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Justin Ling
@justinling.ca
Journalist thingy. Columnist for the Toronto Star, contributor to WIRED, Foreign Policy, The Walrus. It's a-me, espresso. justinling@pm.me and www.bugeyedandshameless.com
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My column breaking all of this down will be in the Toronto Star next Saturday. I'm heading to the Via Rail HQ on Monday to talk to them about it!

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Republicans, who have been cheating in elections for generations (gerrymandering, voting twice, etc) are suddenly super concerned about it being noticed so look to distract and poison the infosphere. New from @justinling.ca

Trump Is Scapegoating Immigrants
Trump Is Scapegoating Immigrants

In the aftermath of two hurricanes, Donald Trump weaponizes his toxic information environment.

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We've never forgotten! We've just become convinced that we need to outsource ownership because we can't finance it ourselves.

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ugh so I'm writing a column about exactly this right now. The government *claims* it's building high-frequency rail — maybe even high speed — but I'm afraid it's a ridiculous public-private partnership that's going to amount to a massive boondoggle.

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If you're new here, I got this helpful starter pack of quality accounts to follow. go.bsky.app/KkRR1om

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See! So easy. You figured it out before I could reply.

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i finally gave myself a custom domain handle it was so easy!

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our lips are

it's from the Trump indictment docs. It just says: SEALED
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get in, loser, we're crashing PACER

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So this stuff keeps coming up: A big political gender gap with young voters, and folks wondering: what's wrong with these young men. The article itself posits a few ideas: maybe it's Rogan. Maybe it's gambling or crypto dragging them into right-wing information spaces www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/u...

The Evidence for a Big Youth Gender Gap and a Right Turn for Young Men
The Evidence for a Big Youth Gender Gap and a Right Turn for Young Men

Young men are much more Republican than young women, the best data suggests, and may wind up backing Donald Trump.

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Justin Ling
@justinling.ca
Journalist thingy. Columnist for the Toronto Star, contributor to WIRED, Foreign Policy, The Walrus. It's a-me, espresso. justinling@pm.me and www.bugeyedandshameless.com
6.5k followers955 following3.1k posts