The Catch-all: ICYMI January 18-24

Hello all, not a lot to say this week. But wanted to give a shout-out to the latest episode of Big Shiny Takes. Not only is it an excellent dissection of one of the most antisemitic pieces ever written (by Jordan Peterson, no less), Jeremy Appel shouted out The North State at the end. Check it out here! On with the news.

News Round-up

Ontario

Ontario hires PI firm to survey supervised consumption site neighbours, Jack Hauen, The Trillium (Jan. 20)

Kingston, Ont., declares emergency as roughly 1 in 3 households struggle with food insecurity, Dan Taekema, CBC News (Jan. 20)

Northern Ontario youth suicide rate four times higher than provincial average, Kenneth Armstrong, Timmins Today (Jan. 22)

Ford confirms Ontario election call, announces tunnel extension plan for unfinished LRT, Isaac Callan & Gabby Rodrigues, Global News (Jan. 24)

Canada

'You are a monster': Former Catholic priest pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Nunavut children, Emma Tranter, CBC News (Jan. 23)

'I'm homeless': Jasper residents rally for housing as government negotiations stall, The Canadian Press (Jan. 24)

‘Election Convoy’ in Disarray After Leader Quits and Police Warn ‘Slow Rolls’ are Illegal, Luke Lebrun, Convoy Watch (Jan. 24)

US

Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump’s Inauguration, David Gilbert, WIRED (Jan. 20)

Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border, Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, Associated Press (Jan. 22)

Punk rockers dare San Francisco to shut down audacious downtown show, Dan Gentile, SF Gate (Jan. 22)

"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court, Russell Payne, Salon (Jan. 23)

World

Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran’s capital tied to 1988 mass executions, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press (Jan. 18)

Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect, Nat Sumon, Mithil Aggarwal and Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News (Jan. 23)

‘We need to lower the temperature’: Hate speech laws could pass in February (Australia), Matthew Knott, David Crowe and Paul Sakkal, The Age (Jan. 23)

Israel-Palestine

Senior Hamas commander appears on video despite Israeli claim he was killed, Middle East Eye (Jan. 22)

Jenin is ‘only the beginning’: Israel moves its war on Palestinians to the West Bank, Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss (Jan. 23)

Hamas Announces Release of Four Israeli Female Soldiers as Part of Ceasefire Agreement, teleSUR (Jan. 24)

‘I’m looking through the skulls to find my sons’: Palestinians dig through Gaza’s rubble to search for their missing loved ones, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Jan. 24)

COVID

Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on, Devna Bose and Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press via PBS (Jan. 15)

Don’t pretend COVID-19 didn’t happen, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Science (Jan. 16)

Sask. has enough COVID-19 vaccines for spring, won't confirm whether it plans to buy more, Alexander Quon, CBC News (Jan. 21)

The unseen aftermath of the pandemic: Confronting the impacts of long COVID on post-secondary students, Rhea Bhalla, The Manitoban (Jan. 22)

Tech

TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Jan. 22)

Amazon Layoffs Prompt Canada to Review Government Deals, Thomas Seal and Methieu Dion, Bloomberg (Jan. 23)

Amazon is quitting Quebec to ‘shock and awe’ workers worldwide, Mostafa Henaway, The Breach (Jan. 23)

Trump’s Administration Is Taking Down Sites About Gender Identity All Over the Internet, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Jan. 23)

Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’, Richard Lawler, The Verge (Jan. 24)

AV Corner

Podcast: I'm Sick of His Puppetry - MeatCast: A Heathcliff Podcast
Music: Man Made of Meat - Viagra Boys
Video: Fascists Tried to Mvrder Me - Now a YouTuber's Helping Them - Bad Empanada