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Ryan McNutt
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University comms person. Sporadic freelance music writer. Musicology grad. Dog dad from Dartmouth. Jays / Habs / Raptors. Eternal poptimist.
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Turns the most historically politicized part of our province’s infrastructure is… still political.
While NS road paving projects quickly outpace funding, those selected each year aren’t backed by evidence, AG Kim Adair says in a new audit. Adair makes 9 recommendations, all geared to making evidence-based road investment decisions: www.oag-ns.ca/audit-reports/preserving-and-restoring-paved-roads
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Republicans Don’t Know Ball Update: A hockey blogger asked the two Michigan Senate candidates for statements on the Red Wings. Rogers: blah blah Michigan loves the Red Wings El-Sayed: angry rant about how the cheap owners MUST pay Detroit’s young star defenseman octopusthrower.com/what-each-mi...
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Andrea made such a big impression on me when we served on the Polaris Music Prize grand jury in 2013. Funny, insightful, whip-smart with good cheer to burn. Every new book or article from her instantly went on top of my reading list. Gutted, and can only imagine how those who knew her better feel.
Remembering Vancouver music writer Andrea Warner, who died this week of cancer at age 47 This is a beautiful remembrance that includes many links to Andrea's work. www.cbc.ca/music/andrea...
You know it’s bad when Brand is out of words to describe the traffic situation. He’s already dropped the “Stop all the collisions” meme and has nothing left to give.
Just....you know...absolutely one of the worse traffic mornings I've seen since I started working here There's no way around any of this. Work from home if you can #HFXTraffic
Like, there’s some typical rhetorical business in his speech today to the EU but… it’s also incredibly substantial? Not just platitudes. Not easy to do. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
It is far - FAR - from the most significant thing to be thinking/worrying about in these dreary days. But I often wonder what it says about this moment and our culture systems that people just seem to be listening to the same songs over and over and over again.
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" ties Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" for longest-running #1 hit of all time
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What was wrong about Obama’s most famous speech is there ARE two Americas, but not necessarily the ones he cited. There’s: 1) one willing to earnestly debate how to apply the constitution and its values 2) one that tolerates that debate only until it threatens their patriarchal white supremacy.
Trying to manage these people as if they're standard participants in a multicultural democracy misses the point, because they have no interest in multicultural democracy or being one component of it; they want a system that treats them as a privileged class lording it over everyone else.
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"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both," wrote Gloria Steinem in 1987.
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Ok this clarifies things: likely the reason the Jays didn’t bite on Robert Jr is simply they see Keys (who’s been playing more outfield) as a more viable option. bsky.app/profile/keeg...
#BlueJays announce their Sept. 1 roster moves: • LHP Ricky Tiedemann is up • INF Sean Keys is up • LHP Joe Mantiply has been activated from the IL and is active • INF Josh Smith has been activated from the IL and is active • OF Daz Cameron DFA’d
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Worth remembering how much contemporary conservatism (particularly MAGA) is projection — assuming other political actors see and move through the world as you do. Hence: arguing Carney is just "doing what's best for Liberals" because the current US gov really only does what's best for Republicans.