Tu Thanh Ha
@tuthanhha.bsky.social
Globe and Mail reporter based in Toronto after postings in Quebec City, Ottawa, Montreal.
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Worth $300,000 in 1979.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Worth $300,000 in 1979.
It's like being back at a Canadian University Press national conference plenary.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's like being back at a Canadian University Press national conference plenary.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Speaking of worthy Canadian stuff ... “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative” is a long-running joke as journalism's most boring headline ... and yet look it up, it's quite relevant today ...
It's a 1986 New York Times column about Canada's efforts to convince the US of the merits of free trade.
It's a 1986 New York Times column about Canada's efforts to convince the US of the merits of free trade.
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Speaking of worthy Canadian stuff ... “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative” is a long-running joke as journalism's most boring headline ... and yet look it up, it's quite relevant today ...
It's a 1986 New York Times column about Canada's efforts to convince the US of the merits of free trade.
It's a 1986 New York Times column about Canada's efforts to convince the US of the merits of free trade.
There were previous phonetic alphabets. People familiar with the book and TV series Band of Brothers know that E company, 506th Parachute Regiment, was known as Easy Company.
The system used by the Allies during WW2 went Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, etc.
The system used by the Allies during WW2 went Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, etc.
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There were previous phonetic alphabets. People familiar with the book and TV series Band of Brothers know that E company, 506th Parachute Regiment, was known as Easy Company.
The system used by the Allies during WW2 went Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, etc.
The system used by the Allies during WW2 went Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, etc.
Nifty Blue Jays item from @pippanorman.bsky.social:
A decade ago, Sid Berliner walked out of a playoff game with a fly ball that Ben Revere threw into the crowd.
But Berliner, now 17, didn’t catch it. Peter Hwang did, and when he saw 7-year-old Berliner, he gave it up to the wide-eyed youngster...
A decade ago, Sid Berliner walked out of a playoff game with a fly ball that Ben Revere threw into the crowd.
But Berliner, now 17, didn’t catch it. Peter Hwang did, and when he saw 7-year-old Berliner, he gave it up to the wide-eyed youngster...
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Nifty Blue Jays item from @pippanorman.bsky.social:
A decade ago, Sid Berliner walked out of a playoff game with a fly ball that Ben Revere threw into the crowd.
But Berliner, now 17, didn’t catch it. Peter Hwang did, and when he saw 7-year-old Berliner, he gave it up to the wide-eyed youngster...
A decade ago, Sid Berliner walked out of a playoff game with a fly ball that Ben Revere threw into the crowd.
But Berliner, now 17, didn’t catch it. Peter Hwang did, and when he saw 7-year-old Berliner, he gave it up to the wide-eyed youngster...
Delighted to wake up and see in @theglobeandmail.com photos taken at World Series games less than 24 hours apart by an old student paper friend, the very talented Barbara Davidson, aka @photospice.bsky.social.
On the website, the thrill of victory. In print edition, the agony of defeat.
#BlueJays
On the website, the thrill of victory. In print edition, the agony of defeat.
#BlueJays
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Delighted to wake up and see in @theglobeandmail.com photos taken at World Series games less than 24 hours apart by an old student paper friend, the very talented Barbara Davidson, aka @photospice.bsky.social.
On the website, the thrill of victory. In print edition, the agony of defeat.
#BlueJays
On the website, the thrill of victory. In print edition, the agony of defeat.
#BlueJays
#GoogleFail.
Martin Coiteux was a Quebec treasury board president, not at the federal level.
A good reminder that you always have to check primary, reliable sources, not just accept the first answer that a machine spits out at you.
Martin Coiteux was a Quebec treasury board president, not at the federal level.
A good reminder that you always have to check primary, reliable sources, not just accept the first answer that a machine spits out at you.
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#GoogleFail.
Martin Coiteux was a Quebec treasury board president, not at the federal level.
A good reminder that you always have to check primary, reliable sources, not just accept the first answer that a machine spits out at you.
Martin Coiteux was a Quebec treasury board president, not at the federal level.
A good reminder that you always have to check primary, reliable sources, not just accept the first answer that a machine spits out at you.
The long stretches in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey when not a word is uttered.
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The long stretches in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey when not a word is uttered.
Ken Dryden and Marc Garneau, who died just three months ago, were both men of great achievements who also exemplified a sense of decency and thoughtfulness that will be missed in these acrimonious times.
September 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ken Dryden and Marc Garneau, who died just three months ago, were both men of great achievements who also exemplified a sense of decency and thoughtfulness that will be missed in these acrimonious times.
By the way, in Lovell's Wikipedia page, the part that says his father is from Toronto is attributed to p. 290 of Colin Burgess' book Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts.
Except if you look up that page, there's no mention of Toronto books.google.ca/books?id=Uh8...
Except if you look up that page, there's no mention of Toronto books.google.ca/books?id=Uh8...
August 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
By the way, in Lovell's Wikipedia page, the part that says his father is from Toronto is attributed to p. 290 of Colin Burgess' book Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts.
Except if you look up that page, there's no mention of Toronto books.google.ca/books?id=Uh8...
Except if you look up that page, there's no mention of Toronto books.google.ca/books?id=Uh8...
The more famous Lovell was born March 25, 1928.
Is it possible that Lovell the astronaut was young when his father died and got the date wrong? But surely one would know the difference between losing a father at age five as opposed to at age 12.
Is it possible that Lovell the astronaut was young when his father died and got the date wrong? But surely one would know the difference between losing a father at age five as opposed to at age 12.
