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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Mad Max is back. Early story on the #BlueJays' reunion with the future Hall-of-Famer with much more to come today: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
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Scherzer reaches agreement on deal to return to Blue Jays (source)
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Mad Max is back. Max Scherzer and the Blue Jays have agreed to terms on a reunion for the 2026 season, a source confirms to MLB.com. The club didn't confirm the deal. The structure of...
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Two things leap out in this discussion on Trump's tariff meltdown: Canada is not mentioned - a reminder of the asymmetry of it all - and everyone talks casually about companies and countries deciding their next moves based on fear of White House retribution. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/p...
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Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling
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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 11/02/2026
This estimated number of Metrolinx Vice-Presidents seems low.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What does the death of drive-in theatres reveal about to today? 👀 Amidst the ongoing frenzy and hot takes on the ongoing death of the media, this edition of SHuSH so effectively gets a reader taking deeper breaths and provides a much needed perspective.
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Last Post?
This is the 313th edition of SHuSH, the newsletter of The Sutherland House Inc.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
50 seasons of the Toronto Blue Jays. 🥲
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50 Seasons | Toronto Blue Jays
The Official Site of Major League Baseball
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Prime Minister Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum was a clear call-to-action and provided a clarity of pursuit for Canadians and other middle-power allies across the world. About to join CBC News Network to analyze its implications here at home and abroad. Tune in!
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Tehran appears to have succeeded where Moscow failed." A lifeline on the frontlines of today's greatest struggles has a setback.
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Iran crippled Starlink and why the rest of the world should worry
The service became synonymous with censorship-proof connectivity. Iran has just proved that assumption wrong.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“Everything Is Television: A theory of culture and attention”
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Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🍁 Lest We Forget 🇨🇦
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If it wasn't November, I would think this was actually an April Fools joke. Gotta admit that red looks pretty sweet.  What a fun marketing partnership.  herschel.ca/shop/collections/heinz
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Rosalia has dropped a “OMG, STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO LISTEN TO THIS” album. Wow. Perfect start to a Saturday.
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LUX by ROSALÍA on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 15 Songs
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Regroup with the team + change the channel to get back on message. @jellerton.bsky.social joined CTV Power Play's Front Bench this week to offer insights and analysis on the aftermath of a CPC MP crossing the floor to join the governing Liberal caucus.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This Blue Jays team was incredible. These Blue Jays taught us what it means to be a team. Showed by example what it means to bring your whole self with imperfections and contribute to something greater by working with others.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Shane Bieber, Toronto Blue Jay. Starting pitcher and winner of game 4 of the World Series.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
As a resident in the area, it’s great to see this work done ahead of schedule! 🥰 Just need the 504 back and all will be well. 🚊
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King and Dufferin to reopen Wednesday night, weeks ahead of schedule — but the 504 streetcar won't be back right away — Toronto Star
The vital intersection has been under construction since Sept. 29 for streetcar track repairs.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
What a moment. What a performance. What a total delight to watch. That start was the full value of Scherzer’s contract for the whole year. So glad he’s a Blue Jay and helping this team win big games in October.
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Mad Max rages against Father Time -- literally -- in high-octane Game 4
SEATTLE -- Max Scherzer refused to let the sun go down. Not now, not yet. Scherzer was vibrating on the mound, raging against everything the night threatened to be. If Scherzer were a banker or a taxi driver, 41 would be a fine age, but he is neither of those
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Connection. Empathy. Insight. Curiosity. Inspiration. Perseverance. Genuine engagement. These are what drive our weekly conversation. And Shane Hewitt usually has one word that provides a lens through which we explore the world.
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Check it out:
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Support for Carney government remains strong after first 100 days - The Vassy Kapelos Show | iHeart
<p>Public support for Prime Minister Mark Carney - and his minority Liberal government - is holding steady at 50 percent. This achievement is despite Canada's failure to reach a new trade agreement with the U.S. ahead of the August 1st deadline. Vassy Kapelos chats with David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, about the latest public opinion polls.</p> <p><strong>On today's show:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Another heatwave is impacting portions of Pacific, Central, and Eastern Canada. CTV's Lindsay Morrison delivers the details.</li> <li>For the first time in 3 years, Obesity Canada has updated its guidance for doctors, and how they treat cases of obesity. We dig deeper with Dr. Sue Pedersen, an endocrinologist and obesity medicine specialist at Calgary's C-ENDO Clinic.</li> <li>Unless their union is able to strike a deal over the coming days, roughly 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants could strike this weekend. Dropping by the studios to discuss further is Wesley Lesosky, the President of CUPE's Air Canada Component.</li> <li>The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur and Jamie Ellerton.</li> <li>David Parry, the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, grades the Carney government's military pay increase and defense spending plans.</li> </ul>
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
100 Days of Prime Minister Carney: @jellerton.bsky.social joined Sharan Kaur on The Vassy Kapelos Show to assess Carney's 100 days. They also touched on Nova Scotia's forest fire control measures and some of the rage from usual suspects in response.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A fascinating read on the burger behemoth’s challenges as McDonald’s reacts to losing their reputation for affordable, fast food.
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How McDonald’s Lost Its Value Edge—and Is Trying to Claw It Back — The Wall Street Journal
The chain that staked its name on affordability found itself on the wrong end of a shaky economy
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This Blue Jays team just has all the moves. Grit, hustle and heart.
