Online culture reporter at @globeandmail. I also write the tech-ish newsletter Lately. Send tips to sedwards@globeandmail.com or DM for Signal
Joined November 2010
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Read this in the tune of Broken Social Scene’s Anthems for a 17 year old Girl.
Jan 27
“bend down, look back, trim your butt, clean that shoot.”
nothing in the world could have prepared me for hudson’s minute-long description of his personal body hair preferences 😦
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Samantha Edwards retweeted
Jan 15
X, which has never been a big referral source for publishers and has lost a ton of users, drives 15 times the traffic ChatGPT does and 150 that of Perplexity.
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Canada's federal privacy watchdog is investigating X following the barrage of deepfakes on the platform.
For an article, I'm looking to speak with Canadians who have had nonconsensual, sexualized images of themselves created by Grok. Pls DM or msg me @ sedwards@globeandmail.com
Jan 15
Privacy Commissioner of Canada expands investigation into social media platform X following reports of AI-generated sexualized deepfake images: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-…
ALT News release.
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As AI-generated sexualized images proliferated on X, child safety advocates in Canada warn that lawmakers in the country have failed to keep up with regulating AI and social media to the detriment of online safety.
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29 Dec 2025
This is one of my favourite things I worked on all year! Click through this choose-your-own-adventure quiz to uncover which buzzy word best reflects your year.
Slop, vibe-coding, rage bait, 6-7? Find out while we're still basking (rotting?) in 2025
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4 Dec 2025
This might be the craziest hard launch in the history of the free world
4 Dec 2025
Great to see you @kishida230. Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko. Thank you, Fumio, for your friendship and your continued commitment to both the international rules-based order and to a better future for everyone.
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5 Nov 2025
Hallmark movie plot job alert for a harried big city woman
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25 Oct 2025
There he was, sitting behind home plate. With biceps like a Christmas ham and mountainous traps that nearly touched his ears.
Dean Angelo has been attending Jays’ games since he was a kid. Now he's become a minor supporting character in the Blue Jays World Series run.
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25 Oct 2025
While most have been dazzled by Vladdy, Springer and Yesavage, a smaller, yet passionate, slice of the internet has been obsessed with Dean's hulking presence at the Jays’ home games.
Read my interview with Dean here:
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26 Aug 2025
i’m sorry is this that scene from no country for old men
26 Aug 2025
at least we can all agree, this is the worst style of art ever made
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20 Aug 2025
Have cellphone bans been effective in schools? Share your thoughts theglobeandmail.com/canada/e…
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20 Aug 2025
the twelve words every girl wants to hear
20 Aug 2025
Sofia Coppola will shoot her next film starring Kirsten Dunst next year.
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19 Aug 2025
Today I'm on The Decibel, The Globe's daily podcast, talking about why Wikipedia is arguably one of the last good places on the internet. Listen here! pod.link/thedecibel/episode/…
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18 Aug 2025
Source callout! For a @globeandmail story, I'm looking to speak w/ Canadian teachers and students about smartphone bans/limits in the classroom. Are students less distracted? What's it like enforcing the bans? DM or email me at sedwards@globeandmail.com. Thank you!
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