Powerful words “PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED.”

...I hate that I have to constantly remind myself that art is worth making, even if flawed...

If any of you have a smart AF, funny and worldly big sister (or other such loved one) in your life like I am lucky to have, today is a great day to call them. Mine gave me a tinge of hope that the world is not doomed. And we also talked about great TV shows.

I've said this many times. Art is the process, a struggle undertaken by humans, not the end result and it's why AI can never create art (that and it's a planet killing theft machine) This is a lovely example of that.

Oh no! We're out of The Plastics!

A lot of real Christians and other religious leaders in the news lately doing brave, powerful acts of resistance. #Respect

Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...

Temperatures are going to drop to close to -40 overnight. If you're somewhere warm you should not take that for granted. There are so many people who don't have somewhere safe and warm to go. Bissell helps them survive in this harsh weather. Help me help them. Xoxo Erin

5 p.m. and still light out!!!

Yay! An interview with Marco Melfi, the excellent #YEG poet and dedicated @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social Board Member!

Say happy birthday to talented human artist Audrey!

Important news for us writers from across the NYC subway tracks:

Absolute respect for and solidarity with the good, courageous and inspiring people of #Minneapolis

World leaders always look so much greener on the other side of the border, don't they? Except that orange 'leader' that absolutely no one with a soul respects.

I just can't stop thinking about how even some of the most terrifying and depraved known serial killers draw the line at harming kids. What are you if you don't even have *that* line?

Hooray for #SquirrelAppreciationDay! I love squirrels, but I don't have one, so here's #BabyNewt instead! #CatsOfBluesky

Always a good time for Lucille Clifton

Hey Artists of Bluesky! PAYING GIG: 2-4 pieces of original interior B&W/greyscale SFF art for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4. Canadian artists strongly preferred. 🇨🇦 Any style, NO AI. Post links to portfolios below. Need artwork in May/June. Pls share WIDELY! #ArtSky #ArtistsOnBluesky #Illustration

I know we can't...I really do...but what if we all just looked away, stopped listening, stopped reacting and ignored the evil toddler-coded Tangerine Fashbomb, even for a day?

Please offer me your favourite 80s song to play tonight while I work (I have a deadline and have been procrastinating/feeling doomstracted all day...)

Gonna be a chilly week! If you haven't yet, there's still time to donate to Bissell to help them keep our unhoused neighbours stay warm and safe. I'm still looking for $165 to reach my goal! Xoxo, Erin secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...

It's like people are so used to hearing the inane, hateful ramblings of His Maga-sty that they forgot there is such a thing as good speechwriting and leaders who stay on script #StanPolicyNotPoliticians

Well, that's about enough world update for me today, pocket pals

Edmontonians and fans of small, indépendant music venues, The Aviary has sustained fire damage and needs community support.

I'll do this if anyone wants me to...because my anxious brain can't get anything else done today. But there is a good chance my answers will be highly unserious...

Hey, if anyone in Calgary happens to have found this kid's lost owl, please contact the Redditer who made this post. @cmcalgary.bsky.social can you boost this for the poor kid who lost his best friend? #Calgary www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/co...

So hard to focus today, but we held hands for a bit and that helped. #CatsOfBluesky #BabyNewt

Met someone super cute. #Crushing

Was away from my kitten (and other beloved cats) for 5 hours and I hated it! Couldn't wait to get home. #Love

I wrote this lil weird poem after visiting an ancient tree cricket-parrotfish-drn6.squarespace.com/morgan-l-ven...

I wrote a dumb one this morning when I misread "we buy houses".

My poem “Spectacle.”

Post or gimme a link to one of your poems or stories please!!!

My kitten went in THE FRIDGE when I opened it and I didn't know until several minutes later when I heard weird scuffling and banging. He's fine. I'm not. But it was *a little* funny.

How your email finds us. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #BabyNewt

Lots of live local music going on this weekend at DEEP FREEZE #yegmusic Saturday, Jan 17: Noon – 10:00 pm Sunday, Jan 18: Noon – 6:00 pm Fireworks are on Saturday night at 9pm!

My big cats are napping in the same room as my baby cat and no one is hissing!!!

The Harry Styles album release on March 6 will make the world feel a little bit better, right? RIGHT?!? #TinyThingsCarryingBigMentalLoads

My kitten's reaction to this #NobelPeacePrize buffoonery #CatsOfBlueSky #BabyNewt

Your timeline needs this paw! Have you ever seen cuter beans?!? #CatsOfBluesky #BabyNewt

This. (Peter's whole thread is interesting too!)

Forgot to post this when I got my December issue! Big thank you to @albertaviews.bsky.social for publishing my poem 'Disturbing the Peace' from my debut poetry collection Confirm Humanity (details here: wildskiespress.com/our-books/#c...)

casual reminder that most of canada's print media is owned by an american company that is owned by an american hedge fund with ties to donald trump.

No.

Why yes, I do 'work' from home. #BabyNewt #CatsOfBluesky