The 2026 Sunburst Award Longlist has been revealed! Congratulations to all the authors! www.sunburstaward.org/node/147

It’s maddening that we now have vaccines *preventing cancer* but it’s all being blocked and even undone by snake-oil salesmen, social media “health influencers” and fascists 😡

I find it bleak how many people seem to have given up on having any kind of intellectual life. Depression is rampant because we’ve abandoned books & hobbies in favor of joyless amusements. The single most attractive thing a person can do is read often & delight in learning.

Midway through Fahrenheit 451, we learn that the U. S. government has launched a series of unprovoked wars against smaller countries, just because it can, while the population is so hypnotized by amusements & devices that hardly anyone knows the wars are taking place.

Quietly, quietly, the UK Supreme Court is embarked on a rollback of the human rights and judicial protections of vulnerable minorities which looks every bit as stark as that of the US Supreme Court.

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

PodCastle are still looking for a narrator. Anyone know anyone?

On Wednesday May 27 at 7pm, join @robertjsawyer.com for the Winnipeg launch of The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine. - mailchi.mp/grant/robert...

So, the first third of my still unfinished third novel is around 75,000 words. With so many words still to go, the ending’s gotta be in there somewhere. 

Do androids dream of electric sheep, by Philip K Dick. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Stone Junction, by Jim Dodge.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Danielle Smith's latest bullshit scheme - to present herself as the voice of Jesus saying how much the Lord loves pipeline expansion. As the planet burns. www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/o...

“I earn your yearly salary every 18.2 seconds. WHAT ABOUT MY FEELINGS?”

“I earn your yearly salary every 18.2 seconds. WHAT ABOUT MY FEELINGS?”

“Pierre Poilievre’s inner circle includes right-wing activists and lobbyists for Meta, X Corp., Enbridge, Pathways Alliance and Koch Industries. This is not a coincidence — the techno-fascists’ goal is to install Poilievre as their useful idiot in Canada.”

“Solar and wind, now the cheapest forms of energy, account for just under nine per cent of electricity generation in Canada, well below the G7 average of 19 per cent.” www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Elon Musk had DOGE defund USAID, the largest humanitarian organization in the world, causing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of deaths from starvation and disease - and Trump GLEEFULLY approved it. It’s the single most evil act in US history. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

‘hits it out of the park’ is *especially* nice to see given that baseball’s Opening Day is this week!

You absolutely cannot separate the artist and the art without contributing to the persecution of trans people. Boycott everything Potter.

Last month the NYT said AOC "struggled" to give an answer on Taiwan and quoted her with "uhs" and "ums" to make her look stupid Yesterday talking about Hormuz Trump claimed he's heard from "numerous countries" and said "uh" four times. The NYT deleted the "uhs" and paraphrased him to look smarter:

41 people have died in ICE detention since the start of the second Trump administration. 12 of those deaths have occurred since January 1, 2026, roughly one every six days. Adam Sawyer and I mapped every death. Here's what the data shows. 🧵

"[T]he Lemkin Institute believes that the United States is squarely within the early to middle stages of a genocidal process against trans people, the goal of which is to completely erase transgender people not only from public life but also from existence in the U.S. and globally."

Hmmm, why would a guy not doing crimes need to hide so much?

Once again, Alberta proves itself the Canadian hotspot for ignorance, repression, and intolerance. writersunion.ca/news/alberta...

Hegseth said there would be no stupid rules of engagement for Trump's war against Iran. So they blew up a school full of children and have shown no remorse. How Christian.

Trans and queer writers review thirteen essential queer books (that weren’t covered by the New York Times Book Review during Pamela Paul’s reign).

In America, people are regularly forced to crowdfund cancer treatment.

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?” Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth

THE BRIDE is tanking at the box-office, which bums me out. It's a wild, daring vision full of what's often called female rage, but also about otherness and loneliness and what makes a monster. I was completely captivated. There's a lot of negativity out there, but this is a brilliant film. 1/2

It has been a time of monsters, of evils most befoul, of glories unsurpassed… 🎥🎬

Some lovely words from Corey Redekop on FALSE BODIES. If you haven't read Corey's 2012 zombie novel HUSK, you must. It's a legit Canadian horror classic!

After today's technical difficulties, this lovely review from Corey Redekop is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you, Corey! 🙏

Now watching: boxd.it/1FtY

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

I cannot stress enough the extreme danger of social media platforms, especially Twitter and YouTube, continuing to generate and spread misinformation. There are more and more data every day showing that this is an existential threat to everything ranging from elections to health.

There's only ever been one good book trailer and it was for @coreyredekop.bsky.social's zombie novel Husk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Aww...

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk newrepublic.com/post/206857/... via @newrepublic.com

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

It’s awesome! Between Matt, Jay, and Michael J. Fox, no one does time travel better than Canadians!

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters. The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

This is blackout poetry to me

The announcers (and these are the Canadian ones) are so stunned/shocked/disbelieving. One remembers how young these athletes sometimes are. But this was off-the-charts unexpected. Malinin came EIGHTH.

Now watching: boxd.it/Gwiu #filmsky