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Towards a unified theory of Instagram

May 7, 2019
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Lauren O'Neil @laurenonizzle
We, as a society, are sick:
blogto.comYou can now take fake private jet photos for Instagram in TorontoBetween Photoshop, Facetune, fillers, lasers, hair extensions, green screens and the outright worship of all things fake, we, as a society, are abo...
5:29 PM ∙ May 6, 2019
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Toronto’s latest Instagram-backdrop pop-up is Eye Candy, at 322½ Queen West, where recent tenants have included Sears. The address was also occupied by a photo studio for a century.


What a killer’s unseal revealed

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Andrew Kinsman was fascinated by serial killers before he became Bruce McArthur’s 8th victim nationalpost.com/news/andrew-ki…
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5:41 PM ∙ May 6, 2019

Documents made public in response to media requests have provided new angles on the Bruce McArthur story. The surrounding events had already inspired a CBC podcast, Uncover: The Village, which was praised by the New Yorker for transcending true crime.


“Cutting public health programs and daycare programs to find the extra money to pay the Beer Store to change their contract?” John Tory raised questions about the new Queen’s Park sensibility—and Doug Ford clapped right back. But now Toronto Public Health is considering advertisements to further express the municipal resistance to provincial cuts.


Andrew Scheer’s new charm defensive

Growing attention to the federal Conservative party’s “racist jackass problem” is inspiring allies to try and counter yellow-vest journalism:

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Salma Ataullahjan @SenatorSalma
At the airport today when I heard someone ask if I needed help lifting my bag. Not surprised that it turned out to be @AndrewScheer that's the kind of leader I want that's the kind of PM Canada needs
10:46 PM ∙ May 6, 2019
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Justin Trudeau thinks the Green by-election win is a victory for him. Liberals came in fourth in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, but the PM thinks that result vindicates his attention to climate issues. Paul Manly, who will be a B.C. MP alongside Elizabeth May, wanted to run for the NDP in 2015, but his candidacy was denied because of his position on Israel and Palestine.


Sherman book gets another chapter

The Billionaire Murders, by Kevin Donovan, is scheduled for an October 15 release by Penguin Random House, even though no arrests were made before this came down:

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Demolition begins on home where Honey and Barry Sherman were murdered cp24.to/0OaRsJb
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6:23 PM ∙ May 6, 2019
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Daniel Dale quit the Toronto Star. No further details were revealed in an internal memo—which was tweeted, but then deleted. The newspaper considered Dale’s statistical fact-checking of Donald Trump to be its template for how to develop lucrative reporters.


Finally, a clickbait child is born

Meghan Markle had a boy, for whom the CN Tower was lit purple. The fact that she used to live in Toronto doomed the Canadian new media to try and grasp at any domestic angles:

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