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Fabiola Melendez Carletti @fiercefab

Podcast coordinating producer for @CBCNews. Helping radio & podcast teams (re)introduce themselves. Salvadoreña x Torontonian. (She/Ella)

Joined January 2009
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Look, apparently gifs aren't cool anymore but there's just no better way to explain what I feel returning to work in summer 2023 and checking in about our social media strategy.

ALT In a scene from Community known as "the darkest timeline," Troy returns after running out for pizza, having previously told his study group he didn't want to miss anything. He is stunned to walk in on a most chaotic scene: Abed and Annie are tending to Pierce, who is bleeding on the ground after being accidentally shot. Jeff is swinging a cloth trying to put out a literal fire. And Britta is standing rather uselessly in the kitchen, filling a glass of water.

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Just a melancholy Millennial nostalgic for a few internets ago.
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Connie Walker@connie_walker
9 May 2023
A Pulitzer & a Peabody!! What an unbelievable 2 days! This feels like undeniable proof that Indigenous stories matter & that we should support Indigenous people to tell them. We are so grateful to survivors who shared with us & hope this means more people will hear their voices.
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I don't know if I'm more amused or disturbed right now... So, I tried out @Canva's new AI-powered "magic designer" and I accidentally made nightmare fuel These clowns are straight out of the sewer drain. And (Trigger Warning!) they're not even the creepiest ones
A woman, mid-laugh, looks off to the side. She's sitting at a table in a backyard. Beside her are two bizzare-looking AI-generated clowns. One looks like a daddy clown with a wide grin and a shoddy face-paint job. His hat looks like a rainbow, polka-dotted paperboy cap with a pom pom. He wears a collared shirt that also looks like a golf shirt. He's holding a little clown child with warped facial features and wide eyes. Her hair looks like it's made out of tutu skirts.

ALT A woman, mid-laugh, looks off to the side. She's sitting at a table in a backyard. Beside her are two bizzare-looking AI-generated clowns. One looks like a daddy clown with a wide grin and a shoddy face-paint job. His hat looks like a rainbow, polka-dotted paperboy cap with a pom pom. He wears a collared shirt that also looks like a golf shirt. He's holding a little clown child with warped facial features and wide eyes. Her hair looks like it's made out of tutu skirts.

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Here's a closer look at the results, and I feel like I might cry a little. (Had to look a little too hard to provide detailed alt text.) Man. I was going for unintentionally creepy, y'know? But this?? 😭😭😭
Woman laughing next to garbled clown with two noses and no discernible head, behind a bunch of balloons

ALT Woman laughing next to garbled clown with two noses and no discernible head, behind a bunch of balloons

Woman laughing next to daddy and little clown with wide eyes and oddly average clothing (except the dad’s shirt looks like a golf/collar/t-shirt hybrid)

ALT Woman laughing next to daddy and little clown with wide eyes and oddly average clothing (except the dad’s shirt looks like a golf/collar/t-shirt hybrid)

Woman laughing with an older person with an unnaturally large and angular mouth and slouching neck that seems to melt into their backwards-looking shirt. She’s looking off to the side but he is starting straight at her. Random small balloons and a green hat with stars make this one a clown? He wears no clown makeup

ALT Woman laughing with an older person with an unnaturally large and angular mouth and slouching neck that seems to melt into their backwards-looking shirt. She’s looking off to the side but he is starting straight at her. Random small balloons and a green hat with stars make this one a clown? He wears no clown makeup

A woman laughing with someone who certainly passes for a clown but for one glaring detail: no eyes. Just dark gaping holes where eyes should be

ALT A woman laughing with someone who certainly passes for a clown but for one glaring detail: no eyes. Just dark gaping holes where eyes should be

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My friends actually have a great sense of humour, so part of me (🤡👋) wants to proceed. Ahhh So my question is: if I dare, which version should I give my friend? There's also the option to delete my Canva account and go into hiding🙃
20% Garbled balloon clown
20% Daddy and Jr
40% Big Mouth
20% No Eyes
5 votes • Final results
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Wow. @NPR's largest mass layoff since the '08 recession is already dispiriting at the 10,000 foot view And then I read threads like this from creators I love. Just ... oof. Hoping these truly special talents find their next home soon
Yowei Shaw@yowei_shaw
23 Mar 2023
Well, looks like my time with NPR is up. Gutted that @NPRinvisibilia the show I love & have given 7 yrs of my life to has "stopped production". Gutted to not get to work with my brilliant teammates. Gutted that me & some 100 colleagues I admire have lost our jobs. This sucks.
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CBC Podcasts@cbcpodcasts
26 Sep 2022
“Brace yourself” for high seas, high stakes and high crimes in our new true crime with @latimes, The Outlaw Ocean. Host, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @ian_urbina, combines more than 8 years of reporting on lawlessness at sea. Ep.1 is out now: bitly.ws/uzTe
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Ginella Massa@GinellaMassa
25 Sep 2022
I usually try to let my work speak for itself but apparently this needs to be said explicitly. I have interviewed women fighting for the right to wear their hijab in Quebec. I have interviewed women fighting for their right to remove their hijab in Iran.. 1/2
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Sunday night plans sorted. Can’t wait to watch @thisplacefilm in my softest pants, with all the snacks. Can’t believe I just clued in to #TIFF22 Festival at Home! 😅
Devery Jacobs caresses the face of Priya Guns. The actors star in a queer love story about two young women — one Iranian and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the other Tamil — living in Toronto and dealing with difficult family legacies.

