Behold: the mushrooms I grew (black pearl/black oyster). They're from a Grow Mushrooms Canada kit. #mushrooms #fungi

Had anyone in a position of power during the Cuban Missile Crisis acted this stupidly, we’d all be dead. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-stupid...

Since you all are smart people who know about interesting things: Can anyone recommend me a good general history of Transatlantic passenger liners and specifically their conversion into troop ships during World War 2? I've been Googling and finding online resources but I do love a book.

For the love of all that's holy: please, someone make a dark chocolate caramel that does NOT have salt on it. Why must all dark chocolate and caramel things have salt on them? 😭 (If you know of something available in Canada let me know!)

The US Navy fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship today. That's not blockade enforcement. That's a kinetic act on a sovereign vessel. Anyone still calling this a "limited operation" isn't paying attention. #HoldFast

For the love of all that's holy: please, someone make a dark chocolate caramel that does NOT have salt on it. Why must all dark chocolate and caramel things have salt on them? 😭 (If you know of something available in Canada let me know!)

This Friday the 27th of March we have a fantastic speaker, Eric Choi (@aerospacewriter.bsky.social) and you won't want to miss it. If you aren't a member but are interested, you can still join us. Full details (i.e. info about Eric, location, parking, etc.) here: mississauga.rasc.ca/event/speake...

How is it in the year 2026 that there is someone left who doesn't understand how to unsubscribe from an email list?

Our youth club was on hiatus, but it's back, baby! Meetings are held two Fridays a month from 7-7:45pm at the UTM campus, starting THIS Friday the 13th of March. Email [email protected] for room. NO astronomy background/experience needed, just an interest in the sky! #mississauga (1/2)

Learn to observe the night sky! (This fills up fast so register ASAP if interested!) theriverwoodconservancy.org/astronomy/ Four sessions, Tuesdays from 7-9pm: March 24, 31, April 7, 14. $100 for the public, $85 for RASC members. Members, check your email or DM w/ your details for discount code.

Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall wrote and illustrated a very charming children’s book on this very topic!

TIL Winnie the Pooh is named after a bear that once lived in Winnipeg. Hence the name "Winnie" 🤯 #CanadianTrivia

We’re thrilled to see #IrynTushabe, @teresempierre.bsky.social, and #PhillipDwightMorgan featured in CBC Books’s 3 Black Canadian Writers to Watch in 2026. Congrats to all three on this well-deserved recognition. We’re especially proud to celebrate Terese and Phillip as alumni of our MFA program.

Processing astro photos and singing along to "When Doves Cry", which I somehow still remember every single word of, is ok for a Friday night.

This is referring to another press run by Caitlyn Marceau, the same one who is alleged to have screwed over authors at Darklit (I say "alleged" but there's quite a lot of evidence if I'm being honest.) I don't see how anyone could ever trust her again at this point.

This is the Rosette Nebula. It's about seven hours of combined exposure time. I'm very happy with it :) #astrophotography

FINALLY watching Sinners 🎉

I look at a photo like this and I think of that brief moment in Lord of the Rings when the characters look up at the stars and take comfort in them.

Where can I find some deprogrammers? Asking for a nation.

This is the Rosette Nebula. It's about seven hours of combined exposure time. I'm very happy with it :) #astrophotography

One of the greatest comedic actresses in film history passed away today. Everyone should watch something she was in this weekend. I recommend Best in Show... but really there's not a bad pick. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

Catherine O'Hara lived a life that you should want to live, that when you die the mourning is almost universal. Truly such a star whose comedy left the world a better place.

And the great Catherine O’Hara died. What a day indeed.

Just remembering the time when I was 19 this guy I liked told me I was really smart for a girl 🙄

@derekjeter35.bsky.social hello new follower! Derek Jeter? I almost assumed this was a fake account 😂

40 years ago today, we lost seven heroes aboard Challenger. As an astronaut who commanded the space shuttle after this tragedy, I think about them often. Their courage pushed the boundaries of exploration. Today, we remember their sacrifice and the legacy they left behind.

The Venn diagram of Second Amendment fetishists and people saying he shouldn't have been carrying a firearm is a circle

Happy Robbie Burns Day..... #RobbieBurnsDay

The Venn diagram of Second Amendment fetishists and people saying he shouldn't have been carrying a firearm is a circle

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

Holy shit. This is amazing.

I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.

A stunning and record breaking 16 Oscar nominations for Sinners! Hugely deserved - hope it goes on to sweep the board. That said, I'd be delighted if Emma Stone picks up the Best Actress gong for Bugonia and Amy Madigan Supporting actress for Weapons.

Yeah every time people are like "but it's not right to be mean to Americans who didn't vote for this" I'm like there is a lot of shit here that is not right and that one's pretty mild considering.

Reading another psychology/human behavior book talking about the Milgram experiment and thought about what might happen now if universities were still allowed to conduct those studies and then realized that is effectively exactly what social media does. It's one big Milgram experiment.

REVIEWERS: Hearts Strange & Dreadful by @timmcgregor.bsky.social is now available for review on Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book.... If you'd like a physical copy contact us directly.

I've been saying to get rid of your ring for years, but SERIOUSLY. Get rid of your ring!!!

A book I'm in is a steal for $1.99 thanks to Bookbub. I re-imagined Masque for this. *points* www.bookbub.com/books/his-hi...

We're going to need a denazification program for the federal government when this is over. It's that simple, and that stark.

GNoH NEEDS YOU. Last year, certainly the first half was a washout for me, but after getting proper psychiatric help, I am back with a reviewing vengeance. And GNoH needs more reviewers. If you'd like to volunteer your services, please drop me an email (jimmcleod(at)gnofhorror.com)

Toronto Area/GTA telescope pals: I am selling a bunch of stuff. Take a peek if you're looking for anything: www.facebook.com/marketplace/... (Sorry it is on Facebook. That seems to be the place these days.)

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

Those of you who know my history know that I'm not about silence that protects toxic and abusive people in publishing. I support the people affected by this, 100 percent.

One of them doesn't like the camera and the other one poses as cutely as possible #dogsOfBluesky

It's weird, but I suppose not surprising, that the number of "nothing works, give up," Eeyores has exploded on Bluesky — just as we're responding to an incident that has every hallmark of a tide turner. That seems counterintuitive. Shouldn't people be energized? Well, that's why. Bear with me....

Good thread for today's world

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