Thomas Linner
@tmlinner.bsky.social
You might know me from politics. I try not to do that online.
Liverpool FC - Toronto Blue Jays - Winnipeg Jets
Random occasional poetry
Saskatoon -> Winnipeg
Liverpool FC - Toronto Blue Jays - Winnipeg Jets
Random occasional poetry
Saskatoon -> Winnipeg
Account is “Blue Jays Watcher”
Click bait account. Blockity-block-block
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Account is “Blue Jays Watcher”
Click bait account. Blockity-block-block
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Click bait account. Blockity-block-block
“Our expectations of sport culture and masculinity in Canada have largely been defined by Canada’s other national pride, hockey. Its narratives frequently valourize toughness, stoicism and physical dominance, reinforcing a narrow vision of what it means to “be a man” in sport.”
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“Our expectations of sport culture and masculinity in Canada have largely been defined by Canada’s other national pride, hockey. Its narratives frequently valourize toughness, stoicism and physical dominance, reinforcing a narrow vision of what it means to “be a man” in sport.”
Reposted by Thomas Linner
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Exactly this. I’ve seen “radical” critics of the federal NDP in Canada argue that Zohran is on the “left-wing” of the NDP. Well, no. He’s well within the orbit.
Your most detested NDP leader is or was in favour of universal programs deeper than any Zohran campaigned on.
Context matters.
Your most detested NDP leader is or was in favour of universal programs deeper than any Zohran campaigned on.
Context matters.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Exactly this. I’ve seen “radical” critics of the federal NDP in Canada argue that Zohran is on the “left-wing” of the NDP. Well, no. He’s well within the orbit.
Your most detested NDP leader is or was in favour of universal programs deeper than any Zohran campaigned on.
Context matters.
Your most detested NDP leader is or was in favour of universal programs deeper than any Zohran campaigned on.
Context matters.
Reposted by Thomas Linner
An early, unexpected offseason win for the #BlueJays: Shane Bieber has opted in.
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Bieber opts in to return to Blue Jays rotation
TORONTO -- Just days into the offseason following their loss in Game 7 of the World Series to the Dodgers, the Blue Jays have already tallied their first win.
Shane Bieber on Wednesday opted in with t...
www.mlb.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An early, unexpected offseason win for the #BlueJays: Shane Bieber has opted in.
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Reposted by Thomas Linner
I better see no less than six stories this week in the NYT about Mamdani voters talking about their economic anxiety in Brooklyn diners and what the GOP can do to win them back.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I better see no less than six stories this week in the NYT about Mamdani voters talking about their economic anxiety in Brooklyn diners and what the GOP can do to win them back.
Reposted by Thomas Linner
Liverpool win a brilliant game of football. Everything you can ask for from European competition.
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Liverpool win a brilliant game of football. Everything you can ask for from European competition.
Hopefully my only commentary on the budget drama on Parliament Hill:
I see a number of posts by Canadian Liberals (or Liberal voters) saying a version of "I didn't vote for this."
Not to be harsh, but: Yes, you did. Carney is what he has always been.
But late is better than never.
#cdnpoli
I see a number of posts by Canadian Liberals (or Liberal voters) saying a version of "I didn't vote for this."
Not to be harsh, but: Yes, you did. Carney is what he has always been.
But late is better than never.
#cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hopefully my only commentary on the budget drama on Parliament Hill:
I see a number of posts by Canadian Liberals (or Liberal voters) saying a version of "I didn't vote for this."
Not to be harsh, but: Yes, you did. Carney is what he has always been.
But late is better than never.
#cdnpoli
I see a number of posts by Canadian Liberals (or Liberal voters) saying a version of "I didn't vote for this."
Not to be harsh, but: Yes, you did. Carney is what he has always been.
But late is better than never.
#cdnpoli
I know you want him to take that on, but Mo was kicking into a wall of bodies there with options nearby
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I know you want him to take that on, but Mo was kicking into a wall of bodies there with options nearby
LIke, do Real practice diving?
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
LIke, do Real practice diving?
Whereas pointed "Steve Gerrard" chants earn my hearty endorsement
I tend to think booing former players is small-club mentality. But to each their own.
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Whereas pointed "Steve Gerrard" chants earn my hearty endorsement
I tend to think booing former players is small-club mentality. But to each their own.
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I tend to think booing former players is small-club mentality. But to each their own.
*insert "elbows up" joke here
Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes."
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
*insert "elbows up" joke here
A bit Gordie Howe there, Mbappe.
*niche
*niche
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A bit Gordie Howe there, Mbappe.
*niche
*niche
Good body movement by Dom there, shielding the ball and drawing the foul in a good place.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Good body movement by Dom there, shielding the ball and drawing the foul in a good place.
Has to cross now. No caucus can keep you after you've said this.
🚨Scoop: Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont says he is considering crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party.
He tells me he'll make a decision “in the next few days” after reviewing the federal budget. Other Conservatives are also being courted.
He tells me he'll make a decision “in the next few days” after reviewing the federal budget. Other Conservatives are also being courted.
Conservative MP says he’s considering joining Canada’s Liberal government
The stunning twist moves Mark Carney one step closer to a secure hold on the prime minister’s office until 2029.
www.politico.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Has to cross now. No caucus can keep you after you've said this.
Vinicius Jr should have two yellow cards for diving already
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Vinicius Jr should have two yellow cards for diving already
I think maybe I have a higher tolerance for some on handball not being called after Odegaard played basketball in the penalty area and got away with it. Like, what even is handball afer that madness
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I think maybe I have a higher tolerance for some on handball not being called after Odegaard played basketball in the penalty area and got away with it. Like, what even is handball afer that madness
Handball is one of those rules that you think should be simple, but is no longer. If the rule was simply what it sounds - if it hits hand or arms its a foul - then sure. But it's not. And given that it is not, there is not much more a player can do there.
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Handball is one of those rules that you think should be simple, but is no longer. If the rule was simply what it sounds - if it hits hand or arms its a foul - then sure. But it's not. And given that it is not, there is not much more a player can do there.