Jessica Johnson
@jessicajohnson.bsky.social
Senior fellow at the Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mcgillu.bsky.social. Literary journalism professor @uoft.bsky.social. Former EIC @thewalrusca.bsky.social. I post here about writing, journalism and books.
A lovely story about an obsession I share.
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A lovely story about an obsession I share.
Bad news if your party is hoping to kill it! www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bad news if your party is hoping to kill it! www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
This was a big deal on Yonge St. this afternoon. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
April 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This was a big deal on Yonge St. this afternoon. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
This is one of the weirdest AI confabulations I've ever seen. I can't believe Google is actually proposing we use this feature in search. I had asked, "what character on North of North wears a Canada Goose parka?" I didn't know who Mackey was so I looked him up... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is one of the weirdest AI confabulations I've ever seen. I can't believe Google is actually proposing we use this feature in search. I had asked, "what character on North of North wears a Canada Goose parka?" I didn't know who Mackey was so I looked him up... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I am completely fixated on this aspect of last night’s Liberal leadership debate. Is this really 2025? (Story by Spencer van Dyk) www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
February 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am completely fixated on this aspect of last night’s Liberal leadership debate. Is this really 2025? (Story by Spencer van Dyk) www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
On the surface it might seem shocking: to go from $33 to $62 is to almost double the current level of public spending. But as you can see from our recent survey, 57% of Canadians would maintain or even increase funding to the CBC/Radio-Canada, including 47% of people who identify as Conservative.
February 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
On the surface it might seem shocking: to go from $33 to $62 is to almost double the current level of public spending. But as you can see from our recent survey, 57% of Canadians would maintain or even increase funding to the CBC/Radio-Canada, including 47% of people who identify as Conservative.
This feels very gambly
February 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This feels very gambly
Still haunting
January 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Still haunting
To add to the point about what major criticisms Canadians want to see addressed: 27% describe it as too “woke” whereas 31% say it isn’t too “woke”, underscoring the difficulty of arriving at simple consensus about what the CBC/Radio-Canada should be.
January 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
To add to the point about what major criticisms Canadians want to see addressed: 27% describe it as too “woke” whereas 31% say it isn’t too “woke”, underscoring the difficulty of arriving at simple consensus about what the CBC/Radio-Canada should be.
Really special to see this book talk with Chris Ware moderated by @jeetheer.bsky.social at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the @torontolibrary tonight.
November 27, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Really special to see this book talk with Chris Ware moderated by @jeetheer.bsky.social at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the @torontolibrary tonight.
Did not expect to be sitting outside at the Writers’ Bar in November!
November 16, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Did not expect to be sitting outside at the Writers’ Bar in November!
Did not know this!
November 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Did not know this!
December 22, 2023 at 11:55 AM
“I think a bad life early can make you_too_strong—sometimes devouring or malevolent, sometimes just willful, overpowering. – @marinaendicott.bsky.social, “The Observer”
October 22, 2023 at 4:22 PM
“I think a bad life early can make you_too_strong—sometimes devouring or malevolent, sometimes just willful, overpowering. – @marinaendicott.bsky.social, “The Observer”
I think about this a lot. Sometimes people feel about not having met some goal or major success that was never really in their control anyway. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
September 18, 2023 at 11:48 AM
I think about this a lot. Sometimes people feel about not having met some goal or major success that was never really in their control anyway. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
From: How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
September 16, 2023 at 10:21 PM
From: How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Golden Delicious, typically a tasteless and mealy apple variety, are exceptionally good this year. #fruitPSA
September 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Golden Delicious, typically a tasteless and mealy apple variety, are exceptionally good this year. #fruitPSA