Tabatha Southey🇨🇦
@tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, Elle Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine and more, author of three books. 🇨🇦
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I’m up early, and I’m about to get drenched in a field all weekend like most of the last week.
That’s right, it’s tree planting time again, and this time it’s in Bristol!
Come and join us. It’ll be a laugh. www.protect.earth/events/treep...
That’s right, it’s tree planting time again, and this time it’s in Bristol!
Come and join us. It’ll be a laugh. www.protect.earth/events/treep...
Tree-planting volunteers wanted for an exciting project near Dundry, Bristol — Protect Earth
www.protect.earth
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’m up early, and I’m about to get drenched in a field all weekend like most of the last week.
That’s right, it’s tree planting time again, and this time it’s in Bristol!
Come and join us. It’ll be a laugh. www.protect.earth/events/treep...
That’s right, it’s tree planting time again, and this time it’s in Bristol!
Come and join us. It’ll be a laugh. www.protect.earth/events/treep...
Leslie has what you’re looking for. This is Toronto’s best store, right here.
Tis the season….
Eclectisaurus
410 Dundas E, Toronto
Open Wednesday - Saturday
1pm - 7pm.
416-934-9009.
Images © Eclectisaurus
#Eclectisaurus #CabbagetownTO #Cabbagetown #TorontoVintage #TorontoVintageStores #InteriorDecor #PostModern #PostModernHome #InteriorDesign #VintageDesign #VintageDecor
Eclectisaurus
410 Dundas E, Toronto
Open Wednesday - Saturday
1pm - 7pm.
416-934-9009.
Images © Eclectisaurus
#Eclectisaurus #CabbagetownTO #Cabbagetown #TorontoVintage #TorontoVintageStores #InteriorDecor #PostModern #PostModernHome #InteriorDesign #VintageDesign #VintageDecor
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Leslie has what you’re looking for. This is Toronto’s best store, right here.
I think what this proves is that you can be as unprincipled and shitty at your job as you like. The only unforgivable thing is to be cringe.
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I think what this proves is that you can be as unprincipled and shitty at your job as you like. The only unforgivable thing is to be cringe.
The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
Yes, that’s right, New York Times, the live children industry was ripe for disruption.
A New York Times examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as health secretary shows how he has laid the groundwork to overhaul American vaccine policy, walled himself off from government scientists and elevated longtime allies to help carry out his agenda. trib.al/3MsBal8
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yes, that’s right, New York Times, the live children industry was ripe for disruption.
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I’ve never watched the show, but I think the correct nomenclature is “the Doctor” not “Doctor Who.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry before his overdose death gets 2 1/2 years in prison.
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve never watched the show, but I think the correct nomenclature is “the Doctor” not “Doctor Who.”
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The UK has allowed itself to made the land of “One of these bathroom door guards always lies and one of them always tells the truth.”
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
"We currently have a Labour government (our centre-left party), but they’ve decided that the best response to an internationally rising far right is appeasement." www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The UK has allowed itself to made the land of “One of these bathroom door guards always lies and one of them always tells the truth.”
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
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Odd request, but do I know anyone who knows anyone who works for the Nepal Department of Archaeology and I can email a question to?
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Odd request, but do I know anyone who knows anyone who works for the Nepal Department of Archaeology and I can email a question to?
The UK has allowed itself to made the land of “One of these bathroom door guards always lies and one of them always tells the truth.”
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
"We currently have a Labour government (our centre-left party), but they’ve decided that the best response to an internationally rising far right is appeasement." www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The UK has allowed itself to made the land of “One of these bathroom door guards always lies and one of them always tells the truth.”
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
This piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social is very good.
Another great @aircanada.bsky.social flight. Extra shoutout to the women working the gate for flight 858 to London, “Passengers in this line must be boarding with children — their own children…”. Flight left on time but I’d have stayed and listened to her patter all night.
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Another great @aircanada.bsky.social flight. Extra shoutout to the women working the gate for flight 858 to London, “Passengers in this line must be boarding with children — their own children…”. Flight left on time but I’d have stayed and listened to her patter all night.
Over my dead body will I let those fuckers Pepe Franklin.
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Over my dead body will I let those fuckers Pepe Franklin.
“Conservatives […] see trans people as an outgrowth of a too liberal society, they have a longstanding grudge with universities existing in the first place, and they see Democrats with a squishy spine when it comes to standing up for trans people in public.”
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Conservatives […] see trans people as an outgrowth of a too liberal society, they have a longstanding grudge with universities existing in the first place, and they see Democrats with a squishy spine when it comes to standing up for trans people in public.”
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Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
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White House aide Stephen Miller is yelling at the WSJ editorial page because, like the Geneva conventions, they condemn the collective punishment of an ethnic group
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
White House aide Stephen Miller is yelling at the WSJ editorial page because, like the Geneva conventions, they condemn the collective punishment of an ethnic group
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Direct quote from BMO Capital Markets managing director. So he's okay with plowing through the habitat of endangered species and digging up graveyards?
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Direct quote from BMO Capital Markets managing director. So he's okay with plowing through the habitat of endangered species and digging up graveyards?
Say it with satire. Send a gift subscription, get yourself loved for a full year.
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Say it with satire. Send a gift subscription, get yourself loved for a full year.
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It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
#Opinion from Robert Jago
#Opinion from Robert Jago
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
Though not a shock to some, it's time to reckon with the harm done.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
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Samira Mohyeddin has won the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize, which recognizes those whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.
Mohyeddin will receive the prize in Toronto on Friday, November 28, 2025 at the annual PEN Canada Awards Night.
Mohyeddin will receive the prize in Toronto on Friday, November 28, 2025 at the annual PEN Canada Awards Night.
Samira Mohyeddin awarded 2025 Ken Filkow Prize - PEN Canada
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November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Samira Mohyeddin has won the 2025 Ken Filkow Prize, which recognizes those whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.
Mohyeddin will receive the prize in Toronto on Friday, November 28, 2025 at the annual PEN Canada Awards Night.
Mohyeddin will receive the prize in Toronto on Friday, November 28, 2025 at the annual PEN Canada Awards Night.
It looks like you are trying to create a portmanteau. Do you need some help with that?
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It looks like you are trying to create a portmanteau. Do you need some help with that?
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"Jen Gerson interviews Ross Douthat" is the worst sentence ever typed by human hands.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Jen Gerson interviews Ross Douthat" is the worst sentence ever typed by human hands.
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Once again, folks: any deal between Alberta and Ottawa that requires a) BC's approval, and b) significant support from coastal First Nations is a deal for a pipeline that will never happen.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Once again, folks: any deal between Alberta and Ottawa that requires a) BC's approval, and b) significant support from coastal First Nations is a deal for a pipeline that will never happen.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
World’s wealthiest man and an alleged comedian losing their minds over the 2025 version of “Guys! Guys! I can make the calculator spell BOOBS!”
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
World’s wealthiest man and an alleged comedian losing their minds over the 2025 version of “Guys! Guys! I can make the calculator spell BOOBS!”