NEW from @kashhill.bsky.social and me:
Over three weeks in May, a man became convinced by ChatGPT that the fate of the world rested on his shoulders.
Otherwise perfectly sane, Allan Brooks is part of a growing number of people getting into chatbot-induced delusional spirals. This is his story.
CALLOUT: Marketplace is looking for Canadians who think they have Canada's worst commute. Ideally we're looking for very specific routes, roads and intersections in your city that drive you crazy to investigate for a potential episode next season.
Shoot us an email at marketplace@cbc.ca!
this is a great lesson -- I'm embarrassed to admit i actually don't think I knew what those symbols really meant.
From @bobbyhristova.bsky.social and I this weekend: we took a look at a few iconic Canadian products that have increased in price since the trade war began, and ask experts: is this a maple tax?
of course, as many things in our world are, it's complicated!
great story from my colleagues over at CBC's visual investigations unit today.
love when stories take you on a trip through research methodology.
our first in the series took a look at the scope of those Canada flags in the grocery story, and how they're pretty confusing for consumers!
at Marketplace, my colleague @bobbyhristova.bsky.social and I are working on a series of stories about prices of consumers goods in the midst of potential "maple washing" and tariffs. got any examples? send them my way!
also you should subscribe to the marketplace newsletter for more wild stories like this 😉 subscriptions.cbc.ca/listmanageme...
marketplace newsletter last week featured stories about an alleged “potato cartel” and Marketplace’s wildest episode this season (and it’s not even close)
Part of the magic of Bluesky for me right now is rediscovering Twitter folks that I had forgotten about after leaving the platform more than a year ago. Like Gurdeep!
yes! but connections is now slowly being replaced by spelling bee...
cute ASCII art, saying: I survived 10 seconds without a bike lane person on bike saying "NOOOOO" in front of car THANKS DOUG
I love this protest game for Toronto bike lanes by @omarieclaire.bsky.social so much, having a lot of fun dying repeatedly
play here: marieflanagan.com/loserlane/
The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration agreed to hold two days of hearings on the issue with testimony from Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, along with reps from RCMP and CBSA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(ps this will definitely make it into tomorrow’s Marketplace newsletter).
had a Marketplace viewer write in to tell us the show should be on Bluesky, and it made me genuinely excited about the potential this platform holds! i've so missed having a space like this.
You asked, I listened:
I created a second starter pack featuring 100+ more journalists in Canada who are on Bluesky right now, including all the new arrivals to this website
Follow all these accounts and share widely!
go.bsky.app/KZ9uoRS
this album art is activating long-forgotten neurons in my brain…
I made this starter pack less than a month ago & added every Canadian journalist I knew of on BlueSky at the time.
Since then, I've been unable to keep up with all the new arrivals!
The pack is now FULL (150 people!)
Is it worth me creating a 2nd one? I know other packs are out there now too.
