Alex Abboud
@alexabboud.bsky.social
Just trying to recapture that old Twitter feeling.
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“There was a period I didn’t go to school for six months,” Vilardi says. “I was scared … I had this idea I was going to throw up for whatever reason and I’d have panic attacks.”
More on Vilardi's real and raw story ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
More on Vilardi's real and raw story ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Jets’ Gabriel Vilardi opens up about mental health struggles: ‘You just see the negatives’
This story is not about Gabriel Vilardi. He is sharing the details from his life in case he can help somebody else.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“There was a period I didn’t go to school for six months,” Vilardi says. “I was scared … I had this idea I was going to throw up for whatever reason and I’d have panic attacks.”
More on Vilardi's real and raw story ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
More on Vilardi's real and raw story ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
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Jets star forward Gabriel Vilardi makes his point abundantly clear, repeating himself over the course of multiple interviews.
He’s going to talk about mental health, his personal struggles and the ways he’s tried to cope with those challenges since he was a child.
He’s going to talk about mental health, his personal struggles and the ways he’s tried to cope with those challenges since he was a child.
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Jets star forward Gabriel Vilardi makes his point abundantly clear, repeating himself over the course of multiple interviews.
He’s going to talk about mental health, his personal struggles and the ways he’s tried to cope with those challenges since he was a child.
He’s going to talk about mental health, his personal struggles and the ways he’s tried to cope with those challenges since he was a child.
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Frank Gehry, 1929-2025. He died today at home in LA.
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929-2025. He died today at home in LA.
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The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.
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I’d like to toot my own horn here, as well as that of my friends, by acknowledging that this month marks the 20th anniversary of the Oilogosphere. For those who don’t know, that’s the name given to the group of Edmonton Oilers bloggers who appeared after the 2005 NHL lockout. 🧵/1
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’d like to toot my own horn here, as well as that of my friends, by acknowledging that this month marks the 20th anniversary of the Oilogosphere. For those who don’t know, that’s the name given to the group of Edmonton Oilers bloggers who appeared after the 2005 NHL lockout. 🧵/1
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Alright, fuck it, enough of the shenanigans.
We're spending an hour to edit a series of a pelican diving into the ocean that took 3 seconds to shoot.
jking please continue with the shenanigans. we deserve it!
#birds
We're spending an hour to edit a series of a pelican diving into the ocean that took 3 seconds to shoot.
jking please continue with the shenanigans. we deserve it!
#birds
August 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Alright, fuck it, enough of the shenanigans.
We're spending an hour to edit a series of a pelican diving into the ocean that took 3 seconds to shoot.
jking please continue with the shenanigans. we deserve it!
#birds
We're spending an hour to edit a series of a pelican diving into the ocean that took 3 seconds to shoot.
jking please continue with the shenanigans. we deserve it!
#birds
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‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
August 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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July 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Beach Boys release “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” as a single 59 yrs ago today
“What Brian [Wilson] really wanted was to get past the limitations of being a kid,” said co-writer Tony Asher. “He hated being told what to do. The song was kind of his fantasy about freedom, love, and getting away from all that”
“What Brian [Wilson] really wanted was to get past the limitations of being a kid,” said co-writer Tony Asher. “He hated being told what to do. The song was kind of his fantasy about freedom, love, and getting away from all that”
July 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Beach Boys release “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” as a single 59 yrs ago today
“What Brian [Wilson] really wanted was to get past the limitations of being a kid,” said co-writer Tony Asher. “He hated being told what to do. The song was kind of his fantasy about freedom, love, and getting away from all that”
“What Brian [Wilson] really wanted was to get past the limitations of being a kid,” said co-writer Tony Asher. “He hated being told what to do. The song was kind of his fantasy about freedom, love, and getting away from all that”
This is more or less how Brexit started. Cameron promised a referendum to head off UKIP momentum and satisfy the hardliners in his party, no one thought it would come close to passing, and well, whoops. The Premier should heed recent history and not play games. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Smith says sovereignty referendum provides ‘outlet’ to avoid creation of new party
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is fighting criticism she’s being selfish and dangerous by risking a separation referendum in part to avert the emergence of a political rival.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is more or less how Brexit started. Cameron promised a referendum to head off UKIP momentum and satisfy the hardliners in his party, no one thought it would come close to passing, and well, whoops. The Premier should heed recent history and not play games. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Guilty.
every millennial man you know is currently hyperventilating
April 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Guilty.
