Marla Waltman 🍁⚾️
@marlawd.bsky.social
#Toronto.🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp Former federal policy wonk with a fondness for rational arguments. #CanadaSky #Canada #politics #cdnpoli #genealogist 🌳 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #BlueJays ⚾️ #history #heritage #libraries 📚 #archives #music #cities #transit 🚇
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Happy 33rd Birthday to Mississauga, Ont., native and former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Dalton Pompey!
He is now a police officer in Hamilton, Ont.
He is now a police officer in Hamilton, Ont.
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Happy 33rd Birthday to Mississauga, Ont., native and former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Dalton Pompey!
He is now a police officer in Hamilton, Ont.
He is now a police officer in Hamilton, Ont.
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SPORTSNET
Blue Jays reunions with Bassitt, Scherzer unlikely but not impossible
By Shi Davidi
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-reunions-with-bassitt-scherzer-unlikely-but-not-impossible/
Blue Jays reunions with Bassitt, Scherzer unlikely but not impossible
By Shi Davidi
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-reunions-with-bassitt-scherzer-unlikely-but-not-impossible/
Blue Jays reunions with Bassitt, Scherzer unlikely but not impossible
The additions of Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce, along with Shane Bieber's return clearly makes reunions with Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer less likely for the Blue Jays, though nothing should be ruled out.
www.sportsnet.ca
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
SPORTSNET
Blue Jays reunions with Bassitt, Scherzer unlikely but not impossible
By Shi Davidi
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-reunions-with-bassitt-scherzer-unlikely-but-not-impossible/
Blue Jays reunions with Bassitt, Scherzer unlikely but not impossible
By Shi Davidi
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-reunions-with-bassitt-scherzer-unlikely-but-not-impossible/
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A hearty mazel tov to David S. Popkins!
#Bluejays hitting coach has been named @baseballamerica.com #MLB Coach Of The Year!
#Bluejays hitting coach has been named @baseballamerica.com #MLB Coach Of The Year!
David Popkins' approach to hitting is all about finding solutions.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A hearty mazel tov to David S. Popkins!
#Bluejays hitting coach has been named @baseballamerica.com #MLB Coach Of The Year!
#Bluejays hitting coach has been named @baseballamerica.com #MLB Coach Of The Year!
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Canadians boycotting the United States are actually moving the needle. Las Vegas alone has taken a four-billion-dollar hit because Canadians chose not to go. The American alcohol industry is down another nine hundred million. That is real impact. #cdnpoli
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Canadians boycotting the United States are actually moving the needle. Las Vegas alone has taken a four-billion-dollar hit because Canadians chose not to go. The American alcohol industry is down another nine hundred million. That is real impact. #cdnpoli
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Congestion pricing improves your ride to work — and the air you breathe.
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Congestion pricing improves your ride to work — and the air you breathe.
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#BlueJays could add both Bo Bichette & Kyle Tucker, then go out and sign Edwin Diaz, and they still wouldn't have as much committed for 2026 as the #Dodgers spent to "win" #WorldSeries in 2025.
The Winter Meetings are for dreamers.
Ross Atkins didn’t want to say much… at all… but the #BlueJays are still swinging big.
More on Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Ross Atkins didn’t want to say much… at all… but the #BlueJays are still swinging big.
More on Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
After signing Cease, Atkins not tipping hand on other big offseason dreams
ORLANDO, Fla. -- This feels like a place to dream big.
Outside the window of the Blue Jays’ suite at the MLB Winter Meetings, you can see Walt Disney World for miles, all of its colors, castles and go...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
#BlueJays could add both Bo Bichette & Kyle Tucker, then go out and sign Edwin Diaz, and they still wouldn't have as much committed for 2026 as the #Dodgers spent to "win" #WorldSeries in 2025.
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ICYMI ⚾ #BlueJays
My BIGGEST fear: What if the 2025 #BlueJays were lightning in a bottle 😱
My BIGGEST fear: What if the 2025 Blue Jays were lightning in a bottle 😱
I debated with myself whether to write this dispatch. Why ruin the vibes? Why fuel hysteria? Selfishly, talking/writing it out helps manage the anxiety. But if we are honest with each other, many o…
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December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
ICYMI ⚾ #BlueJays
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🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump: "We talk to President Putin, and we talk to Ukrainian leaders, including Zelenskyy..."
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December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump: "We talk to President Putin, and we talk to Ukrainian leaders, including Zelenskyy..."
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The Winter Meetings begin tomorrow, but tonight will be the unofficial kickoff as the Contemporary Eras Committee announces its Hall of Fame inductees (assuming it elects any).
Four former #Bluejays are on the 8-player ballot: Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly (coach).
Four former #Bluejays are on the 8-player ballot: Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly (coach).
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Winter Meetings begin tomorrow, but tonight will be the unofficial kickoff as the Contemporary Eras Committee announces its Hall of Fame inductees (assuming it elects any).
Four former #Bluejays are on the 8-player ballot: Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly (coach).
Four former #Bluejays are on the 8-player ballot: Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly (coach).
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Today would be a great day for the Jays to announce they've re-signed Bo Bichette, signed a big name reliever & just for the sake of it...Kyle Tucker #bluejays
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today would be a great day for the Jays to announce they've re-signed Bo Bichette, signed a big name reliever & just for the sake of it...Kyle Tucker #bluejays
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Low watt board + leadership
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Low watt board + leadership
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For instance …
In order to defend the site from the province (& simply make good use of it) Toronto must root it the imagination of Torontonians so they feel like it’s a valuable place.
In order to defend the site from the province (& simply make good use of it) Toronto must root it the imagination of Torontonians so they feel like it’s a valuable place.
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For instance …
In order to defend the site from the province (& simply make good use of it) Toronto must root it the imagination of Torontonians so they feel like it’s a valuable place.
