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Writer friends, I'm on the prowl for examples of passive, bloated and pompous writing. Anyone got some golden examples?

After 3 weeks reporting on the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, I've hung up my lifejacket. I'm taking a bit of time off now, but here's a recap of my reports. They aren't easy reading, but I urge you to take a look - not enough is known about what's happening in the Med.🧵

This story hurt. For three days we looked for sheep. Their trails were embedded into the landscape. Indented after centuries of use. But these trails were empty. Without wildlife, the land is empty and lonely. And so are we. Latest The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/0…

Okay. So a US federal court decided that justifying the destruction of our environment with unproven and untested 'mitigation methods' was a violation of the law. ... Are you listening Canada? My latest for The Tyee

“This is probably the last time I’ll be at Lucy’s Diner,” he tells me, dipping his fries into a chocolate milkshake. He’s moving to Montreal. He says he has to leave Vancouver — he can’t take who he is when he’s in this city. By Kate Helmore thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/0…

Last week, our fellow Kate Helmore published an ode to late-night diners. She discovered there were none left near her. Now, she asks you, the readers, to share your stories of breakups or hangovers over milkshakes. 🍨 thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/0…

Me right now as I try to figure out how the hell campaign financing rules work (and often times don't work).

In the first year of my undergrad, my floormates and I would watch Kenny vs. Spenny into dawn, subsisting off our bullshit Ramen diet, overall feeling relieved that there was someone out there more heinous than ourselves. LOVE this piece Josh Kozelj

OneCity wants to build homes faster, expand safe supply, funnel police funds to a Peer Assisted Care Team and more. Kate Helmore explains. #MuniElxn2022 thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/0…

The sensual dance can be read as a celebration of Latin hyper-machismo, but it was perfected by men who danced together. Each step broke down gender roles, paving the way for a space for homosexuality in a world that condemned it. Kate Helmore writes. thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/1…

"War is organized theft on a large scale....Who would gain from so massive a disruption?" Looking forward to this lecture from The Tyee's founding editor, David Beers, one of my earliest (and ongoing) benefactors. Couldn't be more timely. thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/0…

Canadians deserve, and are legally entitled to, information about our government. And we don't get it. It's time we start demanding it. Secret Canada by The Globe and Mail is the first step. secretcanada.com

Today, heritage conservation is an important part of city planning. But what tradeoffs can we afford in a housing crisis? Hear the story of Montreal's Van Horne Mansion, and the ensuing debates about heritage conservation, in today's ep. of City Space: shorturl.at/fNSY2