Sherwin Arnott
@sherwinarnott.org
Into communications, #illustration, web publishing. Interested in science, discourse, journalism, politics, and epistemology. Big fan of archives and libraries. Thinking about whiteness and toxic masculinity. (he/him) www.sherwinarnott.org
Confronting antifeminist ideologies in Canada : report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women / Dominique Vien, chair. #cdnpoli publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
Confronting antifeminist ideologies in Canada : report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women / Dominique Vien, chair.: XC71-1/1-451-6E-PDF - Government of Canada Publications - Canada.ca
Publication information / bibliographic Record.
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1 day left to Crowdfund ! youtu.be/8jSXDEMejrg Every day in Canada, Indigenous youth go missing. Most are forgotten within a week. This film refuses to let that happen. Based on the true story of Samuel Bird and his mother Alanna, who never stopped fighting. HERE: seedandspark.com/fund/samuelb...
Every Day Gets Closer to Winter 2026
YouTube video by PUP Films
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Reading: My journalism on Canadians who join the IDF has made me the target of pro-Israel forces. #cdnpoli #IDF www.readthemaple.com/i-asked-peop...
I Asked People Trying To Get Me Imprisoned How It’s Going
My journalism on Canadians who join the IDF has made me the target of pro-Israel forces.
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It is amazing to me that such a law exists and is currently being prosecuted. I get the intent behind it, but wow. I notice that the woowoo benefits offered by prayer circles and other Christian methods are not illegal, however similar they are. #WitchSky
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network analyzed the wave of anti-LGBTQ2S+ social media posts following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge #cdnpoli xtramagazine.com/video/tumble...
New report details online anti-trans hate following Tumbler Ridge shooting | Xtra Magazine
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network analyzed the wave of anti-LGBTQ2S+ social media posts following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge
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CanWest owned the Calgary Herald before it was bought by Postmedia in 2010. And they were already publishing "taxes are slavery" and "climate change is bogus" disinformation. #cdnmedia #cdnpoli
Sherwin Arnott@sherwinarnott.org · 4w agoConrad Black founded the National Post in 1998. It has always been far right. Anyone claiming that Postmedia has "swung" to the right a decade ago has missed the plot. #cdnmedia
Conrad Black founded the National Post in 1998. It has always been far right. Anyone claiming that Postmedia has "swung" to the right a decade ago has missed the plot. #cdnmedia
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 4w agoSeems like as good a time as any to plug @readtheorchard.org’s article on Postmedia’s hard swing to the right in @ricochetmedia.bsky.social:
Reading: Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) #cdnmedia #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/frontier-cen...
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) Background The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) is a “research and education charity” registered in both Canada and the United States. It was founded i...
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Every Day Gets Closer to Winter seedandspark.com/fund/samuelb...
Every Day Gets Closer to Winter - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
Every day in Canada, Indigenous youth go missing. Most are forgotten within a week. This film refuses to let that happen. Based on the true story of Samuel Bird and his mother Alanna, who never stoppe...
seedandspark.com
Reading: The Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough for a long-silenced Palestinian narrative #cdnpoli #cdnmedia breachmedia.ca/the-nakba-ex...
The Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough for a long-silenced Palestinian narrative ⋆ The Breach
Despite the manufactured controversy, the 12-metre exhibit is the first time the story of Palestinian dispossession is being told in a national institution
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Onto Gardiner's motion to close The Harbour safe consumption site. Seconded by Hammond. [deep breaths. let's gooooo]
9) Canada is privatizing its photonic chip manufacturer, in another sign of the influence of the anti-regulation tech group Build Canada bsky.app/profile/thet...
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · last mo.The federal government plans to privatize the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, described as being at the forefront of innovation in the country. Along with it goes control over the centre’s publicly built technology. Christopher Holcroft writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
4) Canada gave $5.4B in secret procurements last year -At least 1,896 contracts were marked “not for public disclosure” & some got “national security exceptions” (NSEs) to transparency -Past undisclosed contracts include an extended deal with Palantir that has hit $47M+ bsky.app/profile/thei...
Investigative Journalism Foundation@theijf.org · last mo.Feds signed nearly 2,000 secret contracts valued at $5.4 billion, the IJF reveals. zurl.co/M2qoT
In case you’re a bit struck and overwhelmed by how many announcements Carney has been making, here’s him talking about something he said he learned from Trump: Carney sees “the effectiveness, the value” of “flooding the zone.”
This Thursday #YYJ city council will be “debating” a disturbing motion that proposes shutting down The Harbour, our primary overdose prevention site. We need to be making OPS more accessible to save lives and keep pressure off other health services. Email councillors@victoria.ca and tell them!
"She described Coyote as an outlet pushing against a 'protracted campaign to slander the place we live.' That slander has taken the form of seemingly endless reports on crime..." #journalism www.cjr.org/analysis/the...
Coyote Media: They’ve got bite.
Coyote, a new media collective in the Bay Area, is irreverent, human, and unabashedly political.
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Khanna cited a reliable source in good faith and does Elon really want to put his own mega-infanticide/homicide on trial?
The Independent@the-independent.com · last mo.Elon Musk promises to sue lawmaker who suggested DOGE cuts led to the deaths of 4.5 million kids
Setting aside that I've been too depressy messy to ask for funds for months, but I am yet again doing a fundraiser triathlon for the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre this weekend. If you have the means, any $ for a worthy org is always appreciated. #yyj
Triathlon of Compassion 2026
Help Susan Kim raise money to support Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
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Found out today that my mom puts bacon and honey on toast. Old people are so wise.
RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments. The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli openmedia.org/press/item/g...
Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers
OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises
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If the news media cannot raise this idea, what good is it?
Slash and sell: How financial giant Brookfield and its big bank backers profited from deforestation and the abuse of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Brazil #MarkCarney #cdnpoli globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Slash and sell
How financial giant Brookfield and its big bank backers profited from deforestation and the abuse of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Brazil
globalwitness.org
My hot take today is that anyone who thinks there's a war on cars in #yyj gets a mandatory trip in a powerchair. "but not prioritizing vehicle traffic is ableism" boom now you're in a powerchair on a street with no sidewalks. Your destination is on Hillside and Shelbourne. You can't use transit. 1/2
"Generative tools present a precarious trade: the acceleration of surface-level competence at the expense of incremental struggle—the mental equivalent of building a house on sand." thewalrus.ca/chatgpt-isnt...
ChatGPT Isn’t Just Changing How We Work. It’s Harming How We Think | The Walrus
New research says the cognitive costs of AI may be higher than we realize
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Preston Manning’s Not-So-Secret Game Plan The separatist threat will bring endless, changing demands to increase Alberta’s power. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Preston Manning’s Not-So-Secret Game Plan | The Tyee
The separatist threat will bring endless, changing demands to increase Alberta’s power.
thetyee.ca
