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Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 21m

I worked really hard on this for a very long time and am incredibly proud of it. It’s a long read, but for #Bluejays fans who remember that one swing a decade ago and all the madness that surrounded it, it will be well worth it. Please give it a look!

A controversial call, furious fans and The Bat Flip: An oral history of the game that turned Jose Bautista into a Blue Jays icon

Ten years ago on Oct. 14, the Toronto Blue Jays slugger cemented his icon status with one powerful swing followed by an unforgettable flip of his bat.

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NBER @nber.org · 1h

For difference-in-differences methods, there has been great attention to obtaining consistent estimates of treatment effects, especially when the treatment effects are heterogeneous, from Partha Deb, Edward C. Norton, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, and Jeffrey E. Zabel www.nber.org/papers/w34331

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 44m

Doing a garbage dump run brings feelings of guilt but also of immense satisfaction

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 4d

So is Canada a #petrostate, doomed to be a long run rustbelt, or an #electrostate rising into the future? Maybe it's a choice between two states of mind, vision, planning & governance. Can we go our own "Norway"? See our essay, p73 of the global DDP report. ddpinitiative.org/wp-content/u...

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2h

New sportsbetting app boasts 80% addiction rate

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2h

We authored a Task Force Report on free expression at UWaterloo that I strongly believe should be the model for all universities in Canada. uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-e...

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2h

So yes, you can support institutional neutrality AND support divestment from Apartheid South Africa, precisely because partnering with institutions with values contrary to academic principles is both contrary to AND IRRELEVANT TO institutional neutrality.

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 3h

Canada has seen a similar trend in vehicle fleet composition, but I do not think we have had the same trend in pedestrian deaths

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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 1d

William Ivor Castle's series showing Canadians "going over the top" turns 109 this month!

I love seeing variants of this image in different collections. But what does that mean?

A Canadian Battalion Go Over the Top, William Ivor Castle, October 1916, Archives of Ontario.

A Canadian Battalion Go Over the Top, William Ivor Castle, October 1916, Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Archives.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7h

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4h

Just added another stop on our tour: Nanaimo, BC! The event is free, but RSVPs are required and donations to Strong Towns Nanaimo are encouraged. You can also preorder a copy of Life After Cars with your RSVP. See you there!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-war-on...

The War On Cars: The Life After Cars

The hosts of The War on Cars podcast celebrate their new book, Life After Cars.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3h

In what feels like a warning shot to other riders on the team, Canadian cyclist hit with massive lawsuit after saying he could no longer ride for Israel-linked team, citing safety issues and a “personal-belief standpoint that weighed heavily on my conscience”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Former Israel-Premier Tech cyclist faces €30m damages claim after ending contract over ‘personal belief’

Derek Gee says the decision ‘weighed heavily on my conscience’ with case to go before UCI arbitral board

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 4h

If I see you posting AI slop, it's an instant block. Even if you think it's cute or says a lot about society. If you are purporting that some AI slop is real news, I will report you for misinformation, and then block you. Sloppers should be marginalised.

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

If I was an enterprising journalist, I would be checking to see if anyone in Ford’s cabinet or inner circle has a kid currently in med school

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 4h

Oh yeah, 90s Mariners were also the Kingdome which I had never been to (but another 90s Seattle staple, Almost Live, left me a lasting impression)!
youtu.be/i0gn0MDaMCA?...

Almost Live: How do you fix a problem like the Kingdome.

YouTube video by holgatehawk

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

I hope you enjoyed visiting the Okanagan!

Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah I remember cheering for them then too! Then I switched my allegiance 😂

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

Going to Safeco on Canada Day with @risingaction.bsky.social and his dad in 2007(?) was quite the experience. The Jays fans outnumbered the Mariners fans!

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

I grew up in Surrey near the US border. We got Mariner games from Seattle TV and Jays games from cable.

I became a Jays fan because they won back to back world series in my formative years

Kids a few years younger became Mariners fans because they were really good (Ichiro!) in the late 1990s

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 4h

Join us!

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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 5h

Callout for Jays fans in BC and Alberta: are you heading down to Seattle for the ALCS? Why or why not? I’m on the weekend shift today and the Star wants to hear from you!!

DMs open, or email me at [email protected]!

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 13h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 17h

Driver charged in hit-and-run death that sent chill through Prince George cycling community
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Driver charged in hit-and-run death of cyclist in Prince George | CBC News

Thomas Leslie Phillips is charged with impaired driving causing death, among other offences, for a hit-and-run that left one cyclist dead and another injured during a training session for a charity bi...

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

I will forever find the idea that you can't find equally qualified (maybe even more qualified) people for half the price in pretty much any of these positions, such as CEOs for state agencies, university presidents, etc. etc. etc., to be total bullshit. Overpaid and unjustifiably so.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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