Mary Doyle
@02mary.bsky.social
Former editor. Former journalism instructor. Former news junkie. 🇨🇦
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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"The team hypothesized that men 'require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.' In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly."
To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder
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December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"The team hypothesized that men 'require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.' In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly."
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How do you get to be a senator when you are this stupid? There are no "NATO dues", so there's no one to pay anything to. The 2% was always a non-binding aspirational guideline. There is no pool of NATO funds everyone pays into - it is all domestic spending - so who would you "pay" it to? #cdnpoli
U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
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U.S. Senator Wants $300 Billion Military ‘Make Up’ Payment From Canada
Thom Tillis also suggested that Canadians should not criticize the lack of a universal public healthcare system in the U.S.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How do you get to be a senator when you are this stupid? There are no "NATO dues", so there's no one to pay anything to. The 2% was always a non-binding aspirational guideline. There is no pool of NATO funds everyone pays into - it is all domestic spending - so who would you "pay" it to? #cdnpoli
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I don't feel bad for the Blue Jays. Great club, great fans, great culture. They were the underdog and pushed one of the most stacked teams ever to the brink in Game 7 and I would argue carried the most momentum throughout the series. They got every reason to stand tall.
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I don't feel bad for the Blue Jays. Great club, great fans, great culture. They were the underdog and pushed one of the most stacked teams ever to the brink in Game 7 and I would argue carried the most momentum throughout the series. They got every reason to stand tall.
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Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
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The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
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October 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Carney to Trump: "I'm glad you upgraded me to president"
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Carney to Trump: "I'm glad you upgraded me to president"
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Who do Canadians regard as an “enemy”? This comes from a new Angus Reid report on India, but get a look at the redder end of that list
(Red = enemy/threat; pink = maybe so)
(Red = enemy/threat; pink = maybe so)
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Who do Canadians regard as an “enemy”? This comes from a new Angus Reid report on India, but get a look at the redder end of that list
(Red = enemy/threat; pink = maybe so)
(Red = enemy/threat; pink = maybe so)
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Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Ian McEwan takes a critical look at what we're doing to the world through the eyes of a historian 100 years hence. The young people of the future are especially scathing about us: "moral idiots who ruined everything." (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
Ian McEwan’s Latest Is the Best Novel He’s Written in Ages
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September 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ian McEwan takes a critical look at what we're doing to the world through the eyes of a historian 100 years hence. The young people of the future are especially scathing about us: "moral idiots who ruined everything." (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
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You threaten to conquer a country a whole bunch of times and all of a sudden people get all mad bsky.app/profile/step...
“"I'm disappointed that I came to Canada — a Canada that it is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship,"
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U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
You threaten to conquer a country a whole bunch of times and all of a sudden people get all mad bsky.app/profile/step...
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Today in misogyny: Somebody spray painted "Kill women" and "females should be hung" on a bridge in London, Ont.
There were 187 femicides in Canada last year.
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There were 187 femicides in Canada last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police investigating anti-women graffiti spray-painted on northwest London overpass | CBC News
Violent misogynist graffiti spray-painted on a northwest London overpass Tuesday is being condemned by women's advocates and was quickly erased by city staff on Wednesday morning.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today in misogyny: Somebody spray painted "Kill women" and "females should be hung" on a bridge in London, Ont.
There were 187 femicides in Canada last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There were 187 femicides in Canada last year.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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When #Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer. Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But dementia is now stealing his imagination.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m... via @nytimes.com
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When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
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September 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When #Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer. Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But dementia is now stealing his imagination.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m... via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m... via @nytimes.com
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In my column this week, I tried to succinctly summarize where America is at right now. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
August 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In my column this week, I tried to succinctly summarize where America is at right now. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Friendly reminder that your fever, cough, fatigue, aches, gastric symptoms may be the highly contagious new COVID-19 variant, XFG, aka “Stratus.” COVID-related emergency room visits are up among all age groups, as the current wave spreads in the U.S., Canada, globally.
September will be rough.
September will be rough.
August 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Friendly reminder that your fever, cough, fatigue, aches, gastric symptoms may be the highly contagious new COVID-19 variant, XFG, aka “Stratus.” COVID-related emergency room visits are up among all age groups, as the current wave spreads in the U.S., Canada, globally.
September will be rough.
September will be rough.
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This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
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www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
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“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
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Canada’s the only country having over 60% with a tertiary education.
This isn’t a numbers competition: it explains Canada’s values, “Education can promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, promote peace”
Education promotes decency.
#CanadaNice
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This isn’t a numbers competition: it explains Canada’s values, “Education can promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, promote peace”
Education promotes decency.
#CanadaNice
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
August 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Canada’s the only country having over 60% with a tertiary education.
This isn’t a numbers competition: it explains Canada’s values, “Education can promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, promote peace”
Education promotes decency.
#CanadaNice
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
This isn’t a numbers competition: it explains Canada’s values, “Education can promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, promote peace”
Education promotes decency.
#CanadaNice
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
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No serious economist would advocate Trump's devastating economic policies:
1. High tariffs for no reason.
2. Complete uncertainty.
3. Massive overstimulation with rising budget deficit & public debt.
4. Hostility to the whole world.
No surprise the economy declines.
1. High tariffs for no reason.
2. Complete uncertainty.
3. Massive overstimulation with rising budget deficit & public debt.
4. Hostility to the whole world.
No surprise the economy declines.
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
No serious economist would advocate Trump's devastating economic policies:
1. High tariffs for no reason.
2. Complete uncertainty.
3. Massive overstimulation with rising budget deficit & public debt.
4. Hostility to the whole world.
No surprise the economy declines.
1. High tariffs for no reason.
2. Complete uncertainty.
3. Massive overstimulation with rising budget deficit & public debt.
4. Hostility to the whole world.
No surprise the economy declines.