Robert Rudd
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Robert Rudd
@theRealRobRudd
Husband, swim dad, passionate blue jays, raptors, Canada Soccer, Voyageurs fan, Business Intelligence guy
Toronto Bergabung Mayıs 2011
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The odds of two baseballs colliding has to be insane
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@jen_keesmaat But hold on, is there any chance that is an accurate stat? I don't know anyone who drives to Billy Bishop
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We need to recognize that *scale* matters before making sweeping changes.
I’m afraid we’ve lost our tolerance for nuance. We are swinging to extremes.
It’s entirely possible that Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is operating at an appropriate scale for a city centre airport, and that it should neither be significantly expanded nor eliminated.
Darwin@ThisIsDarwino
75% of people who travel through Billy Bishop drive to the airport. Imagine 7.5 million MORE people travelling through the Gardiner and congested downtown streets to take a flight. It’s absurd. Toronto needs a high capacity suburban airport like in Pickering, Vaughan, Markham etc
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@Devin_Heroux Frustrating no tv/streaming access to this in Canada. His 17.58 relay split last night was crazy
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JOSH LIENDO 💥
Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo just broke Caeleb Dressel’s 2018 NCAA 100y butterfly record during prelims this morning.
Liendo posted a time of 42.54. Dressel’s record was 42.8.
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🚨 NEW NCAA RECORD 🚨
JOSH LIENDO. 42.54 100 FLY.
After YEARS with Caeleb Dressel's 100 fly NCAA record at his fingertips, Josh Liendo just COOKED it in prelims at NCAAs.
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@SleeperHQ The disrespect to Bo putting him with the rest of this list. Shows the age of this poster.
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@Avry @BenMulroney The whole partisan "bash the CBC" playbook is as boring as it is predictable.
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@BenMulroney Thank you for that comment Ben, but your comment on the CBC was a very odd take when its a service our nation loves to keep Olympic content accessible. Yes, you've worked in media for decades, but I am not a fan of the stances you've taken recently and platformed.
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Hey there! I see you’ve formed a pretty strong opinion of me, even though we’ve never met. But having been in Canadian media for over 25 years, I can say with confidence that it looks like you’re doing some very cool things and I hope that you and your platform have great success.
Avry's Sports Show@Avry
@thedeparted_rat Why does this nepo baby still have a platform
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@Jo_AnnDavis @Devin_Heroux There is very little money in swimming, guy is one of the best in the world at what he does, I have no problem with him trying to set himself up financially.
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Ilya Kharun, who earlier this week announced he’d be leaving Canada to swim for USA, just released a 5-minute video explaining his decision.
He says he wasn’t getting any brand deals, has always lived in America and it was strictly business.
Kharun thanked Canada a number of times and expressed his gratitude toward teammates and coaches.
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@meredithheron @Devin_Heroux He wore our flag proudly and won us medals, hard to ask more of him. It's ok for him to want to swim for the country that he feels the strongest affinity towards.
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@Devin_Heroux So he should reimburse team Canada for all the funding he took away from other actual Canadians who deserved it more than he did. Good riddance.
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I interviewed Swimming Canada high performance director John Atkinson about Ilya Kharun leaving Canada’s program to compete for USA
Atkinson was somewhat surprised and disappointed by the move.
But did wish Kharun the best in his future. Big hole in the Canadian men’s program
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@kylesockwell @mediocreanalyst As a Canadian I get it, sorry to see him go. He represented us well so no hard feelings about him going with where his heart is.
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@mediocreanalyst Makes sense to me. He tried to swim for the U.S. in 2022 but couldn’t. Took necessary steps to do so, and now swims for U.S. internationally.
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How we feeling about this fam
Kyle Sockwell@kylesockwell
SWIM NEWS: Olympic Medalist Ilya Kharun has changed his international representation from Canada to the USA. "I grew up in Las Vegas. I've lived in America my whole life...I've got a long career left as a swimmer and I'd like to be based at home. And that home is in the USA."
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@LateRoundQB Ugly WR3 situation, 1/2 ppr, Pierce vs Vele vs Kupp
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If you have any non-start/sit questions for this week's mailbag, send them my way.
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@justinboone Just grabbed Vele this week to slot in as my WR2 with St. Brown hobbling, Wan'Dale on bye and Garrett Wilson still hurt. Will have to wait until game time on St. Brown, if he's good enough to play, have to start him right?
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Fantasy Stashes before Week 14
My latest deep stashes column, going over 4 players who might be able to sneak into your starting lineup this week and some honorable mentions you should be stashing at the end of your bench.
sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/articl…
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@LateRoundQB @littlewyvern Honestly I go back and forth on how much to mitigate bad luck vs just embracing the randomness.
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@LateRoundQB @littlewyvern Yeah, I did see that and will explore that idea in my main league!
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I've always said that it's 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, and 50% pain.
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TR@TRV365
@LateRoundQB Is there any way to calculate how much of fantasy football is luck versus skill?
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@littlewyvern @LateRoundQB So many different types of luck, Schedule luck, injury luck(or lack of), drafting luck(sometimes you benefit from the person right before you saving you from a bad pick). Burrow went down for me so I had no choice but to go hunting for a replacement, and ended up with stafford
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@littlewyvern @LateRoundQB Yeah, I take that question as it pertains to any one individual league, definitely the more leagues you are in the "luck" should even out. And personally I hate being in too leagues, just takes the fun out of it when I am rooting for and against the same players
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@Darla_Monte @digiphile @DavidSacks Of course congress(or people who hold positions of power in government) should not own individual stocks, anyone who thinks otherwise should have their motives questioned. Fix it all
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This may be the point: portray anyone with real-world experience as too conflicted to serve in government so only professional bureaucrats/activists/NGO-types (with the same views as NYT reporters) are eligible.
Rachael Horwitz@RachaelRad
@antoniogm @DavidSacks Contrast with: 68 top executive-branch officials in Biden administration had less than 2 ½ years of experience in the private sector. The average business experience of Biden appointees was only 2.4 years and 62 percent had virtually no business experience.
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@chamath The opposite of corruption would be making decisions for the greater good at the expense of his personal financial wellbeing, do you actually have any examples of that or are you just sticking up for your buddy?
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Agreed.
There is a concerted effort by the bureaucratic class to paint success and experience as a sign of corruption.
Instead, it’s the exact opposite.
Success and experience in the free market only comes from repeatedly expressed and easily measured good judgement.
It’s the opposite of corruption and we should want as many people with good judgement like David Sacks to infiltrate and reform our bureaucracy.
David Sacks@DavidSacks
This may be the point: portray anyone with real-world experience as too conflicted to serve in government so only professional bureaucrats/activists/NGO-types (with the same views as NYT reporters) are eligible.
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@joshuakloke @TheAthleticFC Curious how the stands are going to look like for some of these games, I'm sure everyone is having the same challenges getting tickets as I am. Is it really expected that the fans of these other countries are going to pay 400% markup on already $$ tickets
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One week from today, we will learn who is Canada's 2026 World Cup group.
Breaking down all the scenarios from next week's draw: Best possible group? Worst? Groups that will bring up past memories?
#CANMNT draw preview at @TheAthleticFC
nytimes.com/athletic/68410…
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