💬 Quoted… ​​“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the indigenous peoples.”

Pope Francis visited the site of a former residential school for Indigenous Canadian children yesterday, issuing a historic apology for the Catholic Church’s role in government-sponsored “projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation.”

• It was the first event in the pope’s weeklong “penitential pilgrimage” across Canada to meet with – and apologize to – various Indigenous communities.

🚢 Stat of the Day: A record 887 superyachts (aka boats at least 295 feet long) were sold in 2021, a roughly 100% increase from the previous year, per The New Yorker.

• This trend shows no signs of slowing, either. More than 1,000 superyachts have already been commissioned this year.

🌎 Around the World: Russia announced gas exports through the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany will be cut in half starting on Wednesday, due to what Moscow claims is maintenance that’s held up by Ukraine-related sanctions. The EU has called the situation “energy blackmail.” (Background)

🤯 Did You Know?... People who grew up in the era of black and white television and movies mostly reported dreaming in black and white. People raised before or after that time period mostly reported dreaming in color.

📖 Worth a Read: ‘Bend and Blaze’: High Yoga Classes Are All the Buzz These Days→ (WSJ)

📊 Poll results: Yesterday, we asked what you all thought of California’s gig-worker law AB5, which inspired ongoing trucker protests that closed down the third-busiest port on the West Coast for all of last week.

• 17% of y’all support AB5, 29% are against it, and 54% were unsure or had a more nuanced opinion.

See the full 360° view here.