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Writer (SF and fantasy), Trekkie, skier, Canadian living part time in the US.
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🚨🇺🇸🚨 IMAGINE: I Time-Traveled to the Future Where America Fought Back and Won I landed in a future I barely recognized—we had defeated the oligarchy. Billionaires no longer controlled our government. The people were in charge. April 5th changed everything. 📢 The revolution has already started.

No mercy for this bozo.

April 5th: REMOVE / REVERSE / RECLAIM 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement. Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.” #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social

Get ready for a sweet escape! We're returning to the Milton Dessert Fest & Spring Fling Market in just over three weeks. Delicious treats and juicy reads: what could be better? www.facebook.com/share/1A4F1U...

Buying Canadian

This is not acceptable.

If you watch Wil Wheaton’s trailer, you will understand why we are doing the happy dance. Just learned from the author that one of our stories will be read by Wil on his new podcast! We can reveal this as soon as we know.

I made a thing! wilwheaton.net/2025/03/i-ma...

Booksellers! Check out THE STRAGORI DECEPTION and over 100 other indie titles in the spring 2025 bookstore catalogue from @ibpa.bsky.social. View the catalogue now: bit.ly/IBPAspring25

My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.

The chainsaw guy has apparently gone after the US government's NOAA, so their capability might be curtailed. But Environment Canada will step up. And curiously enough, the Norwegian Weather Service has a fabulous weather model: www.yr.no/en/forecast/...

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

Canadians! All you need is $10 to become a member and nominate your favourite work. We need the support now more than ever. www.csffa.ca

As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

The Government of Canada's response

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

Looking out at the snow and rejoicing in being the colours of the Canadian flag.

I think about this map a lot. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...

Writer Cathrin Bradbury worked alongside Chrystia Freeland for three years as editors at the Globe and Mail from 1999 to 2001. Here, she reflects on Freeland's management style and personality—and how it translates to her politics: thewalrus.ca/chrystia-freelan...

The Revolution will be AI-icized

If you have not read this book yet (or listened to it) you are not properly prepared for what we’re facing right now, full stop. And it is clear far too many have not.

People in Ontario: advance polls are open today, February 22, and Election Day is Thursday February 27. Don't let others speak for you! If too few people vote, the same old thugs will remain in power. Go VOTE!

⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

Everyone has things in their career of which they're ashamed. Nothing...and I mean nothing...in my career in politics makes me more ashamed and regretful than supporting and promoting Marco Rubio. He is the most craven betrayer of his stated ideals of any human I've ever met.

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

So a couple of days ago when I suddenly stopped spending time here, it was because I saw an article saying that an order came down to remove pages about women in NASA and it set my hair on FIRE So I went straight to The Lady Astronaut series because 1. fuck you! 2. The new book is coming out soon.

Hey American scientists and researchers, Canada has great universities and research institutions. The Canadian government has funding available for cutting edge research. GOC, lets become a scientific and research hub, and give these scientists a place to continue their groundbreaking work! #cdnpoli

On this Superb Owl Sunday, I'm excited to share this Boreal Owl (my first ever!) that I was able to photograph yesterday. #wildlife #birds

We certainly appreciate the number of new followers. Did you know that if each of you were to purchase one issue from our Ko-fi page we’d be able to continue publishing for another year or more? Just look for ko-fi.com/onspecmagazine

A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing

You can’t spell FELON without ELON.

Incandescent with tariff rage all weekend, I’ve decided that I’m slashing the price of Year’s Best Canadian F&SF books IN CANADA for the duration. Let’s read more of our own stories. I recommend getting the ebook via Kobo (a Canadian-founded company now owned by Rakuten in Japan). Pls share widely!

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Being serious, one thing I have just remembered - Kobo is a CANADIAN ebook company. I might do my ereading with them instead of Amazon.