@brishti.bsky.social
Health reporter @pressprogress.ca *On maternity leave* Member of De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca Words & photos in CBC, Tyee, Breach, Capital Daily, VICE, + more. 📧 [email protected] ✉️ [email protected] DM for Signal.
@alex.readthemaple.comReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialNEW: Canada's Department of National Defence has already more than doubled the value of its new contracts with American tech giants this year.
Mark Carney pledged to cut back on contracts with American tech giants as part of a “Buy Canadian” strategy. www.readthemaple.com/national-def...
@brishti.bsky.socialNew: Here’s what went down behind the scenes 2 years ago when Vancouver Police changed their press release to make it look like my reporting in @thetyee.ca was false, and then launched an attack on X.
Thanks to @policeoversight.ca for asking me to write about this bizarre series of events!
@policeoversight.caReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialNEW: Behind the Vancouver Police distortion of hate crime statistics
The VPD "altered their posted press release after the publication of my story, and added a new, more accurate graphic that aligned closer to the data obtained via FOI" @brishti.bsky.social
@andreawoo.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialAmong BC poli news today: NDP one candidate shy of full slate, candidates finalized, Eby pledges to ↑ tax on highest earners to fund health care, Brent Chapman missing from ballot, Doerkson says candidate who linked homosexuality+pedophilia to remain in caucus www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@bachynski.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.social“The contagion, officially declared vanquished by vaccination, ripped through the Miller family over the summer, sickening six of the seven children and their mother. It skipped only their father, Marvin Miller, and one daughter, Mary Ann. Both had been vaccinated.”
@rdassaly.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialStunning artwork here my latest piece in @forwardcanada.bsky.social, which seeks to unravel the separatist belief that Alberta would be more independent as a petro-state that relies almost exclusively on trade with the U.S.
@janellelapointe.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialMy ‘Atsoo attended Lejac Residential School (Photo 1) until 8th grade. She was “named” number 89. My mother and her siblings would later attend Lejac day school because my ‘Atsoo was recovering from tuberculosis.
@brishti.bsky.socialA breakdown of today's BC Supreme Court verdict in favour of @dulfbc.bsky.social — what's in it and what it all means — is now up at defactomedia.ca
Read below ⤵️
@michellecyca.comReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialhuge victory for DULF — also a great day to support @defactomedia.ca which has excellent coverage of this case
@defactomedia.caReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialWe have a full story from Dustin on the DULF decision coming up
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@godfrey.workReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialand there was no real avenue for DULF to get approved to operate legally through s. 56 of the CDSA. she finds s. 7 of the charter was violated and that declaring s. 5(2) of the CDSA is unconstitutional.
@brishti.bsky.socialMAJOR verdict this morning in the constitutional challenge brought forth by DULF founders.
Published yday, read Dustin's deep-dive into how drastically Vancouver Police, who were initially supportive of DULF, flipped their script amid changing political tides:
@godfrey.workReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialthis is a huge decision. story coming for @defactomedia.ca
@godfrey.workReposted by @brishti.bsky.social"You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and that's something most people wouldn't do. For that, I applaud you. You should be proud of yourselves," she says to Kalicum and Nyx. "You put your lives on hold for many valuable years, and I can see this process has is worn you down."
@godfrey.workReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialBREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
@godfrey.workReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialwith a decision expected tomorrow in the constitutional challenge against DULF's criminal charges, i did a deep dive for @defactomedia.ca into internal VPD documents to look at how their relationship with DULF changed so dramatically
www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...
@defactomedia.caReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialA Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them.
2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes.
@twseal.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialWe reported last week that LNG Canada Phase 2 could be announced as soon as... this week:
@docmcohen.medsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.socialIt's been a rough week, and ranting is my therapy.
I wrote about the seemingly COVID conspiracist-inspired shooting at my local synagogue and the simultaneous promoting of COVID conspiracism by Jesse Brown.
@lizrenzetti.bsky.socialReposted by @brishti.bsky.social"The violent contents of Van Rootselaar’s two ChatGPT accounts, detailed here for the first time, are far more extensive and disturbing than previously known." "It advised her to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation"
