It's the anniversary of R.E.M. releasing Automatic for the People & the band & the record don't get enough love today. They're one of our biggest inspirations so let us know your favourite Automatic track And if you're looking for R.E.M.esque music check out our new record below 👇

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With Europe and South America being taken over by far right authoritarian parties and China cracking down in its own LGBTQ population, we need to figure out an international response in how to get LGBTQ people to safety. It's going to get so bad while every potential safe harbor is taken away.

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We are also taking all three stories (the two investigations and today's corroboration piece) out from behind the paywall for the sake of transparency and accessibility. Barbara Streisand would be proud.

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This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.

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Today Bradford stood up at a press conference and described our reporting as "inaccurate." "I'm surprised they published it," he said. In response, we are sharing our recording of Bradford's Zoom call that corroborates our reporting. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...

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