Jackie Wong
@jackie-wong.bsky.social
Senior editor @thetyee.ca
“No one is named Kevin anymore”—a member of Gen A, yesterday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“No one is named Kevin anymore”—a member of Gen A, yesterday
The Mountain Goats should be journalists as a treat
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Mountain Goats should be journalists as a treat
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
"We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here."
Thank you @melwoods.me for this important @xtramagazine.com essay about how the Alberta provincial government is overturning trans rights.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Thank you @melwoods.me for this important @xtramagazine.com essay about how the Alberta provincial government is overturning trans rights.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Danielle Smith Goes Nuclear on Trans Rights | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier is overriding Charter protections. Here’s a fact check on her claims.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here."
Thank you @melwoods.me for this important @xtramagazine.com essay about how the Alberta provincial government is overturning trans rights.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Thank you @melwoods.me for this important @xtramagazine.com essay about how the Alberta provincial government is overturning trans rights.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
OneBC Leader’s Comments Drive Indigenous Delegation from Legislature | The Tyee
Dallas Brodie called reports of residential school graves the ‘worst lie in Canadian history.’
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November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
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“Once you start birding seriously, you never really stop.”
On the athletics, ethics and dedication of birdwatching. 🕊️🦅🦢
On the athletics, ethics and dedication of birdwatching. 🕊️🦅🦢
The Wondrous Lives of Hardcore Birders | The Tyee
A new generation is taking birding, and ‘listing,’ to great heights.
thetyee.ca
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Once you start birding seriously, you never really stop.”
On the athletics, ethics and dedication of birdwatching. 🕊️🦅🦢
On the athletics, ethics and dedication of birdwatching. 🕊️🦅🦢
I had a chance to catch up with Jarrett Martineau, a lovely human who is the Chan Centre's head curator. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Meet Jarrett Martineau, the Chan Centre’s Head Curator | The Tyee
Amid the centre’s biggest season yet, he spoke to The Tyee about keeping things fresh, finding new audiences and the best parts of his job.
thetyee.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I had a chance to catch up with Jarrett Martineau, a lovely human who is the Chan Centre's head curator. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
This weekend we also published an excerpt from Alex Manley's new book 'Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person,' and this ode to jaywalking is fun. Thanks @akkabah.bsky.social for finding this. 🚲 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
An Ode to Jaywalking | The Tyee
An excerpt from Alex Manley’s new book of essays, ‘Post-Man.’
thetyee.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This weekend we also published an excerpt from Alex Manley's new book 'Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person,' and this ode to jaywalking is fun. Thanks @akkabah.bsky.social for finding this. 🚲 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
This weekend @thetyee.ca launched its new Creative Forces series with a spotlight on Anthonia Ogundele. Much appreciation to @roughclub.bsky.social for your beautiful photography and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for interviewing, writing and producing this piece. 🌟
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Anthonia Ogundele Is a Creative Force | The Tyee
She founded a Black-centred, Black-led academy connecting youth with science and the arts. First in a series.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This weekend @thetyee.ca launched its new Creative Forces series with a spotlight on Anthonia Ogundele. Much appreciation to @roughclub.bsky.social for your beautiful photography and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for interviewing, writing and producing this piece. 🌟
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
The Weekender is here! Thanks @ximenaka.bsky.social for this lovely feature about Calgary's Old Y and what it meant to the city's grassroots over many years. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
A Send-up to the ‘Old Y’ | The Tyee
The historic building in Calgary’s Beltline was a longtime grassroots hub. Now it awaits its future.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Weekender is here! Thanks @ximenaka.bsky.social for this lovely feature about Calgary's Old Y and what it meant to the city's grassroots over many years. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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photos by me 😃
“At no time will a Black kid be the only Black person in the room.” Our inaugural #CreativeForces profile is here! 💡
Anthonia Ogundele Is a Creative Force | The Tyee
She founded a Black-centred, Black-led academy connecting youth with science and the arts. First in a series.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
photos by me 😃
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DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine.
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine.
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Thanks @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for indulging my request to please write about six-seven 😛🏀 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
‘Six-Seven’ Is Funny. It Doesn’t Need to Make Sense | The Tyee
Young people love it, and adults are in tangles. Its evolution from an inside joke to an outside one is nearly complete.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thanks @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for indulging my request to please write about six-seven 😛🏀 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
I learn a lot from editing @crof.bsky.social's writing on public health. This review of a new book about pandemic planning is useful. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Here’s the Book to Buy in Bulk for Public Health Officials | The Tyee
‘The Big One’ charts the path forward for future pandemics and the current ‘infodemic.’
