A propos of nothing, I just want people here in the Good Place to know and understand (and maybe consider?) that we have 11 universities in NS and all the Presidents there make less than 5% of the President of our power corporation. Humans are bad at scale of numbers so I think this is important. 💕

What are we meal prepping this week? I’m doing chicken soup and sweet and sour turkey meatballs.

And the bridge is closed. Absolutely unreal.

I joke all the time about my beloved station-wagon that we bought the last year it was made but MY GOD do I want a friggin’ station-wagon to be designed before I buy a new car so I won’t hit anybody or have any sight line issues while driving in a city!

We are en route to Halifax inbound on the 102 and have seen twelve (twelve!) police trucks flying down the highway outbound near Stewiacke. Hope everything is okay.

Tax revenue per address by district in Halifax: D2: $1,881 D13: $3,124 D1: $3,141 D4: $3,200 D14: $3,623 D15: $3,635 D11: $3,718 D3: $5,722 D10: $6,911 D5: $7,892 D9: $9,604 D16: $10,192 D12: $10,243 D6: $13,156 D8: $14,422 D7: $37,975

If you give me 1 hour of your time, I'll give you 5 concrete ways you can safely intervene as a bystander if you witness hate or harassment in public spaces. It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot! Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...

fyi Nova-Scotiasky, The IWK is conducting a survey on women's health services, including g*nder affirmation, in the Maritimes. iwkfoundation.org (the asterisk is to block any potential scraping bots)

We need more non-profit housing and effective rent control. New data shows that average asking rents for Halifax increased from 43%-68% between 2019-2025, with studios increasing the second most in the country. Review the data: www.novascotia.ca/finance/stat... #NSpoli #affordablehousing

For all the #Halisky twaffletwats who say oh we never see anyone using the #bikelane… last night in Halifax, my youngest was using the bike lane following the rules of the road (lots of witnesses) when a twit made a right hand turn through a bike lane & hit my kid! They are just leaving emerg…

A good way to keep protesting the Halifax mayor’s bad-faith actions (and many other things): Ride your bike.

You know, I was just thinking about how neat it would be to value women’s work with education and a degree and I realized that I just meant a modern home economics program. Would have been cool if that wasn’t squashed and evolved into more of a study of the work. Hmm.

If you're in Halifax, you may want to check and see if you were at the four listed locations on April 26 as you may have been exposed to measles. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

I recently got three migraines with auras in a week. Wild ride! But as a result, I had to stop taking the hormonal birth control I was using for 20 years and have been feeling all out of sorts since. Crying at the drop of a hat. Being bothered by things that don’t usually bother me.

One bag of chips, one drink. What are you choosing? (Rip in peace)

If you had told me that I would buy a bike with a battery and a motor to get around Halifax cheaply and efficiently when I first moved here, I would have laughed very hard. Things change, and the more options for folks to easily and accessibly not drive everywhere is absolutely the answer.

I can't believe how inside I have to be right now.

We obviously had no way of knowing last year when we bought Nick Cave tickets but going on mini vacay in Montreal this weekend has been a wild ride. I kid you not, I just saw a woman cooing her infant in a stroller in the hotel lobby chanting “go habs go”

I was actually surprisingly affected by Pope Francis’s death. I was raised Catholic, am not religious, however am not naive to the moral and customary remnants of being raise with a set of values and rules. My family is fairly progressive and was often wrestling with this dichotomy of practice.

I actually have a phobia of mushrooms and so instead of watching The Last of Us, I’m watching another sinister parasite, landed English gentry featured in an Agatha Christie mini-series.

Adam is sick of me complaining about it so I will let you all know that I am miffed that I work at the only university in the city that is open on Easter Monday.

Just a lapsed Catholic watching Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time on a pretty Good Friday.

What are we meal prepping today? Our house is having a soup week - Baked Potato Soup for Adam Tortilla Soup for me (Both with added protein in bone broth and chicken)

I fell asleep on the couch until 4am last night by accident and frigged up my neck and shoulder. Advil, Tylenol, caffeine, stretching, and CBD still hasn’t entirely fixed it. Feeling very stupid and old.

So I just went to get bloodwork at the IWK because it was close to my work. When I got to registration, they asked me if I still lived at 6050 University Avenue. I thought they may have confused me with another Sarah MacDonald (common). Then they showed me all this information that matched mine.

“This is just not enough. We need to be stimulating the economy from the bottom,” Saulnier said. “We need leadership that really does connect the dots and understands that providing enough for minimum wage and the lowest wage workers makes for a better province.” #nspoli @halifaxexaminer.ca

A few nights ago I found myself downtown at a bar where young people frequent and there was a DJ and a dance floor and most of the young people were not dancing, but simply standing on the dance floor and I cannot stop thinking about it and how absurd it was but also how sad?!

Have you ever seen such a cartoonish villain in your life?

Careful when you travel to the US, friends... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One thing they never tell you about getting an upholstery machine for pets is that have to clean the upholstery machine for pets. I have almost barfed a few times this evening.

Is there some sort of clear economic reason why produce at Walmart is so cheap right now? A few things were US (passed on those) but most were Canada and a few Mexican greens. 27 cent cukes 49 cent Roma tomatoes 1.50 10lb potatoes 4 10lb onions 47 cent sweet potatoes ??

A sitting president is lying on national television after tanking an economy in 24 hours and dangling WWIII in front of the press, and you hold a little sign? Jesus Christ almighty it’s all fucked to hell.

Since folks were so kind to respond to this, I’ll say that I’ve started keeping a “good reasons to still want to live in a society” list. It has been so helpful to show me that all those good things are still here. It’s a yes, and. We just have to fight for the good stuff. Sappy, but whatever.

‘If you have the ability to do something you have a responsibility to do it’: Remembering Harry Critchley www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Practically nothing will get me up and out of the house before 7:30 these days, but Shakira will 🫡

My hold on the new gothic vampire book is in so I have to hurry up and finish my classic gothic vampire book!

Okay if you are feeling the same, this thread absolutely lifted a few of my low feelings. Thanks, y’all! 💕

I am so good at looking on the bright side of things, much to others' chagrin some days, but I've been STRUGGLING to find the silver linings lately. If anyone has any hot tips, I am all ears.

Premier Tim Houston has issued a statement saying he agrees with the auditor general and will amend legislation. "Sometimes things become something that they weren’t intended to be, and I believe this is the case with the Auditor General-related amendments."

'Dismantling democracy" articles will be free (not behind paywall) @timbousquet.bsky.social says. "In times of crisis, the public needs critical information quickly. Public safety and our collective well-being come first. We’ll worry about how to pay for this news operation later."

All of y’all calling this false spring are truly delusional. But maybe that’s what you need right now so that’s okay.

Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

Long story short: we're seeing democracy itself dismantled in the province that brought responsible government to Canada.

So much stuff is happening at once, and I have a huge writing project also in the works, so I've decided to wait til tomorrow's Morning File to lay out the depth and breadth of this unprecedented (in NS history) power grab.

A little late to the game but Paul McCartney on the SNL anniversary special wearing a shaggy mullet and a vest, playing the back half of the B Side of Abbey Road, which I said was “my favourite song” for over a decade, feels deeply indulgent.

Nova Scotia Auditor General Kim Adair said Wednesday she could no longer do her work as the legislature's fiscal watchdog if the Houston government gives itself the ability to fire her. #nspoli via Jean Laroche www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Houston government is repealing the ban on fracking in Nova Scotia. I had this exchange with Premier Tim Houston:

The legislature now has the power to keep auditor general reports private, and to fire the auditor general at will. Non-unionized government employee are now also at will and can be fired without cause.