Bruce Arthur
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Toronto Star columnist, nice guy, jump shooter.
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Bruce Arthur
@brucearthur.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Bullying, basketball and an online firestorm: How B.C. college star Harriette MacKenzie stood up to anti-trans hate — and won
Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie has been ostracized most of her life. One violent play during a Pac West basketball game pushed her to fight back.
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Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
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Incredible, and revealing, shot of a tragic result for Lindsey Vonn. Jacquelyn Martin of the Associated Press captured the picture that shows how Vonn's pole made contact with the right gate at an early jump, which led to the violent crash.
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Incredible, and revealing, shot of a tragic result for Lindsey Vonn. Jacquelyn Martin of the Associated Press captured the picture that shows how Vonn's pole made contact with the right gate at an early jump, which led to the violent crash.
Stomach churning. Incredible that she tried.
Wow. That is awful. Horrible to hear those cries from Lindsey Vonn. What a terrible moment. She sounds in horrible pain. Cannot imagine the state of that leg. To even try with a torn ACL was always going to be incredibly hard.
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Stomach churning. Incredible that she tried.
As someone recently wrote, Citius, Altius, Fortius, Penis
February 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
As someone recently wrote, Citius, Altius, Fortius, Penis
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AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.*
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
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February 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.*
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
Valérie Maltais cried so hard her shoulders shook; her teammate cried watching the 35-year-old win her first ever individual medal at age 35, and Canada's first of these Olympics, after sacrificing so much to do so. Including waiting to start a family. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Valerie Maltais put ‘real life’ on hold for one last shot at Olympic glory. It paid off with bronze medal
The 35-year-old speedskater won her first ever individual Olympic medal, a bronze, after delaying plans to expand family to focus on Milan Games.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Valérie Maltais cried so hard her shoulders shook; her teammate cried watching the 35-year-old win her first ever individual medal at age 35, and Canada's first of these Olympics, after sacrificing so much to do so. Including waiting to start a family. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
It is not, no
Kermit’s voice isn’t right.
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It is not, no
I'm not sure even my generation understood what a miracle the Muppets were, and are
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
February 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm not sure even my generation understood what a miracle the Muppets were, and are
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Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
I love long-track speedskating. Canadians Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann are about to race in the women's 3,000: there is a medal chance here.
February 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I love long-track speedskating. Canadians Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann are about to race in the women's 3,000: there is a medal chance here.
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The Milan opening ceremony was weighted towards humanity - our achievements, our beauty - in an inhuman world, and both felt futile, and felt like it mattered. And the crowd cheered US athletes and booed JD Vance, and that was in line with that mission. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Oh, the humanity. Olympic opening ceremony feels both irrelevant and worth the effort
A cavalcade of humans try their best to make something that will make people feel something.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The Milan opening ceremony was weighted towards humanity - our achievements, our beauty - in an inhuman world, and both felt futile, and felt like it mattered. And the crowd cheered US athletes and booed JD Vance, and that was in line with that mission. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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Just in — Meryeta O’Dine, who won double-bronze in women's snowboard cross and team snowboard cross in 2022, is out of these Olympics.
Her teammate, Tess Critchlow, also sustained an injury and pulled out.
Audrey McManiman is the only Canada's lone hope in the event now.
Her teammate, Tess Critchlow, also sustained an injury and pulled out.
Audrey McManiman is the only Canada's lone hope in the event now.
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Just in — Meryeta O’Dine, who won double-bronze in women's snowboard cross and team snowboard cross in 2022, is out of these Olympics.
Her teammate, Tess Critchlow, also sustained an injury and pulled out.
Audrey McManiman is the only Canada's lone hope in the event now.
Her teammate, Tess Critchlow, also sustained an injury and pulled out.
Audrey McManiman is the only Canada's lone hope in the event now.
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Embarrassing to see adults talk to robots in a public forum. That'd be like if your friend asked a mailbox for directions once. You'd roast him for decades for that shit. Every time the concept of navigating space came up you'd hit him with "Why don't you ask the mailbox?"
February 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Embarrassing to see adults talk to robots in a public forum. That'd be like if your friend asked a mailbox for directions once. You'd roast him for decades for that shit. Every time the concept of navigating space came up you'd hit him with "Why don't you ask the mailbox?"
I know we’re overly habituated to it, but this is some truly shameful cowardice: a news network afraid to show what happened at a globally watched event
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I know we’re overly habituated to it, but this is some truly shameful cowardice: a news network afraid to show what happened at a globally watched event
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Sometimes I'll just boo a photo of JD Vance in my free time
Reporter: Did you see that the VP Vance got booed at the Olympics?
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
Trump: That’s surprising because people like him. He doesn’t get booed in this country.
February 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Sometimes I'll just boo a photo of JD Vance in my free time
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
The Milan opening ceremony was weighted towards humanity - our achievements, our beauty - in an inhuman world, and both felt futile, and felt like it mattered. And the crowd cheered US athletes and booed JD Vance, and that was in line with that mission. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Oh, the humanity. Olympic opening ceremony feels both irrelevant and worth the effort
A cavalcade of humans try their best to make something that will make people feel something.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The Milan opening ceremony was weighted towards humanity - our achievements, our beauty - in an inhuman world, and both felt futile, and felt like it mattered. And the crowd cheered US athletes and booed JD Vance, and that was in line with that mission. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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After Lake Placid the Star investigated Canadian skeleton coach Joe Cecchini: his alleged mistreatment of athletes, his financial control in the sport, and the reason so many athletes are scared not only of speaking out, but that he could show up at their door. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
This Calgary cop is the most powerful man in Canadian skeleton. Why are some athletes so afraid of him?
Despite allegations of misconduct and systemic issues under head coach Joe Cecchini’s leadership, team members say he’s the only reason why skeleton still exists in Canada.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
After Lake Placid the Star investigated Canadian skeleton coach Joe Cecchini: his alleged mistreatment of athletes, his financial control in the sport, and the reason so many athletes are scared not only of speaking out, but that he could show up at their door. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.
American athletes were cheered, and JD Vance was booed, and Italy is having a good night
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
American athletes were cheered, and JD Vance was booed, and Italy is having a good night
God, the fans in Milan are cheering so hard for Ukraine
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
God, the fans in Milan are cheering so hard for Ukraine
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True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
Israel was definitely booed. Not universally, but more boos than cheers in the Milan stadium
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Israel was definitely booed. Not universally, but more boos than cheers in the Milan stadium
While we're watching the athletes at the opening ceremony, here's a column on the Olympic ski jumping crotch scandal, though it doesn't seem like much of a scandal: Citius, altius, fortius, penis. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Why penis doping is the growing scandal of the 2026 Olympics. (After all, every inch matters in ski jumping)
Ski jumpers are allegedly injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to increase their size. Seriously.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
While we're watching the athletes at the opening ceremony, here's a column on the Olympic ski jumping crotch scandal, though it doesn't seem like much of a scandal: Citius, altius, fortius, penis. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...