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Samantha Edwards
@samedwards.bsky.social
Online culture reporter at the Globe and Mail
While most have been dazzled by Vladdy, Springer and Yesavage, a smaller, yet passionate, slice of the internet has been obsessed with Dean's hulking presence at the Jays’ home games.

Read my interview with Dean here:
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseb...
‘Swole guys’ behind Blue Jays home plate become viral characters in World Series run
Dean Angelo, a 28-year-old personal trainer and bodybuilder from Toronto, has been attending Jays’ games since he was a kid
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reposted by Samantha Edwards
Excellent reporting from @samedwards.bsky.social on the ways that misogynists are weaponizing the verdict. Everyone should read this story and be alarmed
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yet since the early 2000s, conversations around the necessity of consent videos and other forms of “consent contracts” have circulated in online forums and social media. Later, the videos gained wider traction as a misguided take-away from the #MeToo movement. t.co/WjeWT93K0v
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-hockey-canada-trial-sexual-assault-consent-videos-evidence/
t.co
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Experts I've interviewed said these types videos are not viable evidence in court, since under Canadian law which needs to be continuing, voluntary and can be revoked at any time. t.co/WjeWT93K0v
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-hockey-canada-trial-sexual-assault-consent-videos-evidence/
t.co
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Plus! From David after Dentist to Rebecca Black, we picked the 20 YouTube videos that define the first 20 years. (I know, we probably missed your fav video. Email me at sedwards@globeandmail.com and I'll add it to a followup coming next week!)
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3b8af88...
The 20 YouTube videos that defined the platform’s first 20 years
From the Keyboard Cat to David After the Dentist, here’s a roundup of YouTube’s greatest hits
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
* The 20th anniversary of the first video ever posted is April 23, so we're a week early
** We actually wrote to each other back and forth over a couple days, like long distance pen pals. I'm not this articulate IRL, sorry!!!
April 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM