Brett Pardy
@brettpardy.bsky.social
Social, Cultural, and Media Studies assistant professor interested in media theory and history, film, comics, hockey, and empathy.
As a Canucks fan, this is sounding like a relief. Thank you China.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
As a Canucks fan, this is sounding like a relief. Thank you China.
It seems cruel to make the Vancouver Canucks play another 38 games this season
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
It seems cruel to make the Vancouver Canucks play another 38 games this season
I'm sure a man who's never lived one moment outside hockey culture knows how to fix a deeply broken system
Former Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan to lead review on junior hockey in Ontario
Former Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan to lead review on junior hockey in Ontario
The review aims to “ensure the model in Ontario is athlete-centred, development-focused and has defined pathways” amid ongoing changes in Ontario’s junior hockey landscape.
www.thestar.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm sure a man who's never lived one moment outside hockey culture knows how to fix a deeply broken system
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
Wasn't expecting Global News to be a major figure in Bari Weiss' downfall (she'll unfortunately continue in her role, but at least both her malice and incompetent are more widely known now)
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Wasn't expecting Global News to be a major figure in Bari Weiss' downfall (she'll unfortunately continue in her role, but at least both her malice and incompetent are more widely known now)
Disney decided their long standing core value of suppressing creative labour rights trumped their other long standing core value of zealously expanding copyright law
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Disney decided their long standing core value of suppressing creative labour rights trumped their other long standing core value of zealously expanding copyright law
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Oh no, we can't loose the strict adherence to traditional ideas of gender and sexuality that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so famous for.
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oh no, we can't loose the strict adherence to traditional ideas of gender and sexuality that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so famous for.
The problem is Netflix doesn't even want you to watch movies at home. It wants you to have content on in the background.
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos was previously asked if they're destroying Hollywood
“No, we’re saving Hollywood"
"Folks grew up thinking, ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them ... [and have them] play in the theater for 2 months … It’s an outdated concept"
“No, we’re saving Hollywood"
"Folks grew up thinking, ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them ... [and have them] play in the theater for 2 months … It’s an outdated concept"
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The problem is Netflix doesn't even want you to watch movies at home. It wants you to have content on in the background.
Hockey (men's hockey in particular) could honour Ken Dryden by embracing a culture where players have multiple interests and are encouraged to be curious
September 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hockey (men's hockey in particular) could honour Ken Dryden by embracing a culture where players have multiple interests and are encouraged to be curious
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“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
I can't believe the NHL actually put out a good statement (alas they won't stick to it): globalnews.ca/news/1130336...
NHL says world junior players acquitted of sex assault ‘ineligible’ to play | Globalnews.ca
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote were found not guilty of all charges, but the NHL says they are ineligible to play as it reviews the ruling.
globalnews.ca
July 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I can't believe the NHL actually put out a good statement (alas they won't stick to it): globalnews.ca/news/1130336...
Big media conglomerates love to use the excuse of streaming for why traditional distribution is unprofitable and people largely buy it, but it's just a replication of killing still profitable newspapers because of "the internet". These are mostly ideological cuts.
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Big media conglomerates love to use the excuse of streaming for why traditional distribution is unprofitable and people largely buy it, but it's just a replication of killing still profitable newspapers because of "the internet". These are mostly ideological cuts.
Christmas in July is currently on Hallmark. Christmas in July comes earlier ever year
June 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Christmas in July is currently on Hallmark. Christmas in July comes earlier ever year
New NHL draft format looks like the set of an early 2000s game show
June 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New NHL draft format looks like the set of an early 2000s game show
Featuring my article on how mainstream hockey media offers easy redemption arcs
Check out the magazine of the 2025 Hockey Conference, featuring summaries of many great presentations on critical work around the hockey world:
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umanitoba.ca
June 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Featuring my article on how mainstream hockey media offers easy redemption arcs
I seem to remember when Daniel Sedin took this approach, it was received a lot less heroically
Tkachuk: "We talked about it in the third. If you have to take a punch, take a punch. If you have to take a cross-check, take a cross-check. Spear, slash in the face, whatever the case is, you've got to take it. We just played a really smart game."
June 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I seem to remember when Daniel Sedin took this approach, it was received a lot less heroically
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19 companies that have pulled support of Pride parades, in whole or in part, this year:
Lowe's
Dyson
Nivea
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota
Capital One
UPS
Disney
DoorDash
Live Nation
Anheuser-Busch
Diageo
PepsiCo
Nissan
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Citi
Mastercard
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
Lowe's
Dyson
Nivea
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota
Capital One
UPS
Disney
DoorDash
Live Nation
Anheuser-Busch
Diageo
PepsiCo
Nissan
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Citi
Mastercard
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
19 companies pulling back their support for Pride
For years, major corporations publicly celebrated the LGBTQ community.
popular.info
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
19 companies that have pulled support of Pride parades, in whole or in part, this year:
Lowe's
Dyson
Nivea
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota
Capital One
UPS
Disney
DoorDash
Live Nation
Anheuser-Busch
Diageo
PepsiCo
Nissan
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Citi
Mastercard
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
Lowe's
Dyson
Nivea
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota
Capital One
UPS
Disney
DoorDash
Live Nation
Anheuser-Busch
Diageo
PepsiCo
Nissan
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Citi
Mastercard
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
Excellent start, smart to target the Frost's Canadian stars
Here's your first two signings and a protection: thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
Sources: PWHL Vancouver First Out Of The Gates Signing Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques
Sources have confirmed that PWHL Vancouver is first out of the gates in the PWHL expansion process signing defenders Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques from the Minnesota Frost.
thehockeynews.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Excellent start, smart to target the Frost's Canadian stars
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Prioritizing empathy is needed to combat fascism, especially because fascists are deliberately trying to eliminate empathy from society.
May 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Prioritizing empathy is needed to combat fascism, especially because fascists are deliberately trying to eliminate empathy from society.
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honoured
The dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has won the top prize at the Cannes film festival for his drama It Was Just an Accident, inspired by his stints of imprisonment at the hands of the Iranian government.
The film was the first in many years made by the director after a ban on film-making was lifted – although he has continued to direct despite being expressly forbidden to do so. In 2011, a year after his first arrest, a copy of his drama This Is Not a Film was snuck into Cannes on a USB stick hidden in a cake. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
Pete DeBoer, the Carolina Hurricanes of the Western Conference Finals
May 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Pete DeBoer, the Carolina Hurricanes of the Western Conference Finals
Maybe the Leafs will spend the next year pretending Matthews isn't hurt and just telling him he needs to get in better shape
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Maybe the Leafs will spend the next year pretending Matthews isn't hurt and just telling him he needs to get in better shape
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“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
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“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration