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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 5h

Reading this month's Toronto Life and I found two pretty glaring errors that make me wonder if anyone edits the thing any longer.

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Jen Raso @jenraso.bsky.social · 1d

I often urge law students to be precise when and where they use passive language, and to notice the work it does when used by others (judges, politicians, reporters, and anyone describing actions being done without actors). This is a great, but awful, example.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

💙💙💙💙💙

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

(Not for prostrate cancer)

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

Hey man me too.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Former president 'currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment', Biden aide Kelly Scully says.

Biden undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer

Former president 'currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment', Biden aide Kelly Scully says.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, fascism in the Globe and Mail because Carney is so right-wing that the space is wide open for the Conservatives to be fascist.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

This rhetoric makes me incandescently mad because so few of us can claim that our ancestors came here "the right way" and yet we all got citizenship at birth!

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing that Robyn Urkback is arguing in the Globe today that Canada should stop giving citizenship too all people born here makes me wonder if she thinks we should start with her next child.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible feat of small-town urban planning -- "traffic calming zone" littered with random speed bumps, but the speed limit is 50 km/h.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters A man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental activists. Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences, including plans over the last two years to pay to rape or sexually assault children in the UK and abroad. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 2d

Huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Imperialism Prize for steadfastly supporting Israel's genocide and calling on the US to invade her own country so she can be installed as puppet leader while Trump takes Venezuela's oil ♥️

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 3d

I swear to god CBC acts like the country is already conquered sometimes.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Ah. Well knowing things isn't always the worst.

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Flannery Dean @flannerydean.bsky.social · 3d

51st state of mind

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Good to hear! I was worried it was too much of an aside!

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Danielle Levesque @daniellelevesque.bsky.social · 3d

This was fascinating, especially the parts about research funding. Let’s some the government is listening and starts building instead of more austerity 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 4d

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!

hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...

The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity

hatchetmedia.substack.com

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Right on.

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That One Canadian @onecanadian.bsky.social · 3d

Oh HELL NO! No ICE in Canada EVER!!

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Listen up to tomorrow's Daily News podcast where I rip apart today's Nation Building and Industrial Strategy announcement.

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naberu 🇨🇦 @naberu.bsky.social · 3d

What I liked about this conversation is that it gave a much fuller sense than anything else I’ve come across of what nation building might actually look like if that was something we were serious about right now.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 4d

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!

hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...

The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity

hatchetmedia.substack.com

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

It tells me that members are agitated and not seeing the full strike as helpful. It's also possible that its an olive branch to Canada Post for some movement on their side.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 3d

we are governed by people who are variously losing their mental faculties, driven to madness by the computer, or extremely stupid if not some combination of the three and at some point something's gotta give

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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