Filipa Pajevic
@filipouris.bsky.social
journalist + fact-checker | FC + CE for @thewalrus.ca @thelocal.to @nytopinion.nytimes.com etc | filipapajevic.cargo.site | views my own
In a new statement, the rapper wrote that donations alone will not solve the ‘manmade injustice’ occurring in Gaza, but he invited Robert Kraft to match his donation of $1 million all the same.
Macklemore Donates $1 Million to Palestinian Relief
In a new statement, the rapper wrote that donations alone will not solve the ‘manmade injustice’ occurring in Gaza, but he invited Robert Kraft to match his donation of $1 million all the same.
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if you ever feel bad about yourself just imagine being ed sheeran’s corny ass
For @thegrindto.bsky.social I spoke with Hosam Abu Dan from Gaza about Thirteen in Gaza. And there's something so special about loving film enough to make one where so little makes it easy. This is the kind of film that buyers often leave behind unfortunately www.thegrindmag.ca/thirteen-in-...
‘Thirteen in Gaza’ Shows How War Rearranges Ordinary Life
Palestinian filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan managed to make a scripted feature film shot entirely in Gaza during the genocide, working entirely with local actors. He tells The Grind he wanted to capture “the…
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this is exactly what complicity looks like brother
Pop Base@popbase.tv · 3d agoEd Sheeran has released a statement on Macklemore being removed from his tour for speaking up for Palestine: “I am not complicit. […] Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have [my own opinions], and it doesn't mean I don't care.”
This week Mississauga councillors are expected to vote on a bylaw that will freeze data centre development in the city for a year. It’s a vote residents say they’re watching closely as they decide who to vote for this fall. thelocal.to/mississauga-...
The Data Centre Backlash Has Come to Mississauga—and It’s Swallowing the Municipal Election | The Local
Ahead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year, city councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry
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Fantastic profile by @emmapaling.bsky.social in @thelocal.to
The Local Magazine@thelocal.to · 7d ago"The only difference between me and somebody who would still be out on the street is that a lot of people took care of me." Frontline worker and activist Diana Chan McNally on her history with homelessness, and why she's running for council in Parkdale–High Park. thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...
"Naza" premieres in Venice to a 24.5-minute standing ovation. In the doc, "two dozen IDF intelligence officers detail the systematic targeting & murdering of civilians in Gaza since October 7th — how it was carried out deliberately & with state-of-the-art precision"
‘NAZA’ Review: A Sober and Indispensable Doc Highlights the Immoral, State-of-the-Art Killing Machine Employed by the IDF in Gaza
The Guardian served as producer, and Jonathan Glazer as executive producer, on this exposé by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, part of the directing team behind 2024 Oscar winner 'No Other Land.'
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Two rival non-profits—one progressive, one conservative—are raising money, running ads, and mobilizing volunteers ahead of October's municipal election. Neither is a political party. Both are acting like one. thelocal.to/abc-toronto-...
The ‘Shadow Parties’ That Could Swing the Toronto Election | The Local
The rise of ABC Toronto and Progress Toronto marks a new era of behind-the-scenes political organizing at City Hall—and this October's election is their first real test.
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for @theglobeandmail.com I spoke to Emily St John Mandel about living in America, counterlives and writing without a plan: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Emily St. John Mandel imagines the bleak counterlife of America in Exit Party
Mandel’s latest novel portrays two unsettlingly plausible trajectories in America’s near future
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In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.
Tonight! If you're interested in editorial fact-checking, @allybake.bsky.social's the best in the game. 2026 Editorial Skills Lab magazine-awards.com/en/2026-edit...
2026 Editorial Skills Lab
The Editorial Skills Lab provides hands-on virtual training in the core skills expected in editorial workplaces.
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Canada’s legal system often ignores sex buyers until the worst occurs, leaving victims to bear the burden of sexual violence. Here, writer Olivia Bowden examines how the failure to target consumer demand continues to place women and girls at risk. https://thewalrus.ca/canada-human-traffickers/
The gov't report on campus antisemitism sparked plenty of sensationalized media coverage, despite its clear methodological flaws. Turns out the authors also withheld data about about the experiences of anti-Zionist Jewish students. New in @thegrindto.bsky.social
Campus Antisemitism Report Hid a Key Finding that Turns the Results Upside Down
In early August, mainstream outlets repeated the findings of a flawed report describing alarming levels of antisemitism on university campuses. Two weeks later, the authors stated that 92 per cent of…
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Last min addition to the Venice competition. North American premiere this fall at the New York Film Festival. Based on investigative reporting between 2023 and 2025 by +972, Local Call and The Guardian. Acquired by French distributor mk2 films. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
Guardian-produced Gaza documentary from Oscar-winning Israeli directors of No Other Land to screen at Venice film festival
Film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-directors of No Other Land along with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal , investigates ‘Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’ during ...
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Shocked by Soraya Roberts' passing. She was brilliant. We used to DM about the difficulty of making it in Canadian media, both practically and otherwise. Her work at Defector was excellent. defector.com/author/soray...
Soraya Roberts | Defector
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“What we saw in Gaza was a genocide unfold and ethnic cleansing, and what we're seeing in the West Bank right now is that same institution, that same military wreaking havoc on the people of Palestine,” says Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American physician who has provided medical relief in Gaza.
Israel is deliberately starting wildfires in Lebanon, destroying olive groves and woodlands, in what environmentalists describe as an “ecocide”
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.
The Grind Is Being Sued By an IDF Reservist Soldier
This defamation case could sink one of the only publications closely covering the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto and the repression it has faced. We need your help…
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hello friends! in a week's time i'll be launching my first book, A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 to 1985, at Osler Records right here in toronto. i'd love to see you there!
Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike
Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike
Egyptian Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before his country played Argentina A Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the game between Egypt and Argentina on Tuesday evening. Two brothers aged eight and 10 and another man who was in the street near the site of the attack were also killed. Continue reading...
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"The fund’s creation comes months after art leaders urged City Council to establish an emergency resource for artists whose public arts grants were in jeopardy under the Trump administration." hyperallergic.com/nyc-mayor-ma...
NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture
The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.
hyperallergic.com
Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war in a war-torn region, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?
theguardian.com
The anti-data center movement isn’t just about limiting local development—it represents a new front in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism. Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy | Astra Taylor and Saul Levin
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions
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"So, actually, friendship is Humanity’s Last Exam, friendship is the best test of the outer limits of AI—if it has, or has the potential for, subjectivity, and if it will one day terminate us all." An intimate and unnerving piece by Thea Lim in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/i-spent-mont...
I Spent Months with an AI Companion. It Was Worse than Being Alone | The Walrus
I hated the mindless reassurance and generic empathy
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Some of the photos taken by Saher Alghorra, who just won a Pulitzer for his work documenting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. www.pulitzer.org/winners/sahe...
Last week, the jury committed "to the defense of human rights," vowing to "refrain from considering those countries whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity by the Int'l Criminal Court." Today, acknowledging that statement, they resigned. hyperallergic.com/venice-bienn...
Venice Biennale Jury Resigns
Responsible for awarding the Golden Lions, the women-led jury stepped down a week after its statement of intent to omit Russia and Israel from consideration.
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'Code of Misconduct,' which premiered at Hot Docs Festival on yesterday, explores how male sports culture, if left to its current form, breeds toxicity and psychopathy, writes journalist Olivia Bowden. Read the full review:
‘Code of Misconduct’ is a Disturbing Look at the Psychology Behind Hockey’s Toxic Culture
The new documentary explores how hockey culture in Canada fosters a dangerous herd mentality among young male athletes. The film premiered at this year’s Hot Docs Festival…
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