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I learn a lot from editing @crof.bsky.social's writing on public health. This review of a new book about pandemic planning is useful. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Special thanks to @sarahkrichel.bsky.social for introducing me, an elder millennial, to the world of cat soap operas for this essay on AI slop nostalgia and how the recent past feels quaint now 🥹
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Help! I’m Nostalgic for the Days of AI Slop | The Tyee
Have we officially normalized generative AI? Why it’s a dangerous place to be.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Special thanks to @sarahkrichel.bsky.social for introducing me, an elder millennial, to the world of cat soap operas for this essay on AI slop nostalgia and how the recent past feels quaint now 🥹
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
It's one of my favourite jobs to edit @thetyee.ca's Weekender section each week. Thanks @dorothywoodend.bsky.social for this fun interview for all the Louise Penny stans out there. 🐺https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/24/Louise-Penny-Interview/
‘The Best Fiction Plays with Reality’ | The Tyee
Louise Penny talks about her new book ‘The Black Wolf,’ politics and why human decency still matters. A Tyee interview.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's one of my favourite jobs to edit @thetyee.ca's Weekender section each week. Thanks @dorothywoodend.bsky.social for this fun interview for all the Louise Penny stans out there. 🐺https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/24/Louise-Penny-Interview/
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My latest, some thoughts after getting my COVID and flu shots, but not RSV: Why All Vaccines Should Be Free via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee
COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My latest, some thoughts after getting my COVID and flu shots, but not RSV: Why All Vaccines Should Be Free via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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can a psychiatrist tell me why 'meow meow meow _meeeow_' invokes unironic nostalgia in me for the days of innocent, time-passing tech use?
gen AI used to be slop, now it's normalized at best and indiscernible at worst. I wrote about why that's terrifying for @thetyee.ca's Weekender edition 😿💻
gen AI used to be slop, now it's normalized at best and indiscernible at worst. I wrote about why that's terrifying for @thetyee.ca's Weekender edition 😿💻
Help! I’m Nostalgic for the Days of AI Slop | The Tyee
Have we officially normalized generative AI? Why it’s a dangerous place to be.
thetyee.ca
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
can a psychiatrist tell me why 'meow meow meow _meeeow_' invokes unironic nostalgia in me for the days of innocent, time-passing tech use?
gen AI used to be slop, now it's normalized at best and indiscernible at worst. I wrote about why that's terrifying for @thetyee.ca's Weekender edition 😿💻
gen AI used to be slop, now it's normalized at best and indiscernible at worst. I wrote about why that's terrifying for @thetyee.ca's Weekender edition 😿💻
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Appreciate this from @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Anyone who's ever heard me talk about the Xtra TikTok has heard me say our competition isn't other news outlets—it's influencers delivering the same content faster and more relatable, without the "rules" of journalism.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Anyone who's ever heard me talk about the Xtra TikTok has heard me say our competition isn't other news outlets—it's influencers delivering the same content faster and more relatable, without the "rules" of journalism.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
A Lot of Influencers Talk about the News. Not All of Them Are Journalists | The Tyee
Platforms like TikTok are flooded with content creators gabbing about current events. It’s time for journalists to join the fray.
thetyee.ca
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Appreciate this from @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Anyone who's ever heard me talk about the Xtra TikTok has heard me say our competition isn't other news outlets—it's influencers delivering the same content faster and more relatable, without the "rules" of journalism.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Anyone who's ever heard me talk about the Xtra TikTok has heard me say our competition isn't other news outlets—it's influencers delivering the same content faster and more relatable, without the "rules" of journalism.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Janet Fraser is 74, supporting her partner who has cancer, and exhausted after fighting multiple eviction attempts.
Even after a B.C. Supreme Court win overturned an unfair Residential Tenancy Branch ruling, she expects her landlord will try again. By Maya ElHawary thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Even after a B.C. Supreme Court win overturned an unfair Residential Tenancy Branch ruling, she expects her landlord will try again. By Maya ElHawary thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
How Many Times Can a Landlord Try to Evict a Renter in BC? | The Tyee
Janet Fraser fought her eviction at BC Supreme Court, and won. That doesn’t mean her ordeal is over.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Janet Fraser is 74, supporting her partner who has cancer, and exhausted after fighting multiple eviction attempts.
Even after a B.C. Supreme Court win overturned an unfair Residential Tenancy Branch ruling, she expects her landlord will try again. By Maya ElHawary thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Even after a B.C. Supreme Court win overturned an unfair Residential Tenancy Branch ruling, she expects her landlord will try again. By Maya ElHawary thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
There’s a wonderful sense of homecoming in this @dorothywoodend.bsky.social essay about Tamio Wakayama. It’s good for the soul. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
The Brilliant Photography of Tamio Wakayama | The Tyee
The late Japanese Canadian artist merged the epic with the everyday.
thetyee.ca
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There’s a wonderful sense of homecoming in this @dorothywoodend.bsky.social essay about Tamio Wakayama. It’s good for the soul. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
We got married on a rainy October weekend like this one at a community hall and a Lebanese restaurant. A time before #WeddingTok and all this madness. ☔️ Thank you @melwoods.me for this lovely essay that made me laugh and cry. 💐 🌼 🌺 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
TikTok, Plan My Wedding | The Tyee
I’m working against the algorithm to get married in a way that’s right for us.
thetyee.ca
October 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We got married on a rainy October weekend like this one at a community hall and a Lebanese restaurant. A time before #WeddingTok and all this madness. ☔️ Thank you @melwoods.me for this lovely essay that made me laugh and cry. 💐 🌼 🌺 thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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All these photos and vids from No Kings protests are heartening.
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
All these photos and vids from No Kings protests are heartening.
My Grade 3 son was horrified to discover last night that I know about 6-7. He’s in a giant two-class room for Divisions 6 and 7. Pour one out for the teachers
www.thecut.com/article/what...
www.thecut.com/article/what...
The ‘Six Seven’ Panic
Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. That’s the point.
www.thecut.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My Grade 3 son was horrified to discover last night that I know about 6-7. He’s in a giant two-class room for Divisions 6 and 7. Pour one out for the teachers
www.thecut.com/article/what...
www.thecut.com/article/what...