Elamin Abdelmahmoud

I wasn’t here 😭

That is alarming!

We weren’t as engaged in the questions of who we are as a country. That has changed. Annexation threats will do that.

ELBOWS UP, a collection of Canadian writers putting their shoulders to the wheel on these questions, coming this October.

Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/808505...

YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud The Rehearsal and how Nathan Fielder leans into the absurd

Yesterday I chatted about season 2 of THE REHEARSAL on CBC's Commotion with @elamin.bsky.social, @brofromanother.bsky.social, and Amil Niazi www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP8C...

Finally reading @elamin.bsky.social's beautifully written memoir, and oh boy. Are we ever gonna see a time when this doesn't feel like it was written yesterday? I hope so. I have to believe so. But fuck. It isn't today.

Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale Image display by cell-by-cell retina stimulation, enabling colors impossible to see under natural viewing.

(another?) Incredible case of science imitating Taylor Swift lyrics...

They literally showed people colors they know they can't see with anyone else!!!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How the trade war could affect Canada's book industry, and Family Guy is a gateway to Anne Murray Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Episode

The CBC podcast Commotion hosted by @elamin.bsky.social is just so 👏 darn 👏 good 👏 If you're interested in #CanLit on any level, you'll be interested in this episode. open.spotify.com/episode/6FOv...

The problem with Law & Order Toronto's episode about encampments | CBC Arts Illustrator Michael DeForge unpacks the flaws in Law & Order Toronto's approach to turning real-life encampment evictions and homelessness into crime drama.

Yesterday, @michaeldeforge.bsky.social was on CBC Commotion talking with @elamin.bsky.social about his Grind article about the Law & Order Toronto encampament episode. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders | CBC Books The debates take place March 17-20 on CBC TV, CBC Radio, CBC Gem and CBC Books.

Great interview with this crew by the charming @elamin.bsky.social 📚#BookSky

Omar El Akkad Toronto book launch "One Day, Everyone Will Be Against This" Another Story Bookshop, Toronto Palestine Film Festival and McClelland and Stewart present the Toronto launch of Omar El Akkad's new book

Got tickets (and a book)!

Omar El Akkad in conversation with @elamin.bsky.social !

www.eventbrite.ca/e/omar-el-ak...

Toronto! Join us on March 5.

Tix at onedayeveryone.eventbrite.ca

@elamin.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

@elamin.bsky.social mentioned wanting to see Nikki Giovanni’s film Going to Mars. It’s on Kanopy if you’d like to se it too.

www.kanopy.com/video/14527439

YouTube video by CBC Podcasts Why some Canadian screenwriters are pushing back against AI, and Dune: Prophecy is here

Anthony Q. Farrell made a great point in this convo:

Can AI content be Canadian content? If these bots are sourcing from all over the world, doesn't that butt up against CanCon requirements? youtu.be/nfasLTPhASQ?... @elamin.bsky.social @writersguildcanada.bsky.social

Anne Keala Kelly!

What happens when Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to town? | Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud | Live Radio | CBC Listen The numbers are astronomical - the scale, totally unprecedented. There has NEVER been a tour like Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. The morning after her first Canadian date – Elamin and the Commotion group chat take stock of how Taylor changes a city

I was back on Commotion w @elamin.bsky.social yesterday, talking about the Taylor Swiftification of Toronto, come for the group chat, stay for my rant about how this city will only prove its capable of something more when its in service of capital

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

You’re a journalist, honey. A School Newspaper kid. You are maybe one notch above us theater kids. Be real.

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

The Guardian will no longer post its content to X

Anything you say here doesn’t count in real life

What Elon Musk Stands to Gain The world’s richest man may now be the single most influential figure in the emerging White House of Donald Trump.

Elon Musk may be the single most influential figure in the emerging White House of Donald Trump.

On "The Daily," our investigative reporters explain what exactly the world's richest man wants from the new president, and why he is so well placed to get it.

Bluesky Social as the #1 free app in the App Store rankings

Bluesky stuns in new App Store ranking

Elamin is joined by culture critics Jay Connor and Tayo Bero to talk about how following a bidding war, rapper 50 Cent clinches a deal with Netflix to distribute his upcoming documentary chronicling the career of beleaguered rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Plus, Regina Kim talks about how Netflix and other streaming services disrupted the Korean television industry. Commotion's IG: https://www.instagram.com/commotioncbc/ 🎧 More Commotion episodes: https://tinyurl.com/38sr75vy ✨ Like this podcast? You might like Front Burner. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/oaZJVvxu 👉 Subscribe for more: https://tinyurl.com/33nevsrm This podcast is part of the CBC Podcasts family. Find this podcast and others at https://cbc.ca/podcasts Thank you for listening Can 50 Cent be trusted with the upcoming Diddy documentary? And Netflix's big bet on Korean TV

Had a blast talking about the rise of Netflix and its impact on K-dramas & the Korean TV industry with @elamin.bsky.social on CBC’s Commotion podcast!

Check out the segment below (my part starts around the 14:40 mark):
youtu.be/_im48sGc1ik?...

Went to a concert tonight and saw something remarkable. The show was finished — it was over — but then the audience clapped and cheered so much that the performers came back onstage and played a couple more songs. I was moved to tears

think i might read 601 posts on here today

TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps

WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps

From the people who brought you Twitter killed Vine, introducing Twitter killed Twitter

this is like the sound of the 7th trumpet

NOOOOO TURN TWITTER BACK ON I WAS A NICHE INTERNET MICROCELEBRITY

What’s happened at twitter is a predictable consequence of Elon Musk firing the guy they paid to swing a broom at the rats whenever they got too close to the server cables

Y’all give a bluesky welcome to the homie @roryjohnston.bsky.social I want him to stay here forever

Shoutout these guys for doing their best under the circumstances