Jeremy Appel 🍉
@readtheorchard.org
Independent journalist in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." Subscribe to my newsletter: www.readtheorchard.org
Missed this when it dropped
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 4w agoNEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
"While the UCP government has taken a firm position in support of data centres, the Alberta NDP has committed to a “listening tour” to determine what its position should be." This Jeremy Appel quote belongs on the ANDP gravestone. via @readtheorchard.org
Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins
Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.
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"While the UCP government has taken a firm position in support of data centres, the Alberta NDP has committed to a “listening tour” to determine what its position should be." - on brand for the party known as No Defined Position
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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NEW: I attended today's protest against Meta's proposed hyperscaler data centre in Sturgeon County. People are not pleased. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins
Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.
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'Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta' changes name to 'Treaty 8 Sovereign Nations' in response to what they call "unprecedented political climate being fostered by the current Alberta government.”
Hope he faces some accountability for his behaviour
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 6d agoReceived this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct
Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct
NEW collab with @lilypolenchuk.bsky.social: Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education removed references to the government's stated commitment to campus free speech from talking points about pro-Palestine encampments. www.readtheorchard.org/p/alberta-mi...
Alberta ministry removed campus free speech from encampment talking points
FOIP records withheld for 2 years show that the government also omitted language describing encampments as “illegal tactics” from key messages on the 2024 pro-Palestine protests.
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My last article as the labour reporter at @pressprogress.ca is about.... media layoffs! Earlier this month, Rogers closed six stations and laid off 230 radio workers across the country. In Vancouver, the layoffs hit a newsroom that had struggled for years to unionize.
PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 6d agoRogers Layoffs Stemmed from ‘Corporate Decisions’ Taking Precedent Over Workers, Union Says “Workers are often the last to be considered when these decisions are made.” pressprogress.ca/rogers-layof...
I have been sued for defamation a grand total of zero times.
Big story out this morning by @lilypolenchuk.bsky.social and @readtheorchard.org 🔥 Coincidentally, David Slater and I will be citing this in a related scoop for @breachmedia.ca - watch for that soon! www.readtheorchard.org/p/alberta-mi...
Alberta ministry removed campus free speech from encampment talking points
FOIP records withheld for 2 years show that the government also omitted language describing encampments as “illegal tactics” from key messages on the 2024 pro-Palestine protests.
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“Several Alberta flags and signs in support of Alberta’s independence, along with no trespassing signs, lined the driveway and were displayed outside of the home” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1200169...
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigation underway in High River | Globalnews.ca
Members of the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit are on scene at a home just north of High River conducting an investigation, but so far have released few details.
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Now that he's running for Toronto mayor, I do hope reporters will ask him about this on the campaign trail. www.readtheorchard.org/p/former-mp-...
Former MP used fabricated documents to accuse reporter David Pugliese of being a Russian asset
A July report that solicited input from leading experts in typography and graphology determined that the the documents Chris Alexander submitted to a parliamentary committee are forgeries.
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I'll be going live on Substack at 1 p.m. PST to speak with the great @fritzlechat.bsky.social about the recently passed Combatting Hate Act. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Unpacking the Combatting Hate Act with Shama Rangwala
Starting Jul 29 at 4:00 PM EDT
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Just put in a pre-order with the local bookstore here. Really looking forward to it, thanks Jeremy!
Done & for those wanting to support a local bookstore here’s a link to Audrey’s Books in Edmonton. Looking forward to reading it!! audreys.ca/item/a-c8S3j...
Dark Phoenix by Jeremy Appel | Audreys Books
Twice resurrected from political death, Danielle Smith now serves as the friendly face of MAGA-style populism in Canada as Alberta's premier.From her short-lived tenure as a Calgary school board trust...
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I will buy it full price from an indie seller. Looking forward to this one.
This is a non-SFF post, but @readtheorchard.org writes excellent non-fiction. Highly anticipated book for followers of Canadian politics.
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · last wk.My forthcoming book was named one of Indigo’s most anticipated books. You can both pre-order it AND eat into Indigo’s profit margins until Aug. 2. www.indigo.ca/products/dar...
The Alberta #UCP government is destroying our province. #Ableg #Abpoli #FYFP And buy Jeremy's book detailing how it is being done.
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · last wk.My forthcoming book was named one of Indigo’s most anticipated books. You can both pre-order it AND eat into Indigo’s profit margins until Aug. 2. www.indigo.ca/products/dar...
My forthcoming book was named one of Indigo’s most anticipated books. You can both pre-order it AND eat into Indigo’s profit margins until Aug. 2. www.indigo.ca/products/dar...
An important read @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social @theguardian.com Canada’s largest newspaper chain has helped push MAGA-style politics into the mainstream, embolden separatist movements, and reshape the country’s political debate by pushing politics much further to the right.
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 4w agoNEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
"At a certain point, one must concede that Carney is doing all this simply because he wants to be the CEO of Canada Inc. " De nombreux point intéressants dans cet article. Un cas classique de "Shock Doctrine" (cf. @naomiaklein.bsky.social )
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 2w agoNEW: At a certain point, one must inevitably concede that Carney's concessions to Trump aren't concessions at all, but shared priorities. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Quote: "Postmedia has seen a revolving door of senior staff and board members who previously worked in Alberta’s UCP government or Ontario’s Conservative Doug Ford government."
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 4w agoNEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
"Carney is fundamentally restructuring the Canadian state to serve the interests of largely foreign capital ...In this sense, the trade dispute provides Carney with a necessary crisis to build popular consensus for restructuring the Canadian state along corporate lines."
Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 2w agoNEW: At a certain point, one must inevitably concede that Carney's concessions to Trump aren't concessions at all, but shared priorities. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
The second story, which came up on Front Burner: @rorywh.bsky.social's investigative digging into the diverging expectations and reality of data centres' effect on power rates in Alberta.
Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres
In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...
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The first story, mentioned in @theguardian.com today: @readtheorchard.org's piece about the Thomson Reuters ICE deal (with that story itself following @404media.co's scoop).
Thomson Reuters to share American information with ICE in new deal
While the company insists it has "safeguards" in place to prevent misuse of the information, some experts say the US$125-million deal is a "red flag."
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Nice day for @nationalobserver.com, with a h/t in @theguardian.com by Olivia Bowden and on CBC Front Burner, courtesy of @parismarx.com for two separate stories this morning. It's always appreciated when bigger media goes out of its way to acknowledge our work!
