“All of us have a choice when we get up: we can use our energy for good, or we can use our energy for bad. And your job, your purpose in life, is joy. It just is. That’s what you’re here for. Your purpose is joy, but it’s to also add joy to the world.” - JH A great piece by @sproudfoot.bsky.social.

Confession time, here’s what I got: on my flight back from Europe last month, I was so tired and brain-fried that I thought I picked One Battle After Another, but then I watched over an hour of Weapons, wondering when Leo was going to show up, before I realized I clicked in the wrong spot.

Long-time political journalist Robert Fife gives a candid account of some of the biggest stories and issues of his career on the eve of his retirement. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #journalism

A banger from @acoyne.bsky.social today, offering much-needed perspective on the separatist push in Alberta: who's driving it and why. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"All of us have a choice when we get up: we can use our energy for good, or we can use our energy for bad. And your job, your purpose in life, is joy. It just is."

Jeremy Hansen brought his Artemis II best friends home to Canada with him. No one really wanted to ask them about space or science; they wanted to know about being human. It was a privilege and joy to cover this at the @nac-cna.bsky.social. To the moon for ♥️. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

You know, the last year and a half has sparked intense patriotism I wasn't even aware dwelled within me for all that Canada gets right and good. But if I'm being honest, the ruthlessness and drama of British politics makes me gaze across the Atlantic in envy.

BREAKING: Alberta judge throws out citizen petition to put secession on a referendum ballot. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @mattscace.bsky.social

Jeremy Hansen brought his Artemis II best friends home to Canada with him. No one really wanted to ask them about space or science; they wanted to know about being human. It was a privilege and joy to cover this at the @nac-cna.bsky.social. To the moon for ♥️. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

We got the longform census, and I was surprised and confused by instructions on the religion question. Wouldn't this vastly over-count religious affiliation because it gathers info about how people were raised vs what they practice now? www.statcan.gc.ca/en/statistic...

I really think it is the underrated dark comedy of our times that the President called his bespoke online lie factory "Truth." If you wrote that in a TV script, your agent would stop returning your texts.

I really need to expand my follower list. Tell me about smart, funny, creative and/or analytical people you follow - ideally Canadian or international, because I have a lot of American politics in my feed already. Topics I dig: politics, social sciences, art, pop culture, food, travel, cats, beer.

This feature by Kelly Grant on cutting ultra processed foods is so smart and useful and relatable - especially the part about knowing that cooking real food from scratch is better for your family, but thinking “how TF do I do that and function in my life?!” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

What do *you* do when surrounded by jerks all day long? Another sassy piece, littered with brilliant observations, from @sproudfoot.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

"He mentioned Justin Trudeau seven times. Someone close to Mr. Poilievre needs to park him beneath the former prime minister’s window on a moonlit night, with a boombox blasting Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember You, just to get it all out of his system."

New from me, on a listless speech to the Canada Strong and Free Network conference: Pierre Poilievre encounters nothing but jerks, all day long. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

My treasonous children: “We’re cheering for Montreal, they’re the only Canadian team left.” Me: “That’s not how that works.” Them: “Do you like Canada or not?!” Give me strength.

The other day, my stats-obsessed 8-year-old asked me how the census works and I think I blacked out for a solid minute, entering a 2010 fugue state.

This moment felt to me like a big turning point for the government, so I tried to pinpoint what it is. Mark Carney’s honeymoon is ending - just not in the way most people expected. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Watching a 2012 episode of 30 Rock. Jack is going to a gathering of conservative men and Liz mockingly says: “Don’t get peer-pressured into invading Iran!” 😬

Carney's doofy Oilers tie today reminded me that I chatted with him last year during the final. When I asked if he's a fan who can watch socially or needs to be alone with his feelings for big games, he seemed confused by the concept, which amused me. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hocke...

We’re at the “Marilyn Manson going door to door to shock people” phase of this presidency.

