Canadians, please sign this petition calling on the govt to protect telework/hybrid work for federal employees. It's a crucial accessibility measure for a lot of people, reduces commuting impact on the environment, leads to better QOL, you don't need me to tell you: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Decided that my WIP can have one (1) hot lady doing crimes, as a treat

Welp we have reached the part of the year where we play air conditioner chicken and then regret it when inevitably we end up installing the units in 30 degree weather instead of 20 degree weather

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Thank you @tricon-hfx.bsky.social!! Had an absolute blast getting to terrorize your city for a weekend. Thank you to everyone who organized, so nice to see all the familiar and new faces! Until next time!!!

I don't like to bitch on here but ohmygoodness I'm so aggravated. I booked my flight through a third-party website & they screwed up by putting my first and middle names together into one name. Called them, called the airline, both just kinda shrugged at me when I asked "is this gonna be a problem."

Okay here are two things I liked recently: 1) I haven't finished this series BUT I am really enjoying the approximately 1.5 books I've read of THE BROKEN BLADES series by Mai Corland; romantasy heist with lots of fun characters! 2) anti-capitalist thriller WE WON'T ALL SURVIVE by Kate Alice Marshall

It has been probably a full decade since I've been on a plane, and so the prospect of getting on one in approximately two days is giving me the anxiety big time lol

I HAVE FINISHED A DRAFT THE HIGH FANTASY WIP I BEGAN IN 2024 WITH THE PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER TITLE "SIBLING SHENANIGANS" HAS FINISHED ITS FIRST DRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 90K WORDS!!!!!

SEEK out CanCon senior programmer and keeper of the secret knowledge Erin Rockfort at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social! OBTAIN their insight and wisdom! BE CHANGED by the experience. Changed FOREVER.

Excited to be heading to @tricon-hfx.bsky.social in *checks watch* a little over a week??? Ahhh???? Super pumped to be talking to some VERY cool people about fanfic and unshittifying the internet!! Come say hi, I'm very easy to spot!!!

Holy jesus christ I posted something to Facebook Marketplace and I am just being INUNDATED with spam, is this normal?? How do people function in this???

Wdym there's something called a postseason but they're still playign games

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

The Tales & Feathers Kickstarter is LIVE! Please spread the word and help us keep publishing our quiet little slice of life fantasy magazine. If we reach our stretch goals we'll get a PRINT EDITION which is something we've been wanting since the moment T&F was created! OUR DREAMS COULD COME TRUE!!

So I've been attempting to treat something for about 3 weeks now that turns out to have been a (benign) tumor caused by my DEMON BIRTH CONTROL

I'm in the waiting room at the doctor's office and there's a sign saying boot covers go on socks, that otherwise they are a safety hazard Why the hell are they called BOOT COVERS then?? Is this a thing??

The worst book I read in school was proooobably Last of the Mohicans, but tbh that pales in comparison to watching Birth of a Nation for the same class

We're only $260 away from being funded!!! We're a queer and cooperatively owned press and we're so so so excited for this anthology. Join us?

Sorry I'm obsessed with this ad I just got for Firefox AI Initially I was like "lol give it the day off like it's a person" but then what do you MEAN the selling feature is that you can turn it off I'm losing my mind at what we have come to that this ad is just "we are less of a trashfire"

Hey all! We're five days away from rent being due and while I'm not entirely to my goal, your support means I'm not going to be hurting nearly as badly as I feared. If you haven't spread the word yet, I implore you to! Thank you so much to everyone who's helped me so far. gofund.me/d26dbd57a

I'm still fundraising for the increased costs of my cancer treatment. I also need new glasses, which aren't cheap here. More details are at the link, but if you could toss a coin to your writer for my birthday next Tues, I'd be grateful. Thanks & please share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

IT'S LIVE!!! Support a tiny queer worker-owned cooperative press by backing our ten-year anniversary anthology of queer and intersectional speculative literature!! it features over 200 pages of poetry and prose, a cover we are OBSESSED with, and editor introductions to each piece! Please share!!

