Mark

Canadian engineer. Looking for things I find interesting, and supporting things I believe in.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@KeeganMatheson The breaking ball down and away has been his kryptonite since he came into the league. Remarkable to me that he has never learned to identify that pitch and lay off it.

[Aaron Pete @Aaronpete_]

I'm prepared to go to jail over this.

My grandmother Rita Pete went to St. Mary's Indian Residential School. She experienced terrible abuse. As a consequence, she struggled with alcohol use most of her life.

My mother was born with FASD as a consequence of her using alcohol to cope with her trauma.

I am Chief of my community Chawathil First Nation. I am working to address the longstanding impacts of these past policies through renovating homes, building new homes, creating childcare, and growing businesses through economic development.

I have interviewed people who went to Indian Residential Schools. I have interviewed people who believe Indian Residential Schools were awful, horrible schools, meant to remove the Indian from the child.

I've also interviewed people who believe they were well intended, generous investments by Canadian taxpayers meant to assimilate a society and had shortcomings.

Like with many things, the history is dark, complicated, and with any policy that existed for a long time, across a whole country - there were different experiences.

No one story tells us everything. No report shares the full experience of the individuals who went. No commentator today can disprove someone's lived experience with statistics.

The path forward is not to criminalize speech, questions, or debate.

The path forward is empathy for past attendees.
The path forward is truth based on facts.
The path forward is real conversations.
The path forward is to lean into complexity.

If the government criminalizes this, then I will be a criminal for having these conversations.

If I am a criminal by the laws definition, then I am committed to going to jail over this.

[Patrick Brown @patrickbrownont]

🚔📹 Today, I was proud to announce that the City of Brampton has completed the installation of 360-degree camera technology at 50 intersections across our city — making Brampton the first municipality in Canada to deploy this technology at traffic intersections on this scale. 🇨🇦

🤝 Working in partnership with Peel Regional Police, this innovative technology is helping investigators solve crimes, support victims, and strengthen community safety. Already, these cameras have assisted police in more than 200 investigations involving serious incidents, including violent crime, auto theft, hit-and-runs, and dangerous driving.

🛡️ Our goal is simple: make Brampton the safest city in Canada and the hardest place for criminals to operate.

🙏 Thank you to @DeputyOdoardi of the Peel Regional Police, Genetec Inc., Axis Communications, members of Council and City staff for their partnership and leadership in delivering this important public safety initiative.

✅ Smarter Technology, Safer communities.
✅ Stronger investigations.
✅ Better tools for law enforcement.
#Brampton #CommunitySafety #PublicSafety #PeelPolice #SafeCity #Innovation

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@ChrisCoop_ @AndrewStoeten Thoughts after looking into this whether there are issues with the Jays’ defensive alignments contributing to the high BABIP on the grounders and bloops?

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@Travis_Sawchik And this is due in large part to their own union, who refuses at every chance to trade earlier free agency for a salary cap. Exclusively focused on top money for 10 players instead of what’s best for 100s.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@DwayneNHL Also: no state tax. A few extra mil to spend every year helps a lot with roster construction.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@feedthefish79 @reaIGladiator If that happened, it’s inly because they knew from a year plus of discussion that there was no point based on $ or other factors. $12M in Vegas is like $$15M in Toronto after taxes. Don’t defend Marner.

[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ @baseballhall]

Since Roy Halladay’s debut in 1998, no pitcher has topped his 20 shutouts or come close to his 67 complete games.

The durable ace of the @BlueJays and @Phillies was born #OTD in 1977.

[IBC Ontario @IBC_Ontario]

Changes are coming to auto insurance in Ontario. Learn more about what’s changing and what it means for you.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla AI Vision deploys airbags before impact, which greatly reduces risk of injury or death. This comes for free on all new cars.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@SawyerMerritt Because Canada has no use for RWD cars.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@AndrewStoeten No matter what the record is, an absolutely insane thing to do one month into a season.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@AndrewStoeten @GarethCanada @_bkuh_ Jesus Sanchez wasn’t on the roster last year.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@AndrewStoeten @GarethCanada @_bkuh_ He was barely playing when everyone was healthy. Straw is your 1st defensive replacement off the bench. Not pulling Varsho. You pulling Barger or Sanchez for Lukes with a righty pitching? Lukes for Schneider against a lefty? How much does that matter?

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@GarethCanada @AndrewStoeten @_bkuh_ They can. Because Schneider, Barger, Clement, and Gimenez are so versatile, you can pull it off. Also, in a pinch, you can throw Springer or Eloy in a corner if you have to. Lukes has no path to playing time when Springer and Barger are back anyway.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@GarethCanada @AndrewStoeten @_bkuh_ I think Lukes is the most redundant piece for all the reasons mentioned. Defence is great, but they can’t keep losing 2-1. At some point, you need some guys that hit HRs on the roster. Now Eloy may not be that anymore, but find out if you can.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@GarethCanada @AndrewStoeten @_bkuh_ Straw is better. You already have him on the bench as your defensive replacement, if needed.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@AndrewStoeten @_bkuh_ Why do you love your 4th-best, and oldest, LHH OF so much? Especially when this team is in desperate need of a RHH bench power bat.

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@_bkuh_ @AndrewStoeten I think the Jays disagree, but that’s fair. They had lots of guys to call up. I think they view him as a project, and if they do, I think it’s worth playing out. Otherwise, why sign him at all?

[Mark @MarkFabbroni]

@AndrewStoeten @_bkuh_ It’s not about recent performance, it’s bad asset management.