Richard Warnica
@rwarnica.bsky.social
Senior Writer and occasional feature editor at the Toronto Star.
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I spent some in Texas recently, looking at Trump's America a year(ish) after his election last year.
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Chilling quote re vaccines from pediatrician Paul Offit in this RFK profile @michaelscherer.bsky.social: “I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Chilling quote re vaccines from pediatrician Paul Offit in this RFK profile @michaelscherer.bsky.social: “I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
Been desperate to talk to someone about how she uses quotes in this piece.
I've brought up this wildly fascinating Larissa MacFarquhar article to basically every person I've spent time with during the past month. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Been desperate to talk to someone about how she uses quotes in this piece.
A print product I have only ever seen in stacks behind the press line at quadrennial conventions.
News: Politico is ending its print newspaper at the end of the year.
"It no longer makes sense to continue publishing in print when the overwhelming majority of our audience consumes us electronically," a company spokesperson told
@washingtonpost.com.
"It no longer makes sense to continue publishing in print when the overwhelming majority of our audience consumes us electronically," a company spokesperson told
@washingtonpost.com.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A print product I have only ever seen in stacks behind the press line at quadrennial conventions.
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BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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NEW: After Donald Trump was elected again, I started talking to trans, leftist, and anarchist gun enthusiasts and YouTubers. I wanted to know how they felt about community defense when it feels like rights, particularly for trans folks, are being stripped away: www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: After Donald Trump was elected again, I started talking to trans, leftist, and anarchist gun enthusiasts and YouTubers. I wanted to know how they felt about community defense when it feels like rights, particularly for trans folks, are being stripped away: www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
Somewhat lost in all the Nuzzi/Lizza drama is that RFK Jr. is a monster who is going to get untold numbers of children killed. (gift link)
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November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Somewhat lost in all the Nuzzi/Lizza drama is that RFK Jr. is a monster who is going to get untold numbers of children killed. (gift link)
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
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This is absolutely f'ing horrifying.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is absolutely f'ing horrifying.
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
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“The U.S. recorded 6,600 pertussis cases in early 2025
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Whooping Cough Surges Nationwide as Vaccinations Fall
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Whooping cough is making a major comeback in the United States, with sharp increases now seen in Texas, Florida, Cali
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November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“The U.S. recorded 6,600 pertussis cases in early 2025
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
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“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
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Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
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November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
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Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay.”
The @thestar.com editorial board on Doug Ford’s skills training slush fund.
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The @thestar.com editorial board on Doug Ford’s skills training slush fund.
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Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay.”
The @thestar.com editorial board on Doug Ford’s skills training slush fund.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
The @thestar.com editorial board on Doug Ford’s skills training slush fund.
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In an interview today, Netanyahu says the following
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
Netanyahu: ‘There will not be a Palestinian state,’ even at cost of ties with Saudis
In interview with Telegram channel, PM says border deal with Syria 'preferable' but won't budge on security demands; Israel to boost arms industry to ease reliance on US
www.timesofisrael.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In an interview today, Netanyahu says the following
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
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"Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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For @thestar.com, I wrote about the federal NDP, who wisely did not throw themselves into the sea
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Scott Stinson: The NDP was wise not to trigger an election. Now the party can focus on staying alive
Having not hurled themselves toward certain doom this week, there remains the question of what the New Democrats should do next.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For @thestar.com, I wrote about the federal NDP, who wisely did not throw themselves into the sea
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
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I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
If nothing else, this whole thing did at least drive me to put Ezra Pound's Cantos on hold at the library
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If nothing else, this whole thing did at least drive me to put Ezra Pound's Cantos on hold at the library
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
My annual reminder that if Nuzzi/Kennedy happened in Canada it would be studiously ignored.
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My annual reminder that if Nuzzi/Kennedy happened in Canada it would be studiously ignored.
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The even-better news is that I'll be keeping up my newsletter (www.bugeyedandshameless.com), my new YouTube series (www.youtube.com/@JustinLing), and some occasional writing for American/European outlets (as time allows.)
Bug-eyed and Shameless | Justin Ling | Substack
Dispatches from the fringes of the information war. Click to read Bug-eyed and Shameless, by Justin Ling, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The even-better news is that I'll be keeping up my newsletter (www.bugeyedandshameless.com), my new YouTube series (www.youtube.com/@JustinLing), and some occasional writing for American/European outlets (as time allows.)
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I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."
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