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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 3h

This I did not know.

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 6h

Breaking: The STM's maintenance union will end its strike at 6 a.m. Wednesday to resume negotiations montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

STM maintenance union halts strike to resume talks

The walkout will end at 6 a.m. Wednesday, the union announced Tuesday night.

montrealgazette.com

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Hab fans never let you down. An exciting young teams in the NHL is 10-3-2. One bad period and they lose their minds.
On the other hand, the constant pressure is part of the reason the Habs have achieved sustained excellence.
Look at Toronto, where they sit on their hands, win or lose.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

Whoa!
10-3-2.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 8h

10-3-2.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

Guys are such slack-jawed doofs.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

That's asking a lot.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 10h

Always thought it involved Torts but that could be wrong.

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kay (nick suzuki enjoyer) @linecomposition.bsky.social · 11h

lane hutson's playing in his 100th game tonight #gohabsgo

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Emily Hamilton @emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)

screen grab of Sun Sport artilce about IOC ban for trans women including a picture of Cisgender Boxer Imame Khelife

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t know how anyone who actually understands this technology can even make the mistake of thinking that generative AI resembles in any way human creativity, outside of its ability to steal it on a scale that makes the Louvre heist seem quaint by comparison.

It’s a cultural dead end.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 11h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

www.theguardian.com

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 13h

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?'"]

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 13h

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.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 18h

Well Danault is on the cusp. But yes.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 19h

Eeesh. Writer's workshop. I'd rather eat ground glass. After leading 3 I've concluded that it's the worst job I've ever had in a career that includes shoveling many tons of cow shit and night clerking in a skid road hotel in Vancouver.
My sympathy.

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Stu Cowan @stucowangazette.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 19h

Tough bunch.

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Priyanta Emrith @habsinhighheels.bsky.social · 19h

No shortage of former #Habs players on the L.A. Kings:
- Joel Armia
- Phillip Danault
- Corey Perry
- Joel Edmundson

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VSpeed @vspeedwell.bsky.social · 19h

Looking at you, @tsnofficial.bsky.social , @sportsnet650.bsky.social

『 ary 』 @carteciel.bsky.social · 20h

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

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 22h

No. Not that I know of.

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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 2d

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reggiedunlop 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @reggie-dunlop.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are

As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 1d

Ah!

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Joon Lee @joon.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.”

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · Aug 6

NFL will own 10 percent of ESPN. Factor that into any and all reporting ESPN does on league matters.

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