GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because A SINISTER REVENGE @deannaraybourn.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle US to today only! amzn.to/4nzMhPW #ASinisterRevenge #VeronicaSpeedwell #ad #amazoncom

The most rigorous, precise, brilliant piece I have read on Albertan separatism. www.readtheline.ca/p/clarke-rie...

The census we deserve. (Now at over 20K responses!) ♥️

Slightly increase a band. The Unfortunately Hip.

Hey, @jessiemihalik.com, our romance book club is doing a BYOB (bring your own book) with the theme of space romance. I have narrowed it down, but am torn between Hunt the Stars and Polaris Rising. Wanna be the tie breaker? (Or maybe you'd choose a different one?) 🙂

That unique Canadian jealousy of a friend getting the long-form census when you only got the short-form... 🤨

Canadian authors, it's your last chance to register for PLR this year!

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

MPP Fife renews push for better handling of sexual assault cases in wake of Sloka trial www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Nothing to see here, just the dog demanding curry like she's just come home from a pub crawl with the lads. 🤷‍♀️

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finish your projects. if you can’t finish your projects, make your projects smaller. three finished eight-page zines is way WAY better for you than one finished 60-page graphic novella because: finishing things is a habit, and once you start it’s MUCH easier to continue

I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/?

🔊 Sound on to summon any nearby Canadians 🇨🇦 Ahead by a Century was released on this day *30 YEARS AGO*

Resounding yes. www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

Same thoughts here! fortune.com/2026/04/10/a...

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

Viktor Orbán to try to regain seat in Hungarian parliament by running in Alberta’s Battle River—Crowfoot by-election.

Well, the porn parody isn't going to have to try very hard.

who has a book coming out that people can preorder so they have something to look forward to and then be pleasantly surprised when the book just shows up on their doorstep

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

I tell my students that writing is an exercise in figuring out what you think; it's not a place to deposit what you've already worked out. If you step on a frictionless surface, momentum takes over and you just slide; there's nothing to interact with, which means there's nowhere to stand.

Wasn't this literally a Simpsons plot?

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam

I am appalled at how badly I want this.

If you are on the works list, and you have not opted out, you have already given up your right to sue Anthropic separately. There is nothing to be gained from suing right now.

Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

If this is you, I want you to know that the amount per work is very likely to be > $3000. Half that if you're splitting with your publisher.

Hey everyone! You have until MARCH 30, 2026 to file a claim in the Anthropic Settlement. If you have questions about filing--or if you aren't sure if you've filed correctly--call the settlement administrator at 1 877-206-2314.

I respect trans people, so it's such a little thing for me to not watch the Harry Potter trailer or show. The proceeds from that property go directly to funding anti-trans work. It's a straight line from HP to destroying lives. I can actually SAVE TIME by not supporting this. It requires NOTHING.

I agree 100% with Steven Vickers that authors will be falsely accused of using AI in the coming years. In particular, authors like myself whose works were stolen to train AI systems are at risk. When we write in our own unique styles, AI trained on us will quite likely flag us as using AI.

You can do it here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

Canadians (and others in the know), this cake tastes like Coffee Crisp. Photo is the one I made. sallysbakingaddiction.com/espresso-cho...

It's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...

Men, here is a thing you can start today: Speak up every single time another man says something sexist, predatory, abusive, or dismissive about a woman in your presence. Every time. Make yourself and him uncomfortable. Stop turning away and keeping the peace.

I have one of these pendants and it's gorgeous and looks like a storm at sea. You should get one and see what kind of gothic shenanigans yours brings up. 🖤

This petition asking that every federal party leader be required to hold top-secret security clearance only has 40k signatures, but I think it would have far more if more people knew it was a GFY directed squarely at Poilievre, who refuses to get clearance. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Cafe barista’s rockin’ the black Henley today. He knows that we need warmth and hope now that First Spring of Deception has ended. #Romancelandia

This is also not great. We know Ford is corrupt and a liar. It's important that we are able to hold him accountable.

@jessiemihalik.com I was all pleased after finishing Silver & Blood because I thought Roses & Stone was coming out very soon. Then I went and checked your feed and — WRONG — I was misremembering the recent cover reveal. Not til December. 🥲

No one likes babies. Especially when they just show up uninvited. So imagine if one did that on a cruise ship in outer space? You don't have to; author Olivia Waite did the work for you. In this Q&A, Waite talks about her new #SciFi #mystery novel, "Nobody's Baby." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🕵️‍♀️🔎👶

It's fun to see the reactions of middle-aged men at the pet store when 20-something lasses working there ask if they need help carrying out large bags of dog food.

It is PUB DAY! Veronica Speedwell’s tenth adventure is in stores now. Huge thanks to everyone buzzing, posting, buying, and showing up for events. You are the best! 🦋

THREAD. A collection of excellent dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside. You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.

I'm so excited to help @authoremmabarry.bsky.social reveal the cover to her next book, You, Me & The Conspiracy. As someone who has watched National Treasure too many times to count, I can't wait for this book to come out in November. Isn't the cover pretty? www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Me...

🤣🤣🤣 From SNL #ConnorStorrie Accent Duel

Interesting to see so many people speed run learning how problematic hockey culture is (including many, many of its players) while still enjoying the game. But hey, it'll also help folks understand how Canadians are so good at holding grudges for a long, long time. 😂