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The crowd was so loud today. NO ONE is leaving for the George and Max farewells. The boys were bruised and broken and maybe could have done better, but man, Blue Jays baseball is alive and well in Canada.

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Cursed Jays season. Came alive in the dog days of summer and made the season fun at the end, but were too banged up and the hole they’d dug was too deep to get out of. Sometimes, you’d squint and see greatness. And others, the good was hard to spot. But it was still grand to cheer for these boys.

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Truly, what a gift to have been able to cheer for George Springer and Max Scherzer as Toronto Blue Jays.

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Incredible wrestling move right there from John Schneider, running to take Scherzer “out of the game,” playing the heel, and then leaving him in to thunderous applause. A+ cheap heat.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s a good thing the Jays are having a nice final game because the games that actually mean something today are all defaulting to the most boring possible outcomes.

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And because of how imbalanced the AL is this year, and MLB's commitment to a seeded tournament, whoever wins that awful division arguably has an easier path to the League Championship series than the top-performing Rays, Yankees, or Red Sox. Baseball, baby!

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With the Jays eliminated, my favourite MLB playoff race is the AL West, where one of these teams will, at BEST, tie the all-time record for fewest wins (82) by an MLB division winner. More likely, the record is broken — and the prospect of the ENTIRE division ending under .500 is still in play.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pete Alonso using a sledgehammer as his warm up bat is very silly, but I think it's juuuuust on the side of silly-good versus silly-bad. Maybe.

Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A fittingly cursed end to a bruised, broken year of baseball misfortune: Blue Jays finally begin to look like a passable (though hardly great) offensive team (Sept is their best month of the season by OPS)… and they just run of pitching.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not the preferred outcome, but honestly some relief treating tonight’s game - Cease clearly spent, game quickly out of hand - as the end of the Jays’ playoff hopes. They made a run, but runway’s run out. 8 more games to enjoy on their own terms, and preparing to bid farewell to Old Man Springer.

Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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...

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Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament

Thank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have MANY QUALMS about the particulars of Mark Carney's government, but his capacity to delivering substantial and insightful remarks on the global stage is... rather unparalleled in the modern Canadian era? Maybe even unparalleled within a wider lens of comparison?

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And the Guardians, down to their last strike, get a two-run double to walk off the White Sox and gain a game on the Jays. Saxophones getting louder.

Like… if you’re asking a pitcher who wasn’t good enough FOR THE ROCKIES to be your long man in a bullpen day when you’re fighting for the last gasps of your playoff hopes… it’s clearly not how you drew up this point in the season.

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That said: you don’t have to squint much to see how a healthier team can compete next year (if there is a next year). Since the trade deadline, they’ve been among the best teams in baseball. They won multiple series against the league’s top teams. They just need to do it for 162 games, not 40.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glad the Blue Jays found a groove in August to make things interesting, but this team is too broken, too beleaguered, and just not complete enough. Played too mediocre for too long and now there’s just not enough time or gas in the tank left to make it up.

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Not quite the same play — not a potential game-ender, for one — but man, why do I feel like that Varland error against the Tigers is going to be a hindsight dagger the way Semien’s error against the Tigers was in 2021?

Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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.

Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BACK 2 BACK 2 BACK BLUE JAYS WE ARE SO BACK

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

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For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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.

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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The Cardinals, in response to home-plate umpire Doug Eddings telling rookie Hancel Rincon to fix his hat last night, all wore tipped caps in their dugout tonight. The Rockies did, as well, after Eddings claimed Hunter Goodman asked for Rincon to fix his hat, something Goodman strongly denied.

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026

"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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Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)

Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s Taskmaster day, master taskers

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/09/2026

Imagine giving Baudrillard different kinds of Gatorade to try and watching him get progressively more depressed as you told him the names of each flavor

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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...

Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Funky Fred’s Video Rentals. First place we rented a NES from along with too many VHS tapes to mention. My recollection of the community gossip was it closed because its tax returns were as funky as the rentals.

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 31/08/2026

this is an all-timer reaction gif

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America 'not at war' with Canada, insists U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent | CBC News

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.

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United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted his country is "not at war" with Canada, then proceeded to mock the threat Canada could pose to his country with "submarines from the Edmonton m...

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Doubt we'll get an answer as to WHY the team didn't bite on Robert Jr., but if the idea was that Daz Cameron / Myles Straw + $5M in your pocket is the better right-handed outfielder option for the rest of the season... I have my doubts? (Then again, not my money.)

Wasn't totally on the "claim Luis Robert Jr" train for the Jays, but it wasn't NOT compelling. Now, with news that the Jays passed AND the Orioles reportedly claiming him... gonna be quite the sliding doors moment if he makes a big contribution in those all-important Toronto/Baltimore games.

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Radiohead, NYC, 2011, Roseland Ballroom. Managed to grab tickets knowing I was scheduled to fly to NY the day after for All Tomorrow’s Parties fest in NJ. Got flight moved just in time… and ended the night on the tarmac after 5+ hrs as NYC thunderstorms kept us from taking off and our crew timed out

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Same, son

little league kid says dream job is retirement

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Ryan McNutt @mcnutt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It is so over, again. BUT WILL IT BE SO BACK AGAIN?!?