Journalist/ reporter/ writer covering mobility at @the_logic | past: @CdnPressBiz @thomsonreuters @cnbctech | She/her | anita.balakrishnan@thelogic.co
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2013
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Personal news thread 1/n: In May, I'm starting a new role at @the_logic covering autos! I'm really excited to get to work with an outlet that I've admired for a while and allows reporters to report deeply.
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1. Labour Day was inspired by an illegal strike held in Toronto 152 years ago.
Here's my annual thread about the Toronto Printers' Strike & how it changed Canada…
Now that car prices are finally down you may catch me training my driving reflexes on Apple Arcade
Having recently replaced our 2009 Matrix with a 2023 Escape, I feel this @MsABalakrishnan take on vehicle touchscreens very deeply: thelogic.co/news/shift/touch…
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Big news. HUGE. ✨ 📈 @the_logic has raised $4M in a round led by FT Ventures, the venture arm of the @FinancialTimes
Congratulations to my incredibly talented and hardworking colleagues!
The Logic announces $4M capital raise, led by FT Ventures. thelogic.co/news/the-logic-4…
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The great @zoewhittall is in the Star today with a corker on straight media’s obsession with counting bi women. thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
We ask good questions :) (@muradhem @davidreevely )
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This lack of authenticity is really having an impact. Audiences no longer want it. CEOs should practice being themselves and saying a bit more of what they really think if they want anyone to care, which is why they even came to the event in the first place.
wow
Updated story. A clear stance from the premier today on this issue:
‘I am going to make sure we have like-minded judges,’ Ford doubles down amid Ontario court outcry thestar.com/politics/provinc… via @torontostar
This is not a policy position based in fact. There's no documented pattern by any reputable source of trans ppl harassing ppl in washrooms. There IS a pattern of queer ppl being 1/n thecanadianpressnews.ca/nati…
4/n , documented violence THEY face, overwhelmingly perpetrated by male intimate partners and other known men. The ACTUAL effect of a policy enforcing this belief would make Canada a country where...cbc.ca/news/canada/femicide-…
5/5 there is a class of citizens that cannot participate fully in society because there are no public restrooms available to them. I've been to countries like that. It's not a step forward. cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-lg…
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New from me: Ottawa has tied its green industrial policy—EV battery incentives, CCUS tax credits &c.—to Biden's U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and other measures. What if Trump nopes all that? More FDI will flow here, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
thelogic.co/briefing/trump-r…
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Join us in Ballroom C for an Inspiring Conversation about what modern mineral exploration wants to be. Moderated by @msabalakrishnan from @the_logic, guest speakers will explore thought-provoking questions to move our industry forward: roundup.amebc.ca/event/inspi……
Every time I go to Service Ontario there are like, 70 people in line though?? Where in Staples do they go to wait?
NEW - The Ford government is closing an unspecified number of Service Ontario locations, CityNews has learned. Its part of a pilot project that will see Service Ontario kiosks open inside some Staples Canada stores, though the government wont say if a kiosk will open for every location closure. The government also wouldn't say if this pilot project could lead to further Service Ontario location closures.
No but why is Google (and Bing and Siri and everyone) soooo bad now? Is it AI?
Why was one of the biggest law podcasts shut down? theverge.com/2024/1/4/240258… via @Verge
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This paragraph in the NYT story on Humane is the best use of 100 words I've ever seen to perfectly capture Silicon Valley:
So me
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