This guy is brilliant, hits so many crucial points in a disarming (if only lolsob) way & btw how much does it cost to have like 15 armed assholes on the federal payroll sauntering around harassing uber drivers & finally: he's very brave

*Anti-ICE professors* lol

To have @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social feature my poem on @slowdownshow.org would be a dream come true had I ever thought to dream such a wild thing. Thank you to all the folks who make this podcast, which has introduced me to many, many poets I admire. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

THE BOOK OF DANIEL, RAGTIME, WORLD'S FAIR, BILLY BATHGATE, an honorable lifetime of political activism -- this was a man. Plus guy was a working book editor for years, which I love about him.

It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.

Who had surgical on their bingo card

the optionality doctrine

For any short fiction writers (who are residents of Ontario), the @thestar.com's annual Short Story Contest has started accepting submissions. I can't seem to produce anything that's under 4,000 words these days, but if you've got something under 2,500 details are here:

Read this: a brilliant, compact & beautiful piece that enacts the playful in the midst of analyzing. (Solidarity with HG & all who "cry at symphonies or parades or concerts"--me, too.) @hollay.bsky.social

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Salma Hussain : THE MORNING LIGHT periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/salm...

They're so close to seeing something here

hey Bluesky por favor share your preferred local Venezuelan and Spanish-first news sources, I usually read El País pero necissito mas hoy porque this US coverage is basura

Good morning from Canada, a country whose border Trump has called an “imaginary” “artificial line” established by an illegitimate treaty. I’d like to be spared your nuanced “Were Trump voter’s racist with fascist inclinations or just low information voters with fascist inclinations?” debate today.

and forgive us our emails, as we forgive those who email against us

NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American. Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/

PREORDER CANADA ALERT 🚨 Fabulous Cover Alert 🔔 Save a bedraggled writer prompt 🎺 Thank you for sticking with me stamp ❤️ www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/555536...

The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary). We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, etc. Details: buff.ly/BLbblht #writingcommunity

Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39

Yes, this (my great-greats came from Italy in this timeframe)

happy birthday jesus

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

One of the biggest moments of my career: USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!

Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social

imagine trying to convince me that I should "get used" to AI bc it's "here to stay." honey mitch mcconnell has been my senator since before i was born, do you think i don't know how to lock in and hate for the long haul

Tomorrow (Dec 12th) is the last day to submit your claim regarding Loblaws’ bread price-fixing scheme. You could get $50 or more. Get that “bread!” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

FFS what a clown show

Look at this! Someone actually went and made this beautiful thing! Spread it far and wide!

In case you don't know why Dr Tedds is posting these names and their ages, they were all massacred at École Polytechnique in Montreal OTD in 1989. Why? Because they were women.

Geneviève Bergeron, 21 Hélène Colgan, 23 Nathalie Croteau, 23 Barbara Daigneault, 22 Anne-Marie Edward, 21 Maud Haviernick, 29 Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31 Maryse Laganière, 25 Maryse Leclair, 23 Anne-Marie Lemay, 22 Sonia Pelletier, 28 Michèle Richard, 21 Annie St-Arneault, 23 Annie Turcotte, 20

that "Their brains worked less, but they 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.” jumped out at me. and just feels like such a capturing of current times. reminds me of watching a movie or TV show while second-screening — you 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 just as engaged, but are probably missing a similar 47%

I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

This should make the US Ambassador to Canada happy

I love Franklin and read these books aloud to my kid, as did so many of us. KCP is a fantastic Canadian publisher, and I stand with them. Sending so much support to the author and illustrator, and also hoping to eventually see Hegseth get the life he deserves.

You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

Fall of Freedom starts today. Here’s NPR on the initiative www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...

I fundamentally do not understand why anyone is interested in these parlor tricks. It's outperformed nothing because recombining word patterns into a text isn't writing. Writing is born out of human experiences filtered through a unique sensibility. Only Han Kang can make more Han Kang.

how is this a real headline

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

"Doubt is the friend." Beautiful reminder from @shawnalemay.bsky.social

finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

Well, they already had a *rump problem, being massive donors to his campaigns. I gave up HD quite a while ago.

Gift link: Media outlets win motion for Ontario court to hear OpenAI lawsuit

Hahaha sure I have an extra kidney hanging around, let's monetize it

I wrote a thing, and I'm quite proud of it, if I do say so myself. My thoughts on where a poem begins, randomness, surprising yourself in a poem, strangeness, and more. Thank you to @robmclennan.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this fantastic series on where (and how) a poem begins.

*Do you understand the assignment* 🔥