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👋Some news
I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation.
I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)
I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation.
I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)
April 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
👋Some news
I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation.
I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)
I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation.
I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)
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Stacy Schiff is a best-selling, award-winning American historian & biographer. In Edmonton, we also know her as the wife of property developer & philanthropist Marc de La Bruyère of Maclab Developments. Here’s her cross border take on the history of American aggression against Canada.
March 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Stacy Schiff is a best-selling, award-winning American historian & biographer. In Edmonton, we also know her as the wife of property developer & philanthropist Marc de La Bruyère of Maclab Developments. Here’s her cross border take on the history of American aggression against Canada.
There’s at least one Canadian First Minister who should reflect on this. Maybe on the flight home from Florida.
Not gonna pretend like I know anything about Carney’s politics because I don’t, but I watched his speech yesterday and he essentially told Trump to fuck off and now Trump’s speaking about him with a modicum of respect.
I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
Trump drops the demeaning "governor" stuff and calls Carney by his correct title
March 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There’s at least one Canadian First Minister who should reflect on this. Maybe on the flight home from Florida.
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This is a great piece of reporting, combining two of my favorite genres of enterprise stories: (1) an inside look at sports expansion franchises and (2) very successful people staring down the barrel of absolute PR failure
NEW: “It was absolutely crushing.” Inside the disastrous brand launch of NWSL Boston, and its effort to recover and relaunch.
w/Katie Deighton:
www.wsj.com/sports/bosto...
w/Katie Deighton:
www.wsj.com/sports/bosto...
She Hit the Button—and All Hell Broke Loose. How the Sports Team Everyone Hated Came Back.
When Boston’s new women’s soccer team unveiled its name, it sparked a ferocious backlash. Inside its effort to recover and relaunch.
www.wsj.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is a great piece of reporting, combining two of my favorite genres of enterprise stories: (1) an inside look at sports expansion franchises and (2) very successful people staring down the barrel of absolute PR failure
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Nothing prevents all ACL tears. But performing regular preventative exercises can cut the risk by roughly 50%.
The Hospital for Special Surgery has an app, RIIP Reps, to show people how to do them: www.riipreps.com
The Hospital for Special Surgery has an app, RIIP Reps, to show people how to do them: www.riipreps.com
RIIP REPS
www.riipreps.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nothing prevents all ACL tears. But performing regular preventative exercises can cut the risk by roughly 50%.
The Hospital for Special Surgery has an app, RIIP Reps, to show people how to do them: www.riipreps.com
The Hospital for Special Surgery has an app, RIIP Reps, to show people how to do them: www.riipreps.com
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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NOUVEAU | Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton, Amarjeet Sohi, devrait se présenter sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada aux prochaines élections fédérales.
Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre
Avec les infos de Laurence Martin.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre
Avec les infos de Laurence Martin.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
Amarjeet Sohi devrait être candidat aux élections fédérales
Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton Amarjeet Sohi devrait se présenter sous la bannière libérale aux prochaines élections fédérales
ici.radio-canada.ca
March 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NOUVEAU | Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton, Amarjeet Sohi, devrait se présenter sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada aux prochaines élections fédérales.
Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre
Avec les infos de Laurence Martin.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre
Avec les infos de Laurence Martin.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
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I have an essay in this week’s @bloomberg.com Weekend Edition about ticket stubs and memory and how the ways we catalog our own pasts have been changed by the internet. I’m really proud of it and I hope you’ll read it. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What We Lose When Our Memories Exist Entirely in Our Phones
The act of putting something aside is an exercise in remembering.
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I have an essay in this week’s @bloomberg.com Weekend Edition about ticket stubs and memory and how the ways we catalog our own pasts have been changed by the internet. I’m really proud of it and I hope you’ll read it. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Goal of the year.
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Goal of the year.
Me when I don’t feel like dressing up for work meetings.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Me when I don’t feel like dressing up for work meetings.
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One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
Just filed an article about the upcoming German elections (out on Sunday) and what strikes me is how timid much of the institutional pushback against the far-right has been. Some people have distinguished themselves but for the most part it’s just been really complacent - really disappointing.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
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Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself, writes six-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Dryden. Why Canada needed the 4 Nations Cup win:
Canada Needed That Win
Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself.
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself, writes six-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Dryden. Why Canada needed the 4 Nations Cup win:
Yesssssss!!!!
February 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Yesssssss!!!!