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Mattea Roach

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host of Bookends on CBC Radio/podcast platforms everywhere, former 23x Jeopardy champion, slowly also writing // everything that happens will happen today

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MAJOR. I don’t own this but thank you for inspiring me to get up and pick my next record (Music for the Masses)

15.02.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s one of the blandest and safest-feeling places I’ve been in the US!! genuinely no clue what the hell Bondi is talking about

14.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Toronto Police Has Been a Rogue Agency for Too Long. Rein Them In. Podcast Episode Β· The Hatchet Β· 2026-02-14 Β· 29m

Excellent episode of The Hatchet with @arshy.bsky.social. The recent police scandal is not β€œa few bad apples,” the Toronto Police have been operating like organized crime for generations. They act with impunity, refuse reform, and target and punish their critics: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

14.02.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œRight now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large.”

I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❀️

11.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A few years ago, my colleague @amandafollett.bsky.social wrote this portrait of Tumbler Ridge, a former coal mining town. thetyee.ca/News/2020/11...

11.02.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

the good news is that this guide starts you out with body weight and dumbbell exercises so that by the time you graduate to using a barbell, you’re hopefully already comfortable enough with form/mobility to move a barbell safely and confidently. being nervous is normal but you can work through it!!

30.01.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell A guide for absolute beginners to go from sitting on the couch to lifting weights.

www.couchtobarbell.com this is the bible, if you’re not already familiar with it

30.01.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Media often appended it with β€œHamas-run” as a way to subtly discredit its numbers. Many experts credibly argue those figures are in fact far lower than the real number today.

29.01.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Just updated my four favourites as well so why not share it all… with the cold snap it’s never been a better time to stay home and watch some absolute cinema

24.01.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in happier news I did get to experience many lesbians screaming Dancing On My Own right into All the Things She Said

18.01.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing worse than going to karaoke and seeing someone absolutely butcher a song that you know you could body

18.01.2026 06:50 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another BANGER from Vass Bednar on competition

15.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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i’ve never felt this patriotic in my life

14.01.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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Susan Delacourt: Is it time to get alarmed about how Trump is kicking off 2026? Serious voices are warning that Canadians need to stare down the reality that we no longer have the luxury of pretending it’s business as usual.

β€œSerious voices in this country are sounding alarm, warning that this volatile start to 2026 means that Canadians need to stare down the reality that we no longer have the luxury of pretending it’s business as usual.”

www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

10.01.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Beautiful, beautiful piece - what a love letter to local journalism and gorgeous meditation on the passage of time

09.01.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

β€œi want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

08.01.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 5156 πŸ” 2442 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 119
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13 books to make you feel hopeful as the new year gets underway | CBC Books This time of year is usuallyΒ full of promise and good intentions. But when global unrest of various kinds starts to seem like the new normal, it can be hard to feel hopeful about the year ahead.Β Here ...

CBC Books thinks I wrote one of the books to make you feel hopeful for the year to come and who am I to argue? www.cbc.ca/books/13-boo...

07.01.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

took a cheeky selfie outside the broadcasting centre earlier today where I more or less looked like this

05.01.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lmao failed to complete the phrase β€œthe other day” in my initial tweet… brain still fried from the holidays please forgive me

05.01.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had the duty/honour of explaining who Sidney Crosby is to an American who’d never heard of him the other… wish I’d had this article in my back pocket at the time, legendary stuff. Our special Nova Scotian boy

05.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.

This is not a problem just for Venezuela.

03.01.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 29186 πŸ” 6894 πŸ’¬ 1693 πŸ“Œ 474
david lynch meme
okay, let's try that again, but this time good.

david lynch meme okay, let's try that again, but this time good.

new quarter century
more art
more good

01.01.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

they introduced me as β€œfrom Toronto Ontario Canada” on TV for like a month straight!!

30.12.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Alex Shephard from the New Republic what did I ever do to piss you off πŸ˜”

30.12.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Covered Bridge in Winter
Maud Lewis
c. 1967

25.12.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jacob Tierney it’s not too late to add a Sadness As a Gift needle drop to e06

24.12.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited for the cottage episode of Heated Rivalry bc in my experience going to the cottage with your gay love is all about getting too stoned at the beach and then crying to Adrienne Lenker but hey… what do I know

24.12.2025 18:52 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

hey!! thanks for getting in touch and for sharing this op-ed (sadly timely and necessary). for pitches please reach out to cbcbooks@cbc.ca - I don’t field pitches directly

19.12.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.

Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.

03.12.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 403 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 18

β€œwhat’s more virgin than a computer?” I don’t know man, maybe a human person? what the hell are we talking about

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