own book was “fake news.” These stories say something dire about the state of publishing

Is Toronto the only city in the world ripping out bike lanes?

Windfall is Coming…