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Morgan Sharp

@5thEstate

journalist, etc @sojourn@newsie.social

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Joined February 2009
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And now for some personal news... (quite a few different pieces to this so I'll try to be clear and concise but it'll be a few tweets at least; the last one possibly my last - thanks Elon) Yesterday was my last day at @NatObserver.
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#fundTVOlikeitmatters #summerofstrikes #solidarity
TVO CMG is at work! (@TVO_CMG) profile pictureTVO CMG is at work!@TVO_CMG21 Aug 2023
“If we don’t get it, shut it down!” Our journalists and educators walked off the job this morning. We are on strike, demanding fair wages and an end to precarious work. #summerofstrikes #supporttvoworkers #onpoli
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This piece by @EthanCoxMtl of @ricochet_en about what's happening at @OverstoryMedia (owners of @CapitalDailyVic) is everything. ricochet.media/en/3925/story…
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The upstart outlet that was punching above its weight was this week gutted by its billionaire owners (exhibit 4729 in the case for finding alternate models that don't see journalism as a plaything and vanity project of the upper class).
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Hey there, been a while, hope you're hanging in there. I'm pleased to note, with some immediate financial relief and optimism for the future, that my employer, Observer Media Group/@NatObserver, now offers core trans affirming healthcare benefits. Yay! 🧵1/x
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Starting this month, all employees of Observer Media Group (OMG) will have access to the core gender affirming optional coverage offered by Sunlife (and notably not by its biggest competitor, Canada Life).
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This was a labour of love for me, and so empowering to get out and tell stories of joy every once in a while, to remind ourselves we're still capable of it amid all the tumult.
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CUPE school workers in Ontario have ratified their collective agreement with the Ford government, with 73 percent voting in favour. #onpoli #onted
Are you a member of CUPE's OSBCU? Please DM me for a link to a straw poll I'm hoping to get input on; happy for it to be distributed in yr member channels #OntEd
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actually, why not just post the link here? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… you need to provide an email address so I can make best efforts to confirm you are indeed a card-carrying member and otherwise be in touch. can be updated through to vote deadline
Tentative deal vote

Tentative deal vote

Hello CUPE OSBCU members! Help Canada's National Observer understand how you feel about the tentative agreement available for you to vote for or against this week. we would be grateful if you could...

docs.google.com
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I'm looking to migrate away from the sinking ship that is Twitter, sadly. Looking at Mastodon, have an account and would love to connect with someone over there who could help me understand how it works. DM me for profile link
Yup. That's a new thing, they used to
Harman Idema (@HarmaninToronto) profile pictureHarman Idema@HarmaninToronto20 Nov 2022
As a Dutchman coming to live in Toronto, I was told you can only cycle half the year. Struck me as odd since I also heard that Canadians wear shorts until it is -10ºC. Now I know. It is not so much the weather. It is that they mostly only clean roads for cars, not for bicycles.
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I'm still testing positive today so decided not to head down to Queen's Park for the strike. Any education workers or their supporters wanna reply or send me selfies from Day One at their picket line? #onpoli #OntEd
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Just so you know, Pearson's terminal 3 has the airport's gate A, B and C, while it's terminal 1 has gates D,E and F. Don't ask about terminal 2 tho; it doesn't exist
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No, I did not know this.
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PLEASE READ: "The normally sleepy contests for trustee positions have been highly charged this year with faith-based groups, political parties and self-styled "anti-woke" organizations involved to an unprecedented degree..." cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-s…
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"For weeks, some candidates (CBC News investigation found at least 20 trustee candidates in Ottawa, Waterloo, Hamilton, elsewhere in Ontario), have been using transphobic rhetoric in public, portraying gender-inclusive sex education as an attempt to indoctrinate their children."
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Ontario's education minister says system's lowest-paid workers "refusing to compromise on their unreasonable demand" of a living wage after years of legislated wage suppression.
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👇take note of what folks do, not just what they say👇
Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) profile pictureToronto Star
@TorontoStar12 Oct 2022
Replying to @TorontoStar
Demkiw was then a member of the service’s now disbanded vice squad when he and four other male officers carried out a raid that an Ontario judge would later call a “flagrant” violation of charter rights. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10…
An excellent thread on how and why laissez faire public health policy fails
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Dunno how or why this showed up for me four years after it was written but damn if it this thread wasn't exactly what I needed to hear today.
Erynn Brook (@ErynnBrook) profile pictureErynn Brook@ErynnBrook29 Sep 2018
Replying to @ErynnBrook
So, just in case no one ever told you (or you need a reminder): YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE. You can leave a date, a party, a job, a meeting, a commitment. You are allowed. If you’re worried about keeping your word remember that your boundaries are also your word, your integrity.
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I'm at the Pearl Jam concert, and Eddie Vedder has a moustache
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I note optimistically, however, that roughly half the phone cameras are held in landscape mode
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🎙️hey y'all, so I'm going to be off the clock starting next week and for about six weeks to recover from surgery. yikes for me, yay for any reporter looking for a stint writing for and about the young people of the greatest Toronto area. link below 👇
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📢POP UP JOB OP!📢 Come be me for a bit; listen to the youth and young people of the GTA and amplify their voices ahead of TO's muni + school board elxn! Details here: nationalobserver.com/new-opp…
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Um, what?!
Robyn Doolittle (@robyndoolittle) profile pictureRobyn Doolittle@robyndoolittle18 Aug 2022
Shortly after Michael Melling became head of CTV News, he raised questions about host Lisa LaFlamme’s hair. According to a senior CTV official who was present at the meeting, Mr. Melling asked who had approved the decision to “let Lisa’s hair go grey.” theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Lisa LaFlamme ‘going grey’ questioned by CTV executive, says senior company official

Lisa LaFlamme ‘going grey’ questioned by CTV executive, says senior company official

CTV boss Michael Melling and Ms. LaFlamme clashed over stories, network priorities and resources – most visibly when it came to coverage of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the war in Ukraine, staff...

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