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Joseph Brean

@JosephBrean

National Post reporter, much more the better for being a little bad

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James McLeod (@jamespmcleod) profile pictureJames McLeod@jamespmcleod23 Sep 2023
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Many of my friends and colleagues from @tvo and @theagenda may soon be on strike. This afternoon @TVO_CMG held a rally, calling to #FundTVOLikeitMatters   #supportvoworkers #summerofstrikes #solidarity #onpoli
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I remember @IvisonJ telling me @JosephBrean did the strange, cool stuff. Love the way this reporter's mind works.
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How the glow of the Big Bang illuminates dark matter, as told to me by a Jesuit priest cosmologist: nationalpost.com/news/world/…
Most of the universe is invisible dark matter. Scientists used the glow of the Big Bang to map it

Most of the universe is invisible dark matter. Scientists used the glow of the Big Bang to map it

Dark matter is the curious theoretical solution to the observational problem that most of the universe is missing, something like 85 per cent of it

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How the glow of the Big Bang illuminates dark matter, as told to me by a Jesuit priest cosmologist: nationalpost.com/news/world/…
Most of the universe is invisible dark matter. Scientists used the glow of the Big Bang to map it

Most of the universe is invisible dark matter. Scientists used the glow of the Big Bang to map it

Dark matter is the curious theoretical solution to the observational problem that most of the universe is missing, something like 85 per cent of it

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"If this wasn’t already established royal practice, you couldn’t possibly make it up. Popes get less fuss." nationalpost.com/news/world/…
King Charles's coronation: The religious significance of the anointing with holy oil

King Charles's coronation: The religious significance of the anointing with holy oil

When King Charles III is crowned by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, he will participate in one of the rarest Anglican rituals

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When Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe told me to call him in a UK psych hospital, he posed a journalistic ethical challenge about mentally ill subjects and sources. A new podcast: nationalpost.com/news/true-c…
True Crime Byline: Out of the Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe

True Crime Byline: Out of the Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe

Brandon Truaxe built the hugely profitable cosmetics empire Deciem and its famous brand The Ordinary — and then plunged it into chaos

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New from me, on the curiosity of an ancient language coming back to life nationalpost.com/news/world/…
The rebirth of Hebrew: How Israel reclaimed the language of their ancestors

The rebirth of Hebrew: How Israel reclaimed the language of their ancestors

Israel at 75: Just a few decades ago, Hebrew was largely limited to scholars and historical documents. Now, it's the everyday tongue of millions

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Despite sanctions on its editor and a ban from national TV, Canada still uses Russia Today articles as evidence to justify deportation. nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Refugee says Canada deporting him so Russia can force him to fight against Ukraine

Refugee says Canada deporting him so Russia can force him to fight against Ukraine

Canada has dismissed the Russian Muslim's fears about being used as 'cannon fodder' on the front lines by relying on an old article from the RT propaganda outlet

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Montreal Gazette Canadiens beat reporter Pat Hickey @zababes1 is volunteering to be laid off to hopefully save the job of a younger journalist. An honourable end to a distinguished career for a good man. facebook.com/1013178862/post…

Pat Hickey

Here's a message I sent to my colleagues at the Gazette earlier today. I’m taking this opportunity to inform you that I will be taking voluntary retirement. This is not the way I envisioned the...

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I joke, but it's actually a great story from @JosephBrean, as funny as it is interesting: nationalpost.com/news/world/…

Ideal penis size is on the rise in fine art, and this change is accelerating: study

The penis started out 'rather small' in the 15th century Renaissance, stayed that way for a long time, and grew significantly on contemporary canvases

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There is an absolute donkey cart of bullshit being dragged around on Canada's MAID program. So if you're going to read just one person, make it @sharon_kirkey, who does the best work in the country on this file nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Canada's expanding MAID program leading to a crisis in supply of 'willing' doctors

Canada's expanding MAID program leading to a crisis in supply of 'willing' doctors

The number of MAID deaths has grown from just over 1,000 in 2016, when assisted dying in Canada was formally legalized, to 31,644 in 2021

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David Fraser@DCFraser24 Oct 2022
Update: Ford is fighting this, asking for judicial review. More to follow. #cdnpoli #onpoli
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File here: Ford, Jones asked more than once to testify, refused. Last week, Ford said he had never been asked to appear. Now they are being sent summons to do so. ctvnews.ca/politics/doug-for… #cdnpoli
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David Fraser@DCFraser24 Oct 2022
CP scoop: Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones have received a summons to appear before the inquiry into the Emergencies Act. More to follow. #cdnpoli #onpoli
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The exclamation mark's new manners: From a mark of emphasis to a sign of baseline kindness nationalpost.com/life/the-ex…
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The story of the rise of the exclamation mark is also the story of the decline of the period, whose meaning is also changing, but in a more negative and sarcastic direction. nationalpost.com/life/the-ex…
Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Especially in texts and emails, the exclamation mark has overtaken the period for a sentence that is meant to have a positive connotation

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Saira Peesker@Peesker17 Oct 2022
In a world where "literally" means "figuratively," “Thanks!” means “Thanks” but “Thanks” means “I have received this."
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Read it!!! It's by me! It's the finest essay on exclamation mark etiquette you're likely to read today!!! nationalpost.com/life/the-ex…
Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Especially in texts and emails, the exclamation mark has overtaken the period for a sentence that is meant to have a positive connotation

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Exclamation inflation!!! Why Millennials and Gen Z want to emphasize everything! nationalpost.com/life/the-ex…
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Read it!!! It's by me! It's the finest essay on exclamation mark etiquette you're likely to read today!!! nationalpost.com/life/the-ex…
Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Why Millennials and Gen Z think periods are cold and downright aggressive

Especially in texts and emails, the exclamation mark has overtaken the period for a sentence that is meant to have a positive connotation

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Maudlin monarchists, cynical republicans, and the world's breathless deathwatch: nationalpost.com/news/world/…
How the world held its breath as Queen Elizabeth II's family first learned of her death

How the world held its breath as Queen Elizabeth II's family first learned of her death

The world spent several hours in a strange common limbo, an interim period during which the news was being shared with those who needed to know first

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