If you're looking for international #novel contests, check this out. #writing

#ForeverCanadian Albertans faced with increasing corrupt provincial government. #ableg

Yes! #mbpoli #cdpoli

Pleased #BC isn’t bending to US pressure to stock American booze. #bcpoli #cdnpoli HTTPS://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-u-s-liquor-tariffs-9.7174405

Love the sharp writing in Marina Hyde’s takedown of JD Vance: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Comparing Easter messages

Now following @be-giant.bsky.social and looking forward to positive news about new ideas in #Canada

WOW!!

A headline that’s clear and true, no hyperbole needed. More of this, please. #journalism #IranWar Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused apnews.com/article/iran...

A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.

Canadian who planned to attend a “No Kings” rally had to give US border officials a DNA sample. One more reason to hope the #NoKings is huge.

The Far Side from 1987

Oh @economist.com

John Lanchester is one of fave authors, so big add to my #TBR #books: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Charlie's post today is a particularly disturbing read, and thanks @charlieangus104.bsky.social for writing this. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

So true. #journalism in #Canada is not immune, as PP’s gleeful attacks on #CBC (when cocky PP took for granted he’d win) made clear. Pay Close Attention to Trump's War on the Free Press via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

Added to my TBR, by “a septuagenarian debut novelist” I can’t wait to read: #books www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

🎶 “Not your 51st state. That fantasy is lost. We'll kick the orange man out at any cost. Beavers build. Moose charge. Rangers lead the way. Canada stays ours. Come what may.” 🎶 #cdnpoli

Nice to see news that brings a little smile to the face. #Canada #HeatedRivalry

No matter where you live in Canada, please support our unity. We are together. Https://secure.forever-canadian.ca

We got to go through that whole Nobel Prize shit again when Melania doesn’t get nominated for an Oscar.

Good dig at the “prize-winning” orange thug, @22-minutes.bsky.social & Mark Critch. The kissing Gretsky is good, the ending (no spoilers here) even better. #Canada

Not much to smile about re #Canada #US #autoindustry but this car worked for me. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

For this major literary prize in #Canada, 2026 judges will, instead of #authors, be independent #booksellers. Great idea! gillerprize.ca/introducing-...

Revolted by #Grok AI porn and arrogant egotistical billionaire who allows it. I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW

In Canada, call or email Evan Solomon and demand he do his job as “Minister of AI and Digital innovation” to stop the CSAM and non-consensual porn. X should be banned in this country. 📞 416-972-2030 📧 [email protected]

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

I’m definitely in the “read the book first” camp. Have now added His & Hers to my #TBR. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...

Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda. Conversely, Trump disbanded all efforts to identify and black Russian disinformation campaigns and is actually bolstering and promoting them.

Sending a Happy New Year to @brittlestar.com as I sit on my couch enjoying my last glass of wine for 2025. Thanks for making me laugh during a year that was not, to put it mildly, particularly funny.

If you’re trying to explain to friends & fam who Charlie Angus is, and why MeidasCanada is so important, here’s a good intro to the shit disturbing resistance of @charlieangus104.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#Canada #Santa #TrueNorth

I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.

Dermatologist Recommends Not Caring So Much What Other People Think https://theonion.com/dermatologist-recommends-not-caring-so-much-what-other-1828995941/

Hadn’t heard of #OursToProtect until this @brittlestar.com post. And it’s so very, very true.

Thanks for this uplifting story about #Halifax & #BostonChristmasTree Challenging to be good neighbours/neighbors in these times but glad they’re keeping this tradition alive. (Now, back to boycotting.)

Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁

I really needed to see this today. Thanks @brittlestar.com

I know about 10 words of #Icelandic from hearing it spoken by older relatives. Hope #Iceland can protect it from AI. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Last year, author J. B. MacKinnon found out that tech companies had fed his books into their generative AI models. Now, he's the face of several lawsuits against big tech. https://macleans.ca/longforms/big-tech-v-me/

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b... Reminds me of the Kate Atkinson books on my shelf I want to re-read…as if my #TBR pile isn’t too long already.

Mark Carney’s unexpected trick-or-treaters are a little treat for us today.

Ahem. We give you Gander. The app. On a phone. Not public yet… but it’s real, in our hands, and soon in beta. The timing is a bit nuts… given we just opened investment to all Canadians (at frontfundr.com/gandersocial) but we’re over the moon. Amazing what can get done with community.