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Former reporter for the Globe and Mail, including four years in China…also a former labour reporter (sigh) and ever a fan of the Montreal Expos (sigh)
This was a game the #BlueJays had no business winning….but what a wonderful baseball play by Gimenez to sucker Alvarez into not sliding on a routine double, resulting in a key out
Struggling to even understand what the point of this editorial is. It feels like there's a giant hole in the middle of it where a call to action should be.
Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 13h agoThis is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
That was one crazy ball game…no idea how the #BlueJays managed to win it….nuts
I’ve never liked John Schneider’s policy of using Louis Varland in the 9th inning of a tied game…#BlueJays
Nobel prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk, on growing use of #AI by writers. “I feel a poignant, very human sorrow for an era that is disappearing forever. My heart aches for the passing of traditional literature written in solitude, crafted in the mind of a fully-conscious, single individual.”
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts
The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many.
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It's not a liberal bubble -- it's just the place where everyone who wasn't morally okay with being at the Nazi club settled.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Remember when we had the Greatest Canadian contest and Tommy Douglas won? Is it time for the Worst Canadian contest or would that just be a coronation for this guy?
The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 3d agoCanadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
With their solid pitching, the #BlueJays would be right in the thick of the playoff race with even average hitting. But….
A song for Jeanine Pirro. And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, Regrets, Yes a few I kissed his ass I guess you knew I bit off more than I could chew, I ate it up and spit it out, And with my tail, Between my legs,Heading back to Fox, If they'll have me. I screw it up, my way.
Another guy who gave his all every game for the #BlueJays, despite his ups and downs. Tough to see these guys go….
@rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 2d ago
Hard to know what to say about #BiancaAndreescu. Up 5-2 and 40-0 on her serve in the 1st set, she lost the next 5 games, and then the 2nd set, 6-4 to her Russian opponent…looked slow on the court…is it time to face reality? #NationalBankOpen
It hurts to lose Gausman…such a part of the #BlueJays who battled every single time on the mound, even when he didn’t have his best stuff. He loved the Jays and he loved Toronto. 😢😢
If the #BlueJays brass were waiting to see whether there was any hope, today’s game would finish that off….ugh
Terrific pitching performance by 42-year old Max Scherzer goes for nought, thanks to anemic #BlueJays bats…so much good pitching wasted thisbyear by the Jays pathetic hitting