Richie Assaly
@rdassaly.bsky.social
Writes about music, books and politics.
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
They don’t make memes like this anymore
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They don’t make memes like this anymore
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
Big beautiful ostrich antibodies
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Big beautiful ostrich antibodies
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Settler violence in the West Bank, supported by the Israeli military, escalated sharply this olive harvest season.
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Settler violence in the West Bank, supported by the Israeli military, escalated sharply this olive harvest season.
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Brilliant, mesmerizing Cindy Lee show last night. It was only ~53 minutes long but half the audience hung outside Massey afterwards looking completely blissed out.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Brilliant, mesmerizing Cindy Lee show last night. It was only ~53 minutes long but half the audience hung outside Massey afterwards looking completely blissed out.
Listening to the new Rosalía album
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Listening to the new Rosalía album
Whoa. Radiohead blocked journalists from reviewing their comeback show after they reported on Palestinian calls to boycott the band.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Whoa. Radiohead blocked journalists from reviewing their comeback show after they reported on Palestinian calls to boycott the band.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
When the Loblaws self-checkout clerk accuses me of not paying for my potato wedges
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When the Loblaws self-checkout clerk accuses me of not paying for my potato wedges
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers — aided by the IDF, police and private militias — have ramped up violence against Palestinians since the start of olive season. Pogroms, lynchings, and the destruction of thousands of olive trees.
archive.is/5lGmC
archive.is/5lGmC
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers — aided by the IDF, police and private militias — have ramped up violence against Palestinians since the start of olive season. Pogroms, lynchings, and the destruction of thousands of olive trees.
archive.is/5lGmC
archive.is/5lGmC
At least some folks are happy about the Ford government's proposal to undermine tenant protections!
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
At least some folks are happy about the Ford government's proposal to undermine tenant protections!
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
The study found that CIJA (and other pro-Israel groups) not only rely on racist tropes about Palestinians, but also public statements that are themselves antisemitic.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The study found that CIJA (and other pro-Israel groups) not only rely on racist tropes about Palestinians, but also public statements that are themselves antisemitic.
A new report by @facultyjewish.bsky.social details how CIJA has manipulated the discourse around antisemitism to manufacture consent of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A new report by @facultyjewish.bsky.social details how CIJA has manipulated the discourse around antisemitism to manufacture consent of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
Really appreciate this tribute from Witch Prophet, who is a key torch bearer of neo-soul in Canada
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Really appreciate this tribute from Witch Prophet, who is a key torch bearer of neo-soul in Canada
Checking in on my frozen pizza again cuz I didn’t set a timer
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Checking in on my frozen pizza again cuz I didn’t set a timer
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
so yeah generative AI is a flop, and the rush to incorporate it into every workplace was motivated by little more than the “fear of missing out”
www.404media.co/email/641a21...
www.404media.co/email/641a21...
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
so yeah generative AI is a flop, and the rush to incorporate it into every workplace was motivated by little more than the “fear of missing out”
www.404media.co/email/641a21...
www.404media.co/email/641a21...
Also a reminder that Honest Reporting Canada is a registered charity.
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Also a reminder that Honest Reporting Canada is a registered charity.
Latest reminder that in Canadian media, any attempt to engage with art made by Palestinians (or art that is sympathetic to Palestinians) will be met with a sophisticated campaign to denigrate your work and demand you be deplatformed.
September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Latest reminder that in Canadian media, any attempt to engage with art made by Palestinians (or art that is sympathetic to Palestinians) will be met with a sophisticated campaign to denigrate your work and demand you be deplatformed.
Had a blast working on the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, which is rolling out acroess Toronto this weekend.
If you want to support independent, progressive media, consider donating a few bucks here:
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If you want to support independent, progressive media, consider donating a few bucks here:
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September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Had a blast working on the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, which is rolling out acroess Toronto this weekend.
If you want to support independent, progressive media, consider donating a few bucks here:
www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...
If you want to support independent, progressive media, consider donating a few bucks here:
www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...