I have a story out in this issue! In case you like, you know, cannibalism and child sacrifice and sisters and stuff. @bedazzledink.bsky.social pulpliterature.com/back-issues-...

Revealing the cover of Issue 49 with 'Jupiter Rising Over Europa' by Jeff Sturgeon on the blog! And find details on the Bumblebee closing and our Issue 49 launch 🚀 in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/2c44561d4b87...

Invited my nieces over for a tea party. Older niece, knowing what kind of silly books I write, requested a PIRATE tea party. I will do my best.

And here's me thinking double rabbet joints will have greater tolerances than mitre joints ha ha ha. (Weeps.)

Toronto Woman Runs Out Of Excuses to Keep Avoiding the Dentist.

I'm fine, you're fine, what are you talking about. #booksky #healthycoping

Problems of having a medium-cared cat: his majestic furry coat works exactly like a Swiffer brush, so I can tell by looking at him how long it has been since I vacuumed. #caturday.

On the one hand, all the stories of humans falling victim to AI psychosis are extremely sad and disturbing, and a vivid illustration of how vulnerable we are when lonely. On the other hand, WHY DO PEOPLE ENJOY having Clippy in their ear saying, "It looks like you're drafting a manifesto. Need help?"

BOOK IS BOOK. BOOK HAS BECOME BOOK. I sleep now. Tomorrow- the nasty little editses.

So very very grateful today for this entire societal and scientific apparatus that lets me get injected in the arm with magic antideath juice for No Monies.

Me: Must buy more books for nieces' Christmas presents! (Buys more books) Me: Insufficient books for proper Christmas joy! (Buys more books; shelves strain) Me: Continue until capitalism collapses! (Singularity forms in my room from the massive weight.)

Gotta love diplomacy based on mutual crushing. We are very into you, Sweden! Let's talk all sexy about Gripen planes. #cdnpoli #sweden #elbowsup

When you realize you've never done a proper pinned post, mutter. I write silly books about apocalypse lesbians and pirate lesbians and chess lesbians who quip with each other! Relevant to your interests? Bookshop link: bookshop.org/beta-search?... Libro link: libro.fm/search?q=Ben... #booksky

How often can you disagree with an editor's suggested changes, saying NO NO NO I did the grammar all weird on purpose, before they slay you and feast upon your remains? #booksky

Babysitting nieces tomorrow! Which means it is time to make OVERELABORATE THINGS TO PLAY WITH that amuse me more than anyone else. No idea whether nieces will have any particle of interest in a pair of dinochompers, but I'M having fun.

Sometimes, just sometimes, you find yourself wandering around your home thinking "Where in the world is my brain dissection knife, I need it for this parrot," and that's how my evening has been going.

Hey, just a quick check, how long can you be filled with simmering fury every moment of every day before your organs turn into napalm?

Preparing to teach my students the principles of trust law (fiduciary duty, encroachment, accumulation) using a simply unconscionable amount of chocolate. This was cheaper in the Before Times, when I didn't have to buy exclusively swanky Canadian chocolate, but oh well. #itworks #boycottusa

They are absolutely making a Horst Wessel of that guy. #thenewcruelty

🚨 Today we have launched the ‘Breaking up with Big Tech’ briefing which calls on governments to rein in the power of big technology companies in order to protect human rights. amn.st/63326f4SHp

It is not capable of caring. It is a bloated amoral nothing that pretends to give a shit so that it can spread its bullshit more effectively and profitably. And its creators are just the same. #downwithAI #dierobotdie

A thing I like to do with ChatGPT is to have it generate legal documents, and then make my law students calculate the cost of the multi-year litigation that would ensue from all the critical errors and omissions they contain. #ai #dierobotdie

When something (legitimately!) comes up and you can (truthfully!) tell the people you had to meet for an socially awkward lunch that you can't make it, and then they reschedule because they "are so excited to see you". . . #introvert #thepainthepain

Captain Wow's toe-floofs are truly magnificent. Like unto the moustache of Hercule Poirot. It is probably advisable to trim them but I would not dare. #catsofbluesky

I have always felt that the song should end this way. #art #veryimportantcontributiontosociety

"I have a jar of clotted cream that I need to use up so it doesn't go to waste" is maybe one of the best problems in the world to have.

Hello, I'm a lawyer in a television drama. After I'm assigned a case, it takes me five days to bring it to trial in front of a full jury.

I will see you "How would a dog wear pants?" and raise you "How would a shark wear a headband while dressing as Rambo for Halloween?" #mysteries

Reminder! To remove AI search results from Google, go to "Settings- Search Engines" in Google and add a new search with URL {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s - set as default search engine. #ai #burnAIburn #IwanttherobotstoexplodeRussianbombersnotmakeusdumber

Inside you, there are two wolves, and one is always asking for takeout and one is always saying "We have food at home."

Me: Why are so many books brilliant at the beginning and boring at the end? Me (remembers that publishers make full manuscript requests based on the first three chapters) Me: Ah. #booksky

What is it with people who see someone reading and think that they need to be rescued from loneliness?

Baby Niece finally old enough to move into the bedroom of Bigger Niece, meaning that the mobiles I made for each of them will be united for the first time.

Wheelie chairs need rearview mirrors so that you don't have to rotate your head around to find out whether your cat is on the floor behind you before you back up.

My second-grade teacher once speculated in class about taking everyone who thought it would be fun to drop bombs and putting them in a big closet and slamming the door and walking away from it fast, and this is still one of the best public policy proposals I have ever heard.

Trans kiddos: we love you. We need you. We will fight for you. Any LGBTQA+ voice who says otherwise is not worth listening to. Please come find us so we can make you some brownies and recommend some books. #fuckingSupremeCourt

Trying to cut 1,000 words from a short story to meet submission requirements while wondering if fascists implode if you mock them hard enough. #booksky #justwriterlythings

Two bloviating scumbags begging on their respective platforms for new sources of narcissistic supply. I feel like the psychotherapists among us should get hazard pay.

Could we please have more robots blowing up planes that carry bombs, and fewer of them that steal art?

Brave and smart and caring international students, I am so sorry for what the New Cruelty is doing to you. If you choose to come to a Canadian university, then my colleagues and I promise to pour knowledge in your giant brains with all the skill and love at our command. #fucktrump

If any Canadian authors/publishers have thoughts about how ethically navigating this moment in history, when nice American publishers, book-printers and readers are stuck behind the Cheeto Curtain, I'd sure be grateful for them. #canadianauthor #canlit

#booksky If we have to deal with a neverending flood of reboots and remakes anyway, could we please have a bunch of race- and gender-blind adaptations of classic books? I want "The Moonstone" with Rachel Verinder and Franklin Blake as a gay male couple circling each other in a storm of purple angst.

A very necessary addition to the team. bennylawrence.com/home/the-cap...

It's just one victory with many more battles to come. We still have to reckon with the number of our fellow citizens who marked a ballot for Fascism Lite. But one has to rejoice any time a would-be autocrat gets handed a pink slip. #cdnpoli

It's just one victory with many more battles to come. We still have to reckon with the number of our fellow citizens who marked a ballot for Fascism Lite. But one has to rejoice any time a would-be autocrat gets handed a pink slip. #cdnpoli

Okay, come on, people. If we can elect a non-fascist-fanboy government today, we get to sneeringly feel superior to the States for a bit. That is, like, our favourite thing. #cdnpoli

Chess lesbians? It's more likely than you think! Print at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...! Ebook at www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...! #canlit NEIGH GOES THE MAJESTIC UNICORN!

Pirate lesbians! Print at bookshop.org/p/books/shel...! Ebook at www.bedazzledink.com/shell-game.h...! Plus the sequel too! www.bedazzledink.com/beggars-flip... Audiobook at libro.fm/audiobooks/9... or www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob... because still fuck the other guys!

Apocalypse lesbians! Print at bookshop.org/p/books/rabb...! Ebook at www.bedazzledink.com/rabbits-of-t...! Audio at www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiob... or libro.fm/audiobooks/9... because nuts to the other guys!

May I offer you some lesbians in these trying times? #canlit