Nick Hune-Brown
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
Toronto magazine writer and executive editor @thelocal.to. Here for smart long-form articles and dumb basketball posts. Email nick@thelocal.to
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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I'm curious to hear about people's experiences with Health811 (formerly Telehealth Ontario), good or bad. Please DM or email me: wency@thelocal.to
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm curious to hear about people's experiences with Health811 (formerly Telehealth Ontario), good or bad. Please DM or email me: wency@thelocal.to
Baseball, such a game of inches. That was so close to being the greatest World Series ever but instead is probably the worst thing I've ever seen?
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Baseball, such a game of inches. That was so close to being the greatest World Series ever but instead is probably the worst thing I've ever seen?
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So close. Centimetres.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So close. Centimetres.
Oh my god. Having a team in an epic World Series is probably the worst thing that's ever happened to me
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Oh my god. Having a team in an epic World Series is probably the worst thing that's ever happened to me
Vladdy, what a hero
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Vladdy, what a hero
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This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
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if they have to bring in a position player to pitch all the pitchers from earlier in the game should have to bat
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
if they have to bring in a position player to pitch all the pitchers from earlier in the game should have to bat
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They’re cooking over on /r/baseball right now
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
They’re cooking over on /r/baseball right now
But everyone told me the Dodgers bullpen was terrible
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
But everyone told me the Dodgers bullpen was terrible
Fine, my defences are down, just give me the full-body MRI they keep advertising
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Fine, my defences are down, just give me the full-body MRI they keep advertising
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At least I’ve had time to get over that Bichette pick off
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
At least I’ve had time to get over that Bichette pick off
What a game, I absolutely hate it
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
What a game, I absolutely hate it
When you make a team with as much as much heart as the Jays stand for a minute and really consider everyone they’ve ever lost to cancer that’s obviously gonna have an effect.
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
When you make a team with as much as much heart as the Jays stand for a minute and really consider everyone they’ve ever lost to cancer that’s obviously gonna have an effect.
I blame the Jonas Brothers
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I blame the Jonas Brothers
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I’m in standing room at @torontobluejays.bsky.social , behind accessible seating, where a kid/teen in a wheelchair is distraught because he can’t see anything with everyone standing up. If anyone happens to be in a box or something with extra seats, this is your chance to do a good deed.
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’m in standing room at @torontobluejays.bsky.social , behind accessible seating, where a kid/teen in a wheelchair is distraught because he can’t see anything with everyone standing up. If anyone happens to be in a box or something with extra seats, this is your chance to do a good deed.
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I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
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The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
Big story about a burgeoning young conservative movement from an event at UTM that brought in a crowd of (checks second graf)... 50 people. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement | CBC News
By asking how to 'restore the North,' Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand Charlie Kirk's U.S. campus tour movement — and ignite a national conversation here in Canada.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Big story about a burgeoning young conservative movement from an event at UTM that brought in a crowd of (checks second graf)... 50 people. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Applications for our Early-Career Journalism Fellowship are now open! The fellowship, a joint undertaking with @thephilanthropist.ca, provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society. thelocal.to/early-career...
Early-Career Journalism Fellowship
The fellowship provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society.
thelocal.to
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Applications for our Early-Career Journalism Fellowship are now open! The fellowship, a joint undertaking with @thephilanthropist.ca, provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society. thelocal.to/early-career...
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PSA: Drake belongs to the Raptors he has nothing to do with the Blue Jays don’t associate him with the Blue Jays thank you
The Jays do not have to avenge Drake
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
PSA: Drake belongs to the Raptors he has nothing to do with the Blue Jays don’t associate him with the Blue Jays thank you
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YOU READY SHOHEI??????????????
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YOU READY SHOHEI??????????????
Has anyone done a full investigation into how that one distractingly jacked guy behind home plate in the Yankees series became THREE jacked dudes during last night Jays game? And how many will there be in game seven??
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Has anyone done a full investigation into how that one distractingly jacked guy behind home plate in the Yankees series became THREE jacked dudes during last night Jays game? And how many will there be in game seven??