I'm not saying this kind of thing doesn't happen in Canada's food supply (it does) but with current regime's lack of interest in anything regarding oversight, safety, or regulation, it's madness to put American products in your mouth. I don't trust the bourbon not to contain methanol at this point.

If you need someone to colour your thing, give Paul a call.

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Angry? Here’s one about injustice, racism, and colonialism. You know, with monsters, magic, murder, grief, and ghosts. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

For real, one of the most disheartening things about the whole GenAI disaster has been seeing creative humans turn their backs on each other to save a few bucks. We expect a casual disregard for our human talents from Head Office, but we don't need to feed into this blight ourselves.

I know one person who regularly cites Grok as if it were a reliable source of information or analysis, and I doubt even this will sway his opinion on Elon's pet bot. Folks, if anyone starts a sentence with "I asked Grok..." you know you can ignore everything else they say.

For a food which is supposed to be synonymous with "fun," people have way too many arbitrary personal rules about pizza.

Robert Smith could easily have written 'This Charming Man' and probably even 'How Soon is Now?' on a good day, but Morrissey could never have written 'Just Like Heaven.'

My piratical cosmic horror story 'Seven for a Secret' appears in the final issue of On Spec Magazine, available from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social at the link below. Pirates! Plunder! Possession! Check it out! @onspecmag.bsky.social

Weird to think the citizens were better informed about *vague gesture at everything* when our dissemination model largely relied on neighborhood kids on bikes throwing rolled-up sheafs of paper toward the front door as they pedaled past.

Actually... if we can do the part where Nazis get punched, let's gooo 2026

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

Gen AI #writing conversation hit hard a few hours after I posted this AM thanks to the SFWA, so here again for the afternoon crowd...

I will insist on "No Gen AI" clauses in all future publishing contracts. I will not submit my work to publishers or publications who use Gen AI in their production processes, social media, and/or marketing. I will not work with editors, story coaches, or other writing "consultants" who use Gen AI.

Timeline cleanse

I don't know what this is, but I can appreciate a good 90's X-Men pool party tribute when I see one.

Going into 2026 like...

I kind of love this. And potatoes 🥔

Trying to talk myself down from the ledge of Getting Into It with a "plot consultant" who insists their use of AI images in their marketing is all fine and good, actually, because they wouldn't pay money for art or design anyway.

Me, reading a comic: "I dunno, some of these X-Men seem pretty canny to me."

I feel like there are, oh, probably at least half a dozen or so Science Fiction, Fantasy, and/or Horror stories out there about how this is a less than great idea.

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

I'm reading this one right now, as it happens, and it is unlike anything else I've ever come across. Highly recommended! Do it up!

"We have it as an ultimate tool of accountability if a politician does something absolutely egregious, illegal, grossly unethical." Illegal may be for legislators and courts to decide, but egregious and unethical are up to the people. A decision is being made in real time. Buckle up! #ableg #abpoli

I don’t know how many times we’re gonna have to say this, but, “People with disabilities need AI to create!” is the dumbest, most ableist thing you can say and please fucking stop.

Danielle Smith (like Jason Kenney before her) courted Alberta's separatist bloc and holds her position as UCP leader at their whim. The UCP has tacitly legitimized and given a plank to their bleating. Separatism defines this party to many Albertans This badge is yours, Premier. Wear it well #ABPoli

It has become absolutely impossible to find colouring books (for any age range) online that are not wall-to-wall AI slop.

Author pals, here's yet another reason to insist on a No-GenAI clause in your contracts: your work may be disqualified from awards if your publisher slaps an AI cover on your book. In this case, it seems like the publisher didn't know the "designers" they hired used AI in their "process." Still...

Now more than ever!

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I pledge to never forgive and never forget the cowardly and cruel actions of this Alberta government. Make no mistake, Bill 9 will destroy lives. #ABLeg #ABPoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FireTheUCP #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

It was the 1980s and there were so many, but

Someone asked me recently if I hear a voice in my head while I'm writing. I do, but it's not my own. Depending on what I'm working on, my internal narrator when I'm writing usually sounds like either David Tennant or Stanley Tucci. How about you?

The UCP are going to drop their shiny new anti-trans Bill 9 on the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, aren't they? #abpoli #ableg

"The Zelda movie actors just look like people playing dress up". Yeah I think that's how live action movies work.

"It was a very cold night." Weaksauce. "It was the coldest night Jane could remember." Better, makes it personal. "Jane clutched her flimsy jacket, pulling it tight around her shivering shoulders. Her breath had frozen her scarf solid. Frosted wool scratched her chin." Now the reader feels it!

Where did you learn to fly?

Narcissists never admit, acknowledge, or even realize when they're in the wrong.

If you hadn't heard, Canada's venerable On Spec Magazine is wrapping things up after 35yrs. Their next issue will be their last. Thank you to everyone at @onspecmag.bsky.social for providing a platform for Canadian speculative fiction writers! And, as a reader, thanks for all the great stories!

That's a shame dot gif.

If you hadn't heard, Canada's venerable On Spec Magazine is wrapping things up after 35yrs. Their next issue will be their last. Thank you to everyone at @onspecmag.bsky.social for providing a platform for Canadian speculative fiction writers! And, as a reader, thanks for all the great stories!

The world's first trillionaire? Cool, I guess, but a Nazi's still a Nazi.

If I were a more popular/profitable writer, I would commission art of all my characters and have them printed up like 1980s trading cards, then seal them in wax packs to give away at readings and events. Anyway... LINK: books2read.com/u/490zOw

Even in space, Daylight Savings week be like...

This one has been on my TBR pile for far too many weeks already! I'll need to dig into it over the weekend, maybe. Join me in a read-along?

my latest MS is under consideration with my publisher, any chance kind words from @saderotica.bsky.social @pnwscribe.bsky.social or @scribeofhades.bsky.social gets you to grab my debut today is a chance I’ve got to take! a.co/d/9zhXl43 if you already have, review it, and thank you! 🙏

I have a preorder up for the sequel story to Welcome to Cemetery! Off with their Sleds is a fun, dark Christmas mystery just in time for the holidays. Signup and read for free (& early) mailchi.mp/c4252cf5668d... Or preorder now! $0.99 books2read.com/u/3yn96p

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this one because it’s very timely, helped me land an agent, was a Stoker nominee, was published in France and Italy, and it’s 30% off! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

I never really thought about it, but I guess it makes sense that someone had to invent the saxophone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe...

Sometimes I think about all of the great comic book characters who are out there languishing unused and forgotten by their huge corporate owners, and get a bit sad. (This post is mostly about Death's Head, but it's also about Prime and Sludge and Mantra and about a hundred others.)

I did it once and I have to believe I can do it again.

"No person should ever do what they do to win awards, because their work will reek of desperation and therefore never ring true. Or, in the case of a chef, taste good." - Stanley Tucci