Jack Todd
@jacktodd.bsky.social
Sports columnist covering the Montreal Canadiens since 1994.
Leftist since before you were born.
Leftist since before you were born.
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I need everyone who uses AI to generate art & text to notice what Vince Gilligan says here. You're surrendering your brain, your creativity, the divine spark within you to a machine. Someday you'll wake up and find you're no longer capable of writing or thinking. And for what?
![["When your selling point is: 'This thing is great, it'll write your high school essays for you, it'll create your artwork for you if you're an artist, so you don't have to actually learn how to draw and paint anymore ... You don't ever need to learn how to read a map or use a compass ... this this will wipe your butt for you.' What's left to live for? The creative spark in human beings - it's one of the most precious, wonderful things we have. What is more important than being creative?'"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiazbvzipuugud3dfrlmwalqxgfkzqkm6hhhnc4deh22bwaxnmz5p4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I need everyone who uses AI to generate art & text to notice what Vince Gilligan says here. You're surrendering your brain, your creativity, the divine spark within you to a machine. Someday you'll wake up and find you're no longer capable of writing or thinking. And for what?
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A spoon of electricity –
that’s what I can say about today in Kyiv.
Power outages are long.
But, as I once said, I try to do regular things during them
(well, the ones I can).
Life goes on,
just often in darkness.
that’s what I can say about today in Kyiv.
Power outages are long.
But, as I once said, I try to do regular things during them
(well, the ones I can).
Life goes on,
just often in darkness.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A spoon of electricity –
that’s what I can say about today in Kyiv.
Power outages are long.
But, as I once said, I try to do regular things during them
(well, the ones I can).
Life goes on,
just often in darkness.
that’s what I can say about today in Kyiv.
Power outages are long.
But, as I once said, I try to do regular things during them
(well, the ones I can).
Life goes on,
just often in darkness.
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THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY
Nov. 11, 1989: Larry Robinson played for the first game against his former team as the Kings beat the Canadiens 5-4 in Los Angeles. The Hall of Famer signed with the Kings after spending 17 seasons with the Canadiens.
Nov. 11, 1989: Larry Robinson played for the first game against his former team as the Kings beat the Canadiens 5-4 in Los Angeles. The Hall of Famer signed with the Kings after spending 17 seasons with the Canadiens.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY
Nov. 11, 1989: Larry Robinson played for the first game against his former team as the Kings beat the Canadiens 5-4 in Los Angeles. The Hall of Famer signed with the Kings after spending 17 seasons with the Canadiens.
Nov. 11, 1989: Larry Robinson played for the first game against his former team as the Kings beat the Canadiens 5-4 in Los Angeles. The Hall of Famer signed with the Kings after spending 17 seasons with the Canadiens.
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Looking at you, @tsnofficial.bsky.social , @sportsnet650.bsky.social
Sport's embrace of online gambling, and the complicity of analysts and journalists to accept sponsorship from betting companies, is a scourge on society: mentalhealthcommission.ca/money-mental...
Breaking the Cycle
One student’s recovery from gambling addiction offers hope—and lessons—for a generation under financial and mental strain.
mentalhealthcommission.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Looking at you, @tsnofficial.bsky.social , @sportsnet650.bsky.social
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The NFL will own 10% of ESPN, which licenses its name to a sportsbook.
The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling.
Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”
The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling.
Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”
NFL will own 10 percent of ESPN. Factor that into any and all reporting ESPN does on league matters.
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The NFL will own 10% of ESPN, which licenses its name to a sportsbook.
The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling.
Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”
The NFL will directly profit from sports gambling.
Goodell said in 2017, “We still strongly oppose legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is No. 1. We will not compromise on that.”
Christ on a bike.
My story on Marc Bergevin getting hired as GM of Team Canada for the Spengler Cup with fourth anniversary of him getting fired by the Canadiens approaching #Habs: montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
Former Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin nets job with Canada's Spengler Cup team
Lands first general manager's post since he was fired by Habs nearly four years ago after his 10-year run in Montreal resulted in a rebuild.
montrealgazette.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Christ on a bike.
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#Habs captain Nick Suzuki taking therapy day today and not practising with teammates. He also took a therapy day last Wednesday and missed practice. Suzuki has never missed a game during his 7-year NHL career, playing in 470 consecutive games. Photo by The Gazette's John Mahoney
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#Habs captain Nick Suzuki taking therapy day today and not practising with teammates. He also took a therapy day last Wednesday and missed practice. Suzuki has never missed a game during his 7-year NHL career, playing in 470 consecutive games. Photo by The Gazette's John Mahoney
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Without wanting to stick my oar in too far:
It's possible to recognise that we have a higher standard of living now than in the past and *also* to believe that inequitable distribution is wrong and that widespread precarity for everyone but the very rich should be fought tooth and nail.
It's possible to recognise that we have a higher standard of living now than in the past and *also* to believe that inequitable distribution is wrong and that widespread precarity for everyone but the very rich should be fought tooth and nail.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Without wanting to stick my oar in too far:
It's possible to recognise that we have a higher standard of living now than in the past and *also* to believe that inequitable distribution is wrong and that widespread precarity for everyone but the very rich should be fought tooth and nail.
It's possible to recognise that we have a higher standard of living now than in the past and *also* to believe that inequitable distribution is wrong and that widespread precarity for everyone but the very rich should be fought tooth and nail.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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My column on the Canadiens' 6-2 win over Utah Mammoth Saturday night at the Bell Centre, improving their record to 10-3-2. After 15 games last season #Habs were 4-9-2. What a difference a year makes: montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
Cowan: What a difference a year makes for the Canadiens
Montreal is in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 9-3-2 record after beating the Utah Mammoth 6-2 at the Bell Centre.
montrealgazette.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My column on the Canadiens' 6-2 win over Utah Mammoth Saturday night at the Bell Centre, improving their record to 10-3-2. After 15 games last season #Habs were 4-9-2. What a difference a year makes: montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
Meanwhile the Nordiques looking pretty good too...
I’ll take this and a bad PP over the reverse. Incredible stats for the Avs. Via @dimfilipovic.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Meanwhile the Nordiques looking pretty good too...
If Kirby Dach keeps playing the way he is now, it turns out we didn't know how good Kent Hughes really is.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If Kirby Dach keeps playing the way he is now, it turns out we didn't know how good Kent Hughes really is.
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life is good for me
The Avs have two more goals in tonight's game than the New York Rangers have in seven home games this season
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
life is good for me
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Ahem
Goal differential is a favourite stat of mine to measure how good a line is.
With the two tonight, Suzuki lines goal differential is now plus-8.
Only one line is higher in the league than that - the Strome line in Washington who are plus 9
Suzuki's line was best in the league last season.
With the two tonight, Suzuki lines goal differential is now plus-8.
Only one line is higher in the league than that - the Strome line in Washington who are plus 9
Suzuki's line was best in the league last season.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ahem
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Well I'll be damned.
Habs finish the game cooking with gas.
Habs finish the game cooking with gas.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Well I'll be damned.
Habs finish the game cooking with gas.
Habs finish the game cooking with gas.
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#FunFact: with #Habs Oliver Kapanen & Ivan Demidov reaching double-digit point totals already, the #GoHabsGo have multiple rookies with 10+ points through the team’s first 15 games of a season for first time in 40 years and only the 4th time in the modern era (since 1943-44)!
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
TSN's weird crush on Luke Willson is doing to CFL broadcasts what Garry Galley did to the Habs on Sportsnet:
Driving me to the French broadcast on RDS, which is superior to anyway.
Why is TSN trying to make a star of Mr. Mullett? Hoping it will make Glen Suitor look like a genius?
Driving me to the French broadcast on RDS, which is superior to anyway.
Why is TSN trying to make a star of Mr. Mullett? Hoping it will make Glen Suitor look like a genius?
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
TSN's weird crush on Luke Willson is doing to CFL broadcasts what Garry Galley did to the Habs on Sportsnet:
Driving me to the French broadcast on RDS, which is superior to anyway.
Why is TSN trying to make a star of Mr. Mullett? Hoping it will make Glen Suitor look like a genius?
Driving me to the French broadcast on RDS, which is superior to anyway.
Why is TSN trying to make a star of Mr. Mullett? Hoping it will make Glen Suitor look like a genius?
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This outage schedule for tomorrow
in our district of Kyiv
says everything about the damage
russia caused last night.
We have electricity in the white squares.
Mostly at night, yeah 🙈
in our district of Kyiv
says everything about the damage
russia caused last night.
We have electricity in the white squares.
Mostly at night, yeah 🙈
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This outage schedule for tomorrow
in our district of Kyiv
says everything about the damage
russia caused last night.
We have electricity in the white squares.
Mostly at night, yeah 🙈
in our district of Kyiv
says everything about the damage
russia caused last night.
We have electricity in the white squares.
Mostly at night, yeah 🙈
Also doubles tennis is dazzling. Never get why more people don't watch.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Also doubles tennis is dazzling. Never get why more people don't watch.