Just finished reading this brilliant terrifying essay by one of my favorite writers and i highly recommend it

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party 4EVA

I have never seen anything so "Not today, Satan" in my entire life as the NYT laying out in glistening velvet detail the regret, frustration and parallel mental universe of people who voted for Donald Trump in the year of our Lord 2024.

On Friday, @carrietait.bsky.social was named Journalist of the Year at the National Newspaper Awards for her reporting on Alberta's health procurement scandal. This episode offers a glimpse into the campaign of harassment, threats and surveillance she endured www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...

I love that this year's NNAs were, properly, the Carrie Tait Appreciation Society. Top-notch, tenacious reporting under insane pressure.

I would like to thank early-April me for correctly predicting that I would not remember the newly reset password for my work computer after two weeks of vacation, and for sending it to my personal email. Thanks for having my back, previous Shannon!

Wild to see something as ephemeral as a social media post that is definitely going in a future history textbook about how a country crumbled into the sea right in front of everyone.

Twenty years in journalism, started my career in newspapers and now back in daily ink, and absolutely thrilled to win my first @nna-ccj.bsky.social. I’m sorry I had to miss the awards last because I’m still in Ljubljana with my family, but what wonderful news to wake up to.

Anyway, if your model is “Wait on hold for two-plus hours, with absolutely no other way to get information or solve your problem,” you should not be allowed to call that customer service.

It’s especially ridiculous because AC doesn’t say WHICH leg has been cancelled. They didn’t even send me an alert, I just saw the cancellation when I signed in. Website cheerfully says contact them to rebook. Been trying to do that for 2.5 hours now.

I’m supposed to fly from Ljubljana back to Ottawa tomorrow on Air Canada. Tried to check in and discovered that our flight has been cancelled, with no alert from the airline. Have been on hold for 2+ hours, no idea how we’re getting home with three very tired kids.

Private jet to visit the Wawa goose! 😂

I enjoy the way that in this photo our cats look like a hip-hop duo quite a lot of people quite liked in 1996 who have made a comeback record, done an interview with a broadsheet newspaper and are attempting to prove they are still serious and relevant.

Store window in Vienna. “All fascists are expendable. No one is illegal.”

Three by-elections, a floor-crosser and the week we learned that anyone can come and anyone can go, @sproudfoot.bsky.social writes www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Only an hour and 15 minutes between these two scenes. I fucking LOVE space travel man it's so fucking cool

watching NASA hit a very specific target in the big big ocean with a vehicle that just came back from outer space at 25,000mph definitely has me reflecting on the charter bus company that couldn't get me to a bus station

They were surrounded

Okay, so cats and space travel is totally its own delightful genre.

Ramona has become a big space fan. Welcome home, Artemis II. What an incredible quest.

I just turned on the NASA live feed and the title “Artemis II Crew Comes Home” brought me close to tears. Be safe, you brave humans. We’ll see you soon.

Read Ivan Semeniuk's posts about Artemis II, read his stories about science, read his story about Margaret Atwood www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... Heck read everything Ivan writes!

Maybe you, like me, have been obsessed with Artemis II because it's such a beautiful psychological antidote to the moment. Ivan Semeniuk's dispatches for the Globe have been amazing, both technically crisp and poetic. This one on re-entry is heart-in-throat. theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

I've become quite obsessed with NPR's Fresh Air lately as an antidote to <gestures broadly around>. They do so many brilliant, insightful and deeply human interviews with people you might not expect. This one with comedian Jeff Ross just lit up my morning: www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...

This is Lille, and she had a tough life before she came to us. She still doesn’t like us to pick her up, but she’s become a lap cat and does it like it is her JOB: jumps up, executes precisely one full turn, then plunks down like she’s got big plans. A sweetheart behind that grumpy bear face.

If I travelled through time to the year 2016 and told 2016 Me that this would be what the Liberal Government will look like in the year 2026, I would ask 2026 Me if I was high on shrooms

I have really tried to love Bluesky, but it seems so limited. The "Discover" feed is, uselessly, only people I already follow, and the "Popular with friends" feed updates so little that there's rarely anything new and interesting. Am I missing something?