Michael Rancic
@therewasnosound.bsky.social
arts & culture journalist
co-founder @newfeelingcoop
writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks
co-founder @newfeelingcoop
writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks
Pinned
lots of familiar faces/names here but also lots of new ones thanks to some starter packs.
everyone's introducing themselves so: hi!
i'm a journalist based in toronto, mostly writing about DIY music. though i also dabble in public policy and labour.
everyone's introducing themselves so: hi!
i'm a journalist based in toronto, mostly writing about DIY music. though i also dabble in public policy and labour.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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wrote about @lalouverouge.bsky.social’s new book and the necessity of full personhood for children, who should receive both support and have agency in ways that even liberal society seeks to deny (and that the christian nationalist project is explicit about trying to control)
TODAY: @modernistwitch.myatproto.social on the rights of the child. “The first essay I ever wrote was a plea to adults to take children seriously. Forty or so years down the line, I find I am writing the same essay.” flaminghydra.com/children-des...
Children Deserve Better
Survivors of child abuse have been having a rough time recently, with the late child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes in the news nearly every day. Even though nearly all are united in denouncing h...
flaminghydra.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
wrote about @lalouverouge.bsky.social’s new book and the necessity of full personhood for children, who should receive both support and have agency in ways that even liberal society seeks to deny (and that the christian nationalist project is explicit about trying to control)
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i cannot stop laughing at this
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i cannot stop laughing at this
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How accessible is age verification technology to trans users? For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, we tried to figure that out. www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How accessible is age verification technology to trans users? For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, we tried to figure that out. www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
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Canadian company run by an ex-IDF member celebrates reaching 2,000 armoured vehicles sent to Ukraine since 2022. The same company has been trying to sell to Israeli police and more recently sold vehicles to ICE in the US.
Roshel confirms over 2,000 Senator vehicles sent to Ukraine
The Canadian defense manufacturer Roshel has delivered more than 2,000 Senator armored vehicles to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to company CEO Roman Shimonov. The...
defence-blog.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Canadian company run by an ex-IDF member celebrates reaching 2,000 armoured vehicles sent to Ukraine since 2022. The same company has been trying to sell to Israeli police and more recently sold vehicles to ICE in the US.
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This digital map and archive of Italian punk zines from the 1980s has been blowing my mind all day. Some of it is weird to load but it's worth the effort. Tons of energy! Some interesting art zines too. paolopalmacci.it/capitmundi/b...
Elenco Alfabetico Fanzine Anni 80
Società per la Bonifica Multimediale delle Paludi Mentali
paolopalmacci.it
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This digital map and archive of Italian punk zines from the 1980s has been blowing my mind all day. Some of it is weird to load but it's worth the effort. Tons of energy! Some interesting art zines too. paolopalmacci.it/capitmundi/b...
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Once a loser, always a loser
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Once a loser, always a loser
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Sabrina Carpenter: Braver and more powerful than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sabrina Carpenter: Braver and more powerful than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.
upgraded my 5G chip today, if you're in Ontario here's where you can get a booster
www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
www.ontario.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
upgraded my 5G chip today, if you're in Ontario here's where you can get a booster
www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
i love them
🚀 TONIGHT! A new episode of Gastronauts launches on @dropout.tv at 7PM ET / 4PM PT.
Join host Jordan Myrick for a series of WILD cooking challenges from Dimension 20 stars:
☄️ Emily Axford
☄️ Ally Beardsley
☄️ Siobhan Thompson
Join host Jordan Myrick for a series of WILD cooking challenges from Dimension 20 stars:
☄️ Emily Axford
☄️ Ally Beardsley
☄️ Siobhan Thompson
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i love them
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the word layoffs doesn't even appear in this article
It's just all analysts chirping away about synergies
media coverage of itself and its endless consolidation doesn't think labor, consumers, or creatives are actually relevant to anything
It's just all analysts chirping away about synergies
media coverage of itself and its endless consolidation doesn't think labor, consumers, or creatives are actually relevant to anything
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
The streaming giant's proposal includes a $5.8 billion breakup fee and promises to maintain Warner Bros. current operations, "including theatrical releases." Theater owners are already speaking out.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
the word layoffs doesn't even appear in this article
It's just all analysts chirping away about synergies
media coverage of itself and its endless consolidation doesn't think labor, consumers, or creatives are actually relevant to anything
It's just all analysts chirping away about synergies
media coverage of itself and its endless consolidation doesn't think labor, consumers, or creatives are actually relevant to anything
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I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
It's notable that, even in an article critical of RFK Jr., the reporter hedges, saying "There’s no good evidence of serious, widespread harm from the vaccine" rather than just "vaccines are safe." RFK Jr. has made a career of exploiting the ambiguity of the former.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
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It was an honor to have so many conversations w Leslie Lee on his podcast & mine. His being out about his LC status on every platform was extremely brave. There’s a social cost to being out about chronic illness & “salting the vibe”. Whether talking TV or pandemic, he was incisive & a truth teller
Another enormous loss occurred in the #LongCOVID community last month.
