Yet another story of hate and intolerance coming out from western “Christianity”; no, I’m not being vague, it just happens so damn much I don’t need to specify. #jesuswept #lovewins

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Way, WAY too much fun. pixelframe.design/burger-king-... @thistledownpress.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Best part of the interwebs today: pixelframe.design/burger-king-... #lovewins #saynotohate #jesus

Apparently the most influential voices on earth don't have the stuff to say no to Bezos. And yet today we still see a lotta dumping on average COL/inflation-dazed people for needing to look for lower prices. That needs to stop—the cancer infects from the top. #fucktheoligarchs #taxtherich

Slightly diminish a book title... The End We Procrastinate From

Slightly diminish a book… Some of the Light We Might See

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Slightly diminish a book... The Inconvenient Lightness of Being

Slightly diminish a book... Women Napping

Slightly diminish a book... One Thing Falls Apart

The Impotence of One

Meh, the Beloved Country

I just wrote that a character "yeeted" an empty liquor bottle at a Nazi corpse in occupied Holland. I almost left it in just for fun. Don't @ me. You don't know what I've been through. #amwriting #writingcommunity #canlit

Attended a wonderful get-together at #differentdrummerbooks for #indiebookstireday Bonus: I snagged one of the first copies seen in the wild of @brentvans.com's new book, Peace Thieves. It launches in June and I might have it read by then. 🙃

Sometimes I catch myself putting the toilet paper roll back on the spindle the wrong way, and I am filled with an instant and profound regret.

Seen in the wild way before the official publication date! (Bug your favourite bookseller—copies went out this past week!) #canlit #fiction #novel @thistledownpress.bsky.social www.peacethieves.ca

Parents, if this moment teaches us anything, it’s that we NEED to encourage our kids to read widely and dangerously. (Also to teach them that not every repetitive sound or movement is ASMR. And that chewing with their mouths open is super ick and cringe.) #truth #parenting #knowledgeispower

I use whole wheat flour and dump fibre powder into my cooking wherever I can, like the regular madman/visionary I truly am.

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Unboxing THE PEACE THIEVES, dropping June 2! Preorders are live wherever you buy books, y’all. #canlit #fiction #novel @thistledownpress.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

When he dies*, does #MAGA and all the white nationalist monsters lose their figurehead and fade? Discuss. *soon, please

Seeing The Peace Thieves on the #GillerPrize Craving #CanLit list is a genuine buzz (and what heady company to keep!). Check it out! gillerprize.ca/2026-craving... @thistledownpress.bsky.social @hollay.bsky.social

Well done, #PopeLeo & co! What's truly remarkable, though, is that a significant number of American Catholics will turn away from their faith by ignoring their church head and spiritual father because, in practical terms, Trump is bigger than their pope and an omniscient and omnipresent God.

Something something rats fleeing the something ship something something cliché. #canpoli

So…you’re saying he didn’t win? #iran

DJT is still an unhinged, #evil, greedy monster leading a cabal of evil, unhinged monsters, backing an evil, greedy Israeli monster, all because they want power/oil/land and hate brown people and love wasting human lives as they fuck with the markets to pad their and their rich friends' portfolios.

I know we're supposed to resist the rage-bait and to be sensible, but HOW CAN THIS NOT ENRAGE YOU?!?!

On behalf of humanity, too many of whom are suffering and dying, I'm on my knees and begging America to cut out and burn in the hottest flames the evil, antibiotic-resistant, flesh-eating bacterial infection that is Trump and his minions. DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO. #fucktrump #resist #peacenow

Me, while watching a video where the #artemis crew names a crater after Cmdr Wiseman's late wife Carroll, who cancer stole in 2020.

Message to Americans: the world is waiting for you to do the right thing. Remove your President. Then revise your Constitution to protect yourselves. And us. It will take years to recover from the catastrophe of Trump.

Recently, my 10yo asked if #Trump is evil. I hedged in the moment—people use the term too loosely & my perspective on sin/evil has evolved—but upon reflection, prayer, & research, I'm confident that I can answer with a firm #hellyes. I'd also add #Hegseth, #Miller, & the rest of his hateful cabal.

LitLive Reading Series April event happening this Sunday! Come hear some of Canada's best writing at The Staircase Theatre + Lounge. Hope to see you there! #hamont #canlit

Using scripture’s 2000-year-old words to frame mental health struggles purely as spiritual choices and/or obstacles to faith is a form of abuse. That this still happens in 2026 is abhorrent.

It’s always been about Israeli colonialism, oil, and armaments: Israel continues to take what it wants, and MAGA demon-buddies in the oil and military complexes make obscene amounts of money. And the “Christian” nationalists are content with the scraps. #NoKings #JesusWept *Orange Turd

Prediction: the OT* will order his MAGA puppets and autocrats to designate #NoKings as a domestic terrorist organization. *Orange Turd

A little bit about the guy behind the book. (Spoiler: it's me.) Thanks @thistledownpress.bsky.social for making this journey so very, very cool. #fiction #canlit #novel

Meet our final author of the Spring 2026 season, Brent van Staalduinen! THE PEACE THIEVES will be available June 2nd, 2026. Pre-order now at thistledownpress.com/product/the-...

Launch. Party. Hamilton. June 23. The Staircase. You're invited. #hamont #fiction #canlit www.brentvans.com @thistledownpress.bsky.social

I'm so excited to see this book out in the world and in your hands, readers! Preorders are live wherever you buy books (the best option being, of course, your local bookstore: those folks know books), and details ca be found here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #hamont #fiction #canlit

Chuck Norris memes got super quiet all of a sudden.

It’s not our job to determine if God is big enough to handle our questions.

Hey, #hamont and #gta #gtha friends: consider yourselves invited to the April LitLive! Come take in some stellar Canadian writing (check out that lineup) and have a break from candy eggs, chocolate bunnies, and all that busy-busy Eastering! www.litlivereadings.com

Heard the following on a podcast a few days ago, and it's really stuck with me: the bible reassures us that God/Jesus/HS could not possibly love us any more than he already does, so why do we still spend so much time and resources trying to make him do just that?

Someone please explain to me how Boston Pizza actually gets to use the word “pizza” in its name. That is some crap dough/mozzarella/tomato sauce thing they have going on there.

Becoming increasingly powerless to stop the cringe and eye-twitch when I hear Americans say that the current admin's beliefs, actions, and words "don't reflect American values" because "American values" has lost all meaning and currency.

So a self-declared "Christian" nation is openly boasting about killing Iranians, military and civilian, "without mercy." This is simply a racist, hateful attack on image-bearers of Christ. No plan, no threat, no need—just white men getting their rocks off by killing and boasting about it. #iran

Save the date: on June 23, I'll be launching THE PEACE THIEVES in #hamont at the Staircase! More info to follow, but in the meantime, would you consider preordering to please my publisher & the algorithm (and me!)? Details: tinyurl.com/5bv7ddfv @thistledownpress.bsky.social #canlit #fiction

Three months until launch! I'm so excited that folks will finally get to read this labour of love, a tender tribute and scathing critique of Canada's troubled peacekeeping legacy. #canlit #fiction #novel

This one hits hard.