@cynthialynch.bsky.social
Basketball-lover, cultural policy nerd, theatre groupie, and totally The World's Best Aunt. I have the mug to prove it.
Canada Basketball will avenge Hockey Canada in 2028
22.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 80 🔁 18 💬 8 📌 8Hoping the notice in the elevator reminding us to be respectful of our neighbours and keep the noise down does not apply to the yelling of profanities during this game.
22.02.2026 01:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Spending Saturday night (at least the early part) with Duke v Michigan and the best game-callers in college hoops - Jay Bilas and @dannyspxp.bsky.social - should I be exposing myself to this much stress before the gold medal game tomorrow morning? #GoDuke
21.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Still Team Shireen.
19.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just finished reading Caroline’s book (written pre-trial). How much will this piece devastate me?
19.02.2026 02:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Like, I had been emotionally preparing myself for the women’s team to struggle I was not ready for (thankfully short) overtime today.
18.02.2026 18:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This strategy of falling behind and then scoring a goal to tie seems like a very stressful way to win a hockey game.
18.02.2026 18:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1I just got my annual Public Lending Right cheque for Because Internet from the Canada Council for the Arts, so permit me a thread about what the public lending right is and why you should request books you love from public libraries!
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Canadian authors: the registration portal for the Public Lending Right is open now, I've been waiting very patiently to finally have a title to register, and promptly did so this morning. Don't forget to do the same!
publiclendingright.ca
One of the most clutch athletes in Canadian history has done it again.
But this one, at this point of his career and life, will mean so much more to Mikael Kingsbury.
His last Olympic event. His first Olympic gold as a father. His fifth Olympic medal. Outstanding.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Slow to get organized but I just backed Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
You should too!
Watch this:
10.02.2026 21:15 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Yes. Aunts get sports-related passes. And nieces and nephews need Canadian aunt hugs.
07.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes, we smashed our initial goal of $10K. Y'all are incredible. We are in shock but also dreaming big. We are (somehow) currently at $19,518 (WTF!?!).
We'd love to make it above $21K today.
That will get us a monthly episode from June to the end of 2026!!
I know I've said it before but PROTECT THE CBC AT ALL COSTS
Who else is giving you every single Olympic event in every sport, live, streaming to anyone in the country with an internet connection, including pause and rewind, for absolutely free
NOT FUCKIN' NBC I'll tell you that for free
Our Kickstarter is live‼️
A new season of Burn It All Down is coming and we need your help to make it happen. Your support keeps independent, feminist sports media alive!
Learn more and support the campaign here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Useful website alert:
www.happymapca.com
Contains a live map of bars that currently have happy hour deals in Toronto
For a third consecutive year, the Rajakovic family is donating to children's hospitals.
This time $33 per assist.
They have donated $117K US over the last two seasons and are already at $49K for his season.
Raptors also did their Sick Kids visit today. Great stuff all around.
Friends, I have subscribed to their Patreon, I have bought their merch, I have subscribed to Lindsay's newsletter, I even accosted @shireenahmed.bsky.social at a TIFF screening (nicely).
I think that makes me a super-fan?
Trust me, support this, we all need it in our lives.
As a fan of pre-made cocktails trust me when I tell you they are not good.
01.02.2026 22:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yesterday morning I checked the temp before heading out in Ottawa and it was -12 and I was like “hey that’s not so bad”……
01.02.2026 19:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It was quite the night at Prime Time tonight. Kudos to the CMPA on a helluva conference highlight.
30.01.2026 07:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
25.01.2026 01:18 — 👍 47179 🔁 18206 💬 1017 📌 1854Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
22.01.2026 22:08 — 👍 2450 🔁 545 💬 24 📌 131I was explaining the Broncos thing to my wife and she said “they have a backup right, like Matt Saracen?” my brain was like PROCESSING PROCESSING PROCESSING for literally 10 seconds.
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Our #GuideFriday resource this week will help you learn “What is an Accessible Book” by Laura Brady. This blog post provides an overview of what accessible books are and what the publishing industry needs to do to ensure that more accessible books are available: laurabrady.ca/blog/what-is...
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