Jason Winders
@jasonwinders.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Often guilty of making first out of the inning at third base. | Author of 'George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion'
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Wonderful piece from @miasato.bsky.social. For a J history lover, I found the yellow journalism framework just brilliant. There is also perhaps no better word for certain parts of today's media landscape than "slopagandist." A worthy read!
Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.
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Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Wonderful piece from @miasato.bsky.social. For a J history lover, I found the yellow journalism framework just brilliant. There is also perhaps no better word for certain parts of today's media landscape than "slopagandist." A worthy read!
Since AI has ruined my beloved em dash in the eyes of many, I am going full Tom Wolfe in my punctuation. We're talking random italic, so many exclamation points, ellipses, and a ton of onomatopoeia to close thoughts. 'Whoooomp!' 'Thphhhhhh!' Take that robots!
www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Since AI has ruined my beloved em dash in the eyes of many, I am going full Tom Wolfe in my punctuation. We're talking random italic, so many exclamation points, ellipses, and a ton of onomatopoeia to close thoughts. 'Whoooomp!' 'Thphhhhhh!' Take that robots!
www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
What if she loses? That’s not the kind of question you usually ask an athlete, especially one making her #Olympics debut. But there may be no member of #TeamCanada at The Games more capable of dealing with that question than Sarah Wilkes. #LdnOnt #MilanoCortina2026
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Built for the moment: Olympian Sarah Wilkes creating a winning mindset for herself and others - Gameday London
Londoner Sarah Wilkes, a registered psychotherapist, is heading to her first Olympic Games in Italy this winter, representing Canada in women's curling.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
What if she loses? That’s not the kind of question you usually ask an athlete, especially one making her #Olympics debut. But there may be no member of #TeamCanada at The Games more capable of dealing with that question than Sarah Wilkes. #LdnOnt #MilanoCortina2026
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It's giving more of a Frank N Fuhrer vibe, if you ask me.
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
It's giving more of a Frank N Fuhrer vibe, if you ask me.
There is no paragraph more essential to the #Farhi experience than this one. The guy is a master of promises, press conferences and fanciful drawings. But always remember, it's #FarhiHoldings not #FarhiDevelopments.
#LdnOnt #YQG #WindsorOntario
#LdnOnt #YQG #WindsorOntario
January 7, 2026 at 1:14 PM
There is no paragraph more essential to the #Farhi experience than this one. The guy is a master of promises, press conferences and fanciful drawings. But always remember, it's #FarhiHoldings not #FarhiDevelopments.
#LdnOnt #YQG #WindsorOntario
#LdnOnt #YQG #WindsorOntario
I can make a strong argument that the long, painful, often self-inflicted death of newspapers began 30 years ago today with the final #CalvinAndHobbes strip.
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I can make a strong argument that the long, painful, often self-inflicted death of newspapers began 30 years ago today with the final #CalvinAndHobbes strip.
Not sure “why can’t we screw players like we’ve been screwing graduate students all these years” is really the rally cry we’re looking for, but thanks, Nick
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not sure “why can’t we screw players like we’ve been screwing graduate students all these years” is really the rally cry we’re looking for, but thanks, Nick
Yikes. At that font size and placement, did #CIBC also secure the rights to name at least one member of its executive team to the starting five each night?
Introducing the Toronto Tempo Explorer jersey.
This one’s for all of us, Canada. 🇨🇦
This one’s for all of us, Canada. 🇨🇦
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Yikes. At that font size and placement, did #CIBC also secure the rights to name at least one member of its executive team to the starting five each night?
How hard is it to work at @theonion.com these days? I need a Netflix documentary into their editorial meetings.
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman over Calibri as the former font choice was a wasteful diversity move. www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How hard is it to work at @theonion.com these days? I need a Netflix documentary into their editorial meetings.
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This is about the hardest thing I have watched in some time. Such a perfect messenger for this story, a powerful penance for a man whose overly sappy reporting has “whitewashed” - his words - these tragedies for years. #AllTheEmptyRooms #Netflix
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All The Empty Rooms | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is about the hardest thing I have watched in some time. Such a perfect messenger for this story, a powerful penance for a man whose overly sappy reporting has “whitewashed” - his words - these tragedies for years. #AllTheEmptyRooms #Netflix
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Happy #TheLastWaltz day to those who celebrate. Although our first without a living member of #TheBand, we've been blessed in recent years with a Robbie Robertson book and doc, a Scorsese doc, as well as an amazing soundtrack reissue. More alive than ever!
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Martin Scorsese: "The Band's concert film 'The Last Waltz' was a celebration"
YouTube video by NME
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November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy #TheLastWaltz day to those who celebrate. Although our first without a living member of #TheBand, we've been blessed in recent years with a Robbie Robertson book and doc, a Scorsese doc, as well as an amazing soundtrack reissue. More alive than ever!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFk...
When I spoke with Michael Ray Richardson last year, he’d just finished his autobiography, 'Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption'. Who knew it would be his last interview about his time in London leading the Lightning. #LdnOnt
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Bolts out of the blue: Life, redemption, and death of Michael Ray Richardson - Gameday London
He was the first coach of the London Lightning, leading them to their first two championships. This month, Michael Ray Richardson, 70, passed away, leaving a complicated legacy that included NBA All-S...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When I spoke with Michael Ray Richardson last year, he’d just finished his autobiography, 'Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption'. Who knew it would be his last interview about his time in London leading the Lightning. #LdnOnt
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Still love a small-venue concert. Would totally support bands putting in place the same rules for the whole crowd that they often do for media: "You can shoot as much as you want for the first three songs, then put the cameras away."
