Me: *trying hard to focus on work* My cat: but what if I sit on your notebook and look super cute? #catsofbluesky

Thinking of everyone who’s been merrily dismissing the “hamas health ministry” statistics during the present genocide, I hope you’re having a terrible day.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

New review of Off the Map in The BC Review! Read it here #bookreview #smallpress @thebcreview.bsky.social thebcreview.ca/2026/01/09/2...

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Please enjoy these serious paws on post-baseball sadness day #catsofbluesky

Cat is too incredibly content for the start of this stressful baseball game #bluejays

Wearing my hobbit costume to go watch the World Series, as god intended

Happy baseball-ween! 🎃⚾️ #BlueJays

Now to emotionally prepare myself for more baseball #bluejays

Spent 6 1/2 hours watching baseball yesterday and my dreams were riddled with a cycle of never ending pop ups and ground outs. #bluejays

I saw Trey Yesavage pitch a few months ago for the Vancouver Canadians (a high A team). Now he’s pitching in the World Series. What a baseball story. #bluejays

The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based. 2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

I have a new SFF poem “When I dated a planet architect” in the latest issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social. Check out the full issue here! #SFF #poetry onspec.ca/2025/09/19/o...

What does your novel smell like? Mine is the sweet fried scent of a glazed donut. It just feels right. Open to donut sponsorship if anyone is interested.

Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial. Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar... #vanpoli

Saturday | 10:50 PT A conversation with Seema Shah and Pari Mokradi on Off the Map, an anthology featuring writers from Vancouver with lived experience of mental health issues. @bellpressbooks.bsky.social

Cozy fall re-reading (cat approved) #catsofbluesky #tolkien

All set up for @bellpressbooks.bsky.social at @wordvancouver.bsky.social and the day looks promising!

Breaking! City of Burnaby just became first city in Canada to join arms embargo movement against Israel AND the first Apartheid-Free City, breaking ties with Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism. We've been organizing for months towards this precedent in colonial Canada.

New (belated) #bookpost from @bellpressbooks.bsky.social Thank you for a copy of #Stasis a #shortstory #scifi anthology! Look out for a review coming soon (and sorry for the delay in sharing)! buff.ly/RGEbZLP #bookblogger #books #bookhaul #bookmail

I’ve been playing the hobbit game and now my house feels entirely too square

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

It’s been a joy to help bring this book to life! ❤️📚

I talked to Seema Shah, one of the editors of Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues, about the collection and more. Here's the audio: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

Update: the bookworm-in-a-wall has upgraded to cozy bath time

#booksky Off the Map, an anthology of Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues, is out on shelves, and if you’re in #yvr, today would be a great day to stop by @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social to get it! (You should probably also get Martyr! while there. It’s very good.)

“…[the anthology] reminds the reader: that, buried under the weight of the grey, is hunger and light in each of us…you will find a satisfying and eye-opening foray into others’ truths that will nurture your humanity.” My latest @theseaboardreview.ca #MentalHealth @bellpressbooks.bsky.social

Book launch and reading for OFF THE MAP is June 7 at the VPL Central Branch. Full detail here! #yvr #booklaunch vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68094...

Live from the east van NDP stronghold

8:26pm Pierre Poilievre’s riding flashes across the screen at the Powell River NDP watch party. He’s losing. People cheer.

Feeling especially distressed by the news today (nothing new here) but one thing that helps is reminding myself that my city recently elected a lefty pro-Palestine candidate in a landslide victory. Change is possible. @seanorr.bsky.social hope you’re having a great day.

Very exciting new anthology that I’ve been working on for @bellpressbooks.bsky.social. Our biggest yet with 32 contributors. Shares appreciated! #RecommendedRead #AmReading

I enjoy how baseball manages to keep old terminology alive. Like this gem from 1943 that I just heard on a live broadcast: www.baseball-almanac.com/dictionary-t...

It’s opening day of baseball season and I’m once again advocating for an ever slower game. The people crave long form content.

The cat has taken to this bag, so now it must remain in my hallway forever. #catsofbluesky

From Chase Strangio on IG. “In advance of the inauguration and in the preparation for the weeks, months, and years ahead, I just wanted to share three quick thoughts

Huge huge trigger warning for sexual assault, rape, abuse, violence, and child abuse. It’s a hard read. Still needs to be shared.

Back to work day #catsofbluesky

The family cats have exchanged gifts #catsofbluesky

New seasonal listening up on the Patreon, everywhere else tomorrow:

Not to brag, but my neighbourhood has both a mini cinema and a bookworm-in-a-wall within a block of each other

A waitress, her lover, and a retro diner take off from Roswell, New Mexico. A storyteller uses poetry as a tool for colonial resistance. Just a few of the stories you’ll find in STASIS, an anthology or retrofuturisms! Available now: #smallpress #scifireads bellpressbooks.com/product/stas...

Today’s coffee advent calendar treat #catsofbluesky

New sci-fi anthology from @bellpressbooks.bsky.social! Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms edited by @okaylib.bsky.social.

🪐✨Cover reveal for STASIS! An anthology of retrofuturisms, edited by Libby Graham Preorder link is up now, books ship Dec 10 bellpressbooks.com/product/stas... #anthologies #scifi

Our next anthology, STASIS, is coming soon! Featuring #scifi short stories by these 13 contributors #indiepublishing

Prime cold-weather reading

"I held my hand up against the moonlight, and the grains of sand sparkled ever so slightly, the coloured thread peaking out in different layers, illuminated like a constellation." from "Rainfall" by Angela Caravan www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/059