August 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The more famous Lovell was born March 25, 1928.
Is it possible that Lovell the astronaut was young when his father died and got the date wrong? But surely one would know the difference between losing a father at age five as opposed to at age 12.
Is it possible that Lovell the astronaut was young when his father died and got the date wrong? But surely one would know the difference between losing a father at age five as opposed to at age 12.
Hahaha. What AI nonsense. I've never been to Germany, not as a refugee, not even as a tourist.
I was Googling to find an article I once wrote about a man applying for German citizenship years after his father fled Nazi Germany.
I was Googling to find an article I once wrote about a man applying for German citizenship years after his father fled Nazi Germany.
July 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hahaha. What AI nonsense. I've never been to Germany, not as a refugee, not even as a tourist.
I was Googling to find an article I once wrote about a man applying for German citizenship years after his father fled Nazi Germany.
I was Googling to find an article I once wrote about a man applying for German citizenship years after his father fled Nazi Germany.
One assumes that ERs would be open around the clock.
We found that Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019 – the equivalent of 47,500 days.
At least 34 per cent of Canadian ERs had an unplanned, short-term closure or a planned, long-lasting reduction in hours.
We found that Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019 – the equivalent of 47,500 days.
At least 34 per cent of Canadian ERs had an unplanned, short-term closure or a planned, long-lasting reduction in hours.
July 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
One assumes that ERs would be open around the clock.
We found that Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019 – the equivalent of 47,500 days.
At least 34 per cent of Canadian ERs had an unplanned, short-term closure or a planned, long-lasting reduction in hours.
We found that Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019 – the equivalent of 47,500 days.
At least 34 per cent of Canadian ERs had an unplanned, short-term closure or a planned, long-lasting reduction in hours.
He cut his hand badly when it hit a chainsaw. But when he showed up at the local ER, he found it was closed for the day.
That's the new reality in many rural Canadian hospitals that no longer have 24/7 ER services.
We took a deep dive and analyzed the data.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That's the new reality in many rural Canadian hospitals that no longer have 24/7 ER services.
We took a deep dive and analyzed the data.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
July 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
He cut his hand badly when it hit a chainsaw. But when he showed up at the local ER, he found it was closed for the day.
That's the new reality in many rural Canadian hospitals that no longer have 24/7 ER services.
We took a deep dive and analyzed the data.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That's the new reality in many rural Canadian hospitals that no longer have 24/7 ER services.
We took a deep dive and analyzed the data.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
A photo mechanical transfer camera. I learned to operate a PMT camera at the student paper.
One of those obsolete analog skills I acquired in the 1970s and 1980s, along with using a manual typewriter and cueing vinyl LPs when DJ'ing.
One of those obsolete analog skills I acquired in the 1970s and 1980s, along with using a manual typewriter and cueing vinyl LPs when DJ'ing.
June 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A photo mechanical transfer camera. I learned to operate a PMT camera at the student paper.
One of those obsolete analog skills I acquired in the 1970s and 1980s, along with using a manual typewriter and cueing vinyl LPs when DJ'ing.
One of those obsolete analog skills I acquired in the 1970s and 1980s, along with using a manual typewriter and cueing vinyl LPs when DJ'ing.
The final layout would have had nine or ten acetate layers to be composited together into the printing plates. For each colour in the cover I would have looked at a palette like this to identify the proper mix of basic cyan, magenta, and yellow.
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The final layout would have had nine or ten acetate layers to be composited together into the printing plates. For each colour in the cover I would have looked at a palette like this to identify the proper mix of basic cyan, magenta, and yellow.
I used a Photomechanical Transfer camera to reproduce the black outlines of the following drawings from Tintin au Tibet and the Blake and Mortimer album Le Piège diabolique.
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I used a Photomechanical Transfer camera to reproduce the black outlines of the following drawings from Tintin au Tibet and the Blake and Mortimer album Le Piège diabolique.
And now for something completely different, allow me to share a Tintin-inspired student paper front page I made in 1986 during a time I was stressing about my exams.
This was before Artificial Intelligence or even digital scanners. It required instead a maddening amount of X-acto knife cutting.
This was before Artificial Intelligence or even digital scanners. It required instead a maddening amount of X-acto knife cutting.
June 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And now for something completely different, allow me to share a Tintin-inspired student paper front page I made in 1986 during a time I was stressing about my exams.
This was before Artificial Intelligence or even digital scanners. It required instead a maddening amount of X-acto knife cutting.
This was before Artificial Intelligence or even digital scanners. It required instead a maddening amount of X-acto knife cutting.
Hahaha.
AI never disappoints. I asked for great hockey players from the GTA and instead of McDavid, Stamkos or Marner, I get this from Google's AI overview:
AI never disappoints. I asked for great hockey players from the GTA and instead of McDavid, Stamkos or Marner, I get this from Google's AI overview:
June 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hahaha.
AI never disappoints. I asked for great hockey players from the GTA and instead of McDavid, Stamkos or Marner, I get this from Google's AI overview:
AI never disappoints. I asked for great hockey players from the GTA and instead of McDavid, Stamkos or Marner, I get this from Google's AI overview:
... was briefly changed to this, but now all that's gone.
May 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
... was briefly changed to this, but now all that's gone.
Someone edited Brad Marchand's Wikipedia page tonight.
May 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Someone edited Brad Marchand's Wikipedia page tonight.
Another difference between Canadian and Australian elections: no voting stations at the beach with people casting ballots in bathing suits.
May 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another difference between Canadian and Australian elections: no voting stations at the beach with people casting ballots in bathing suits.