I hate to tell you this. Those young people in your house? Only a few days into summer holidays? They’re bored already. Give them dragons — but different dragons. The Draconim series: fantasy, climate, courage, and young people who refuse to look away. #YAFantasy #Dragons

24 Sussex is not just a debate about an old house. It is about public memory, what we teach, what we preserve, and what Canada loses when history is allowed to fade. The House We Were Shown: open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #cdnpoli #CanadianHistory #Heritage

Elected officials should live where they serve. Representation weakens when absence becomes normal. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #cdnpoli #democracy

Every new building adds demand to the grid. It should also add some relief. Renewables in new construction. Energy savings counted in mortgages. Fair market buyback for power returned to the grid. #EnergyPolicy #Housing #Renewables open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

Homes are not portfolios. Corporations can own purpose-built apartment buildings. But single-family homes, duplexes, and townhouses should not be quietly converted into investor inventory. Housing policy has to ask who owns the homes. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #Housing #Cdnpoli

Handing over ID should not mean handing it to a wearable camera. Smart glasses, body cams, and wearable AI need rules wherever sensitive information is exposed. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #Privacy #AI #Surveillance #Alberta

I just realized I am almost a trillionaire! Not long before it will officially be one trillion seconds since I sold my first book. That counts, right? The funny thing is, my trillion was earned with exaggerated stories not— exaggerated valuations. Check out my most recent. books2read.com/u/4ADrNp

Food affordability isn’t just about the price on the shelf. It’s about shrinkflation, supply-chain markups, loyalty data, leases, warehouses, and hidden profit layers. My policy proposal: open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #cdnpoli #FoodAffordability

The future of AI is being built on power grids, water systems, land use, and public trust. That is exactly the question behind The Life of Phi: what happens when humanity creates an AI to save the Earth, but the system inherits our problems? books2read.com/u/bWaAeD #ClimateFiction #AIFiction

If it isn’t yours, don’t feed it to AI. Once artwork, documents, client files, or private records are uploaded, control may be lost. Consent should come first. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #AIPolicy #Copyright #DataPrivacy

Data centre proposals can be overwhelming. So I pulled together the questions communities should be asking before approvals happen. Not slogans. Not panic. Just the questions that matter. The Data Center Anarchists’ Handbook is free: archive.org/details/the-... #DataCenters #AI #PublicInterest

I released a book today. Shattered Ice is YA environmental fantasy about climate, grief, courage, dragons, and the future adults keep negotiating without young people. A story of northern ice, disrupted migration, water, wildlife, and hope. #BookSky #YAFantasy #EcoFiction

"To plant a tree is to declare faith in tomorrow." L. Nault #PlantATree #FaithInFuture #Hope #Environmental #Legacy

"No law is just if it forgets the least among us." L. Nault #Justice #Equality #Compassion #Accountability #VoicesUnheard

"The horizon is not for conquest but for curiosity." L. Nault #Curiosity #Exploration #Discovery #Wonder #Perspective

"Even ruins are teachers, if we listen to what fell." #LearnFromLoss #Ruins #Wisdom #Reflection #Resilience

"We are custodians, not owners, of the world we walk." L. Nault #Stewardship #Custodians #EarthCare #Responsibility #Guardians

"The absence of fear does not create courage; the presence of purpose does." L. Nault #CourageMatters #Purpose #Strength #Determination #FaceYourFears

"Time spent in wonder is never wasted." #WonderFilled #Awe #Presence #Mindfulness #BeautyMatters

On June 3, I’m releasing a YA novel about ice, oil, water, wildlife, and youth activism. In Alberta, I have to wonder whether it passes Bill 28’s Guardians of Approved Reading — or whether the readers’ names go in the margin too. #BookSky #Bill28 #LibraryFreedom

"Every community has its prophets, though some speak in unnoticed tones." #community #quietwisdom #prophets #hiddenvoices #wordswithmeaning

I wrote Shattered Ice before the latest headlines about opening the Arctic. The future rarely arrives as fiction. It arrives as policy, profit, melting ice, disrupted migration, and people saying it is necessary. Releases June 3. #BookSky #BookRelease #EnvironmentalFiction

"The most powerful protest is often the refusal to forget." L. Nault #NeverForget #Protest #Memory #Justice #Resistance

"The most powerful protest is often the refusal to forget." L. Nault #NeverForget #Protest #Memory #Justice #Resistance

"Love is not scarcity; it multiplies when shared." L. Nault #LoveMultiplies #ShareLove #Abundance #Connection #Compassion

"When the Earth suffers, we do not stand outside it—we ache with her." L. Nault #EarthAches #ClimateCrisis #Connection #Empathy #EcologicalGrief

"The future is not written, but it listens closely." L. Nault #FutureIsOurs #Choice #Agency #Hope #Possibility

"The measure of strength is how gently it can hold the fragile." L. Nault #TrueStrength #Gentleness #Compassion #Protection #Fragility

Canadians have reported $2.4B+ in fraud losses since 2022, but only 5–10% of fraud is reported. Real harm may be $24B–$48B. Now place Alberta’s Electors List exposure inside that reality. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #Alberta #Fraud #Privacy

“Free” book marketing isn’t free. For indie authors, the cost has shifted into unpaid labour, constant posting, ARC/review chasing, newsletter upkeep, privacy compliance, and algorithmic dependence. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing #BookMarketing #WritingCommunity

"Kindness builds nations that laws alone cannot." L. Nault #KindnessBuilds #Community #Laws #Humanity #Connection

"Every generation inherits both wounds and remedies." L. Nault #HealingTrauma #Intergenerational #Resilience #Legacy #Wholeness

"Even shadows need light to exist." #LightAndDark #Balance #Perspective #Duality #Truth

"When the young rise, the old myths tremble." L. Nault #GenerationalShift #RiseUp #ChangeMakers #Youth #NewEra

Seeing a lot of authors talking about leaving Draft2Digital. I get it. But leaving doesn’t remove dependence—it just moves it. The real question isn’t “should I leave?” It’s “how dependent do I want to be?” open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #indiepublishing #booksky

"We are not born to consume; we are born to create." L. Nault #CreateNotConsume #Creativity #Purpose #Humanity #Authenticity

"Home is not walls, but the memories that outlast them." L. Nault #HomeIsWhere #Memory #Belonging #Family #Roots

Isolation rarely arrives alone. It layers—physical, social, digital, financial—until it becomes structure. I wrote about what I’m calling “stacked isolation,” and how those layers harden over time. open.substack.com/pub/lawrence... #booksky #writing #isolation #philosophy #indieauthor

Today is Official Book Bison Count Day. Search your home, your bookshelves, your local library. Look for: • tiny hoofprints • missing chip crumbs • suspicious orange fingerprints Report back how many you find. #BookBison #BookSky #Reading

"The greatest revolutions begin in whispers of possibility." L. Nault #Revolution #Possibility #Whispers #Change #Resistance

"Silence can be complicity, or it can be the soil where action grows." L. Nault #SilenceMatters #ChooseAction #Complicity #Resistance #Growth

If you grew up in Canada, you probably remember the House Hippo. Meet the Book Bison — a teacup-sized creature that lives in bookshelves, eats chip crumbs, and quietly unplugs the noise. Take a break from the scroll. Get lost in a story. youtu.be/Msdxlrw4260 #booksky #readmore #writingcommunity

"We measure wealth poorly if we forget the richness of time." L. Nault #TimeIsWealth #RealWealth #Presence #Mindfulness #Priorities

"To heal the land is to heal ourselves." L.Nault #HealingJourney #LandMatters #Interconnected #Environmental #Wellness

"No machine can replace the ceremony of human touch." L. Nault #HumanConnection #Technology #Presence #Ceremony #Humanity

Alberta is trying to protect people from books. So I made a confession video. Clip below. Full version (with a few things that didn’t make this cut): youtu.be/cigUV-tT22I #booksky #writing #freedomtoread

"When strangers share bread, borders blur." L. Nault #SharedHumanity #Unity #Hospitality #Connection #Borders

"The weight of truth is lighter than the weight of denial." L. Nault #TruthWins #Denial #Acceptance #Authenticity #Freedom

It started as a post. Then an essay. Then a short story. Now it’s becoming something stranger: a parallel field guide to two ecosystems. One sustains life. The other requires it. lawrencenault.substack.com/p/a-parallel... #Ecology #Capitalism #Environment #SystemsThinking

"Power fears imagination because it cannot be controlled." L. Nault #Imagination #PowerDynamics #Freedom #CreativeResistance #Uncontrollable