In the TikTok era, people are filming rather than dancing at nightlife spaces. Now, a growing movement of venues in New York are banning or limiting phones on dance floors. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” said one reveler in East Williamsburg.
‘Everyone’s in Sync’: Phone Ban on NYC Dance Floors Is Getting Rave Reviews
In the TikTok era, people were filming rather than dancing. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Still love a small-venue concert. Would totally support bands putting in place the same rules for the whole crowd that they often do for media: "You can shoot as much as you want for the first three songs, then put the cameras away."
For those of you who have recovered enough from the #BlueJays season-ending disappointment to re-engage with Toronto sports, might I interest you in my recent review of 'We The #Raptors,' a fine book out now.
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We the Raptors 30 Players, 30 Stories, 30 Years by Eric Smith and Andrew Bricker, with foreword by Kyle Lowry
Perhaps that warranted cynicism is why we can forget the joy of sports and its roots in the purest nostalgia – a clear, direct line from who you are today to an earlier self.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For those of you who have recovered enough from the #BlueJays season-ending disappointment to re-engage with Toronto sports, might I interest you in my recent review of 'We The #Raptors,' a fine book out now.
miramichireader.ca/2025/11/we-t...
miramichireader.ca/2025/11/we-t...
Almost a decade later, this is still one of the most meaningful things I have written. My Dad passed away the previous year, so Duncan's beautiful story of finding peace with his Dad's disappearance set deep roots in me to this day.
#RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
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#RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
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Wings of my father: A son finds peace half a world away - Western News
Duncan Hunter has few memories of his father beyond photographs and stories from his late mother.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Almost a decade later, this is still one of the most meaningful things I have written. My Dad passed away the previous year, so Duncan's beautiful story of finding peace with his Dad's disappearance set deep roots in me to this day.
#RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
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#RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
news.westernu.ca/2016/11/wing...
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Warren Zevon “Excitable Boy” 1978 Elektra/Asylum
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Warren Zevon “Excitable Boy” 1978 Elektra/Asylum
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
I don’t know what had been going on in my head minutes before, but when I woke up to use the bathroom at 4 a.m., my brain was already mid-‘The Fall Guy’ TV show theme song.
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"The Fall Guy" - Opening & Closing - Theme Song Credits - Intro - Opening Credits - Closing Credits
YouTube video by A FUSCO - Classic TV
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November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I don’t know what had been going on in my head minutes before, but when I woke up to use the bathroom at 4 a.m., my brain was already mid-‘The Fall Guy’ TV show theme song.
youtu.be/bIcqCrtSpOE?...
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Looks like someone is taking that new Canva Pro subscription out for a test run.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looks like someone is taking that new Canva Pro subscription out for a test run.
“I am tired of rewarding failure in this country,” says the governor of the state ranked #50 in crime, #50 in economy, #46 in education, #46 in financial stability, #44 in health care, #48 in infrastructure, and #46 in opportunity. (Source: U.S. News and World Report)
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“I am tired of rewarding failure in this country,” says the governor of the state ranked #50 in crime, #50 in economy, #46 in education, #46 in financial stability, #44 in health care, #48 in infrastructure, and #46 in opportunity. (Source: U.S. News and World Report)
Buck better slow down. He’s already lining up #BlueJays candidates for #WorldSeries #MVP. Long way to go in this series against this team.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Buck better slow down. He’s already lining up #BlueJays candidates for #WorldSeries #MVP. Long way to go in this series against this team.
The Basketball Super League will return with six teams for its 2025-26 season, although only five were announced today – KW Titans, Lake Erie Jackals, Montreal Toundra, Sudbury Five, and Windsor Express. The post-#LondonLightning era begins Dec. 27. #LdnOnt #BSL
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@gamedaylondon.bsky.social
a couple of hockey players standing next to each other holding hockey sticks and a puck .
ALT: a couple of hockey players standing next to each other holding hockey sticks and a puck .
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Basketball Super League will return with six teams for its 2025-26 season, although only five were announced today – KW Titans, Lake Erie Jackals, Montreal Toundra, Sudbury Five, and Windsor Express. The post-#LondonLightning era begins Dec. 27. #LdnOnt #BSL
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Very cool interview in the Miramichi Reader with @jasonwinders.bsky.social chatting with me about my book Habs Nation, how the Canadiens are more than just a sports team, and how big a role they play in Quebec society. miramichireader.ca/2025/10/habs...
Habs Nation: A People’s History of The Montreal Canadiens | Interview with Brendan Kelly
What makes a sports team more than just athletes? For the Montreal Canadiens, it’s a rich tapestry of cultural significance and national pride, deeply interwoven with Quebec’s history.
miramichireader.ca
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool interview in the Miramichi Reader with @jasonwinders.bsky.social chatting with me about my book Habs Nation, how the Canadiens are more than just a sports team, and how big a role they play in Quebec society. miramichireader.ca/2025/10/habs...