Heather Mallick
@hmallick.bsky.social
Canadian news columnist formerly CBC.ca, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, author, feminist, bookish person, centre-left. Am considering a Substack while I re-read Infinite Jest about screens that became drugs.
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Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
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Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
Here's a sign of how much legacy journalism is suffering: The story starts with "The legal team" and then never says who they are, not names, not the firm, nothing. Readers have to research. A fascinating story of 5 people and a $510 million win vanishes. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Legal team behind First Nations treaty settlement challenges court decision slashing its fee
Recent Ontario court decision found team’s $510-million legal bill was unreasonable and cut it down to $40-million
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here's a sign of how much legacy journalism is suffering: The story starts with "The legal team" and then never says who they are, not names, not the firm, nothing. Readers have to research. A fascinating story of 5 people and a $510 million win vanishes. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Mount’s “Soft” is one of the most elegant and informative summations I have ever read. It nails down history’s clouds.
⚪️ Soft - Ferdinard Mount
A sweeping tour of emotion and culture that spans centuries, from renowned author and essayist Ferdinand Mount.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/soft-9781...
A sweeping tour of emotion and culture that spans centuries, from renowned author and essayist Ferdinand Mount.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/soft-9781...
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Mount’s “Soft” is one of the most elegant and informative summations I have ever read. It nails down history’s clouds.
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Trump’s America is just a giant reichstag in search of a fire.
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump’s America is just a giant reichstag in search of a fire.
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Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
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NEWS! Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey newsthump.com/2025/11/27/h...
Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey
There were tender scenes at the White House yesterday as a proud but ultimately stupid animal, who is believed to be called ‘Donald’, was offered a pardon by a Thanksgiving turkey.
newsthump.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEWS! Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey newsthump.com/2025/11/27/h...
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My wife is happy with our sex life
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My wife is happy with our sex life
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SPEED 3 (2025)
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
SPEED 3 (2025)
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Films still sell myths about sex work.
In "The Choral" we’re invited to view men who visit the prostitute with indulgence, writes Kate Maltby.
https://bit.ly/43UjGw1
In "The Choral" we’re invited to view men who visit the prostitute with indulgence, writes Kate Maltby.
https://bit.ly/43UjGw1
Films still sell myths about sex work | The Observer
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November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Films still sell myths about sex work.
In "The Choral" we’re invited to view men who visit the prostitute with indulgence, writes Kate Maltby.
https://bit.ly/43UjGw1
In "The Choral" we’re invited to view men who visit the prostitute with indulgence, writes Kate Maltby.
https://bit.ly/43UjGw1
You know what Leavitt will say about the terrified woman. You know there is no kindness in her. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Karoline Leavitt’s nephew’s mother detained by US immigration agents
Bruna Ferreira, who has a child with the White House press secretary’s brother, is now in custody at an ICE facility
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You know what Leavitt will say about the terrified woman. You know there is no kindness in her. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Not that it matters in any way including principle but I will note that journalist Katie Rogers is remarkably beautiful, which as usual is part of what fed Trump's rage.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Not that it matters in any way including principle but I will note that journalist Katie Rogers is remarkably beautiful, which as usual is part of what fed Trump's rage.
It's sad. Author Thomas King, who says he believed all his life he was Indigenous, was bullied in childhood for his facial features. In an era when people are said to be whatever they self-identify as, it's sad to see a writer at 82 bracing for the fallout. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/268786d...
A most inconvenient Indian
At 82, I feel as though I’ve been ripped in half, a one-legged man in a two-legged story. Not the Indian I had in mind. Not an Indian at all
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's sad. Author Thomas King, who says he believed all his life he was Indigenous, was bullied in childhood for his facial features. In an era when people are said to be whatever they self-identify as, it's sad to see a writer at 82 bracing for the fallout. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/268786d...
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
This is outrageous. It’s usually the Daily Mail that does that to people.
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is outrageous. It’s usually the Daily Mail that does that to people.
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"Questions about Epstein, with whom Trump was close friends for more than a decade, seem to trigger the president more than any other issue he has faced," writes Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt.
As Epstein questions linger, Trump falls back into familiar habit: lashing out at female reporters
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Questions about Epstein, with whom Trump was close friends for more than a decade, seem to trigger the president more than any other issue he has faced," writes Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt.
Aw, poor guy. This is very Canadian. She tries to be as gentle as possible and tells him people will laugh, don't worry. But the Alberta government, MAGA in nature, isn't known for its sense of humour.
One of the reasons I love live call-in radio shows is for moments like this.
Poor Richard thought he was talking to a call screener.
He was actually talking live on air to Alberta At Noon host @kathleenpetty.bsky.social, who gently and professionally nudged him toward that realization.
Turn 🔊 on:
Poor Richard thought he was talking to a call screener.
He was actually talking live on air to Alberta At Noon host @kathleenpetty.bsky.social, who gently and professionally nudged him toward that realization.
Turn 🔊 on:
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Aw, poor guy. This is very Canadian. She tries to be as gentle as possible and tells him people will laugh, don't worry. But the Alberta government, MAGA in nature, isn't known for its sense of humour.