Can’t believe this was a decade ago. If you look around at the state of this country, I think it’s fair to say that Gord was load bearing.
Dave Kaufman@davekaufman.bsky.social · 7h ago10 years ago tonight, in Winnipeg. Photo by David Bastedo.
Dave Kaufman@davekaufman.bsky.social · 7h agoToday’s the 11th anniversary of our mom’s passing. If you haven’t yet, sign your organ donor card. There’s no greater gift. ❤️ @amykmtl.bsky.social
10 years ago tonight, in Winnipeg. Photo by David Bastedo.
I just got the email, My copy is ready to be picked up @dandq.bsky.social Go grab Dave’s new book!
Dave Zirin@edgeofsports.bsky.social · 2d ago...and if ya wanna buy it - OUT TOMORROW - go to prh.com/peopleshistorian
Saying goodbye to @turfmedic.bsky.social at our club today. This morning we walked the course and scattered his ashes. Tonight, we’ll celebrate with stories and music. We love you, Alan.
One of my career highlights in radio was my conversation in December, 2019 with Dr. Anthony Fauci, about the progress made in the battle against AIDS. soundcloud.com/davekaufman/...
Dave Kaufman with Dr. Anthony Fauci Dec 9, 2019
Dave talks about the progress made in the fight against AIDS with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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This treatment of Fauci is so shameful. He did a great job against a horrific plague and despite a mendacious president and fearmongerers and grifters. What happens when there's another global emergency. Do we think civil servants and experts will rise to help save us when they are so treated?
One of my career highlights in radio was my conversation in December, 2019 with Dr. Anthony Fauci, about the progress made in the battle against AIDS. soundcloud.com/davekaufman/...
Dave Kaufman with Dr. Anthony Fauci Dec 9, 2019
Dave talks about the progress made in the fight against AIDS with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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First big article for #Canada's History magazine, on Corridart, the arts & culture component of the 1976 Olympics, which was destroyed by Jean Drapeau because it was "too critical" of his admin The largest act of art censorship in Canadian history #cdnpoli www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts...
Canada's biggest case of art censorship - Canada's History
The story behind the Corridart affair during the summer of the Montreal Olympic Games.
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Trump's speech at the WHCD last night felt like a cross between Michael Scott's roast and the Playa Haters Ball (not complimentary)
Well, you had a good run, Dodgers, but you just invited the Trump Curse upon yourselves. No three-peat for you.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump pays tribute to the Dodgers: "There's the ballroom and the military facility. Here's the helipad we're building."
I'm so lucky to be able to say I saw Oliver Jones play at Biddle's.
I interviewed Matt Damon about his relationship with Howard Zinn for my book. Maybe some Odyssey fans wanna preorder it? 😬 PRH.com/peopleshistorian
The People's Historian by Dave Zirin: 9780593473658 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of...
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For the second time in just as many weeks, blueberries fell from a truck on a B.C. highway causing a literal traffic jam. https://cheknews.ca/second-traffic-jam-blueberries-spill-onto-b-c-highway-for-second-time-in-weeks-1337942/
Second traffic jam: Blueberries spill onto B.C. highway for second time in weeks
For the second time in just as many weeks, blueberries fell from a truck on a B.C. highway causing a literal traffic jam.
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I wrote this for the @nationalpost.bsky.social 10 years ago, on the eve of night one of @thetragicallyhip.bsky.social's final tour. nationalpost.com/entertainmen...
How Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip became a part of our landscape, an experience in what it means to be Canadian
'You don’t just go to a Tragically Hip show, you become a part of a Downie performance'
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