Alex Boyd

@alexboyd.bsky.social

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Toronto Star investigations. Misinformation, politics, culture. Still in Alberta. Signal: alexboyd.56 aboyd@thestar.ca

An AI generated photo of some people at TD bank.
The order in council showing the exact Alberta referendum question.
A screenshot of my comment saying to come ask questions in the comment section today at 1ET.
A screenshot from the Elections Alberta website explaining that canvassers must witness signatures and view IDs.
A screenshot showing the proposed question: "Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?"
Screengrab of a post where someone says:Does anyone else find it interesting that Dawson Creek's star James Van Der Beek died the day after "Jesse Van Rootselaar" supposedly went on a shooting rampage in Tumbler Ridge and that the city of Dawson Creek is located 88 km from Tumbler Ridge at a heading of 33 degrees?
AI image of Carney next to Trump, pointing
A photo of Janet Brown and Kathleen Petty in a CBC studio.
Screenshot of a Facebook post saying the meeting for an Alberta Free petition signing at a Canadian Brewhouse is cancelled.
Screenshot of my Bsky bio. I'm am now an investigative reporter. Focusing on misinformation, politics and culture.
A front cover of the Star with a story about this on the front.
A quote from the story about how every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. "If Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair and the other late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment."
All photos show a dog in a hand knitted hat
Screengrabs of a live stream showing ostriches walking around a pen.
Screenshot of someone asking me to send them my phone number
A screenshot of a story quoting my mom saying that camping is a two star motel
Paper maps of Calgary and Alberta
Pierre Poilievre holding a beer while standing with two other men at the Wainright rodeo. He is wearing a hat that may or may not be on backwards.
A sign attached to a tree saying it is unlawful to put up bird feeders in Calgary parks.
A screenshot of the story describing how when the plane landed only one parent was allowed to go with the child to hospital, the other got deported.