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M Botsford Fraser
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mbotsfordfraser
Toronto, Canada
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writer, broadcaster, critic; former Chair PEN International Writers in Prison Committee. Author: Acting for Freedom: 50 Years of Civil Liberties in Canada
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M Botsford Fraser
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The “Let them eat paper towels” president
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M Botsford Fraser
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Let them eat paper towels, said The Emperor Who Wears No Clothes
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The Independent
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Photographer explains how he captured viral photo that came to symbolise the Irish abortion referendum indy100.com/article/photog…
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M Botsford Fraser
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Actual false news twitter.com/ddale8/status/…
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M Botsford Fraser
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May 29 |
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At last
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M Botsford Fraser
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May 29 |
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Just read the piece. Excellent, love the analysis of cultural artifacts. #tenterhooks!
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M Botsford Fraser
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May 29 |
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Scared to look, is ending revealed?
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Stan Collins
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You were all in bed sleeping but the big story at 3AM was the huge full moon over Rocky Harbour and your intrepid photographer went out and got this photo for you from the lighthouse. Until tomorrow then friends..... pic.twitter.com/whl84DfYM9
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bpas
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"There is a country in which a woman who is raped and seeks a termination as a result faces a longer jail sentence than the person who attacked her. That country is Northern Ireland." #NowForNI thetimes.co.uk/article/women-…
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M Botsford Fraser
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hey @Sarah_M_Clarke @CathalSheerin @frank_geary huge congratulations to the people of Ireland, to you all personally, Great admiration for the indefatigable campaigners who made something wonderful happen in your country. #RepealedThe8th Splendid, inspiring achievement. Cheers
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Doug Saunders
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The “1500 missing children” meme has exploded because it seems to confirm our worst fears about Trump’s policies. That it isn’t true — it’s a misreading of a bureaucratic figure that conflates two very different issues, and those kids aren’t “lost” — is explained well here twitter.com/jduffyrice/sta…
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M Botsford Fraser
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I like the informality of it, and the way that you get under the skin of the story
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M Botsford Fraser
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@rcallimachi your #Caliphate podcast is superb
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Anna Mazzola
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That photo. ‘Yesterday, we travelled because we wanted to. Today, we vote for the women who travelled because they were forced to.’
@lynnenright for @thepooluk #repealtheeighth
the-pool.com/news-views/opi… pic.twitter.com/8muSVVl4p2
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M Botsford Fraser
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and kudos to you for being there at that hour!
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M Botsford Fraser
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saw this just now twitter.com/Crabbtales/sta…
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Robert Macfarlane
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"When it hurts we return to the banks of certain rivers..."
(Czelaw Milosz, 1962) pic.twitter.com/e4QmsjRlQq
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M Botsford Fraser
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May 22 |
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Effective tweet
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M Botsford Fraser
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You need a vacation
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Michael Skolnik
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SHE HAS A NAME: Foreign exchange student Sabika Sheikh who was part of the YES Pakistan program, was shot and killed at Sante Fe High School. She was scheduled to go home to Pakistan on June 10th after being away for ten months. pic.twitter.com/MjeEMlC9jI
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