ALT Devery Jacobs caresses the face of Priya Guns. The actors star in a queer love story about two young women — one Iranian and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the other Tamil — living in Toronto and dealing with difficult family legacies.

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Nothing makes me happier than nailing it with a book gift 🙌🏽 This is the first English translation of a lecture series delivered by Frankl at 40, gifted to Shad for his 40th. And we got the last copy at @AnotherStoryTO. Kismet!
shadkmusic@shadkmusic
24 Aug 2022
Talked about what I’m reading rn for @cbcbooks Been a vacay full of great non-fix incl. by @danlevitin and @caroloffcbc but latest read is Yes To Life by Viktor Frankl cbc.ca/books/polaris-music-p…
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Just finished @elamin88’s audiobook — a great companion as I care for my two month old. I’m grateful for Elamin’s tender and thorny concept of ‘elsewhere’ and I how it may resonate with our identity-rich babies. I can only imagine the “nebula of negotiation” they will face …
A baby sleeps beside on a breastfeeding pillow. Beside his head, his mother holds a phone displaying the audiobook “Son of Elsewhere” by Elamin Abdelmahmoud.

ALT A baby sleeps beside on a breastfeeding pillow. Beside his head, his mother holds a phone displaying the audiobook “Son of Elsewhere” by Elamin Abdelmahmoud.

Elamin Abdelmahmoud@elamin88
17 May 2022
I’ve waited a long time for this day. My book, Son of Elsewhere, is out today. It’s a joy and a privilege to get to share it with you. You can get it wherever you buy your books, so pop by an indie bookstore. Then, if you’re so inclined, mention it to a friend 💕
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Through joyful exhaustion, @bkxb and I are proud to introduce our child to the wider community Introducing ✨Benicio Hao-en Carletti Khoo✨ Born Friday, April 1 at @TOBirthCentre and delivered by @MidwivesClinic & our dear friend/doula @YamriT Bienvenido, Beni! We love you!
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Damn. My little brother @EnzoFromSpace builds a good-looking website!! 🔥 Flagging him to folks looking for project-based or a la cart digital/PR services. He does live builds on Twitch, slick marketing templates & more #Latinxcellence
Enzo Carletti stands behind the counter at his business SnackMe, which delivered snack packages across the GTA. He’s wearing a Raptors shirt and hat

ALT Enzo Carletti stands behind the counter at his business SnackMe, which delivered snack packages across the GTA. He’s wearing a Raptors shirt and hat

el-magnifico-zo@EnzoFromSpace
21 Mar 2022
Building out your digital infrastructure is hard, but so necessary. Finally got my new landing page up. webspacetoronto.com/
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Fabiola Melendez Carletti retweeted
Carmen Graciela Díaz@Carmen7Graciela
15 Mar 2022
Next week! Les invito a un panel de podcasting bilingüe el 03/22 con @AlanaLlama, @ErickGEEE y @sayrequevedo, co-presentado por la especialización en Audio Journalism y el programa de Periodismo Bilingüe de @newmarkjschool. Habrá interpretación en vivo. mailchi.mp/a3c3fd25f35d/pane…
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Luis and Maria on Sesame Street made me feel like I deserved sunny days, too. ❤️ Gracias, Emilio Delgado, for bringing both a beautiful Latinx family and my mother tongue to my childhood TV screen. Te extraño already. Baa Baa Bamba (1987) youtu.be/d1-RUoN7Tt8 via @YouTube

Sesame Street - Baa Baa Bamba (1987; FULL)

UPDATE: On March 10, 2022, beloved actor Emilio Delgado (Luis) pass...

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“The brevity of human life does not allow that one person alone is sufficient; it is necessary to adopt the observations of a good number of others from the past centuries and future ones to clarify that which fits better.” - Peiresc, 1635 Finding solace in the long view, today.
The On Being Project@onbeing
24 Feb 2022
This week @onbeing — @galbeckerman on his compelling new book. Exploring the quiet incubation of ideas over the last five centuries, and how some eventually came to change the world. onbeing.org/programs/gal-bec…
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"The version of myself I presented was unflinching and unafraid." Deep breath. "Welcome To Paradise," @amtremonti's memoir about her secret struggle with intimate partner violence, is out today: hyperurl.co/welcometoparadis… Unfortunately, this story is all too timely... (1/2)
A stylized illustration of a real wedding photo featuring Anna Maria Tremonti and her ex-husband. The picture is torn above the chin and pieces of both faces, the largest of which is centered on Anna Maria's eye, float away into a dark void. The words "Welcome To Paradise" reference a real sign the newlyweds posed with.

ALT A stylized illustration of a real wedding photo featuring Anna Maria Tremonti and her ex-husband. The picture is torn above the chin and pieces of both faces, the largest of which is centered on Anna Maria's eye, float away into a dark void. The words "Welcome To Paradise" reference a real sign the newlyweds posed with.

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Shelters and orgs that help those escaping violence/abuse are reporting sharp increases in need. "We're calling this the shadow pandemic for domestic violence and sexual assault... abuse happens so often in isolation. Now it's really coming out." (2/2) cbc.ca/1.6332910

Waits for domestic violence, sexual assault counselling growing across Canada | CBC News

In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, snapshots of another concerning and growing epidemic are beginning to emerge. Organizations and shelters that help women navigate and escape domestic violence...

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