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J. Kelly Nestruck

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The Globe and Mail television critic and recovering theatre critic. Find me by email at [email protected]. 🇨🇦

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 12d

Suresh Doss's new show, premiering on CBC Gem Sunday, is the Canadian food un-travel show I've long hungered for. Michelin, Schmichlin - help me understand the cuisine of the GTA strip malls.
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What to watch this weekend: Locals Welcome is a welcome new CBC food show; Saturday Night Live returns in satire-silencing times

Get to know Kneecap, the recently released denied entry to Canada, for free on Hoopla

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 3h

I can't believe there's a high school in Toronto still named after Earl Haig. Does not reflect well on the history departments there for the last century.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4h

Wouldn't read too much into typos on any shallow-thinking micro-blogging medium. What is real is the scandal that half the bars in Toronto misspell Caesar on their sandwich boards.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4h

The sustained increase in youth suspects implicated in homicides in Toronto over the past few years is a legit concern - but the fact the Youth Criminal Justice Act was passed 20 years ago suggests it has nothing to do with it. I'd put economics and the pandemic higher on the suspect list.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4h

Youth suspects implicated in homicides in Toronto is not up year-over-year in a statistically significant way - roughly the same number so far in 24 as 25. They're up as a proportion year-over-year because Toronto homicides overall are tracking a three-decade low.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4h

The Toronto Police Association have a lot of bad ideas but that Canada start "lenient" judge "tracking system" is one of their most alarming. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Toronto Police Association pushes tougher sentences for young offenders

Union president says more offenders who are 16 or 17 should be treated as adults

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4h

The Toronto Police Association have a lot of bad ideas but that Canada start "lenient" judge "tracking system" is one of their most alarming. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Toronto Police Association pushes tougher sentences for young offenders

Union president says more offenders who are 16 or 17 should be treated as adults

www.theglobeandmail.com

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 19h

That’s life*!

*baseball

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 19h

I think it’s his homework.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 19h

This is a bad Blue Jays game but the guy next to me is reading a good Toronto book between innings.

In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 20h

Seattle is our daddle. Time for a comeback!

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 1d

View from the UK.

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 1d

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 1d

Is it the turkey that’s making the Blue Jays sleepy (or just making me sleepy)? Maybe this is why Americans have their Thanksgiving in November.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 1d

Ate Joe Carter’s fave as Thanksgiving dessert (Wanda’s Pie in the Sky coconut cream pie) to summon the baseball gods.

J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 2d

Thank goodness for archive.org - my turkey recipe got 404ed!

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 2d

The only starter who didn’t pitch yesterday.

FOX 13 Seattle @fox13seattle.bsky.social · 2d

The Mariners have announced their starter for Game 1 of the ALCS as the team heads to Toronto to battle it out against the Blue Jays.

bit.ly/42As975

Seattle Mariners name Bryce Miller starter for ALCS Game 1

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 3d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 3d

Had a great time watching the Jays win at the Dodgers stadium with the family a couple summers ago. My six-year-old declared he was a Dodgers fan that day to troll us - and still wears the plastic Dodgers batting helmet he got cotton candy in.

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 3d

We’re happy to have you in Toronto, Mr Snyder - but a constitutional monarchy’s a more stable form of government tbh. #KingsNotSoBad

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 3d

Love this battle royale of Canadian all-star first basemen that’s been set up with the Mariners win!

First, Vladdy vs Josh Naylor, then (according to my vision board) Vladdy vs Freddie Freeman in the World Series.

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 3d

Globe and Mail readers need to go "elbows up" and make sure McIntosh does not lose to Gala in the first round of this apple bracket. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/f...

What’s the best apple variety? Vote for your fall favourite

From the classic McIntosh to the much-hyped Honeycrisp, tell us which one is the apple of your eye

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 4d

Doug Ford is not the mayor of Ontario

The premier’s continual interventions in municipal affairs diverts attention from pressing provincial issues

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Rachel Reid @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social · 16d

A lot of people outside Canada want to watch Heated Rivalry, which is awesome, but the producers can’t just, like, put it in other countries. Media outlets in other countries need to pick up the show, so the thing to do is tell your favourite streamer to get the show!❤️

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4d

You're not doing anything positive for the CBC and certainly not acting as a responsible spokesperson for the principles of public broadcasting when you share partisan AI slop like this. With friends like these...

Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 8d

Pierre Poilievre says he’ll “talk to Trump” for Canada — even though no one asked him to.
He shares Trump’s politics, not Canada’s values.
The majority voted against him representing us.
We are not the 51st state.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Never51

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4d

Can't say I'm thrilled to see a Trump-aligned foreign power taking up a forward military position near the US-Canadian border.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 4d

There's a good 30-45 seconds between what you hear on the radio and see on TV. I ran in from the barbecue after Vladdy's grand slam Sunday to the living room where everyone else was watching and had to try to keep a straight face through a few pitches.