If you're looking for trans authors, this is your thread! (: And if you *are* a trans author, THIS IS YOUR THREAD. ❤️

Gilead has a drug that could prevent HIV with just 2 injections a year. MSF said "we'll buy it name your price." Gilead said no. Let that sink in. Pharmacological innovation without access for those who need it does not accomplish its potential. www.eatg.org/hiv-news/pre...

Canadian authors, if you aren't eligible for the US Anthropic lawsuit bc you didn't register US copyright, we have our own class action suit! It doesn't rely on registering copyright and you're included in the class by default 🇨🇦 Sign up for updates here: www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

If I don't sell enough of these by mid April. They won't be made. And I'll have to refund existing orders.

Where are all the #Newfoundland authors... surely there are a few lurking about somewhere? :) #CanLit

Finished! “Let It Be”. Coloured pencil on hot pressed paper. Based on photos I took of a barred owl in a Toronto ravine. #SciArt #Birds

Seems good to see this kind of language appearing on TV instead of like on a bluesky post with 300 boosts

You cannot ban children from social media without making *everyone* prove their age just to use the internet. And that is a MASSIVE privacy violation with huge potential for abuse by nefarious companies charged with doing the verification. globalnews.ca/news/1175151...

Please spread if you can. I have a limited time to make this happen and I DESPERATELY don't want to lose my boy 😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿

You know, I liked Walz until this... monstrosity... this affront to all things good and decent... this heinous abomination... 🤢😂 (Seriously though, do people actually *eat* this in Minnesota? On purpose?!?)

Question for COVID-conscious community in Canada -- does anyone know if the proposed updates to PPE in hospitals (N95 usage) got passed or not? Kid has a surgical consult tomorrow and I'd like to have data on that when I ask about infection control plans. Google isn't helping.

Canadian COVID Forecast Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026 CANADA HIGH [no change] About 1 of every 84 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 9.2 x higher -Long COVID: 6.6 x higher -Hospitalizations: 5.4 x higher -Deaths: 5.6 x higher

Yup.

www.theskeena.com/2026/01/07/s.... A lot of the politicians, like Eby and now Carney, they’ve been convinced that this is their saviour, their life raft, when actually I think it’s a set of fucking cement shoes,”

"Houston, Barkhouse, and other PC ministers and MLAs don’t seem to know the difference between unsafe and uncomfortable. It’s an important distinction."

'When politicians lie without recourse, “you’re not making election decisions based on what’s actually happening,” he said. “It’s based on who lies the best.”' www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Just came across yet another book that I would have considered buying, but it's not available outside of Kindle. :(

Let me get this straight... we now have a leader of a federal party who actually says fossil fuels are bad and *we should do something about that*... and virtually everyone is now trashing him because of it? 🤨

if we were concerned about the experience children are having on the internet there would be way more legislation mediating the use of AI and less about making everyone else scan their face

Just in case there are other #Canadian picture book #illustrators out there who have been wondering if they're included... yes, you are! Do come and join us. Check out the Author FAQ on our website for more info (these would apply to you, too.) #CanKidLit #FictionFest #PB ➡️ FictionFest.ca

Just saw this and I don't even know where to begin with it. First off, viewing elections as "product choices" that should be "marketed" to appeal to the masses is a symptom of everything that is wrong with the world.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

I think I've gone beyond incandescent rage and into exhausted depression at this point.

Don't look at the forecast, Ottawa. Save yourself the trauma and just don't.

“We need to see systemic change. I think there needs to be some serious action taken where people’s wages and income supports match the cost of living.” www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

City has changed waste pick up companies and upcoming week has no garbage pickup when it normally would be (it's two weeks of black bin in a row and the weeks are swapped from here on out). Not looking forward to all the garbage that's going to be everywhere from all the people who didn't know.

Just took my raisin bread loaf out of the oven and realized I forgot to add the sugar. Hope it still tastes okay. 🫠

Where, oh where, are all the #NewBrunswick authors??? 🤔 #Canada

Have I mentioned yet how much I love this blog site? pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/27/t...

😡 breachmedia.ca/canada-super...

Oh, look. It's snowing. AGAIN. 😑

🧵 A #FictionFest stats update: Of submissions so far... Author locations: Ontario 45% Alberta 21% BC 11% Quebec 7% Manitoba 4% Nova Scotia 4% PEI 4% Saskatchewan 4% Still no submissions from: New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut #CanLit #WritingCommunity

How much more of this kind of thing do we need to see before we put an end to this? 😑

How many times does it need to be said? Using AI is anti-education, anti-learning, and actively harmful to the process of cognition. #AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

Web Kinew is right.

It remains outrageous that no one in Canada even bothered with a proper inquiry into the massive failures of the pandemic.

They don't even require masking in NICUs. It's immoral.

This bill is deeply un-Canadian and a serious risk to our civil liberties. Please communicate with your MP and tell them to vote to ensure the bill never passes.

He should have lost the entire province over: election meddling, devastating cuts to healthcare & education, tying us to *95 year* contract w/ a spa company that has no track record since he didn't bother doing any kind of due diligence, highways built specifically to get him to his mansion/cottage,

Woot! We now have a submission from #PEI, but we still need more! (We need more from ALL the Atlantic provinces, actually!) Check out our Author FAQ for more info... ➡️ FictionFest.ca #CanLit #CanKidLit #writers

I feel deep concern for kids and their parents…if we as a society don’t pivot fast, 10 years from now, the devastation these (now) kids will be experiencing en masse will be horrific, while their parents will be in anguish over not doing more to protect them from airborne viruses.

More Locations Added March 28th #OntarioProtest (Revision Mar 23@2am) #PeoplePower

This was entirely predictable. And now we are mourning the loss of an Ottawa crossing guard who was just trying to keep kids safe. Shame on the Ford government for putting populist politics over people’s lives. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

If you only read traditionally published authors, you're missing out on a plethora of amazing, memorable, one-of-a-kind books. I challenge you to read off the beaten path. Read books from all avenues of publishing. Trust me, you'll discover some new favorites. #booksky #indiebooks ##indieauthors

Awww... 🥰

It would be nice if we actually had laws about this kind of thing that we actually enforced. Throw a few of these creeps in jail for a bit and fine them heavily, and then maybe the others will think twice. Every platform should also be required to take videos down. www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

Was just thinking about this last night. When these companies all come back, acting like they're doing a favour in trying to rehire everyone they tried to replace with a faulty algorithm controlled by a billionaire, I hope all the creative people demand way better pay, benefits, vacay & conditions.

I hope she sues.

Calling all Atlantic province authors! We definitely have a deficit when it comes to representation for your part of #Canada! I *know* there are authors over there and we would LOVE to have you join our showcase. Check out our Author FAQ for more info: FictionFest.ca #PEI #NB #NS #NL #FictionFest

Really important to reemphasize this - the findings of the UK COVID Inquiry are a huge win for patients and science - and an equally huge defeat for the medical establishment. There should be many resignations, professional discipline and investigations for negligence happening this week.