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novelist, founder of The Shoe Project, fond of the Rockies and Japan, reader, feminist, free speech and human rights defender. repped by Inkwell. www.katherinegovier.com
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I'm reading Your Absence is Darkness by Jon Stephansson, the Icelandic writer, and loving it. pubbed by Biblioasis in English translation. Loved his Heaven and Hell too.

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Ambassador Bob Rae 🇨🇦 👇👇👇 #cdnpoli #peipoli

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The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

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Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

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went to the ROM to hear Jean-Bernard Caron talk about #theburgessshale. Great pics. I love these pre-cambrian worms. Wrote about them in #THETHREESISTERSBAR&HOTEL #canadianrockymountains www.katherinegovier.com

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Is geography destiny? Say it ain't so.

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Here we go.

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Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell has signed the pledge for Canada. She joins thousands of leaders, artists, activists, Canadians who will resist the gangster in Washington. Have you signed the pledge to stand up for our values? True.North. Strong. Free. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

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Big news. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

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I saw A Complete Unknown last night. Favourite song: The Times they are a-changing. As I am also watching So Long Marianne, the #canada #greece #norway co-production about Leonard Cohen, I've had a large dose of moody sixties guys and their neglected weepy women #justsaying

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Today is today. Let's be joyous. I can't continue with all the hate and horror. Here's a bouquet from @ehonderich_ emilyhonderic.ca

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Merry Christmas! birds in snow by Emily Honderich

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Legendary ascents: My good friend Chic Scott appointed to the Order of Canada. Now 79, he's a writer too, unusual pairing of passions. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/bow-va...

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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

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I have been horrified by the widely believed to be wrongful convictions that jailed #lucyletby for life. Wonderful statiticians and clinicians have built a solid team exposing the facile Blame the nurse! - we had that in Canada with #SusanNelles but it didn't go far. This may be a turning point.

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ANDON,, journal of the @societyforJapaneseart has done a gorgeous job of publishing my article. 13 illustrations, many pages. I love magazines.

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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

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Time to get lost in a really good long novel. Ideas, anyone. I just finished Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey. It was terrific. Need another!

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I am here on the morning of Nov 6 because I realize it's time to leave X . I'm looking forward to meeting you all .

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