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Posts by Mattea Roach

At a friend’s parents’ cottage for the weekend and was absolutely delighted to discover that when I was last here eight months ago I left a coconut Lacroix in the fridge and a bottle of conditioner in the shower… if you don’t look after yourself then who will

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Chiles is so right about roast chicken being an elite chip flavour… one of the first things I do whenever I go back to NS is buy a bag of Lays roast chicken

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MAJOR. I don’t own this but thank you for inspiring me to get up and pick my next record (Music for the Masses)

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it’s one of the blandest and safest-feeling places I’ve been in the US!! genuinely no clue what the hell Bondi is talking about

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The Toronto Police Has Been a Rogue Agency for Too Long. Rein Them In. Podcast Episode · The Hatchet · 2026-02-14 · 29m

Excellent episode of The Hatchet with @arshy.bsky.social. The recent police scandal is not “a few bad apples,” the Toronto Police have been operating like organized crime for generations. They act with impunity, refuse reform, and target and punish their critics: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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“Right now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large.”

I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️

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A few years ago, my colleague @amandafollett.bsky.social wrote this portrait of Tumbler Ridge, a former coal mining town. thetyee.ca/News/2020/11...

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the good news is that this guide starts you out with body weight and dumbbell exercises so that by the time you graduate to using a barbell, you’re hopefully already comfortable enough with form/mobility to move a barbell safely and confidently. being nervous is normal but you can work through it!!

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LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell A guide for absolute beginners to go from sitting on the couch to lifting weights.

www.couchtobarbell.com this is the bible, if you’re not already familiar with it

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Media often appended it with “Hamas-run” as a way to subtly discredit its numbers. Many experts credibly argue those figures are in fact far lower than the real number today.

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Just updated my four favourites as well so why not share it all… with the cold snap it’s never been a better time to stay home and watch some absolute cinema

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in happier news I did get to experience many lesbians screaming Dancing On My Own right into All the Things She Said

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Nothing worse than going to karaoke and seeing someone absolutely butcher a song that you know you could body

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Yet another BANGER from Vass Bednar on competition

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i’ve never felt this patriotic in my life

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Susan Delacourt: Is it time to get alarmed about how Trump is kicking off 2026? Serious voices are warning that Canadians need to stare down the reality that we no longer have the luxury of pretending it’s business as usual.

“Serious voices in this country are sounding alarm, warning that this volatile start to 2026 means that Canadians need to stare down the reality that we no longer have the luxury of pretending it’s business as usual.”

www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

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Beautiful, beautiful piece - what a love letter to local journalism and gorgeous meditation on the passage of time

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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

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13 books to make you feel hopeful as the new year gets underway | CBC Books This time of year is usually full of promise and good intentions. But when global unrest of various kinds starts to seem like the new normal, it can be hard to feel hopeful about the year ahead. Here ...

CBC Books thinks I wrote one of the books to make you feel hopeful for the year to come and who am I to argue? www.cbc.ca/books/13-boo...

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took a cheeky selfie outside the broadcasting centre earlier today where I more or less looked like this

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lmao failed to complete the phrase “the other day” in my initial tweet… brain still fried from the holidays please forgive me

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Had the duty/honour of explaining who Sidney Crosby is to an American who’d never heard of him the other… wish I’d had this article in my back pocket at the time, legendary stuff. Our special Nova Scotian boy

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Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.

This is not a problem just for Venezuela.

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david lynch meme
okay, let's try that again, but this time good.

david lynch meme okay, let's try that again, but this time good.

new quarter century
more art
more good

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they introduced me as “from Toronto Ontario Canada” on TV for like a month straight!!

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Alex Shephard from the New Republic what did I ever do to piss you off 😔

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Covered Bridge in Winter
Maud Lewis
c. 1967

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Jacob Tierney it’s not too late to add a Sadness As a Gift needle drop to e06

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Excited for the cottage episode of Heated Rivalry bc in my experience going to the cottage with your gay love is all about getting too stoned at the beach and then crying to Adrienne Lenker but hey… what do I know

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hey!! thanks for getting in touch and for sharing this op-ed (sadly timely and necessary). for pitches please reach out to cbcbooks@cbc.ca - I don’t field pitches directly

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