You know what's fucked up? When you follow the rules of a program the letter, receive grant money, and then have that grant money ripped from you for no fault of your own. That's what happened to my buddy @rhaven.bsky.social. Chip in a few bucks to prevent financial disaster? gofund.me/e0f749c23

Day ?? of playing Kingdom Hearts until I enjoy it: Uh update I guess, after grinding for a full day we beat KH1 and then went on to Re: Chain of Memories, which we have also beaten now Hot take I think I prefer this game to the first??

We published Villainy: A Reluctant Memoir by @pineapplefury.bsky.social in Issue 6 and you should not be reluctant to find out exactly how villainous! 'Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not one of your wishy-washy “sympathetic” villains, alright?' translunartravelerslounge.com/2022/02/15/v...

do I need to watch The Pitt???

trying to post through it rn

Uh oh

Day 7 of Playing Kingdom Hearts Until I Like It: After getting our butts kicked by Ansem in boat form, we spent literally 7 hours yesterday grinding until we finally reached level 69 Wish us luck

Folks in downtown Ottawa -

Day 6 of my partner making me play Kingdom Hearts until I enjoy it

Coming down to the wire and still need to pull together $350 somehow. If anyone has leads, or needs some editing done, give me a shout.

Paperback of THE GLADE (MG horror) comes out in May, and even though Pina only grapples with her Iranian American identity a little bit, it's an important part of who she is. But if you don't mind a backlist, THE BRUISING OF QILWA is a secondary world fantasy drawn from Iranian culture and history.

Maybe a dumb question for writersky: are you at any opportunity daydreaming/thinking about your stories? I’ve always assumed this was a writer thing but is it?

i think it is good and fulfilling to sometimes do difficult, challenging, frustrating things with the goal of making something worthy, or bettering yourself. some people, it seems, believe that we should strive for a future where nothing is ever hard for anyone they consider people.

In my profession (I'm a therapist), so many of my colleagues have started using AI to write at least a draft of their clinical notes for them, which is broadly agreed to be the most boring part of our job, the grunt work, the part that drags, etc., and I don't *disagree* with any of those labels --

I am making a very big and important business step today and I wanted to share that!! Wish me luck!!

Boy oh boy it’s fascinating (read: frustrating) to see the way people tell on themselves with AI usage “I use it to help me with brainstorming/when I get stuck! Am I a bad person?” “Well technically all tools authors use include AI so really all authors are using AI in some part”

Fuck's sake. Given the depth and diversity of the field, in *2026*, for all anchor authors in a new anthology project to be white people over 50? That's you being bad at your job. I'm tired. I don't feel like being kind about this.

I have been informed that I am Not Allowed to kill the magical messenger bird that my WIP characters have as a pet/plot device

Hey Canadians! If this is a topic close to your heart, please take a moment to sign the online government petition.

Is there a word for when you cancel on some group plans and it turns out EVERYONE ELSE also cancelled on the group plans and so the organizer is just kind of in the lurch, besides feeling like a bit of an asshole?

Alex is trying to convince me we should invite Rachel Reid to @canconsffh.bsky.social and keeps making arguments that Heated Rivalry is, in fact, speculative: “Ottawa and Toronto actually have good teams” “The post-game interviews are actually coherent” “There are out gay NHL players”

Hey pals, It is the LAST WEEK to donate to the Little Ghosts workshop fundraiser to help us build out our space to host even more marketplaces, workshops, and reading events for our community. If 300 people got a commemorative wall plaque, we would reach our goal! Thanks so much for the support!🤍

To whoever had their bean bag chair (?) explode in the washing machine and then did not tell anyone or otherwise mark the issue: IT’S ON SIGHT

Not to be a millennial about it but I've spent my day catching up on admin tasks, speaking to a lawyer, calling to make a doctor's appointment, and I think I deserve a sticker for adulting so good today

Ahhhh a client just asked me what my pronouns are, genuinely love getting clocked as "probably not cis"

Me: he’s my poor little meow meow Alex: he’s not a meow meow, he’s a murderer Me: 😕

And now an NSF charge off an unexpected transaction. I am so very tired of 2026. My overdue rent's grace period is up in 3 days, and with this latest banking ridiculousness I'm shy $600 (CAD) across a couple fronts. Anyone able to help? I've got editing slots open: mathesonfreelancing.com