My boyfriend broke a tooth and the first available dentist appointment is at… tooth hurty

The Prison Libraries Committee and Bar None Rideshare are having our annual fundraising book and bake sale next weekend! If you’re in Winnipeg, come out and buy some books to help us continue our work.

It's that glorious time of year! When the Manitoba Library Association - Prison Libraries Committee along with the BarNone Prison Visiting Rideshare, hosts it's annual Book & Bake Sale! Oh - did I mention it's pay-what-you want?! Cash only please! See you there!

Kids in my neighbourhood keep scamming me. They know I’m a soft touch. I’ve spent $26 on popcorn and chocolate bars that never arrive. I want my snacks but I have to respect the hustle

@rikergoogling.bsky.social can we have Riker AI Prompts? Sort of a Riker Googling The Next Generation if you will

Hey babe new season of Drag Race just dropped

If you like the idea of chosen family, wait until you hear about having friends!

Our first bluesky post! How do you sign up to be a penpal to an LGBTQ+ prisoner through the Prisoner Correspondence Project? With nearly 3000 prisoners waiting for penpals for up to 7 years, we desperately need new penpals! Sign up now, and tell your friends ❤️‍🔥

Gosh darn it. I went to AWP in 2018 and never really considered going back, but so many great people are there this year, in one of my favourite cities.

Here’s my unsolicited life advice: whenever I go grocery shopping, I always buy Italian parsley or green onions or both. They usually cost less than $2 and between the two of them you can make pretty much any meal feel 85% fancier and more delicious

What’s a belief your brain is sure is true, no matter how often you tell it otherwise? Mine is that it’s illegal to cover your ears when you hear an emergency vehicle siren, and that News is an acronym of North East West South

Butler also wrote about fires that destroy the California home of her protagonist. She wasn’t a psychic. She didn’t have a magic crystal ball. She was a scholar and a reader. She understood history.

How come calling a cat a stinky little man is cute but it sounds deranged to call a cat a stinky little woman

The Dave Williamson National Short Story Competition is now open! Submissions close Feb. 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CST. For details visit mbwriters.ca/programs/sho... #Shortstory #competition #writer #author #ManitobaWritersGuild

“The book was better.” - Me, watching Adventures In Babysitting

Hello, let me ruin (or improve!) your day by informing you that Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” transposes perfectly onto Tone-Loc’s Funky Cold Medina

Me: Science fiction isn’t meant to be taken as a literal prediction of the future but rather a tool for examining the anxieties of the present Octavia Butler in 1993: