Andrea Houston
@dreahouston.bsky.social
Managing editor of Ricochet.Media | Instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University School of Journalism, teaching #QueerMedia | National Newspaper Awards, Press Forward | Pitch me & send tips to editor@ricochet.media
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In the #Yukon, First Nations are fighting to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the at-risk caribou herd, which has helped sustain families for generations.
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
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#WaterIsLife
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#WaterIsLife
In the home of the caribou, the looming shadow of an open-pit mine threatens the Kaska way of life
On the shores of Frances Lake, Yukon First Nations fight to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the Finlayson herd and a fragile cultural resurgence
ricochet.media
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the #Yukon, First Nations are fighting to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the at-risk caribou herd, which has helped sustain families for generations.
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
ricochet.media/climate/envi...
#WaterIsLife
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
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#WaterIsLife
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I don’t recommend yelling “more vulgar” repeatedly in your boss’ office
Let the record show: Shortly after Manisha attempted to “roast” me using Grok, I asked her to leave my office:
Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
It went about as well as you’d expect.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I don’t recommend yelling “more vulgar” repeatedly in your boss’ office
Reposted by Andrea Houston
Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
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Notice how the same people who tell us capitalist competition breeds innovation and lower prices will fight *tooth and claw* against any new attempt to compete with Canada’s oligopoly of grocery stores. Just watch!
Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly?
A bold proposal from New York’s Zohran Mamdani is sparking interest north of the border. Experts say a Canadian public option is not only possible — it’s long overdue
ricochet.media
July 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Notice how the same people who tell us capitalist competition breeds innovation and lower prices will fight *tooth and claw* against any new attempt to compete with Canada’s oligopoly of grocery stores. Just watch!
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
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Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop #mining near drinking #water source.
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
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After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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#onpoli
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source
In a community grieving five recent deaths after a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent
ricochet.media
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop #mining near drinking #water source.
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
#onpoli
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
#onpoli
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Help us build on 11 award-winning years.
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Is it just me or is it fucking bananas to have <any> fossil fuel lobbyists at global climate conference?
🔥 A 12% jump in fossil fuel lobbyists at COP compared to last year.
📍 Belém is seeing the highest concentration since records began.
The industry causing the crisis shouldn’t shape climate solutions.
#KickBigPollutersOut
https://gwitness.org/4oA1vUJ
📍 Belém is seeing the highest concentration since records began.
The industry causing the crisis shouldn’t shape climate solutions.
#KickBigPollutersOut
https://gwitness.org/4oA1vUJ
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Is it just me or is it fucking bananas to have <any> fossil fuel lobbyists at global climate conference?
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Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📣JOIN US📣
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
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I think Bev Oda was unfairly criticized. I mean have you been to England? London? Even then it was out of control
Anyway, corruption of the right-wing is a feature not a bug
Anyway, corruption of the right-wing is a feature not a bug
What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
What we'd once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford's Ontario
Once a $16 orange juice could end a career. Today, Ford’s government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund, revealing a political culture reshaped — and degraded — by a decade of far-r...
ricochet.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I think Bev Oda was unfairly criticized. I mean have you been to England? London? Even then it was out of control
Anyway, corruption of the right-wing is a feature not a bug
Anyway, corruption of the right-wing is a feature not a bug
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This is exciting, will start adding them to the list of publications I support starting next pay cheque...
We've got some exciting news to share! We recently found out that we're an RJO! (we can now issue tax receipts like a charity)
"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
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"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
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November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is exciting, will start adding them to the list of publications I support starting next pay cheque...
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We've got some exciting news to share! We recently found out that we're an RJO! (we can now issue tax receipts like a charity)
"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/announcement...
"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/announcement...
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We've got some exciting news to share! We recently found out that we're an RJO! (we can now issue tax receipts like a charity)
"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/announcement...
"This is, without exaggeration, a game-changer for us."
Check out the full announcement from one of our founders, @ethancox.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/announcement...
