The Catch-all: ICYMI September 21-27
The news I've been consuming this week
Hello everybody, happy Saturday. Please keep an eye on Israel's actions in Lebanon. They're repeating the Gaza playbook and expanding their genocide. Attend local demos if you can.
News Round-up
Ontario
How developers will benefit from the Yonge subway route change – and why it’s raising the spectre of the Ford government’s Greenbelt scandal, Sheila Wang, Toronto Star (Sep. 21)
Gap between Ontario housing and population growth highest in 50 years: report, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Sep. 25)
Minimum-wage workers would need to earn double current amount to afford Toronto rents, report finds, Clarrie Feinstein, Toronto Star (Sep. 25)
Cost of Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel dream would be ‘astronomical,’ experts say, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Sep. 26)
Number of homeless OW, ODSP recipients has almost doubled in two years: government data, Charlie Pinkerton and Jack Hauen, The Trillium (Sep. 27)
Canada
Montreal community takes to the street to defend trans rights, Francis Turcotte, The Link (Sep. 22)
Mail carrier suspended after refusing to deliver flyers calling for ban on 'child sex-change', Hadeel Ibrahim, CBC News (Sep. 23)
NDP sees 'opportunity' to push Liberal government on Palestinian statehood, Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press (Sep. 23)
Mother shot by B.C. police was 'youth leader' in Colombian trade union, Andrew Weichel, CTV News (Sep. 23)
Global News and Postmedia Refuse to Correct Oct. 7 Falsehoods, David Gray-Donald, The Grind (Sep. 25)
NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism, Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press (Sep. 26)
US
In Alabama, Prison Guards Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions, Lauren Gill and Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Bolts (Sep. 24)
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite questions over evidence, after Supreme Court denies final bid for delay, Melissa Quinn, CBS News (Sep. 25)
Mayor Eric Adams Indicted by Federal Grand Jury, Katie Honan, Greg B. Smith, Gwynne Hogan and Yoav Gonen, The City (Sep. 25)
It Was Supposed to Be a Sting Operation. Did ICE Traffic Drugs Instead?, Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone (Sep. 25)
World
Macron unveils new right-wing French government, Jacqueline Howard, BBC News (Sep. 27)
The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline, Jo Lauder, ABC News (Australia) (Sep. 20)
Starmer defends borrowing £18m flat as place for son to study during election, Rowena Mason, The Guardian (Sep. 25)
Israel-Palestine
Israeli soldiers raid, order closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah, Al Jazeera (Sep. 22)
Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006, Melanie Lidman, Bassem Mroue and Bassam Hatoum, Associated Press (Sep. 24)
CNN anchor Jake Tapper spreads anti-Palestinian propaganda, Michael F. Brown, The Electronic Intifada (Sep. 24)
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them., Brett Murphy, ProPublica (Sep. 24)
Doctors Describe the Horror of Israel’s Pager Attack in Lebanon, Edmund Bower, News Lines Magazine (Sep. 25)
Israel prepares for possible ground assault in Lebanon, military chief says, Al Jazeera (Sep. 25)
Netanyahu tells UN Israel will continue attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Al Jazeera (Sep. 27)
COVID
Pfizer's updated COVID-19 vaccine approved, Health Canada says, CBC News (Sep. 24)
Scientists discover troubling brain changes in COVID-19 patients who lost sense of smell, Eric W. Dolan, PsyPost (Sep. 25)
N.B. COVID-19 wastewater data restored to national site after quality review over accuracy, Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News (Sep. 26)
Looking for a free COVID-19 test? Pharmacies and public health units are out, Kendra Seguin, CBC News (Sep. 26)
Tech
An official OpenAI X account was taken over to peddle a crypto scam, Jay Peters, The Verge (Sep. 23)
Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops, Gaby Del Valle, The Verge (Sep. 24)
Meta’s going to put AI-generated images in your Facebook and Instagram feeds, Emma Roth, The Verge (Sep. 25)
Exclusive: OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity, Krystal Hu and Kenrick Cai, Reuters (Sep. 26)
Schools Are Failing to Protect Students From Non-Consensual Deepfakes, Report Shows, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Sep. 26)
The Secret Service Spent $50,000 on OpenAI and Won’t Say Why, Joseph Cox, 404 Media (Sep. 26)
AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now, Joseph Cox, 404 Media (Sep. 27)
AV Corner
Podcast: Telegram is Working With the Cops - 404 Media Podcast
Music: Dangerous Day to Be a Cold One - DARTZ
Video: Everybody wants to waste your time - Drew Gooden
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