Marcello Di Cintio
@marcellodicintio.bsky.social
I am a journalist and author of six books, including Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, Driven: The Secret Life of Taxi Drivers, and Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense.🍉🇵🇸
Best review of Precarious so far.
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Best review of Precarious so far.
I just hope this doesn’t damage my and @sanders.senate.gov longstanding relationship.
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I just hope this doesn’t damage my and @sanders.senate.gov longstanding relationship.
Calgary @wordfest.com has the best author swag. My book is chocolate!
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Calgary @wordfest.com has the best author swag. My book is chocolate!
Tomorrow night!
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October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tomorrow night!
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Torontonians are uniquely ridiculous.
October 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Torontonians are uniquely ridiculous.
It just wouldn’t feel like Thanksgiving without romanesco broccoli. Look at these sexy fractal beauties.
October 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It just wouldn’t feel like Thanksgiving without romanesco broccoli. Look at these sexy fractal beauties.
Israelis have “families.” Gazans are just “people.” Words matter.
October 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Israelis have “families.” Gazans are just “people.” Words matter.
Huge thanks to everyone who came to last night's launch of Precarious. I couldn't be more grateful for the turnout, the excellent audience questions, and the support I received from Calgary's community of readers and writers. #migrantworkers
October 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who came to last night's launch of Precarious. I couldn't be more grateful for the turnout, the excellent audience questions, and the support I received from Calgary's community of readers and writers. #migrantworkers
Heading home after two days in Leamington recording an episode of CBC Ideas about migrant workers with the legendary @nahlahayed.bsky.social. This town smells like tomatoes.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Heading home after two days in Leamington recording an episode of CBC Ideas about migrant workers with the legendary @nahlahayed.bsky.social. This town smells like tomatoes.
Tomorrow is the official pub day of Precarious. The book starts with my nonno. Here is an excerpt from the introduction.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tomorrow is the official pub day of Precarious. The book starts with my nonno. Here is an excerpt from the introduction.
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Today I’ll be interviewed and photographed by The Herald about the new book. I’ve received wise counsel not to reproduce my look from the last time. According to my fashion advisor, @plynn.bsky.social, "That jacket is three sizes too small for you. You look like a body builder at an awards show."
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today I’ll be interviewed and photographed by The Herald about the new book. I’ve received wise counsel not to reproduce my look from the last time. According to my fashion advisor, @plynn.bsky.social, "That jacket is three sizes too small for you. You look like a body builder at an awards show."
A third of the way through this interview with Smith, and already we’re neck-deep in hypocrisy and misinformation.
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A third of the way through this interview with Smith, and already we’re neck-deep in hypocrisy and misinformation.
One of my most enjoyable on-stage moments as a writer wasn’t talking about my own work, but interviewing Ken Dryden. An deeply kind and intelligent gentleman. I’ve heard he was also a decent goaltender.
September 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of my most enjoyable on-stage moments as a writer wasn’t talking about my own work, but interviewing Ken Dryden. An deeply kind and intelligent gentleman. I’ve heard he was also a decent goaltender.
Pretty rich to see Conservatives suddenly referencing this UN report. When the author visited the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Conservatives like Larry Maguire went at him like he was a piñata, taking particular exception to the slavery comparison.
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pretty rich to see Conservatives suddenly referencing this UN report. When the author visited the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Conservatives like Larry Maguire went at him like he was a piñata, taking particular exception to the slavery comparison.
My son bought a fake moustache for his school photo. The photographer wasn’t having it.
August 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My son bought a fake moustache for his school photo. The photographer wasn’t having it.
Yesterday was Sugo Sunday at Casa Di Cintio. Forty pounds of romas ended up as eighteen jars of sauce. The Spremipomodoro was a dream, and “Do not pass peels alone,” feels like a metaphor for life.
August 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yesterday was Sugo Sunday at Casa Di Cintio. Forty pounds of romas ended up as eighteen jars of sauce. The Spremipomodoro was a dream, and “Do not pass peels alone,” feels like a metaphor for life.
Four years in the making, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers is out next month and now available for preorder. #migrantlabour #migrantworkers
August 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Four years in the making, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers is out next month and now available for preorder. #migrantlabour #migrantworkers
I’m a little skeptical, but I’ll be trying out the ”AEPI Spremipomodoro 2122” to do tomatoes this year. Stay tuned.
August 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’m a little skeptical, but I’ll be trying out the ”AEPI Spremipomodoro 2122” to do tomatoes this year. Stay tuned.
Gabor Mate on the decades-long prioritization of Jewish voices, and invalidation of Palestinian voices, in the Israel-Palestine conversation:
“Imagine if Auschwitz was only validated if the Germans acknowledged that it happened.”
“Imagine if Auschwitz was only validated if the Germans acknowledged that it happened.”
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Gabor Mate on the decades-long prioritization of Jewish voices, and invalidation of Palestinian voices, in the Israel-Palestine conversation:
“Imagine if Auschwitz was only validated if the Germans acknowledged that it happened.”
“Imagine if Auschwitz was only validated if the Germans acknowledged that it happened.”
Not just a Netanyahu problem.
August 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Not just a Netanyahu problem.
I recently visited the amazing weekly “Chopo” punk/metal flea market in Mexico City. This young busker was singing Piano Man.
August 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I recently visited the amazing weekly “Chopo” punk/metal flea market in Mexico City. This young busker was singing Piano Man.
And, of course, the Michelin-starred taco.
July 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
And, of course, the Michelin-starred taco.
Behind the scenes at a neighbourhood tortilleria.
July 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Behind the scenes at a neighbourhood tortilleria.
On assignment in Mexico City for @cangeo.bsky.social. Writing about Eat Like A Local, a marvelous women-run culinary tour company committed to sustainable tourism and the empowerment of local women and girls. Here are some shots from Friday's visit to San Rafael and Tacuba.
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
On assignment in Mexico City for @cangeo.bsky.social. Writing about Eat Like A Local, a marvelous women-run culinary tour company committed to sustainable tourism and the empowerment of local women and girls. Here are some shots from Friday's visit to San Rafael and Tacuba.