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Ed Tubb

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Editor and contributor at the Toronto Star, with a focus on crime, justice and occasional greyhound content. Journalism is a discipline of verification. he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 4h

Bullpen games *are* good, actually.

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 4h

This is probably the best time to be in organized crime since before the repeal of prohibition in 1933. I mean if you wanted to commit high level non-immigrant related crime, now is the time to go hog wild.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 5h

Bullpen games are good, actually?

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly, you watch this crap for any period of time and you can kinda see why the crazy is so prevalent.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6h

I honestly wasn't paying close attention until the pitchman kept trying to get me to use a QR code and I looked up.

Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6h

And then every other ad is pegged to a celebrity.

Celebrity insurance.

Celebrity telecom.

Celebrity AI.

I know, I know, different cultures and all. But the impression of it is so very off-putting.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 6h

I'm watching on a janky stream (because that's all I have) and, I tell ya, every time I get a glimpse of U.S. TV ads, the impression I get is worse.

We've had an ICE recruiting ad.

There was one for survival kits. (Get two months free!)

A drug ad for a methadone alternative.

And on and on.

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Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social · 15h

Another excellent Reddit suggestion:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgQ...

Le Willi Waller 2006 - Têtes à claques

YouTube video by Têtes à claques

www.youtube.com

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