'Whatever one’s thoughts are about AI, Virginia Huerta, Managing Director of Archetype, noted a startling statistic, that 80% of consumers ask AI for recommendations on what to purchase – new books, new products, etc." My guess is these results include Google's integrated AI search BS.

Happy Valentine’s Day, which is colonial

You say "system collapse" like its a bad thing.

Know anyone interested in writing video games? I'm chatting about it next Thursday, 6PM at MIT, so plan ahead #writing #gamedev www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Dogs don't necessarily need to dream, I guess, but it's so amazing that they do. My little fat cockapoo, sleep-barking at dream squirrels, sleep-running her little feet, even sometimes having a happy dream and wagging her tail. The world is afire, but dogs dream.

Storytime, friends: Once upon a time, a great dragon appeared and thought, "it'd be a shame if something happen to all those empty buildings ICE just bought up to use as concentration camps. A right shame." And then:

Nothing makes me block a person faster than them liking an illustration I've done when they have "Eh eye" artist in their bio.

Guile... Guinan... Guilenan

Elraiche is turning out to be one of my favorite characters of all time. Book two is gonna reveal so much more about this jerkhole. tonialaird.com/2026/02/06/s...

Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak spinning vinyl in her studio, captured in the 1963 NFB documentary ‘Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak,’ directed by John Feeney, and filmed in Kinngait (Nunavut). NFB Archives

This first of my most anticipated books of 2026 written by a Filipino author has arrived 😍 The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao #currentlyreading #booksky

Charles Manson.

And once again: you *cannot* apply for this online, you must apply by snail mail, and you only have until May! Hence, the importance of getting a reminder when registration opens

CBC Books: Canadian books to read during Black History Month and beyond #CanLit #BlackHistoryMonth www.cbc.ca/books/canadi...

Unbelievable

There's still time to apply for the M.A. in English at the University of Regina, with creative and academic streams! Feb 15 deadline (with some flexibility). We celebrate pop culture, inclusion, and creative scholarship! Please post widely! www.uregina.ca/graduate-stu...

To my fellow authors who reside north of the 49th, if a library carries your book, you need to apply for the PLR! Registration opens up again this month, sign-up now to make sure you get a notification when it opens. publiclendingright.ca/about/overview

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

like, go fucking WILD.

Dancing, music and art are three of the strongest human things there are for recharging your spirit If the despair is gripping you too tightly, pick one and GO WILD

We all need our Fun Little Stories to distract us from The Horrors

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America…

Holy shit! If you are still on Spotify, get the fuck off asap.

🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

Maybe has an infection from all the bullshit he is full of.

This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.

Elraiche, before he was exiled from his homeland...

Applications open for the MA in English/Creative Writing @uregina.bsky.social! Creative and critical streams, thesis/project/coursework options, maximum flexibility and the chance to work with award-winning authors and instructors. Funding options available. Deadline: Feb 15. Please post widely!

Yep, I've got a History degree and the lessons from it are far less predictive of what will happen in contemporary society than Gender Studies and Critical Race Theory, which are like that sports almanac in Back to the Future II.

For my fellow Canadians, please sign this official petition to ask Parliament to use Disallowance to override the bigoted use of notwithstanding clause in Alberta and Saskatchewan to make anti trans laws. An easy actionable thing you can do to help trans people www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I don’t think a single guy with a brain worm should be able to make these decisions.

man. come on.

With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country. It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay. @richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth: ricochet.media/climate/the-... #Alberta

Well lookie here! It's my best of/most notable/favorite young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books of 2025! reactormag.com/notable-youn...

When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.

People are rightfully freaking out about this, but also know this reverberates into K-12, esp independent schools. Much of my job as a high school librarian is preparing kids for college. And if college now means AI, it makes resistance to AI in education that much harder.

The surrounding land for kms on end is still built to run water directly into the area. The flooding is not simply resurrecting a temporary ghost of the past. The lake is still there. The water will always return.

It is imperative that you put on music and dance in the kitchen while making a big meal because the animal that gave its life, the pain and exertion of the people who picked your vegetables, all deserve to be honored with joy and reverence

Kristi Noem is conclusive proof that the sort of person who would murder a dog in cold blood is *exactly* the sort of person you think they are

News In Photo:

BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it

Albert Edwards gets the @fortune.com treatment: “.. It will end in tears, that much I’m sure of.” fortune.com/2025/11/23/i...

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social! Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!

We are very excited to announced that our 2026 Agent Guest of Honour will be @hel-no-wai.bsky.social! Hana is a Literary Agent and Rights Manager at Cooke McDermid and a co-founder of BIPOC Publishing in Canada. We are super thrilled that Hana can join us next fall!

We are HYPED to announce that our 2026 Editor Guest of Honour will be @jenralbert.bsky.social - Jen is an acquiring editor at ECW Press, won a British Fantasy Award for her editing work and has been nominated for the Hugo, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Awards. So excited to have Jen with us next fall!

Might as well post here. Times are hard so I'm letting go of a few of my more precious collectibles. I'm selling my Mass Effect Garrus statue, my PlayStation Journey statue, and my beloved Destiny Launch 3A Mara Sov statue. Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated.❤️ Links below. 1/2