Astrid Van Den Broek

Engaging writer and vivid storyteller; enthusiastic soccer player and reluctant runner. Words in many, many pubs.

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

Going to start greeting others the way I’m greeted when people hear I live in T.O.: wow, I hate Toronto! Sorry you have to live there! I used to live there—I hated it and left! So very many unsolicited (and unwelcome) opinions

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

Elon’s back in. I’m out

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: "As people saw I was out there non-stop speaking to the people," Premier Ford claims and accused a Liberal MPP of "hiding in his basement."

In fact, the premier admitted he went snowmobiling in cottage country during a crucial weekend during the Occupation.

#onpoli

[Rob Ferguson @robferguson1]

Premier Doug Ford is not here for the first question period since early September. Neither is Deputy Premier/Health Minister Sylvia Jones. #onpoli

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

❤️❤️❤️ we remember

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

TOUCH 'EM ALL, JOE! 🏆🏆

On this day in ‘93, we went back to back!

[Kate Dupuis @DrKateTO]

If each application was for 1 kid, this represents $90 million dollars. Don’t ever let @sflecce tell you he doesn’t have enough money to lower class sizes, fix our schools, or properly compensate education workers. Starving our public education system is a CHOICE. #onted

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

BREAKING: ‘Freedom Convoy’ forced kids’ chemo delays, rescheduling for 13 families: CHEO
https://t.co/tBqbeLt4rl

[Doug Cudmore @tocudmore]

It is 1,000 days since the first Covid case was detected in Toronto. I has felt like both 1 day and 1 million days

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@blakeeligh I ❤️ that original tweet but followed the thread after your tweet—that’s just fantastic

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@DrMicroChem @LizWFab But how do we balance this with this generation who’ve now gone through some big pandemic-related problems? Sometimes an assist with the small problems makes a pandemic-tinged life a little bit easier

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@kgroverto I remember—you guys got your show in just under the wire right?

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

Thank goodness!!

[Doug Cudmore @tocudmore]

Pandemic Milestone today: finally got to trade in four of these for the return engagement. Thanks to ⁦@Mirvish⁩ for keeping their word.

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@lisavandegeyn I WORRIED ABOUT HIM TOO! But it looks like he’s ok. Agreed on the too quickly too soon

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

I do this every day with my work—always surprising what I pick up

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

15 years ago my PhD advisor taught me One Weird Trick for editing your own writing. Edit **back to front**, paragraph by paragraph. I still use it and it still surprises me how well it works. When I get my students to do it, it often blows their minds. Try it!

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@lisavandegeyn It works!! (And hi!) Emotionally recovered yet from the end of the Jays’ season yet? 😢

[Gail Vaz-Oxlade @GailVazOxlade]

Imagine the $$ Conservative Premiers would have saved if they had just handled COVID right from the start: testing, stay-home w paid sick days, mask mandates. Instead we have dead lovies and failing medical systems.

[Astrid Van Den Broek @AstridVanDenB]

@EmmMacfarlane https://t.co/0fWGnPw1NN

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion: The loss of sticker fee revenue will cost Ontario $1.1B a year from now on.

That money could have gone to public services, like our crumbling health-care system. Or supports for children with autism. Or into the pockets of Ontarians in poverty.
https://t.co/SPtpChmS3i

[Alex Whillans @alex_mckeen]

If you've been waiting for a sale, the Star is currently having a really good subscription deal. $2/month for 6 months or $40 upfront for the year.

https://t.co/1QuHS1r6YS

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: The Ontario Liberals have received leaked Ontario Health data that shows the state of provincial hospitals this past August.

The data shows a majority of patients are waiting upto 33 hours for an inpatient bed -- 54% higher than Aug 2021.

#onpoli

[Doug Cudmore @tocudmore]

I have seen so much reaction to the Blue Jays collapse and still waiting for someone to say: if you play that ball off the bounce it’s a one-run single not a three-run double. Again, little-league stuff.