Richie Assaly
@rdassaly.bsky.social
Writes about music, books and politics.
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
1,000 killed in the West Bank. This is on top of the tens of thousands of people displaced from their home.
Earlier this year, Israel emptied 32,000 people from three refugee camps in what @hrw.org called the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.
Earlier this year, Israel emptied 32,000 people from three refugee camps in what @hrw.org called the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1,000 killed in the West Bank. This is on top of the tens of thousands of people displaced from their home.
Earlier this year, Israel emptied 32,000 people from three refugee camps in what @hrw.org called the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.
Earlier this year, Israel emptied 32,000 people from three refugee camps in what @hrw.org called the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.
Comics from @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social and @hausofdecline.bsky.social in the new edition of @thegrindto.bsky.social, rolling out across the city today!
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Comics from @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social and @hausofdecline.bsky.social in the new edition of @thegrindto.bsky.social, rolling out across the city today!
Anyways Blood Orange at History last night. Great show and cool to see Dev in a big venue
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Anyways Blood Orange at History last night. Great show and cool to see Dev in a big venue
I thought Frankenstein was good
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I thought Frankenstein was good
Thrilled to make my @exclaimdotca.bsky.social debut with a review of the excellent new Home Front record.
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thrilled to make my @exclaimdotca.bsky.social debut with a review of the excellent new Home Front record.
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Very excited to check out these (beautiful) new books from @tracepress.bsky.social 🙌🏼
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Very excited to check out these (beautiful) new books from @tracepress.bsky.social 🙌🏼
This Grind story on the IDF soldiers event, which is very much a media criticism piece, was generating lots of discussion on the Canadaland subreddit.
But looks like a moderator removed it this morning.
www.reddit.com/r/canadaland...
But looks like a moderator removed it this morning.
www.reddit.com/r/canadaland...
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This Grind story on the IDF soldiers event, which is very much a media criticism piece, was generating lots of discussion on the Canadaland subreddit.
But looks like a moderator removed it this morning.
www.reddit.com/r/canadaland...
But looks like a moderator removed it this morning.
www.reddit.com/r/canadaland...
They don’t make memes like this anymore
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They don’t make memes like this anymore
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
Big beautiful ostrich antibodies
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Big beautiful ostrich antibodies
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Settler violence in the West Bank, supported by the Israeli military, escalated sharply this olive harvest season.
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Settler violence in the West Bank, supported by the Israeli military, escalated sharply this olive harvest season.
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Hundreds of properties damaged, thousands of olive trees vandalized, livestock killed and tortured.
6 Palestinians killed last week alone.
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Brilliant, mesmerizing Cindy Lee show last night. It was only ~53 minutes long but half the audience hung outside Massey afterwards looking completely blissed out.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Brilliant, mesmerizing Cindy Lee show last night. It was only ~53 minutes long but half the audience hung outside Massey afterwards looking completely blissed out.
Listening to the new Rosalía album
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Listening to the new Rosalía album
Whoa. Radiohead blocked journalists from reviewing their comeback show after they reported on Palestinian calls to boycott the band.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Whoa. Radiohead blocked journalists from reviewing their comeback show after they reported on Palestinian calls to boycott the band.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
When the Loblaws self-checkout clerk accuses me of not paying for my potato wedges
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When the Loblaws self-checkout clerk accuses me of not paying for my potato wedges
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers — aided by the IDF, police and private militias — have ramped up violence against Palestinians since the start of olive season. Pogroms, lynchings, and the destruction of thousands of olive trees.
archive.is/5lGmC
archive.is/5lGmC
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers — aided by the IDF, police and private militias — have ramped up violence against Palestinians since the start of olive season. Pogroms, lynchings, and the destruction of thousands of olive trees.
archive.is/5lGmC
archive.is/5lGmC
At least some folks are happy about the Ford government's proposal to undermine tenant protections!
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
At least some folks are happy about the Ford government's proposal to undermine tenant protections!
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
The study found that CIJA (and other pro-Israel groups) not only rely on racist tropes about Palestinians, but also public statements that are themselves antisemitic.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The study found that CIJA (and other pro-Israel groups) not only rely on racist tropes about Palestinians, but also public statements that are themselves antisemitic.
A new report by @facultyjewish.bsky.social details how CIJA has manipulated the discourse around antisemitism to manufacture consent of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A new report by @facultyjewish.bsky.social details how CIJA has manipulated the discourse around antisemitism to manufacture consent of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...
www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/...