John Picciola
@johnpicciola.bsky.social
Curious about everything, current events, photography.
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Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.
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"And so, after nearly two years of torturing Gaza, the global Western braintrust had a moment last week and decided that they had to change course in its rhetoric to ultimately, save ourselves."
My latest ...
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The West changes its tune on Gaza just in time?
Last week, consensus shifted within Canada’s opinion-makers (journalists, politicians, pundits).
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August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"And so, after nearly two years of torturing Gaza, the global Western braintrust had a moment last week and decided that they had to change course in its rhetoric to ultimately, save ourselves."
My latest ...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-west-c...
My latest ...
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La surprenante indépendance des femmes du Moyen Âge : ce que nous apprennent leurs testaments
La surprenante indépendance des femmes du Moyen Âge : ce que nous apprennent leurs testaments
Dans les villes européennes du début du Moyen Âge, les droits des femmes se sont étendus. Les testaments sont parmi les rares documents que les femmes ont quelquefois dicté elles-mêmes au notaire.
theconversation.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
La surprenante indépendance des femmes du Moyen Âge : ce que nous apprennent leurs testaments
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CTV Editors: Man murders his girlfriend? Let's make sure that she's humilated in the afterlife to illustrate the news of her killer's NCR designation.
What the fuck is this photo?
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What the fuck is this photo?
www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
July 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CTV Editors: Man murders his girlfriend? Let's make sure that she's humilated in the afterlife to illustrate the news of her killer's NCR designation.
What the fuck is this photo?
www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
What the fuck is this photo?
www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
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Janet’s version gets used more
June 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Janet’s version gets used more
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"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights."
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win
A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.
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June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights."
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
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Must be nice to be able to go to a hospital and get treatment without fearing that it will be bombed to ground or that the doctors will be summarily executed
Former President Biden was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
May 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Must be nice to be able to go to a hospital and get treatment without fearing that it will be bombed to ground or that the doctors will be summarily executed
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"Damn America and their tariffs," say Canadian grocery chains, dramatically slamming fists on desks as they raise food prices
May 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Damn America and their tariffs," say Canadian grocery chains, dramatically slamming fists on desks as they raise food prices
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Puisqu’en ce moment on parle crue de la Seine, 15 minutes de vidéo avec votre serviteur sur le blob.
À consommer sans modération 😉
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À consommer sans modération 😉
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Crue centennale, un risque oublié | Le blob, l'extra-média
On a coutume de parler de la crue de 1910 comme d’une crue de type centennale, mais cela fait plus de cent ans que nous n’avons pas connu une telle catastrophe. Une crue est-elle imminente ? Sommes-no...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Puisqu’en ce moment on parle crue de la Seine, 15 minutes de vidéo avec votre serviteur sur le blob.
À consommer sans modération 😉
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À consommer sans modération 😉
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This was the famous French Connection that gave us that movie, so ultimately it’s impossible to tell whether this was good or bad
May 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This was the famous French Connection that gave us that movie, so ultimately it’s impossible to tell whether this was good or bad
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When French dockworkers forced to work for MONTHS on half wages organized with communists to strike, the US paid the Corsican mob to break them. This gave the mob opportunity to restart heroin smuggling to the US after the war had totally choked it off, inaugurating The Drug Problem as we know it.
May 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When French dockworkers forced to work for MONTHS on half wages organized with communists to strike, the US paid the Corsican mob to break them. This gave the mob opportunity to restart heroin smuggling to the US after the war had totally choked it off, inaugurating The Drug Problem as we know it.
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LMAOOOOO but also rewarding people for saying slurs is CRAZY.
May 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
LMAOOOOO but also rewarding people for saying slurs is CRAZY.
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WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out.
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
United Airlines Cancels Newark Flights After FAA Staff Walks Out
United has been urging the government to limit the number of flights to what an airport can realistically manage based on staffing, CEO Scott Kirby said.
www.wsj.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out.
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
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Forgot to note that yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals in Italy. We sure could use one of those now!
