I write about people and institutions shaping Canadian arts+culture and also wrote a book called Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. [email protected]
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Here's a profile of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, the synth pioneer who was handed the miracle of a career resurgence a decade ago, and who has a new album out today.
Now Glenn needs another miracle: to keep making music through dementia – and to find a home theglobeandmail.com/culture/…
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I spent a year working the apps for DoorDash, Uber, Amazon and more; saw disturbing things; brought people single cookies; probably delivered drugs; smashed up my nose; met people who made insane journeys to get you pad thai; wondered what we’re doing here simonandschuster.com/books/D…
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A man and his adopted pet raccoon , Pepper, are on the run from authorities in Montreal. And now in the latest twist, Pepper, a new local celebrity, has become the face of a cryptocurrency with a market cap of about $1.2 million. But according to the coin's creator, he'd be worth a lot more dead. “If they kill the m*therf*cker, we’re in business. So that’s what we’re going for”, its creator said.
@leoraschertzer
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The last time the Milwaukee Brewers were in the World Series you could get 12 8-track tapes for only a dollar through The Gorman Thomas Tape Club®.
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Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photographer, was "knocked to the ground, "kicked repeatedly and stripped of her cameras and phone" today in the West Bank as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians gathering olives, my colleagues in the region report.
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My obit on rock n roll mad scientist and wordsmith Pye Dubois, lyricist for Max Webster, Kim Mitchell and four Rush songs. Photos by Patrick Harbron, taken on Toronto's Grandview Avenue in Riverdale.
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NEW @citizenlab report We uncovered an Israeli firm using online ads to run vast spy operation
This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads.
45 devices at @AJEnglish confirmed infected
citizenlab.ca/research/how-d…
Here's an obituary for Salah Bachir, the longtime Cineplex / film-sector executive whose approach to philanthropy helped reshape countless artistic, LGBTQ+ and healthcare organizations. theglobeandmail.com/culture/…
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Another round of layoffs started at UMG today. Artists and their fans often blame labels for everything, but many of the people working in these buildings to support artists care deeply about the work. Some artists may have just lost their only advocate at the company.
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i don't often say our own stories are "must-read" but this is a MUST-READ.
i, @yogurttowne, and especially tatiana have spent the past 72 hours working ceaselessly on getting this out. tremendous thanks to all who were willing to speak with us for this piece.
A Vancouver woman has detailed allegations of sexual assault against Geordie Greep. She and Greep's former keyboardist spoke to Paste about what happened on October 8.
READ: pastemagazine.com/music/geor…
I talked with @carlyraejepsen about her new album Day and Night, and about sustaining a creative life as a new parent (relatable) theglobeandmail.com/culture/…
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A glitch on Instagram has caused the platform to repeatedly recommend the band's 1999 hit "Higher," regardless of what users are posting.
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Canada’s Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The 76-year-old modernist poet, translator, classics scholar and Member of the Order of Canada was recognized for “her bold and inventive oeuvre."
She is the third Canadian to be awarded the prize given to a living writer for outstanding career contributions in literature.
Read more:
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John Reardon is back on "Hudson & Rex" after he was written out of the show following his cancer diagnosis...but there are some things he still can't talk about.
Free story link:
thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=b0… – at Toronto, Ontario
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Incredibly excited to join @CTVNews as deputy Ottawa bureau chief, working with @grahamr299 and his stellar team! I’m beyond grateful to the journalists at the @globeandmail who I had the honour and privilege of working with for the last seven years 🙏🏻
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Postmedia ex-CEO alleges Doug Ford’s office used ‘leverage’ over son’s company to get newspaper chain to publish pre-election letter thetrillium.ca:443/news/poli…
The self-proclaimed world's youngest Garfield licensee and "entergagement" entrepreneur is now (checks notes) generating images of himself hugging Rob Ford for a political campaign