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Leslie Lee III, culture critic and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43 - The Sick Times
Leslie Lee III, an educator, critic, and Long COVID advocate, died on November 10. He was 43.
thesicktimes.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It was an honor to have so many conversations w Leslie Lee on his podcast & mine. His being out about his LC status on every platform was extremely brave. There’s a social cost to being out about chronic illness & “salting the vibe”. Whether talking TV or pandemic, he was incisive & a truth teller
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I’m getting a lot of constructive feedback on my Jesse Brown interview, all of it appreciated. But after seeing Caryma Sa’d and Lee being thanked in the credits of his latest episode I think my biggest regret was not being meaner.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’m getting a lot of constructive feedback on my Jesse Brown interview, all of it appreciated. But after seeing Caryma Sa’d and Lee being thanked in the credits of his latest episode I think my biggest regret was not being meaner.
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Irish broadcaster explains its reason for pulling out of Eurovision over Israel's participation.
"It is unconscionable... given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
Good to see a broadcaster putting humanity ahead of dollars.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"It is unconscionable... given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
Good to see a broadcaster putting humanity ahead of dollars.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Irish broadcaster explains its reason for pulling out of Eurovision over Israel's participation.
"It is unconscionable... given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
Good to see a broadcaster putting humanity ahead of dollars.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"It is unconscionable... given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
Good to see a broadcaster putting humanity ahead of dollars.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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We’re this close to our goal! Only 5 new members needed to reach it and 10 to smash it.
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We’re this close to our goal! Only 5 new members needed to reach it and 10 to smash it.
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
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🗓️🥳🎂
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
ISSUE 24: ANNIVERSARY
On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, New Feeling features editor Tom Beedham considers the historical circumstances that produced the co-op and our place in the growing cooperatively organized la...
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🗓️🥳🎂
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
i think my favourite piece from this year would have to be the one i wrote for @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social about how musicians are navigating COVID (and long COVID) in 2025.
www.newfeeling.ca/covid-is-sti...
www.newfeeling.ca/covid-is-sti...
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i think my favourite piece from this year would have to be the one i wrote for @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social about how musicians are navigating COVID (and long COVID) in 2025.
www.newfeeling.ca/covid-is-sti...
www.newfeeling.ca/covid-is-sti...
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If you want to support independent Canadian music journalism, consider becoming a member
We’re this close to our goal! Only 5 new members needed to reach it and 10 to smash it.
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you want to support independent Canadian music journalism, consider becoming a member
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Canada is buying $200m more in weaponry from American arms companies to send to Ukraine under the PURL program. In August, it committed $680m to the program.
Since February 2022, "Canada has committed $22 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military aid."
Since February 2022, "Canada has committed $22 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military aid."
Canada donates an additional $200M to Ukraine's urgent weapons fund | CBC News
Canada has announced a second contribution to the the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) fund of more than $200 million. The mechanism was established by NATO to buy U.S.-made weapons after ...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Canada is buying $200m more in weaponry from American arms companies to send to Ukraine under the PURL program. In August, it committed $680m to the program.
Since February 2022, "Canada has committed $22 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military aid."
Since February 2022, "Canada has committed $22 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military aid."
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As the Ontario gov continues to gut climate policies, the province’s Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the gov to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impact the environment. For @nationalobserver.com
As Ontario axes climate policies, auditor finds province ignored public input rules
The Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the Ford government to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impac...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As the Ontario gov continues to gut climate policies, the province’s Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the gov to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impact the environment. For @nationalobserver.com