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a cartoon drawing of a blue jay with a red maple leaf on its head
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a blue jay with a red maple leaf on its head
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
2 things are certain: -we all still need to communicate -people will search for reliable information. How & at what cost is up for debate. The Logic's Publisher @dskok.bsky.social with a timely reflection on evolving media practices & AI's impacts: 
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What happens to the news business when people stop clicking? — The Logic
If you use Google to search the internet these days, there’s a chance you won’t be served a list of links or news articles. Instead, you may be met with a chatbot’s attempts to answer your query directly on the page.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A class act to the very end. A true leader in the community. Thanks, Masai. The gratitude you feel is shared by Toronto.
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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This is wild, even by North Korean dictatorship standards.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“Figuring out what content you liked or didn’t like used to actually involve you.”
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Podcasting in The Age Of YouTube-ification
The Algorithm can work for us and against us in podcasting. In some ways it pushes garbage content, but if we learn to work with it, we can make it work for podcast discoverability.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Prime Minister Carney can enact critical changes in this Parliament. The opportunity to do it now with political consensus on big things ought to be seized. Read here:
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‘The Conservatives will ultimately benefit’: The Hub reacts to a dramatic Canadian federal election 
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Stories like this make me believe we're still very early days in the EV revolution.
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China’s CATL says it has overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV charging time
New version of flagship battery cell can achieve 520km range compared with BYD’s 470km, claims company
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
“Don’t crown protectionists with victories that haven’t been earned yet.” A compelling case for trade and courage in our politics.
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Donald Trump’s gift to globalisation
Not since the crash of 2008 has free trade held the moral and intellectual high ground
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This x 💯. The expectation everything is 5⭐️ on these incessant asks for feedback is absurd. Average is fine, most of the time. Stop trying to pass it off as exceptional.
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How did we do? Fine until you asked
Demands for customer feedback have gone from bad to out of control
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The war on encryption is dangerous—We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it is security… www.ft.com/content/a934... @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @financial-times.bsky.social
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The war on encryption is dangerous
Government demands to access encrypted data via back doors will leave it vulnerable to hacks, breaches and theft
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The race to define Mark Carney is on. @jellerton.bsky.social joined CTV Question Period to unpack the strategy driving the warring campaigns to define Mark Carney in the minds of Canadians.
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CTV QP: Sunday Strategy: How the Liberal leadership race is going
Strategists Scott Reid, Jamie Ellerton and Kathleen Monk discuss the latest updates on the Liberal leadership race.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Two reads stood out in my inbox this weekend, and they’re deeply intertwined: 1 - Dan Gardner on the historical shifting legal standards on free speech, in response to VP Vance’s chastising of Europe:
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What the History of Free Speech Tells Us
Free speech requires the drawing of lines, and that is never easy
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Fascinating insights from cutting edge research on dementia and Alzheimers.
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How to spot dementia early and reduce your risk by half — BBC Science Focus Magazine
New science is uncovering how Alzheimer’s could be detected decades before symptoms strike. Could it give us the head start needed to fight back and defeat the disease?
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Pierre Poilievre's Canada First speech was a manifesto for Canada's 21st century.  I shared some thoughts with The Hub on its politics and the existential threat Canada must confront.
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‘He chose to reach high and reach big’: The Hub reacts to Pierre Poilievre’s pivotal Canada First rally
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This speech by Pierre Poilievre was an optimistic vision for what Canada can be. Pluralistic, productive, and patriotic.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
So our Premiers on a “Team Canada🇨🇦” field trip get a meeting with mid-ranking White House officials, but only after paying some upstart GR firm in DC 💰💰💰.  Why do we staff + maintain a massive Embassy in Washington? Where’s our Foreign Minister?
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A timely reflection on leadership, balancing competing interests, and the real costs of winner-take-all activism currently rampant in political discourse today.
josephheath.substack.com
Moral Responsibility for Backlash
Is it a thing? Should it be?
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
At what point do our leaders drop the chest puffing, recognize reality, and offer a vision for real Canadian prosperity? There must be more to Canada’s response than trying to keep pace with the Trump pissing match thinking we can go headline for headline, tariff for tariff.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
How’s the saying go again? “When people show you who they are, believe them.”
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The bad landlord
This is a harassment campaign.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Maybe we’ll finally start to see BC wine selection on LCBO shelves. 🍷
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If this isn’t enough to prove that Trump’s supposed rationale is a joke, remember that one of the first acts of his second presidency was to pardon the guy who created an online marketplace for illegal drugs.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Think it is safe to say Lois is a fan of her new dinosaur.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Why is Pierre Poilievre Still Talking About a Carbon Tax Election? s.mtrbio.com/cnlehjosdd #Cdnpoli
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
iOS 18.3 just dropped.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“The horse is out of the barn and into the hospital, and too many people are standing on the farm arguing about whether the barn door should have been closed.”
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Gender and political sorting
The Right draws another line in the sand
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Hot off the press! Issue 2 of Urban Progress is available now. Thanks to the publishing team for hosting a fun gathering and bringing people thinking of urban improvements together for the launch. Get your copy at urbanprogressmag.com #Toronto
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Big scoop from the @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/china-f...
restofworld.org
Exclusive: Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories
In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
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Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
NYC friends, please share: @theglobeandmail.com is hiring a New York correspondent. Great opportunity at one of the world’s great papers: can242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
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Job opportunity at The Globe and Mail - New York Correspondent (Editorial)
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Conaptus @conaptus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Why is Pierre Poilievre’s polling at almost 50% support? Conaptus’ Jamie Ellerton spoke to Reuters unpacking the strategy propelling the Conservatives as agents of change.
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Canada's main opposition leader Poilievre rides wave of anti-Trudeau discontent
Justin Trudeau's successor as Liberal leader and Canada's prime minister will soon face a bruising election against a sharp-tongued populist riding a wave of anti-Trudeau sentiment.
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Jamie Ellerton @jellerton.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Still no Ontario. 😔
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