Reposted by Andrea Houston
What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
What we'd once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford's Ontario
Once a $16 orange juice could end a career. Today, Ford’s government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund, revealing a political culture reshaped — and degraded — by a decade of far-r...
ricochet.media
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
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Ottawa won’t back down on Ring of Fire environmental assessment.
Doug Ford wants to fast-track #mining in the North, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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#onpoli
Doug Ford wants to fast-track #mining in the North, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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#onpoli
Ottawa won’t back down on Ring of Fire environmental assessment
Doug Ford wants to fast-track critical mineral development, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights
ricochet.media
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ottawa won’t back down on Ring of Fire environmental assessment.
Doug Ford wants to fast-track #mining in the North, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/envi...
#onpoli
Doug Ford wants to fast-track #mining in the North, but First Nations say both governments are stripping away environmental safeguards and treaty rights.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/envi...
#onpoli
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Big news! Ricochet has become just the fourth English-language media outlet in Canada to earn para-charitable RJO status!
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
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This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
ricochet.media/announcement...
Big news! Ricochet earns para-charitable RJO status
We are the fourth English-language outlet in Canada to qualify as a Registered Journalism Organization
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November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Big news! Ricochet has become just the fourth English-language media outlet in Canada to earn para-charitable RJO status!
This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
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This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities.
Read more:
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'A Bloomberg investigation found two-thirds of global #AI data centers are built or planned in water-stressed areas.'
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Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Ottawa is betting nearly a billion on artificial intelligence, ignoring warnings of its environmental risks. Just like Big Oil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to di...
ricochet.media
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'A Bloomberg investigation found two-thirds of global #AI data centers are built or planned in water-stressed areas.'
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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"Donald Trump’s claims that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly contradict a CIA report concluding the crown prince approved it." — CPJ MENA's Regional Director Sara Qudah
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Donald Trump’s claims that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly contradict a CIA report concluding the crown prince approved it." — CPJ MENA's Regional Director Sara Qudah
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Hormone therapy is life-saving medicine and if you disagree, you're not just on the wrong side of ethics and politics and society, you're disagreeing with the medical community. You've got your feelings and they have peer-reviewed research and a duty to care for the public.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hormone therapy is life-saving medicine and if you disagree, you're not just on the wrong side of ethics and politics and society, you're disagreeing with the medical community. You've got your feelings and they have peer-reviewed research and a duty to care for the public.
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This anti-trans law is opposed by:
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This anti-trans law is opposed by:
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
- the Canadian Medical Association
- Alberta teachers
- Civil rights groups
- the Canadian legal system
- roughly half of the polling public in Alberta
It is supported by:
- Danielle Smith
- the "Danielle Smith can do what she wants" loophole
Reposted by Andrea Houston
to other americans - alberta is often regarded as canada's texas in terms of its right leaning bs. this is horrifying to see
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
to other americans - alberta is often regarded as canada's texas in terms of its right leaning bs. this is horrifying to see
This seems to make a significant number of trans people effectively trapped in the U.S.
This is basically making it so trans people who were adopted and had their birth records sealed cannot obtain a passport at all. This will also ensnare cis people who were adopted and have clerical errors on their records or are suspected of being trans.
this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This seems to make a significant number of trans people effectively trapped in the U.S.
Reposted by Andrea Houston
In Memory of Jamal Khashoggi 🙏🕊️ 2018 #Khashoggi
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In Memory of Jamal Khashoggi 🙏🕊️ 2018 #Khashoggi
It makes just as much sense as the actual Christmas story.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It makes just as much sense as the actual Christmas story.
Reposted by Andrea Houston
Canada’s next extractive industry: How #AI is following the fossil fuel playbook.
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Ottawa is betting nearly a billion on artificial intelligence, ignoring warnings of its environmental risks. Just like Big Oil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to di...
ricochet.media
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Canada’s next extractive industry: How #AI is following the fossil fuel playbook.
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...