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Jack Todd

@jacktodd.bsky.social

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Novelist and sports columnist following the Montreal Canadiens. Vietnam War resister, gone to Canada 1970. Proud Canadian since 1975. Author: Desertion in the Time of Vietnam, Sun Going Down. Contributor, Ken Burns documentary "Vietnam."

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 8h

Zohran Mamdani didn’t hold back. His speech today on Letitia James’s indictment was 🔥 calling it exactly what it is: a political hit job meant to punish those who hold Trump accountable. “If justice can be weaponized against the just, then no one is safe.”

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 2h

It's a pain that it's so much work (and expense) to follow your team.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 2h

Heat works. Sometimes.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks Bruce.

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Lucas @panaluke.bsky.social · Aug 27

The invasion of the idiots, indeed. Umberto Eco knew what was coming, 10 years ago.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 7h

It is beyond idiotic. For nomknown reason, the team they black out in Quebec is ... Winnipeg. Why?

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Idiotic. Unless the Jays or Leafs are playing, they have nothing but poker or pinochle 24/7.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Number of football teams in the "Big 10":
18
Number of players who understand that 18 is more than 10?
18 percent.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, sadly.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks Paul.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

I was afraid there would be none. I don't understand why Bettman didn't consent the public at all. Sportsnet and TVA are both enormously unpopular.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks Dan.

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ChrisSpalanca(🇨🇦) @chrisspalanca.bsky.social · 1d

🗣Pierre Poilievre🤡 is just rerunning the same old campaign — all outrage, no vision.🤦‍♂️

🔴He divides Canadians🇨🇦 while offering zero🙅‍♂️ real solutions.

👉We’re busy building the future: clean energy⚡️, tech💻, & unity🫂.

#cdnpoli #cndpoli #NeverPoilievre #CanadaStrong #FactsMatter #EmpathyMatters #Canada

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

Terrific news for Hab fans. Contract for TSN and RDS to televise games has been extended into the future. (How far, the release doesn't say.)
50 games a year on TSN and 45 on RDS.

After the pain of watching the Leafs game on Sportsnet, this is a relief. Both TSN and RDS are light years better.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks Lyle.

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Colleen Paige @colleenpaige.bsky.social · 3d

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks Claude.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

If he isn't already. Thanks Patrick.

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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 17h

The Portland Frog now has his own Frog Brigade!! 🤩✊🏼🐸
#Resist #NoKings ❌👑 #Pinks 🌸

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 11h

We did invest in a humidifier with it and it keeps the humidity around 40 percent all winter with little variation. No more dry skin!

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 11h

It held up alright. I think we hit minus-24 last year and I never put on the old baseboard heaters we still have.

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 11h

My column on Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes and the master class they have offered in rebuilding a hockey team, player by player.
montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...

Todd: Canadiens furnish master class on an NHL rebuild

Four years in, Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes have deftly assembled a sustainable contender with a core of smart, young high-character players.

montrealgazette.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 13h

Beauty. I thought Newhook had waited a beat to long but he timed it just right. And what a brilliant pass from the kid. There are good players who have been in the league 15 years and never done that.