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Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals - Wikipedia
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May 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Forgot to note that yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals in Italy. We sure could use one of those now!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifes....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifes....
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Today on the podcast, the largest lab-grown chicken nugget, plant-based fried calamari, and other science news of the week.
Listen here 🎧:
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Listen here 🎧:
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May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today on the podcast, the largest lab-grown chicken nugget, plant-based fried calamari, and other science news of the week.
Listen here 🎧:
pod.link/73329284/epi...
Listen here 🎧:
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The AI jobs crisis is not coming—it's here right now. It just might not look the way many thought it would.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...
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The AI jobs crisis is here, now
It's not coming, it has already arrived.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The AI jobs crisis is not coming—it's here right now. It just might not look the way many thought it would.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...
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FFC review: SINNERS (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/04/sinn...
Sinners (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***/****starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connellwritten and directed by Ryan Coogler by Walter Chaw Movies used to make me feel all kinds of ways. Usually, it was Adri...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
FFC review: SINNERS (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/04/sinn...
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NEW from me in the Watershed Sentinel:
How First Nations are pushing back against a proposed CCUS mega project on their traditional territory.
watershedsentinel.ca/article/the-...
How First Nations are pushing back against a proposed CCUS mega project on their traditional territory.
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The Carbon Capture Hypeline | Watershed Sentinel
Expensive, speculative, risky carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology represents the fossil fuel industry’s last stand.
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April 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW from me in the Watershed Sentinel:
How First Nations are pushing back against a proposed CCUS mega project on their traditional territory.
watershedsentinel.ca/article/the-...
How First Nations are pushing back against a proposed CCUS mega project on their traditional territory.
watershedsentinel.ca/article/the-...
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Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
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Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
It’s really absurd that we’ve reached a point where the “common sense” view of education is that its primary purpose is to lower the future onboarding/training costs for companies hiring new employees.
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
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I really enjoyed being in conversation with @tinariversryan.bsky.social to discuss my article in the April issue of @artforum.com. You can check out the recording of our conversation here!
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Sonja Drimmer on the empty rhetoric of generative AI | UNDER THE COVER
YouTube video by Artforum
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April 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I really enjoyed being in conversation with @tinariversryan.bsky.social to discuss my article in the April issue of @artforum.com. You can check out the recording of our conversation here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2y...
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Asylum claims are WAY down in Canada this year and many of the thousands were turning aside end in ICE prisons. Yet, both Carney and Poilievre have vowed to hire at least 1,000 new agents, beef up surveillance and PP wants the army deployed along the Canada-US border. therover.ca/theres-no-in...
There's no Influx: Canada sees drop in asylum seekers, many turned away sent to ICE – The Rover
Despite the fear over the last six months that Trump’s mass deportation will flood Canada with refugees fleeing the States, the overall number of refugees entering Canada has gone down by over 50 per ...
therover.ca
April 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Asylum claims are WAY down in Canada this year and many of the thousands were turning aside end in ICE prisons. Yet, both Carney and Poilievre have vowed to hire at least 1,000 new agents, beef up surveillance and PP wants the army deployed along the Canada-US border. therover.ca/theres-no-in...
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Folks we almost made it. And regardless of who wins, things are going to get worse. We talk about how, while making you laugh, in this week's episode of Sandy and Nora: The Home Stretch.
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Episode 319 – Elxn 25 – The Home Stretch
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have gone soft on Poilievre and about how no one is talking about the big issue in this election: income inequality.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Folks we almost made it. And regardless of who wins, things are going to get worse. We talk about how, while making you laugh, in this week's episode of Sandy and Nora: The Home Stretch.
sandyandnora.com/episode-319-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-319-...
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Today's EKOS rolling poll in Canada looks a lot like the US, Germany, France, etc. Right-wing populism is taking hold among working-class voters. Also a big gender split, with men likewise opting for the Tories.
April 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today's EKOS rolling poll in Canada looks a lot like the US, Germany, France, etc. Right-wing populism is taking hold among working-class voters. Also a big gender split, with men likewise opting for the Tories.