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#TheWalrusGala 2024 online auction is officially open! Explore items and experiences exclusive to The Walrus and place your bids early for a chance to win. Auction ends at 10 p.m. on May 15. All proceeds benefit Canadian journalism and the arts. Bid now:

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Although some of their videos feature young hosts and influencers, research professor at @QUBelfast Michael Semple believes it’s misleading to suggest that today’s Taliban are led by a new generation.

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Why the Taliban Love Social Media | The Walrus

The extremist group’s strategy to normalize its rule in Afghanistan

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“My frustration is that the Canadian government is completely ignoring the issue,” says Baloch activist @LateefJohar .

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“I Can Do Good Work—If I Don’t Get Killed” | The Walrus

Dissidents come to Canada to escape harm. But even in exile, many still fear for their lives

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Increasing the representation of Indigenous people in corporate spaces is a doomed effort if Indigenous employees are relegated to the margins. Contributing writer @michellecyca examines why workplaces are struggling to transform beyond tokenism:

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How Workplace “Diversity” Fails Indigenous Employees | The Walrus

What began with optimism and enthusiasm has curdled into exploitation

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The smart agriculture industry shows no signs of slowing down. According to market research firm @marketsmarkets , the sector is expected to reach $20.8 billion (US) globally by 2026.

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Old Macdonald Had a Drone: Inside Farming’s Tech Boom | The Walrus

Farmers are struggling to compete against larger operations. Is automation the answer?

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Listen to Imagine 2080, the podcast shaping Canada’s future. Thanks @TD_Canada for supporting the Disability and Inclusion Fellowship at The Walrus, allowing Khalida Elsadati to work as the show’s Associate Producer:

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Podcast series asks, ‘What will Canada be like in 2080?’

In partnership with the Walrus Lab, the Future of Canada Project has released a five-part podcast series that explores possibilities for Canada in 2080.

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Join us @NatGalleryCan on June 5 for The Walrus Talks Canada’s Creative Power. We're exploring how cultural institutions strengthen Canada’s social cohesion and impact our creative communities on the world stage. Register here:

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The Walrus Talks Canada's Creative Power | La force créatrice du Canada

Exploring how cultural institutions strengthen Canada’s social cohesion and the impact of our creative communities on the world stage

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In this episode, we’re commemorating 125 years of the Yukon Territory. We discuss the work of digitizing Dene language tapes, buried Hollywood silent films found in Dawson City, and the pivotal role of Indigenous youth in shaping Yukon's future. 🎧Listen:

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In 2014, @evaholland wrote about the mushroom-hunting boom that followed a particularly smoky wildfire season in the North. Only later did Holland realize that summer was an omen for what was to come.

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Dreading Wildfire Season | The Walrus

The North’s light infrastructure makes wildfires less likely. It also makes them more dangerous

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According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, everything is well in India. But protests decrying human rights abuses in the country tell a different story: over 1,000 Muslims died in pogroms in Gujarat in 2002—an event that still reverberates today.

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The Two Faces of Indian Democracy | The Walrus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to tout India as the world’s largest and oldest democracy. But his politics are exposing the rot behind the facade

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To live through the onset of a pandemic is to watch a new world being made: people hoarding toilet paper like firewood, hand sanitizer becoming liquid gold. The early chaos of the pandemic inspired photographer @caitcronenberg ’s debut film, Humane.

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Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane Asks: Who Would You Kill Off in Your Family? | The Walrus

For the good of humanity, of course

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Add a subversive novel and two striking memoirs written and signed by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod to your library. Place your bid today at #TheWalrusGala 2024 online auction. 🎉

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The Canadian coffee and donut franchise marketing itself as the wholesome choice of ordinary Canadians has created a new political phenomenon: a mythical creature known as a “Tim Hortons voter,” writes @tomjokinen .

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Tim Hortons Is Brewing an Idea of Canada That No Longer Exists | The Walrus

At sixty, the coffee chain’s success proves old habits die hard

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Eyewitness reports from Palestinian journalists like Bisan Owda, @byPlestia , @Hind_Gaza , and @azaizamotaz9 pose a serious challenge to traditional editorial gatekeeping and newsroom decision making. But they shouldn’t have to. #WPFD2024

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Attacks on Press Freedoms Have Chilling Effects Far beyond Gaza | The Walrus

The dangers of covering the crisis aren’t limited to front-line reporting. They’re playing out behind the scenes in North American newsrooms too

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Despite what the Canadian government might have you believe, budget cuts plaguing @thenfb can’t be chalked up to the pandemic. The historic film board is struggling as a consequence of being chronically underfunded, writes @TaylorNoakes .

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Cuts Push National Film Board of Canada to the Brink | The Walrus

Dozens of layoffs and the closure of studios spark questions about the agency’s future

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Narendra Modi’s supporters prefer to focus on the leader’s triumph as the son of a man who sold tea from a cart who then rose to power. But that same leader has stood by as human rights abuses mount in India, writes @alpashah001 .

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The Two Faces of Indian Democracy | The Walrus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to tout India as the world’s largest and oldest democracy. But his politics are exposing the rot behind the facade

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Here’s one thing Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau seem to agree on: the next federal election will hinge on voters’ attitudes toward the carbon tax and climate change, writes @arno_kopecky in his latest.

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Pierre Poilievre Wants a Carbon Tax Election | The Walrus

The policies of carbon pricing have been twisted and maligned—and they could decide our next prime minister

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Over the past few years, photographer @caitcronenberg has slowly inched her way toward filmmaking, culminating in the creation of her debut film, Humane: a lurid melodrama that “gets cringier by the minute,” writes @SimonLewsen .

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Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane Asks: Who Would You Kill Off in Your Family? | The Walrus

For the good of humanity, of course

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“Out here, if a fire came closer, and then closer still, how would I know? Sometimes I’d lie awake, chilled by my own unanswerable questions.” In a remote cabin in 2018, writer @evaholland confronted the increasing danger of wildfires in the North.

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Dreading Wildfire Season | The Walrus

The North’s light infrastructure makes wildfires less likely. It also makes them more dangerous

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