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I will attempt to flesh out why the CBC's broadcast of Cross Country Checkup was so toxic today, since there are some people still expressing confusion or dismay at the criticisms, including my own, leveled at it. 1/? 🧵 #Canada #CBC

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It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history. Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada! 🧵1/11

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This #BlackHistoryMonth let’s celebrate trailblazing American #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of 🧵

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

submitted 22 days ago • 195 comments

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery #photography

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I love the pattern made as the water around this tree freezes up #OnlyBeautifulThings

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The sound a 35mm camera makes when you take a picture, the feeling of forwarding the film, the shushing sensation while rewinding the spool when the roll is done, and the clicky opening of the back of the camera to pop the film out. Just all of it.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

submitted 45 days ago • 465 comments

Today I learned that using the possessive in a gerund is no longer in style? Or maybe just optional after a preposition? I just want to say its, dammit #amcopyediting

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year! Year's Best Canadian F&SF is now OPEN for submissions. Canadians: send me your SFF published in 2024! Will consider fiction 1500-ish to 7500-ish words in length, and poems of any length. Send work via the link below, and find all the details on my website kotowych.com/yearsbest/

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate! I hope you are able to spend the day exactly as you wish.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

The furthest north I've been is: Lillooet, BC The furthest south I've been is: the Bahamas The furthest east I've been is: London The furthest west I've been is: Tofino, BC

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Ordered two books from an independent bookstore for in-store pick up. Received an email within an hour that my order was ready. Bonus pets of large in-store doggo at pick-up. Suport your independent bookstores, y'all.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Am continuing to clear out old paper and came across poetry written by my teenage self. I do not remember being particularly angsty at that age but hoo boy

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Going through very old class notes before recycling. I wish I could remember what this list was for.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

This is why chant was so popular. Echoic space can reinforce harmony; if a space is "tuned" it can even make it much easier to keep yourself in the key. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRzI...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Marking dozens of caps to change to small caps. Who said editing isn't glamorous?

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Right. Here's your to-do list for the next two months to put you in the best possible position to survive what's coming: 1. Renew your passport (or apply for a passport) this week even if it is not expiring in the next four years. Renewing early will give you the maximum 10-year validity period.

submitted 110 days ago • 294 comments

My partner's path, shown in the high-water spring of 2020. A peaceful visual for an anxious day.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Take care of yourself this week, maybe put on a favorite sweater

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

A quick timeline break with a small waterfall.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Life feels difficult. I hope you find some cosiness tonight.

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Things feel bad. Here is a nice carving.

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

Last week @tuphlos.bsky.social Robin Bradford noticed AI narrators in her library's collection. She mentioned it here and then I jumped into the rabbit hole with her and found WEIRD STUFF. The narrators are definitely AI. But are the authors, too!? smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-a...

submitted 126 days ago • 31 comments