In order to defend the site from the province (& simply make good use of it) Toronto must root it the imagination of Torontonians so they feel like it’s a valuable place.
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Use it lose it. Toronto has never been serious about doing something more with Exhibition Place but Doug Ford is circling now. Urgent 🚨 but also an opportunity w coming FIFA attn to show off some innovation & Indy race gone = more flexibility. My @torontostar-rss.bsky.social column.
Shawn Micallef: Use it or lose it: Doug Ford’s new law is a wake-up call for Toronto to come up with fresh ideas for Exhibition Place — and fast
Now that the pressure is on, we should think big about what the site could be used for.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Use it lose it. Toronto has never been serious about doing something more with Exhibition Place but Doug Ford is circling now. Urgent 🚨 but also an opportunity w coming FIFA attn to show off some innovation & Indy race gone = more flexibility. My @torontostar-rss.bsky.social column.
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My answers in English in an interview for a German newspaper (online version will be published a little later):
- I think Trump's initiative demonstrates the absolute inadequacy of his administration's expertise on modern Russia: they fundamentally don't understand what they're dealing with.
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- I think Trump's initiative demonstrates the absolute inadequacy of his administration's expertise on modern Russia: they fundamentally don't understand what they're dealing with.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My answers in English in an interview for a German newspaper (online version will be published a little later):
- I think Trump's initiative demonstrates the absolute inadequacy of his administration's expertise on modern Russia: they fundamentally don't understand what they're dealing with.
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- I think Trump's initiative demonstrates the absolute inadequacy of his administration's expertise on modern Russia: they fundamentally don't understand what they're dealing with.
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Fastiv is under attack again . Seems like Russia is determined to obliterate what was left of that poor railway station they bombed the night before .
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Russia destroyed the central warehouse of a pharmacy network in Dnipro — a facility built just last year and storing medicines for over 500 pharmacies across Ukraine.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Huge congratulations to @thehazelmae.bsky.social on the 2025 Jack Graney Award, presented by @cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social to a member of the media who has made significant contributions to baseball in Canada through their life’s work.
On your TV talking #Bluejays for decades and so well-loved!
On your TV talking #Bluejays for decades and so well-loved!
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Huge congratulations to @thehazelmae.bsky.social on the 2025 Jack Graney Award, presented by @cdnbaseballhof.bsky.social to a member of the media who has made significant contributions to baseball in Canada through their life’s work.
On your TV talking #Bluejays for decades and so well-loved!
On your TV talking #Bluejays for decades and so well-loved!
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George Springer is in town today in support of @MakeAWishCA
He’s here with 11-year-old Delfina Budziak, a big #BlueJays (and George Springer) fan to launch Make-A-Wish’s holiday partnership with Jack Astor’s
He’s here with 11-year-old Delfina Budziak, a big #BlueJays (and George Springer) fan to launch Make-A-Wish’s holiday partnership with Jack Astor’s
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
George Springer is in town today in support of @MakeAWishCA
He’s here with 11-year-old Delfina Budziak, a big #BlueJays (and George Springer) fan to launch Make-A-Wish’s holiday partnership with Jack Astor’s
He’s here with 11-year-old Delfina Budziak, a big #BlueJays (and George Springer) fan to launch Make-A-Wish’s holiday partnership with Jack Astor’s
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Freddie Freeman traumatizes sick children. #SMH www.instagram.com/p/DR4lwk1Dr6u/
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Freddie Freeman traumatizes sick children. #SMH www.instagram.com/p/DR4lwk1Dr6u/
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Tomorrow is the Budapest Memorandum anniversary, and I still can’t get over this question:
Why did the U.S. insist Ukraine’s nukes go to russia instead of being destroyed or transferred safely to the U.S.?
That decision armed a future genocidal regime and left Ukraine with “guarantees” no one kept.
Why did the U.S. insist Ukraine’s nukes go to russia instead of being destroyed or transferred safely to the U.S.?
That decision armed a future genocidal regime and left Ukraine with “guarantees” no one kept.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Tomorrow is the Budapest Memorandum anniversary, and I still can’t get over this question:
Why did the U.S. insist Ukraine’s nukes go to russia instead of being destroyed or transferred safely to the U.S.?
That decision armed a future genocidal regime and left Ukraine with “guarantees” no one kept.
Why did the U.S. insist Ukraine’s nukes go to russia instead of being destroyed or transferred safely to the U.S.?
That decision armed a future genocidal regime and left Ukraine with “guarantees” no one kept.
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📢 Air raid alert has been declared across the whole Ukraine.
Air Force recorded the takeoff of the Russian MiG-31K. It's the carrier of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile.
Air Force recorded the takeoff of the Russian MiG-31K. It's the carrier of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile.
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Not a huge issue, but need to ask why ‘folks’ has become the go-to term used by political commentators when talking about ‘people’? What’s wrong with voters? Or citizens? Or Canadians? Or mixing it up? Must admit, the constant of the term is really irritating. #cdnpoli
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not a huge issue, but need to ask why ‘folks’ has become the go-to term used by political commentators when talking about ‘people’? What’s wrong with voters? Or citizens? Or Canadians? Or mixing it up? Must admit, the constant of the term is really irritating. #cdnpoli
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People at various points in my radio life have said that it has had its day. I always beg to differ. There is still nothing like the voice of a music lover introducing a song that he or she is truly interested in.
The humanity of radio is still its greatest quality and advantage.
The humanity of radio is still its greatest quality and advantage.
November 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
People at various points in my radio life have said that it has had its day. I always beg to differ. There is still nothing like the voice of a music lover introducing a song that he or she is truly interested in.
The humanity of radio is still its greatest quality and advantage.
The humanity of radio is still its greatest quality and advantage.