Tess Sison 🇨🇦 🇵🇭
@tsison.bsky.social
Freelance multimedia journalist; author, Armando J. Malay: A Guardian of Memory, The Life and Times of a Filipino Journalist and Activist https://shorturl.at/FP1y7
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CBC News is projecting the Liberals will form its fourth consecutive government
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
CBC News is projecting the Liberals will form its fourth consecutive government
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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡
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April 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡
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“To take away children, to change the culture, their mindset, their traditions…yes I (do) use the word genocide.”
Pope Francis apologized for residential schools during historic Canadian visit | CBC News
As Catholics mourn the death of Pope Francis, the religious leader is being remembered for his historic apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools.
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April 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“To take away children, to change the culture, their mindset, their traditions…yes I (do) use the word genocide.”
Graffiti captures playful side of #PopeFrancis; Vatican City, 2014 #rip
April 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Graffiti captures playful side of #PopeFrancis; Vatican City, 2014 #rip
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‘John Pring’s Disability News Service demonstrates the vital role that online media can play in exposing stories that tend to be overlooked by the mainstream press.’
Ed Kiely on an account of UK disability benefit failures: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on an account of UK disability benefit failures: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely · Unfair Judgments: Lethal Cuts at the DWP
John Pring’s account reveals something of the character of austerity: it isn’t so much that the state withdraws...
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April 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘John Pring’s Disability News Service demonstrates the vital role that online media can play in exposing stories that tend to be overlooked by the mainstream press.’
Ed Kiely on an account of UK disability benefit failures: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on an account of UK disability benefit failures: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
A crow's math skills include geometry
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
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Acclaimed heart surgeon chooses Canada over U.S. over Trump annexation threats www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... @tflem.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
March 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Acclaimed heart surgeon chooses Canada over U.S. over Trump annexation threats www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... @tflem.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
The brain drain begins
Yale professor moving to U of T due to 'far-right' Trump administration's pressure on universities | CBC News
A Yale University professor is leaving the U.S. and taking a position at the University of Toronto (U of T) due to what he says is a “far-right regime” under President Donald Trump.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The brain drain begins
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“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen. theatln.tc/AHkpb39A
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen. theatln.tc/AHkpb39A
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“As a country we can be mad, and also good. But while we’re raising those elbows, let’s be careful not to lose or heads.”
Rage is the new Canadian mood. That’s a good thing – if we keep our cool
National rage might be just the emotion we need right now, but, as history tells us, there’s an art to anger
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March 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“As a country we can be mad, and also good. But while we’re raising those elbows, let’s be careful not to lose or heads.”
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Something to think about
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Something to think about
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Canadians snub the U.S., with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossing the border in February. The number of trips hasn't been this low since the #COVID19 restrictions era, by John Paul Tasker www.cbc.ca/news/politic... via @cbcnews.ca
Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February | CBC News
Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the l...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Canadians snub the U.S., with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossing the border in February. The number of trips hasn't been this low since the #COVID19 restrictions era, by John Paul Tasker www.cbc.ca/news/politic... via @cbcnews.ca
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a peaceful demonstration on Saturday in Belgrade, defying warnings from the country’s embattled authoritarian leader that months of unrest were careening out of control into violence.
Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws Over 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet
The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a peaceful demonstration on Saturday in Belgrade, defying warnings from the country’s embattled authoritarian leader that months of unrest were careening out of control into violence.
I was in Copenhagen two years ago & witnessed this first hand. So impressive.
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
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March 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I was in Copenhagen two years ago & witnessed this first hand. So impressive.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"You're here, you respect us, you respect our sovereignty, you're in our country, you respect our people. Period.”
Joly tells Marco Rubio 'Canada's sovereignty is not up to debate, period' | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wrapped up the G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Que., with a stern message for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: hands off our country.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"You're here, you respect us, you respect our sovereignty, you're in our country, you respect our people. Period.”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but today, it has bent toward justice.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings
Rodrigo Duterte is accused of 'crimes against humanity' in a crackdown that left thousands dead.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but today, it has bent toward justice.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Princeton nuclear fusion scientist Liu Chang is leaving for a position in Beijing — the latest case of a high profile Chinese scientist quitting the U.S. and returning home.
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Princeton nuclear physicist, fusion energy expert Liu Chang leaves US for China
Plasma specialist heads to Peking University to pursue magnetic confinement on mission to make nuclear fusion a reality
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March 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Princeton nuclear fusion scientist Liu Chang is leaving for a position in Beijing — the latest case of a high profile Chinese scientist quitting the U.S. and returning home.
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"We didn't ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves, so the Americans, they should make no mistake: In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win.”
5 things to know about Mark Carney, Canada's next prime minister
Mark Carney is a newcomer to elected politics, with decades of experience in finance. After his landslide victory, he pledged to continue tariffs on the U.S. "until the Americans show us respect."
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March 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"We didn't ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves, so the Americans, they should make no mistake: In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win.”
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