Heather Mallick

Heather Mallick

@hmallick.bsky.social

Canadian news columnist formerly CBC, newspapers, magazines etc. author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. @heathermallick.substack

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Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."

What if they were also traffic bollards? Am alerting @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social about purpose violation, trademark fakery, wrongful twinning, and a punitive level of royalties.

Jason Thorne@jasonthorne.bsky.social

It looks like the massive road reconstruction project going on right now in Downtown Guelph is going to include new iceberg bins for garbage collection.

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thinking about how i wasted all this money on clothes when i could have invested this money in an index fund and eventually bought a senator like elon musk

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Things you contemplate when your administration is definitely operating within the law.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

Maybe Toronto's bicycle bros downtown shouldn't pull out Brad Bradford signs or vandalize parked cars. There's a lot of rage out there but left-wing bullies taking it out on people's frigging gardens?

Jamie Bradburn@jbcurio.bsky.social

I am tired of political bullies who are driven by their personal grievances, which seems to appeal to many voters provincially, locally, and south of the border. thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...

I live in a very lefty part of Toronto. Three kinds of men physically damage my garden: homeless men, garbagemen, and bike bros. Women, they just critique my pollinator plants. I'm okay with that. I doubt #OliviaChow approves of sign destruction.

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NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

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A huge wave crashes over harbour wall at the Port of Newhaven in East Sussex, today. Ferry services to Dieppe have been cancelled due to Storm Austen. Photo: Reuters/Toby Melville

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Why is this student so upset about the mushroom, though? What could it have done to make her protest across the whole continent

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Elon Musk is too big to trust. A THREAD.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

1. The Wall Street Journal and CBS News confirmed that Elon Musk was involved in the decision to stall out Starshield, the military version of Starlink, when Ukraine needed it most. www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...

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Thank you to @thesicktimes.org for exploring the “October slide” in ME/CFS and Long COVID, featuring insights from occupational therapist @amymooney.bsky.social, BHC nurse practitioner Jennifer Bell, and people sharing their lived experiences.

thesicktimes.orgThe real story behind the “October slide” - The Sick TimesChanging seasons affect many people with Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and other chronic illnesses, but not all in the same way. Research has a long way to go before it can explain the phenom...
The Sick Times@thesicktimes.org

Changing seasons affect many people with Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and other chronic illnesses, but not all in the same way. Research has a long way to go before it can explain the phenomenon. thesicktimes.org/2026/10/20/t...

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Believe it or not, I am a British, Sunday Times bestselling author & in that capacity I would like to publicly state the British government is beclowning itself with its ludicrous law depriving rhe courageous (& Irish!) Sally Rooney of the ability to sell books & earn money doing so in the UK.

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I'm old enough* to remember when calling a woman a dog because she was a political opponent would be a career-ending moment. *More than ten years old

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Letitia James: "That disgusting Letitia dog. She's a dog."

Look, everyone angsting that they can't meet anyone, nobody wants them, loneliness is the modern torment etc. There is someone out there for everyone and she is absolute proof. Hey, they both got lucky.

Jess Davis@jessmarindavis.bsky.social

Rarest of rare events: a terrorism conviction in Canada involving a woman. Polman travelled to the Islamic State in 2015 and married an ISIS fighter. She was charged with participating in a terrorist group & leaving Canada to participate. vancouversun.com/news/squamis...

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Today I have the honour of presiding over a 🇨🇦 Citizenship Ceremony in Toronto. I’m so proud of who we are. My family immigrated here from Italy in the 1950s and 1960s to build a better life. It is very humbling to be a small part of these families 🇨🇦 moment. Canada Forever.

Just in the scale of things, Americans will sue over very minor matters. No, it doesn't have sugar but here's how much sugar it has. Could one not simply drink one's suspiciously delicious coffee and call it a day?

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Tilda Swinton is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation. She is also an iconoclast, an artist, a style icon and, now, an author. Her characteristically original first book, Material Evidence, tells the story of her remarkable life. Find out all about it: canongate.co.uk/tilda-swinto...

canongate.co.ukCanongate acquires Tilda Swinton’s first book, Material EvidenceTilda Swinton is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation. She is also an iconoclast, an artist, a style icon and, now, an author.

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Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov

I’m proud to sign two bills celebrating California’s car culture, history, and the communities that have shaped it. Jay Leno’s Law makes it easier for Californians to preserve and enjoy their classic cars. And soon, a new specialty license plate will celebrate our state’s iconic lowrider heritage!

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For those confused because of the context-collapse reality we all live in now, this is an AI-generated meme trend that the Poilievres have jumped on. The song is by American rappers Quavo & Takeoff. Takeoff was accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit in 2020. He was murdered in 2022.

Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre just shared this on his Instagram

It's hard to understand Trump without Aaron Rupar's visuals. They're like Renaissance paintings as cartoons and I can't figure out how that works either. Just chomp on them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Xi and his wife hold hands. Trump and Melania do not

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We publish these three books today: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Creative Writing by David Shrigley Three Brothers in a Boat by The Maclean Brothers It's an exceptional, eclectic bunch. Find them now at your local bookshop or uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

People have slowly come to understand the horrors of cancer, say, or obvious disability. You can imagine it happening to you. But #ME/CFS is different. It looks like a secret.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.

Steven Kolb, an openly gay man, put his hand over the woman's mouth and his thumb against her nose, impeding her breathing. He had her head backed up against his groin. People around them seemed shocked but did nothing to defend her. Trump times.

Democrat Cats@democratcats.bsky.social

We are not loud enough about this. Steven Kolb is an abuser and charges need to be brought. Don’t sit by and watch and do NOTHING like all these fashion folks did!

The protester was opposing the use of WOOL of all things. It was a minor issue in a small show and yet Kolb physically attacked two people, an explosion of moneyed male rage that left everyone stunned. No explanation.

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We are not loud enough about this. Steven Kolb is an abuser and charges need to be brought. Don’t sit by and watch and do NOTHING like all these fashion folks did!

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It remains the best sentence in the English language: “Thomas and Alito dissent.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Alito & Thomas keep pedal to the metal "The only place where election fraud is real is in the right-wing media ecosystem where they marinate. And b/c they are so steeped in online misinfo & conservative grievance, they're willing to sacrifice every principle of law they ever espoused."

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I dunno, if I were talking to a group of elementary school kids, I’d want to hear about things like their favorite colors or books. (I’m sure they have a favorite Pigeon book.) “How have you guys been using the slop app?” is probably the last thing I’d ever think to ask a kid.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Melania Trump to elementary students in North Carolina: "I'm especially excited to hear about your work with AI"

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So the bad news about methods of cooling data center that use less water: they rely on forever chemicals. "In “two-phase immersion cooling” systems, servers are immersed in a pool of Pfas with a low boiling point." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warnBig manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres