Scott Stinson
@scottstinson.bsky.social
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Newspaper columnist turned freelance journalist. 🇨🇦 scottstinson.substack.com
My latest newsletter post is about some incredible scenes at World Cup qualifying in Europe.
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Scotland the Brave
The final round of the European qualifiers for the World Cup had some serious bangers
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottstinson/p/scotland-the-brave?r=2v4ji3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I wrote about floor-crossing, and one in particular that is a core newsroom memory. For
@thelineca.bsky.social
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Scott Stinson: Poilievre's in trouble ... but no one is gasping out loud quite yet
Let me tell you when they DID gasp, though ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/scott-stinson-poilievres-in-trouble?r=2v4ji3&utm_medium=ios
6 days ago
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Hot damn, that is some spectacular work from
@rwarnica.bsky.social
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Richard Warnica: Ignorance. Cruelty. Disease: I travelled to the epicentre of Trump’s new America. This is what I found
Trump has radically changed the U.S. But everywhere, there are signs of resistance.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/ignorance-cruelty-disease-i-travelled-to-the-epicentre-of-trumps-new-america-this-is-what/article_a17fa290-19ef-43a5-ab7b-f85dd26842f4.html?gift=1&gift_token=ed02338b-ee54-4ff1-8653-df0a15470899&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InNpZ24tZ2lmdC1saW5rLWtleSJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50aGVzdGFyLmNvbS9vcGluaW9uL2lnbm9yYW5jZS1jcnVlbHR5LWRpc2Vhc2UtaS10cmF2ZWxsZWQtdG8tdGhlLWVwaWNlbnRyZS1vZi10cnVtcHMtbmV3LWFtZXJpY2EtdGhpcy1pcy13aGF0L2FydGljbGVfYTE3ZmEyOTAtMTllZi00M2E1LWFiN2ItZjg1ZGQyNjg0MmY0Lmh0bWw_Z2lmdD0xJmdpZnRfdG9rZW49ZWQwMjMzOGItZWU1NC00ZmYxLTg2NTMtZGYwYTE1NDcwODk5IiwiaWF0IjoxNzYzMDUwOTcwLCJleHAiOjE3NjMzMTAxNzB9.Ji9TYAorefSUJXJt0r015hrn_LwdY_sej-a2Ty3HgwO_Lgth1wZRYuT3W7_VI4U-rAswz8huo9L3hrFyL22BV3nQX_0a6bf2VBY6-HEVhifuWiMI8c24jceh2L_Y7nNxM8tFXmQQEZZ6Li6dQZUozJoVX49HQslmqkfT3QBTe-jUfH2ugWm6ENTGc2faIhsl1EnHjMFPKFcOS-lrF98Fl-TvZCpkf3mRmss3Wij0EB0hv8G06HJgFL1Y0RaYlEmggH0UDeZ-9RJGQj_N7TSQ1FZ-yXoDGohDjJgu7PgKU9Txu3lztjSM6bC53mXzS8SbuvtUL8BDXZBIt4sN51WJWw
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Also: my take from Budget Day (budget evening, technically) on whether an election is in on the horizon. For Global News dot ca
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COMMENTARY: Opposition parties will huff and puff about Budget 2025 but will let it pass - National | Globalnews.ca
When votes that could cause the government to fall come around, thoughts turn to which party’s interest is best served by an election. In this case, the answer is none of them.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11510086/federal-budget-2025-politics/
14 days ago
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For
@thelineca.bsky.social
, wrote on the Great Baseball Ticket Crisis of 2025 Price caps aren’t the answer, but Ticketmaster still sucks.
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Scott Stinson: Ticketmaster is awful — but you can't set a cap on luxury prices
Populist blather about event prices ignores the reality — people are going to find ways to sell things for a profit.
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/scott-stinson-ticketmaster-is-awful?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
14 days ago
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On Bonds and Clemens being on a Hall of Fame ballot again, and baseball’s unwillingness to acknowledge its own history:
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Stop trying to rewrite baseball history. Let the Steroid Era into the HOF
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are back on a Hall of Fame ballot, which means voters have another chance to properly acknowledge baseball's history.It's a chance they should absolutely take. It's also ...
https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3388633
14 days ago
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That is a lot of heartbroken Canadians.
add a skeleton here at some point
16 days ago
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Too high
18 days ago
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Congratulations, everyone, for finally making it to the end. Of that WestJet ad with the lady and the face paint.
18 days ago
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Never a good sign when your scandals require a timeline
19 days ago
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I would like credit for coining the nickname, The Treyminator. Thank you.
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COMMENTARY: Jays send out the Treyminator and the mightiest Dodgers cower | Globalnews.ca
It was cruelly absurd stuff. He wasn’t just dealing with All-Stars like Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman; he was making them look foolish.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11502130/blue-jays-world-series-game-five-yesavage-pitcher-treyminator/
20 days ago
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Shout out to all the kids who have a hard cap on trick or treating at 8 pm on Friday.
20 days ago
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Gourmet Spud
about 1 month ago
Do you like Kiner-Falefa? Getting caught in the rain?
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It seems like the World Series umps should be better than normal?
21 days ago
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Richard Warnica
21 days ago
Wonderful to have an old Post friend in the Star today.
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The narratives that are built around a team often fail to hold up in the spotlight. Not so the Toronto Blue Jays of 2025.
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COMMENTARY: Never-say-die Blue Jays show they can be as superhuman as Ohtani | Globalnews.ca
The Jays didn’t deliver the fatal shot down the thermal exhaust port of the Death Star Dodgers, but they have breached the outer defences.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11500049/blue-jays-world-series-game-four-ohtani-bieber-pitching/
21 days ago
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Shohei Ohtani will get exactly zero opportunities to swing the bat now.
22 days ago
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The most surprising revelation about this Blue Jays run is that Keanu Reeves is some kind of weird shut-in.
23 days ago
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Wrote some more about the baseball.
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Jays ask Scherzer to turn back clock again as World Series shifts to L.A.
It still feels like something of a fever dream that Max Scherzer will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays.The guy with the legendary intensity and the impressive playoff resume ...
https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3379718
23 days ago
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The Jays need to start sitting on Yamamoto's curveball. Or the four-seam fastball. Or the cutter. Or the slider. Or the splitter. OK, starting to see the problem here.
25 days ago
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oh nothing, just the most emotional moment i've ever heard from a broadcast pair. my word.
25 days ago
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wtf, MLB
25 days ago
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Gourmet Spud
25 days ago
Honestly our behind home plate fans have been an embarrassment. Sweater saying guy needs to be tossed.
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Wrote about the baseball:
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COMMENTARY: Couch-surfing Barger and Blue Jays show world they can’t be underestimated | Globalnews.ca
The Jays have some big stars, but Barger represents the other element that has been key to their success: guys who scratched and clawed their way on to a major-league roster
https://globalnews.ca/news/11494577/blue-jays-world-series-game-one-barger-home-run/
25 days ago
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The Toronto Blue Jays were once a model franchise, winners of back-to-back championships. It has taken a while, but they are back in the final series of the MLB season. On a long wait, and the slugger who finally led them there:
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The Blue Jays' patience pays off: This is how it looks when a half-billion-dollar slugger peaks
The Blue Jays' patience pays off: This is how it looks when a half-billion-dollar slugger peaks.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-blue-jays-patience-pays-off-this-is-how-it-looks-when-a-half-billion-dollar-slugger-peaks
26 days ago
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It’s the hobbits versus the orcs as the Jays take on the Dodgers in the World Series. Or something like that.
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The Dodgers are the Death Star, but the Blue Jays have nothing to lose
Toronto Blue Jays fans of a certain age will remember the last time the team went into a playoff series in which it seemed significantly overmatched.It was 1989, a building called the SkyDome had just...
https://thescore.com/mlb/news/3376062
27 days ago
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That strike 3 call had Enrico Pallazzo vibes.
29 days ago
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Now pivoting to wondering how they are going to manage six more outs.
30 days ago
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Holy shitballs.
30 days ago
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Whole generations of Jays fans have never seen a Game 7 in the playoffs. (Do not look up the last one.)
about 1 month ago
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Home-field advantage: not meaningless!
about 1 month ago
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You know things are getting serious when the broadcast goes to Eugene Levy and Geddy Lee on back to back crowd shots.
about 1 month ago
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Carrie Tait
about 1 month ago
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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It seems impossible that Vlad hit just 23 home runs over the regular season. They seem so effortless now.
about 1 month ago
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Some Yankees-ass fielding going on here.
about 1 month ago
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Over at my newsletter, I wrote about art, the Dutch masters, and what computers don’t do.
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The finest of brushes
A trip to the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century is a good reminder of what computer-generated art cannot do
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottstinson/p/the-finest-of-brushes?r=2v4ji3&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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After a trip to Belgium and the Netherlands, I wrote about bike lanes, mythical giants, and Doug Ford.
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Two wheels good, four wheels bad
On a trip to the Low Countries, some Canadians discover what it is like to go cycling in the land of the bike.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottstinson/p/two-wheels-good-four-wheels-bad?r=2v4ji3&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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It seems like it would be miraculous to win an ALCS with Jeff Hoffman as the closer, but they just won the ALDS with Jeff Hoffman as the closer, so….
about 1 month ago
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Once again, Donald Trump has managed to be even worse than expected.
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The frog and the boiling water
The United States isn't sliding toward authoritarianism. It's already there
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottstinson/p/the-frog-and-the-boiling-water?r=2v4ji3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
2 months ago
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It seems notable that none of the outlets reporting on the Jimmy Kimmel cancellation even know what he said that was so shockingly controversial.
2 months ago
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Richard Warnica
2 months ago
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Richard Warnica: Why Charlie Kirk’s death won’t change anything
Even as high-profile a murder as this one seems unlikely to change much. Death and guns are just too part and parcel of American life.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/why-charlie-kirks-death-wont-change-anything/article_787e1488-86eb-4193-bcad-cbf816e75387.html
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On the CMNT, a team that looks very much like Canada these days
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Marsch-ing across Europe
Yes, I can still make a pun headline out of the Canadian soccer coach's name
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottstinson/p/marsch-ing-across-europe?r=2v4ji3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
2 months ago
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Bruce Arthur
2 months ago
In 2019 Kawhi Leonard’s uncle asked the Raptors for a piece of the Leafs and a Paul George trade, but also for two notable extras: no-show sponsorships, and ownership shares in outside companies. Which he seems to have gotten with Aspiration, and the Clippers.
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Inside Kawhi Leonard’s bizarre list of secret demands from Raptors and how they line up with the alleged Clippers deal
During 2019 contract talks, Leonard’s camp wanted a trade for Paul George, Leafs shares and at least $10 million a year in no-show sponsorship income.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/inside-kawhi-leonard-s-bizarre-list-of-secret-demands-from-raptors-and-how-they-line/article_9f1b0398-0ebd-4193-bc06-798efda95023.html
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The Toronto Indy is moving to Markham. Bad idea jeans.
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Scott Stinson: Markham will host the Toronto Indy next year. I live in Markham. This is a very bad idea
The ways in which the planned site for the 2026 race seems ill-suited to high-speed motorsports are many and varied.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/markham-will-host-the-toronto-indy-next-year-i-live-in-markham-this-is-a/article_920ee5d0-c40c-454f-82c9-8116f7a71587.html
2 months ago
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Instead of trading Micah Parsons, maybe Jerry Jones should have punched himself repeatedly in the face.
3 months ago
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Wrote about the 401 mega tunnel. Bad idea! For
@thestar.com
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Scott Stinson: Am I taking crazy pills, or is Doug Ford still talking about putting a tunnel under Highway 401?
No one brainstorming transit solutions jots down “underground highway” as a starting point.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/am-i-taking-crazy-pills-or-is-doug-ford-still-talking-about-putting-a-tunnel/article_086f0290-30e2-43a8-8981-177a6a8f26fa.html
3 months ago
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Wrote about our new coyote overlords. For
@thestar.com
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https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/urban-wildlife-is-inevitable-but-do-we-need-to-be-so-accommodating-to-our-new/article_5c21a698-c240-488d-a0f6-edc2ef504fa1.html?gift=1&gift_token=d20aee96-f37b-4945-98e0-212d04652e65
4 months ago
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Carrie Tait
4 months ago
Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.
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Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-globe-and-mail-reporter-targeted-by-online-campaign-photographed/
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Personally, I think it will be interesting to see if the Blue Jays can win every one of their 73 remaining games.
5 months ago
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Thanks to friends at
@thelineca.bsky.social
for letting me vent about self-checkouts.
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Minor Irritants: I have been drafted by my local supermarket
Scott Stinson on making an unplanned, unpaid return to working in a grocery store
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/minor-irritants-i-have-been-drafted?r=2v4ji3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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