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Carbon-based life form.
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Emma Newman
8 months ago
Please could you help me to spread the word about my swashbuckling adventure story with a pirate protagonist, sapphic romance, with a dash of werewolves and vampires? My latest novel THE VENGEANCE is available in all formats
geni.us/thevengeance
Perfect for escaping the horrors of our time.
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The Blogging Goth
12 days ago
Happy Birthday David Bowie, born this day in 1947. His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016. David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
12 days ago
Translation: To be a true fascist, you have to come from the Fascismo region. What we have here is just generic sparkling tyranny.
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Uncanny Magazine
5 months ago
PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!!
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@garykwolfe.bsky.social
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
I work at a bookstore in Canada and had a customer come in this morning looking for a copy of Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny. I was gobsmacked to discover the entire Corwin cycle is out of print here!!
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Thank-you
@locusmag.bsky.social
! Membership has its privileges! :)
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I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
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Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns!
Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uncannymagazine/uncanny-magazine-year-12-fly-forever-space-unicorns?ref=android_thanks_share
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ryan cooper
7 months ago
this company man
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Just a friendly reminder to take steps (masking, vaccination etc) to avoid catching COVID!
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/beyond-long-covid-1.7485888
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A rather sobering review of the damage done to the US via Doge cuts. I recall Stephen Harper's government messing with the Canadian census, making long term comparisons impossible and crippling the program planning that emerges from study of census surveys.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-administration-knowledge-loss-research-cuts/
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Come on Canada! Let's bring that research up here!
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LOCUS is part of the glue that holds readers, writers, fans, and industry professionals in SF, fantasy, and horror together. I just supported their 2025 fund drive. Will you?
igg.me/at/locusmag2...
#SupportLocus2025
@locusmag.bsky.social
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Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2025
Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination | Check out 'Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2025' on Indiegogo.
https://igg.me/at/locusmag2025
8 months ago
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There is evil, then there is this...
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Emma Newman
8 months ago
Felt incandescently angry, might delete later.
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...
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Rage, rage against the dying of the mic!
Look, I have a book I should be writing, but I have so many other words screaming in my head that I need to write them down first. Buckle up, my darlings, because this post is breaking my social media...
https://enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-against-the-dying-of-the-mic/
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Carl Zimmer
9 months ago
Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
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Locus Magazine
9 months ago
Looking for your next read? Check out our curated SFF reviews, author interviews, and upcoming releases in Locus Magazine. Start your literary adventure today!
www.locusmag.com
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Things we should be getting AI to do...
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
10 months ago
Not a day goes by when I don't worry about the mounting dementia epidemic. Biological and demographic factors have put us on a path toward high burden of this disease in Canada.
alzheimer.ca/en/research/...
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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 3
Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kotowych/years-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-3?ref=thanks-copy
10 months ago
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
10 months ago
That's ok. They can just use the Constitution at this point.
financialpost.com/commodities/...
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Trump tariffs on Canadian lumber risk toilet paper supply
Donald Trump’s tariffs on softwood lumber risk disrupting the supply chain for something nobody wants to be without: toilet paper. Read on
https://financialpost.com/commodities/lumber-tariffs-risk-toilet-paper-supply
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Tim Onion
10 months ago
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
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Locus Magazine
10 months ago
"Real bookworms read #Locus!" Treat yourself to a magazine that opens the door to the Science Fiction Fantasy Horror community. Get industry news and book stats, convention news and insider info, as well as author deep dives from a trusted source!
locusmag.com
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Philip Gourevitch
10 months ago
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity "To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
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John Scalzi
10 months ago
Happy St. Patrick's Day
youtu.be/4XWP_CKnJIg?...
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Muppet Mayhem: Beaker, Animal & Swedish Chef Sing "Danny Boy"
YouTube video by Muppet Show Mania
https://youtu.be/4XWP_CKnJIg?si=W_JAK0pPZ4K4tcoR&t=6
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@kateheartfield.com
Well, if it isn't a study by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun right here in Ottawa! (c1779)
11 months ago
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@garykwolfe.bsky.social
I've heard you and Jonathan talk a lot about Cordwainer Smith over the years - I couldn't pass this up when I spotted it at my local used bookstore!
11 months ago
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Cory Doctorow is onto something here!
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property? - CCPA
The following article was originally published by Cory Doctorow on his blog. It is reprinted here with his permission and under the terms of its Creative Commons 4.0 licensing.
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/what-if-canada-stopped-upholding-u-s-tech-companies-intellectual-property/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0wtZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZKUrJOW0jAMWSRXP2eauKK1Z7L8xlw4DTchGhgGwDGmRdT4_193CJnqyw_aem_-tZ2Ik8IPX-vOSbbwZQWXA
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The Kyiv Independent
11 months ago
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
https://kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-president-just-disrespected-america-in-the-oval-office-it-wasnt-zelensky/
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
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NY Times Pitchbot
11 months ago
Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.
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David Frum
11 months ago
Some history to explain what happened in the Oval Office from my just-posted article in
@theatlantic.com
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David Frum
11 months ago
Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them. Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
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@ianhanomansing.bsky.social
Borrowed from a friend's timeline - re your call in show:
11 months ago
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I felt like "Elf" this morning at work when I pulled this bottle of maple syrup out of my bag. (It was for my oatmeal...)
11 months ago
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Quote of the day: "(Trump's) appeasement of Vladimir Putin makes Neville Chamberlain look like a principled, courageous realist"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
As the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement, writes Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/13/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-ukraine-us-europe?CMP=saturdayedition_email
11 months ago
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Ok, so it looks like the Blade Runner future for us, not the Star Trek future I was hoping for.
11 months ago
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11 months ago
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A very interesting podcast! Worth the listen!
ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/manufacturin...
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Our Opinions Are Correct: Manufacturing loneliness
Are we getting toxic messages from speculative fiction about what it means to be alone? We're tackling troubling tropes and eviscerating myths about where loneliness comes from. Later in the episode, ...
https://ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/manufacturing-loneliness
11 months ago
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦
11 months ago
I always felt like Guns n' Roses older stuff (like, REALLY old stuff) was their best stuff
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Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction, if it was recorded in the 50s
YouTube video by marceve76
https://youtu.be/myzts1HR7QQ?si=CHq1CJqSAgm02q7u
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Liberal Currents
11 months ago
"Cut these institutions at the knees and you cut down the core of America’s prosperity and strength."
www.liberalcurrents.com/elon-musk-is...
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Elon Musk is Working His Hardest to Make a Chinese Century
The Ketamine Koup will make America a mediocre backwater.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/elon-musk-is-working-his-hardest-to-make-a-chinese-century/
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Donate to Helping Aliette, organized by Paul Cornell
Our friend Aliette de Bodard is going through some awful times right now, and we seek to provide her some… Paul Cornell needs your support for Helping Aliette
https://gofund.me/7324daa9
12 months ago
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If you see this, quote with
#flowers
from your photo gallery.
12 months ago
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Brian Schirmer
12 months ago
I’m reminded of this fave of mine from
@paulcornell.bsky.social
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Palate cleanser. This is a lovely story of community and people working together.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civi...
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/
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Everything Doug Ford was happy to do without asking for a Mandate from the electorate
Doug Ford has announced Ontarians will go to the polls this February. Even though he is only 2.5 years into his current regime, Ford says he needs “a strong mandate” from the people to deal with Donal...
https://thebeaverton.com/2025/01/everything-doug-ford-was-happy-to-do-without-asking-for-a-mandate-from-the-electorate/
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