I met this little man. His name is Cheech and he is perfect.

Nothing sweeter than the absolute silence that falls over the crowd when a PC float appears in a pride parade.

You ever think about the things you could have been writing back when you were busy being Big Sad and get a wistful windchime-y kind of feeling about lost time and squandered potential and et cetera? Me neither.

happy pride halifax

i know judy gemstone when i hear her. this is great.

Nova Scotians respond to European-style austerity with European-style protest

Raffi you’re so right

The additional support needed is a drastic reduction in fossil fuel use and stabilizing our education and healthcare system instead of fighting to build more pipelines.

“How do you write so much” because it keeps the fear of death at bay and gives my neurotic mind something to chew on that isn’t existential dread I hope this helps

Fucked that there are a million songs about love but only one about baking me a cake as fast as you can

Protesters surround Tim Houston's car, smash glass after speech #NovaScotia Premier Tim Houston was at Acadia University to speak to the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce Tour of Nova Scotia is going well I see (I am not condoning violence but people are pissed off) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

8. Formerly testicles 9. Pre-deer 10. Eternal non binary virgin muscle mommy born via ax-section out of a tiny fly imprisoned in a fuckboi’s skull (she’s not like other girls!) 11. Cannibal giant 12. Psychic shapeshifting part-time dude 13. Goth elevator operator 14. And Penny

We are experiencing the world's worst air quality, and we're getting absolutely no response from leadership other than announcements about building more pipelines. Do not normalize this.

Apparently those awful sneaky filled Timbits that disguise themselves as honey dips now come in LEMON. Which I discovered accidentally. Twice. I never felt more betrayed in my life.

Magdalene Visaggio was once in seminary, training to become a Catholic priest. Now she's a snarky online trans girl like the rest of us. In a challenging new essay for Assigned, she writes about the toll being hated for who she is has taken on her psyche. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Very pleased with this fresh new homosexual haircut.

RIP Sam Neill, enjoy this video of his Buddha-like serenity during the first month of COVID lockdown

Today we took my dad out to see Disclosure Day as a belated birthday treat. Very pleased to report that the whole theatre was full of dads of all ages and all of them seemed to have an excellent time.

posting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Charles de Lint has responded to the questions about his AI cover on FB. It boils down to "while it's bad the tool was created through theft, I'm still using it" which is ... not great. If artists are not going to stand with other artists, no one will. Highly disappointing.

Time for my bazillionth reread of this absolute banger.

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

in england, they don't say i'll kick your ass, they say i'll see you on the

When it comes to art, you must sometimes put yourself first. Say no often and loud. Making Art, especially something like writing, takes a lot of mental bandwidth if you want it to be any good. No, I can't just do this thing now and write later because you want me to, I need something in my well.

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Read the list here: https://bit.ly/4bi28gZ

In 1952, an abandoned shrine was found in the Wakayama prefecture of Japan. This temple, known as Rabu Shrine (羅父神宮), had signs of occupation as late as the 1920s. These documents, including postcards and manuscripts by the priest Sōkū (桑空), were recovered at the site:

"If I need your help I'll just scream. Not like in words. Just a bellow of existential anguish." I may need to adjust how I speak to my colleagues.

Horrible new bullshit from the sea every time. It’s never ‘oh we found a new pink fish that is so happy’ it’s always stuff like this, the crush-depth screw-headed dongwongler, and it’s got to have big long creepy bits. Sick of the ocean tbh.

A short comic about Lenny #TheSimpsons #comics

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪

Shirley Jackson:

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

At dinner. The Missus, pushing forward a pepper shaker and a salt shaker: This is the dad. And this is the daughter. Me, resisting the urge to anthropomorphize the objects: Amy, patient: Me: ... HE SPLIT WITH HER MOM WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN. EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLACE IN HER LIFE-

This Countess kobo sale continues. I'm guessing it will be done tomorrow? Who knows! 3.99 in Canada and the US. I am writing a new short story, so I'll have something different to go on and on about if I sell that sometime. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Susanna Clarke on illness www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Writers are really just slightly more complicated dogs. Motivated by treats. In need of regular walks to work out the zoomies. Prone to emitting long, deep sighs even though our lives are not that hard.

Historians Theorize Declaration Of Independence Started As ‘Twilight’ Fan Fiction https://theonion.com/historians-theorize-declaration-of-independence-started-as-twilight-fan-fiction/

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

"Mother, can't you do something about this heat?" - Mr. Parks, presumably

Me coming to steal your man

Powerlessnessmaxxing: watching the country careen toward unfettered oil and gas production as the country burns and drowns simultaneously, while people scream “yeah well he’s better than Poilievre” in your ear

Today’s announcement shows what this federal government will protect above all else: the profits of Big Oil. Read my full statement on the oil pipeline proposal from the Prime Minister and Premier Smith: www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-rea...

The excommunication drama is really keeping me going this week.

for anyone who knows the incredible Oji-Cree writer & friend of the bookstore Joshua Whitehead, his father Peter passed away suddenly & his family are asking for help. if you’re in a place to help through a donation or resharing it will mean the world to him and his family gofund.me/52720ca90

Better late than never: 1600 spoilery words at @popheist.com on what frightened me the most about OBSESSION, a movie about the emptiness we ignore in ourselves and perpetuate in others.