Thanks for the review!

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

"The news has been met with mixed reactions from workers themselves, but the return-to-office (RTO) trend undeniably bodes well for commercial real estate." Sure, 60K public servants + thousands of private employees are angry, but think about the real estate profits!🤑 storeys.com/return-to-of...

Guess I’m fully fluent in Irish now. 😎 *watches TG4 without subtitles* Wait, what? 🫨

Just over a week until dozens (!) of global dignitaries come together to help me launch my debut novel. Okay … it’ll be friends, family and high-quality book aficionados. Join us!

Spotted at the Indigo near Yonge & Eg in Toronto. They’ve got ‘Terminal Solstice’ in stock at half a dozen locations across the city.

do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying

Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings, including @adroitjournal.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social @fourwaybooks.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @abodepress.bsky.social @seanminogue.bsky.social @k-gray.bsky.social & more. wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...

This is a pretty good rundown, in case you’re a Canadian just hearing about Kneecap. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Sad to hear of @manchanmagan.bsky.social's cancer diagnosis. His books and talks (like this one: youtu.be/g8sFWz136LA) are such illuminating pathways into thinking about the Irish language. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Damn, NYT… 😢 “After 50 years of publishing, Munsch told me, his ability to come up with new stories seems to have vanished. […] Plots used to just appear to him, all the time and almost fully formed, as if they were limitless. But now they don’t.”

Particularly bummed about how ‘meh’ elected leaders are these days. Felt the need to write about some of that here: open.substack.com/pub/foundtim...

Pieces like this drive me nuts. Government isn’t a business — it’s actually the opposite — so they might as well ask my 7-yr-old what he would do. And if he said we should hoard wealth and move fast with no vision to help anyone but ourselves, he’d be grounded.

Still amazed Loblaw can be a business after this, but 🤷 "The claims process is now open for Canadians seeking their share of a $500-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit related to the alleged industry-wide price fixing of bread." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Come have a pint and get a signed copy of my novel. I'll be chatting with Laura Rock Gaughan at Noonan's Pub on Thursday, Oct. 2. www.blogto.com/events/termi... #toronto #debutnovel

Congrats to Omar El Akkad for making the National Book Award longlist in nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar... #freepalestine

Thanks a bunch to @playcanpress.bsky.social for letting me join in the fun last night. So much talent in that room! Honoured that @latitude46pub.bsky.social has published my first play as their first drama book. 🙏 @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

See ya there, tonight! 👇

"In May, PM Mark Carney wrote that 'we will not stand by' and committed to 'further concrete actions' should Israel not cease its offensive or enable the flow of aid. It is now September, and Netanyahu’s radical government has not changed course." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @beynate.bsky.social

Like cigarette packaging, this should come as a prequel (and warning) to all car adverts

Sending strength to all the other parents struggling to get a single, grubby detail about their child’s first day of school.

Sea Level xkcd.com/3135/

Join us for a glamourous evening with some of Canada’s most prestigious playwrights to celebrate our latest publications at the Playwrights Canada Press Fall 2025 Book Launch! ✨📚✨ www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Pl...

Reasons to sign this #RTO petition even if you don’t have a hybrid job: - You don’t want to crowd transit/roads even more - You want talented ppl to be interested in public service - You wouldn’t appreciate someone arbitrarily messing w/ your work-life balance amapceo.on.ca/remoteworkwo... #onpoli

“We celebrate Labour Day at a time when we are also vigorously defending our rights and campaigning for stronger ones. We can never rest. There is no room for complacency in the workers movement.” @lanapayne.bsky.social #LabourDay #canlab

“Eighty-six per cent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel's ‘policies and actions in Gaza’ had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

My play Prodigals is now available as a book. Here’s a vid of me unboxing my copies. youtube.com/shorts/M2H0E...

Happy publication to the wonderful new play Prodigals by Sean Minogue, published by Latitude 46! About Prodigals: store.latitude46publishing.com/products/pro... #playwright @latitude46pub.bsky.social

We've got a generation of leaders in power who are 100% convinced their gut feelings are all they need to make decisions that impact the lives of countless people. I wish it were just a US phenomenon, but it's all over.

I’d also like to report my 3rd quarter status of “desperately trying to stay afloat.” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Here’s a recap of some book activities happening in my world lately. open.substack.com/pub/foundtim... #writing #playwriting #fiction

"Vibes aren’t enough, especially since broad mandates could prompt talented people to look elsewhere for employment. An expensive plan that causes talented people to leave the public sector would be a terrible mix — a much worse hybrid." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @graphicmatt.com #onpoli

Check out @playcanpress.bsky.social's Sept 8 event in Toronto. I'll be joining an impressive group of artists launching books. You can pick up my play 'Prodigals' there or pre-order it now from @latitude46pub.bsky.social. www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Pl... @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Took me forever to finish (cuz life) but this one-sentence book was well worth its 800+ pages.

“It’s been extremely frustrating to watch these agencies that are supposed to be concerned with press freedom and the protection of journalists just suddenly get real sluggish.” youtu.be/U1slgKY-RNk?...

Startling to see a balanced article on #RTO in @theglobeandmail.com about this. And in the business section, no less! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car... *sub required* #onpoli

@chaddundas.bsky.social Not a minute into the latest ep and I’m fairly certain it’s an AI Dundas co-hosting. Voice is a dead giveaway.

Shout out to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for stocking my #debutnovel, Terminal Solstice. 🎉 If you're in Roncy, pop in and support an awesome indie bookstore! anotherstory.ca/item/9lbIdve... #toronto

Mike Crawley for the win! Solid reporting here that recognizes the social impact of this move. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social #onpoli

I'll digitally subscribe to the first mainstream news outlet that fact-checks these (long-debunked) claims about hybrid work and productivity. #onpoli

Me, dodging dozens of unnecessary upsell pitches in what used to be a simple customer service transaction.

Went to see my book on a store shelf for the first time. Lots of good company in the ‘M’ section.

If you’ve got a library card in Toronto, you can read my new book for free. Or check out the eBook version in Libby. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

If you're interested in reading about self-destructive punk teens in northern Ontario riding bikes and ruining stuff, here's a link to my new short story in The Algomian: ojs.scholarsportal.info/algoma/algom... @algomau.bsky.social #writing #shortfiction

Israel’s war in Gaza combines a staggeringly high death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine. The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.

“Canada needs to be the thing we pretend to be.”

Are you on #goodreads? Consider adding my new book to your Want to Read shelf. It'll help nudge the algorithms of the world to take notice. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

My debut novel Terminal Solstice will be in a bookstore near you any day now (ahh!). Here’s a short video of me unboxing my own copies. youtube.com/shorts/HV_iW... #writing #indieauthor #speculativefiction #canlit

Morning. ☀️ I put together a quick roundup of my recent book activities. open.substack.com/pub/foundtim...

Sure, fine. But could we start framing increased drinking as maybe a not-so-crazy response to feelings of powerlessness in the face of a climate crisis, genocide, rogue superpowers hellbent on self-annihilation, etc? www.cbc.ca/news/health/...