Mattea Roach
@mattearoach.bsky.social
host of Bookends on CBC Radio/podcast platforms everywhere, former 23x Jeopardy champion, slowly also writing // everything that happens will happen today
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Bruce Arthur: These Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame ‘what if’ team. The World Series loss just makes the heartbreak worse
This World Series will echo across Canada for decades, because Toronto lost the MLB championship in one of the greatest baseball games ever played.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
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CBC presents This Hour has 22 Innings
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
CBC presents This Hour has 22 Innings
Alejandro Kirk is a Scorpio and this is his season let’s GO
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Alejandro Kirk is a Scorpio and this is his season let’s GO
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YOU READY SHOHEI??????????????
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YOU READY SHOHEI??????????????
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My @thestar.com column this week: after Toronto Council requested reports on potential new rules for activities like raves, jet ski riding and pickleball, I’ve got an important reminder: it is a very good thing that people are having fun in the city.
Fun is good.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Fun is good.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Now, Toronto has noisy pickleball games in its crosshairs. Are we becoming the City That Fun Forgot?
Tending to the whims of grumblers might make for good politics in election season, but it often makes for lousy governance.
www.thestar.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: after Toronto Council requested reports on potential new rules for activities like raves, jet ski riding and pickleball, I’ve got an important reminder: it is a very good thing that people are having fun in the city.
Fun is good.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Fun is good.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Every day is a beautiful day to live in Toronto but TODAY MOST OF ALL!!!!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every day is a beautiful day to live in Toronto but TODAY MOST OF ALL!!!!!
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“One day we will be brought to the [International Criminal Court in the Hague], not because of Gaza, because of what happens in the West Bank and we will have no good defence. Because it happens in front of our eyes and no one seems to care.” - former Israeli PM Olmert: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank, critics say | CBC News
Tax deductible donations made by Canadians to groups that financially support West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law are continuing in the face of escalating attacks on Palesti...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“One day we will be brought to the [International Criminal Court in the Hague], not because of Gaza, because of what happens in the West Bank and we will have no good defence. Because it happens in front of our eyes and no one seems to care.” - former Israeli PM Olmert: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Any time I have to drive anywhere to run an errand I start to understand within about ten minutes why so many regular drivers’ views on municipal politics seem to be entirely informed by shit like traffic and parking. I don’t think it’s right but I get it!!
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Any time I have to drive anywhere to run an errand I start to understand within about ten minutes why so many regular drivers’ views on municipal politics seem to be entirely informed by shit like traffic and parking. I don’t think it’s right but I get it!!
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Between the purge of late night comedians, Trump allies buying up TV networks, Hollywood studios and social media platforms, and news organizations getting slapped with multi-billion dollar lawsuits, there is a full-court press to dismantle the information systems propping up American democracy
ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” Over Charlie Kirk Comments
The network’s decision comes after affiliate group Nexstar said it would pull the late-night show, and the chairman of the FCC suggested he might take action against ABC.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Between the purge of late night comedians, Trump allies buying up TV networks, Hollywood studios and social media platforms, and news organizations getting slapped with multi-billion dollar lawsuits, there is a full-court press to dismantle the information systems propping up American democracy
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Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We are prepared to help get rid of them,' Ont. government says after 16 speed cameras vandalized | CBC News
Sixteen Toronto speed cameras were found damaged on Tuesday morning, only two days after the Parkside Drive speed camera was cut down for the seventh time in less than a year.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tried to do a good deed by letting my brother borrow my carry-on suitcase to go back to NS bc his is broken… now I have to go to NS as well so guess who’s stuck using the busted suitcase 🙄
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tried to do a good deed by letting my brother borrow my carry-on suitcase to go back to NS bc his is broken… now I have to go to NS as well so guess who’s stuck using the busted suitcase 🙄
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Last weekend I injured my calf in a manner befitting someone at least twice my age, and now my biggest concern is whether I can hobble to Oasis NEXT weekend without incurring permanent damage… it’s a hard knock life
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Last weekend I injured my calf in a manner befitting someone at least twice my age, and now my biggest concern is whether I can hobble to Oasis NEXT weekend without incurring permanent damage… it’s a hard knock life
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The five brave Palestinian journalists whom Israel targeted and killed today (left-right):
-Anas al-Sharif (correspondent)
-Mohammed Qreiqeh (correspondent) -Ibrahim Zaher (camera operator)
-Muhammad Al-Khalidi (photojournalist)
-Mohammed Noufal (camera operator)
-Moamen Aliwa (camera operator)
-Anas al-Sharif (correspondent)
-Mohammed Qreiqeh (correspondent) -Ibrahim Zaher (camera operator)
-Muhammad Al-Khalidi (photojournalist)
-Mohammed Noufal (camera operator)
-Moamen Aliwa (camera operator)
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The five brave Palestinian journalists whom Israel targeted and killed today (left-right):
-Anas al-Sharif (correspondent)
-Mohammed Qreiqeh (correspondent) -Ibrahim Zaher (camera operator)
-Muhammad Al-Khalidi (photojournalist)
-Mohammed Noufal (camera operator)
-Moamen Aliwa (camera operator)
-Anas al-Sharif (correspondent)
-Mohammed Qreiqeh (correspondent) -Ibrahim Zaher (camera operator)
-Muhammad Al-Khalidi (photojournalist)
-Mohammed Noufal (camera operator)
-Moamen Aliwa (camera operator)
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Good post by Fred DeLorey, pushing back against complaints (from non-Nova Scotians?) about Nova Scotia's fire prevention measures.
freddelorey.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...
freddelorey.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Good post by Fred DeLorey, pushing back against complaints (from non-Nova Scotians?) about Nova Scotia's fire prevention measures.
freddelorey.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...
freddelorey.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...
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A journalist with Canada’s public broadcaster was not allowed on the Canadian plane air dropping aid into Gaza because of Israeli restrictions.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
August 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A journalist with Canada’s public broadcaster was not allowed on the Canadian plane air dropping aid into Gaza because of Israeli restrictions.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
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Walter Benjamin, “The Storyteller” (1936)
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Walter Benjamin, “The Storyteller” (1936)
How many books do you need for a weekend at the cottage - probably five or six, surely? How many pairs of socks? Two should be enough
July 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How many books do you need for a weekend at the cottage - probably five or six, surely? How many pairs of socks? Two should be enough
Bought a new air conditioner from (redacted big box store) and immediately started getting instagram ads from the same store for the exact air conditioner I just bought… great work, all involved
July 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Bought a new air conditioner from (redacted big box store) and immediately started getting instagram ads from the same store for the exact air conditioner I just bought… great work, all involved
Missing basically everything to do with Pride this year bc I have to move apartments but on the bright (?) side I am spending the day of the dyke march cruising around in a uhaul… very on theme
June 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Missing basically everything to do with Pride this year bc I have to move apartments but on the bright (?) side I am spending the day of the dyke march cruising around in a uhaul… very on theme
A real toxic trait of mine is I will compare any location I ever visit in terms of how much I like it compared to Cape Breton
May 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A real toxic trait of mine is I will compare any location I ever visit in terms of how much I like it compared to Cape Breton
Love to watch Jeopardy Masters and hear proper nouns I’ve never heard before in my life
May 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Love to watch Jeopardy Masters and hear proper nouns I’ve never heard before in my life
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cheer up Toronto, they've set the precedent that mid-size Great Lakes metros can also have Cardinals that become Popes, we'll get it next time
May 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
cheer up Toronto, they've set the precedent that mid-size Great Lakes metros can also have Cardinals that become Popes, we'll get it next time
It’s all hands on deck for election coverage at the CBC tonight and they’ve even got me (a humble arts and culture host) doing coverage. Catch some of Canada’s sharpest political journalists and also me on the Front Burner livestream from 8pm ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYxM...
Election night's biggest moments | Front Burner Live
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It’s all hands on deck for election coverage at the CBC tonight and they’ve even got me (a humble arts and culture host) doing coverage. Catch some of Canada’s sharpest political journalists and also me on the Front Burner livestream from 8pm ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYxM...