Karen Ditchfield
@karenditchfield.bsky.social
Digital Content Editor at @winnipegfreepress.com
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Wrote about why there will never be another podcast quite like "WTF with Marc Maron."
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There Will Never Be Another "WTF With Marc Maron" | Defector
I heard Marc Maron announce he was ending his podcast the way that I imagine he’d’ve wanted me to—while walking through my neighborhood in Los Angeles, through wired headphones, just a little too hopp...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wrote about why there will never be another podcast quite like "WTF with Marc Maron."
Gift link so everyone can read it!
Gift link so everyone can read it!
Yet again, questions arise over a deadly police shooting investigation by Manitoba's Independent Investigation Unit.
Look for it in Saturday's Free Press or online now.
Look for it in Saturday's Free Press or online now.
Police bullets and subsequent IIU investigation leave trail of troubling questions in wake of teen’s death in Portage la Prairie
After two years, Tara and Kaylan still cannot comprehend how their mild-mannered homebody son, who didn’t cause them any problems or get into trouble at school, who’d never interacted with the police ...
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May 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yet again, questions arise over a deadly police shooting investigation by Manitoba's Independent Investigation Unit.
Look for it in Saturday's Free Press or online now.
Look for it in Saturday's Free Press or online now.
Canadian researchers reach ‘major milestone’ in search for ALS treatment
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Canadian researchers reach 'major milestone' in search for ALS treatment
TORONTO – Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone. There’s a white spot on the image, right wh...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Canadian researchers reach ‘major milestone’ in search for ALS treatment
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I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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The Fight Against Bird Flu Is Bumping Up Against the Hazy Reality of the New CDC
via @margaretmanto.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/policy/bird-...
via @margaretmanto.bsky.social:
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The Fight Against Bird Flu Is Bumping Up Against the Hazy Reality of the New CDC
State health departments are giving mixed signals on what they’ve heard from the Trump administration on H5N1, with some officials and experts concerned about a lack of communication.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Fight Against Bird Flu Is Bumping Up Against the Hazy Reality of the New CDC
via @margaretmanto.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/policy/bird-...
via @margaretmanto.bsky.social:
www.notus.org/policy/bird-...
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Reposted by Karen Ditchfield
NEW by @propublica.org + @peterelkind.bsky.social:
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” www.propublica.org/article/fran...
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” www.propublica.org/article/fran...
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the fede...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW by @propublica.org + @peterelkind.bsky.social:
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” www.propublica.org/article/fran...
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” www.propublica.org/article/fran...
Goodreads being owned by Amazon...
An interview with Nadia Odunayo on building Goodreads alternative StoryGraph, remaining bootstrapped, reaching 3.8M active users, not allowing DMs, and more (David Barnett/The Guardian)
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February 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Goodreads being owned by Amazon...
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The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
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Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
From executive order theater to Elon’s salute, telling moments of Trump’s second inauguration (and yes, Justice Jackson’s eloquent necklace).
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January 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
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Astronaut turned MP/Cabinet member Marc Garneau is at @mcnallyrobinson.bsky.social tonight chatting with @winnipegfreepress.com editor Paul Samyn about his memoir A Most Extraordinary Ride. We chatted in advance of him touching down in Winnipeg: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Down to Earth from outer space
In June 1983, Marc Garneau was at home leafing through the Ottawa Citizen when he stumbled upon an ad placed by the National Research Council of Canada whose headline read “Canadian Astronaut Program.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Astronaut turned MP/Cabinet member Marc Garneau is at @mcnallyrobinson.bsky.social tonight chatting with @winnipegfreepress.com editor Paul Samyn about his memoir A Most Extraordinary Ride. We chatted in advance of him touching down in Winnipeg: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
This isn’t a test of the alert system
Winnipeg police are on scene at the University of Manitoba Tuesday morning after reports of a man armed with a knife.
Man with knife reported at U of M campus, police on scene
Winnipeg police are on scene at the University of Manitoba Tuesday morning after reports of a man armed with a knife.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t a test of the alert system