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John McCullagh

@jpmccullagh.bsky.social

Baseball, books, movies and less and less politics #ldnont

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John McCullagh@jpmccullagh.bsky.social · 13h ago

"If I had my way, that is how everyone should treat Rowling’s output in light of her pivot to full-time anti-trans crusading: as a regretfully significant cultural artifact of a moment in time, with which any present-day engagement should be treated as deeply embarrassing and problematic."

Mel Woods@melwoods.me · yesterday

Big thanks to @thewalrus.ca for reprinting my takedown of Tim Hortons Canada's new Harry Potter collab ✨ "No one wants this. Even the people who haven’t given up Harry Potter—none of them were banging down Tim Hortons’ door specifically to demand this." thewalrus.ca/nobody-asked...

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 19h ago

Mets just called Jefry Yan, who does this strikeout celly, and frankly I can’t wait for him to bust this out for a 100-loss team. This is going to 1000% rock

Stoeten@stoeten.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've flipped today live blog around so now it reads from top to bottom as the last few hours unfolded. Still adding some comments as we see quotes from Ross Atkins come in, and will have some final thoughts before I sign off to record the pod at 8 PM ET.

2026 Trade Deadline Final Hours Live Blog!

Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon as I provide non-stop coverage of all things Blue Jays at what has already been a massive trade deadline for the club.

stoeten.substack.com

Melissa Lockard@melissalockard.bsky.social · 4d ago

I feel like the issue with the Dodgers getting Skubal has less to do with a need for a salary cap or anything else and more to do with it being boring. Everyone knew that’s where he’d end up. Sports are more fun when there are surprises. This is just uninspired script writing.

Tao of Stieb@taoofstieb.bsky.social · 6d ago

The thing about saving a movie to see it with your teenager is that they will go see it without you and then tell you afterwards that you should go see it by yourself. And inevitably, you will never see that movie.

Ben Nicholson-Smith@bnsbaseball.bsky.social · 7d ago

Per sources, the city of Vancouver has chosen a prospective owner to pursue an MLB expansion franchise The Show Vancouver Bid Corporation was selected over other potential bidders & will now work in conjunction with city staff to engage MLB and make a push for an expansion team

Charlotte Weatherill@ckweatherill.bsky.social · last wk.

The point isn't to produce essays, it's to teach students how to think for fuck's sake. The minute you automate that, it's over. You might as well close the course. Which they're also doing. This is an attack on learning, and everyone is just shrugging.

Heather McPherson MP@heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is how democratic norms erode. Trump is turning counterterrorism into a tool to target the political left, and Canada is showing up to legitimize it. We should be defending democracy and civil liberties, not giving credibility to authoritarian politics. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Canada attends Trump summit targeting left-wing extremism

Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending the high-level counterterrorism meeting.

thestar.com

Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 3w ago

1/ Trump is fuelling a new McCarthyism that is both delusional and dangerous. It’s clearly intended to crack down on Americans who are resisting his anti-democratic agenda. It’s also a serious escalation of violent authoritarianism from our next door neighbour.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3w ago

The Trump administration is hosting a high-level global meeting on combating “political terrorism” in Washington — a move experts have described as a politically-motivated crackdown on left-wing movements. Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending. Just in from @markramzy.bsky.social: