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Author: Praying to the West | Filmmaker: The Lebanese Burger Mafia (2023) | Founder: @pandemicschool
Feb 21, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
I've spent the two days trying to help a random Iraqi immigrant assaulted by his employer because @edmontonpolice is apparently too busy to dispatch help and/or appoint a translator to his case, as promised yesterday, shortly after my friend and I called 911. … My friends and I were random witnesses and it just so happens I speak a bit of Arabic, so I helped. Called 911. Said they were sending help. An hour later, I called @edmontonpolice and it was apparent nobody had been sent – the case was "still on the board." …
Nov 16, 2022 30 tweets 12 min read
This took 7 months of heavy, difficult, disturbing reporting, only made possible with the courage of six former victims who spoke to me, and still I don't feel like my job is done.
Some unanswered questions I hope you can can help me with (DMs are open/please RT) #yyc #yyccc …🧵 1. Michael Gregory used prostate cancer/pity to get sexual favours from students, claiming orgasms were for pain relief, and take leaves of absences. All sources believe diagnosis was faked. Does anyone have contradicting information? Did he have any genuine medical issues?
Sep 2, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Love the #BlackLivesMatter and anti-racism messages at @RogersPlace during NHL games. FUN FACT: Daryl Katz, who owns the Oilers & operates the arena, also owns hyper-partisan right-wing news @LifeZette, which peddles conspiracy theories and runs stories like the one on the right. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that @LifeZette
editors opted to run a grainy screenshot of Toronto's arena instead of the other one in the NHL bubble that's currently profiting their boss. Anyway, here's a few more bangers from Laura Ingraham's money-losing vanity project.