Eric Michael Johnson

A couple CBC News job openings for full time, permanent staff reporters are up for our new Richmond, B.C., bureau:

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If you or someone you know might be a into something like that, take a look!

An elderly white man in a white Team Canada flannel is standing with an attractive young man wearing suit pants and a leather jacket. The young man is raising one leg, which is being held by the elderly gentleman.

This makes me happy.

Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had:

1. Janitor
2. Exterminator
3. Stage Manager
4. 7-11 Cashier
5. University Professor

From Objective Science to Situated Perspectives: The Impact of Haraway’s 'Primate Visions' on Understanding Gender and Sexuality in Primatology Primatology must adopt queer and decolonial perspectives to fully understand how culture and power shape science, gender, and sexuality.

News essay out @tvolmag.bsky.social co-authored with @alyssemolds.bsky.social and Kirsty Graham, revisiting the impact of Donna Haraway's 'Primate Visions' on primatology, and applying lessons from feminist primatology toward queer and decolonial primatology 🧪🏺

www.prosocial.world/posts/harawa...

A man with glasses, beard, and a suit stands in front of CBC Headquarters in Vancouver.

New job! I’m thrilled to be starting as a Senior Writer and Editor at CBC News. Today’s my first day in the Vancouver office.

This is great news! Congratulations! WotC will be better for it.

This looks awesome! Really nice shading and highlights, and that translucent blue effect is a great touch.

This is not surprising. Nearly everyone I met while I was there had a VPN and downloaded pirated material. Most Russians openly mocked attempts at government censorship.

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JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis this morning, police chief says A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a gun.

Essential reporting here from @startribune.com journalists who are posting live updates from the scene of the shooting. Law enforcement are trying to subdue protesters with tear gas (no paywall!)
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Unless it’s the mining rights he wanted all along, as advocated by multiple billionaire backers (Bezos, Altman, Thiel, Andreessen). Trump doesn’t seem like someone opposed to destabilizing the international order as a front if it garnered him something on the backend. The details will be key.

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.

“I think we should be standing firm especially with institutions like Comic-Con which are quite literally built off the backs of artists and the creative community,” said comic and concept artist @teastainss.bsky.social

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

YouTube video by CBC News 'The old order is not coming back': PM says Canada must 'name reality' and build strength at home

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the so-called rules-based international order has always been a myth and has now collapsed entirely. He argues it’s time to stop pretending otherwise and start building something new. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...

The Gender Bias in Biology: How Sarah Hrdy Rewrote Human Nature Sarah Blaffer Hrdy reflects on a career that exposed how gendered assumptions distorted evolutionary science and shows how taking mothers, infants, and female strategies seriously reshapes our underst...

“If we really want to raise Darwin’s consciousness we need to expand evolutionary perspectives to include the Darwinian selection pressures on mothers and on infants.”

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy in an interview with me for @tvolmag.bsky.social as part of our series on Sex, Gender Diversity, and Evolution.

"The challenge is not to stay in business; it is to stay in journalism.”

Me, last year. www.cjr.org/feature/thir...

The exocomp robot Almond Basket from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Also I loved this little nod to TNG and Lower Decks. Apparently, this exocomp is named Almond Basket.

Paul Giammati, as the villain Nus Braka, looms over Holly Hunter’s Captain Nahla Ake in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a lot of fun. These two are thoroughly enjoying themselves chewing up the scenery.

Terminal City Tabletop Convention – Canada’s largest tabletop gaming convention! Canada's largest tabletop game convention March 13-15, 2026Vancouver Convention Centre WestVancouver, BC, Canada Get Your Tickets! View Schedule Location + Hours Venue Map Three days packed with…

You meet in a convention centre, and a hooded figure in the corner beckons you come closer. They pull out set of dice, a map, and a couple of minis - what do you do? (You buy a TCTC 2026 ticket, that's what!)

Finished Heated Rivalry. A beautiful love story, simply and elegantly told. Had me weeping by the end. It’s every period drama of contested love between star-crossed lovers but updated to the strict social norms of competitive masculinity. The actors really sell what could have been a sappy romance.

Ottawa unveils next steps in its national gun buyback program. Here are the details | CBC News The federal government has unveiled the next steps in its national gun buyback program — and Canadians will have about two months to declare their interest in participating in order to receive compens...

“The official said the pool of funding is $248.6 million — which will let the government pay for about 136,000 outlawed firearms from individual Canadians.”

graph showing the top 10% now account for about 48% of consumer spending. the bottom 80% collectively account for about 37%

The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.

APTN News Brief: 14 Jan 2026—Coastal First Nations stand firm on support for oil tanker ban after meeting PM Our lead story: after a meeting this week with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Prince Rupert, Coastal First Nations maintain their opposition to a proposed Alberta/B.C. pipeline that would lift a ban...

The Coast First Nations in B.C. reiterated their opposition to a pipeline and lifting the northern oil tanker ban to Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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incredible book and i will also recommend elaine parson's work as well. uncpress.org/978146965213...

I haz a sad 😢

Outdoor guides bear witness to a changing climate | The Narwhal Melting ice, unpredictable weather and wildfires: outdoor guides in Alberta and B.C. reflect on professional life at environmental extremes

We spoke with seven outdoor guides in B.C. and Alberta about how they are navigating taking people to the places they love as the climate changes. "It’s hard not to get depressed," one guide told us. thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-guid...

‘Uncomfortably relatable’: writers on their favourite unlikable movie characters With debate still swirling over the unlikable nature of Marty Supreme’s careless protagonist, Guardian writers have picked their all-time love-to-hate leads

For The Guardian's round-up of protagonists we love to hate, I wrote about one of the blueprints. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Tracking Regulator Responses to the Grok 'Undressing' Controversy | TechPolicy.Press Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action against Elon Musk's company.

The countries and jurisdictions that have opened inquiries, demanded takedowns, or threatened legal action over Grok’s generation of sexualized images of women and minors include:

The European Commission, France, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.

There were quite a few Laugh Out Loud moments for me. We follow Leo’s character who, like The Dude, stumbles his way through the adventure. We are meant to laugh at him. The main villain is an over-the-top parody of a military man. Also, Christmas Adventurer’s Club? Don’t tell me that’s not funny 😆

I’m happy to hear to holds up to the hype. I just watched a 4K Restoration of OldBoy at my local theatre and am excited to see this one