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Anyways.... Albertans, if you want to fill in an extremely leading survey that the government wants to use to ban books that hurt their feelings, that would be great. It has freeform boxes, which are always funnnnnn! 😈 #abed #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #BookBanning your.alberta.ca/school-libra...

Let's be clear: three of the four books flagged by the Alberta government today as containing "inappropriate content" feature queer and trans people. This is moral panic. This is the same blueprint of book bans in the US. And this is happening in Canada. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

My story (with video!) on the announcement about Alberta's new plan to restrict school library books announced today, and how three of the four books they singled out as "inappropriate" were focused on LGBTQ2S+ themes. xtramagazine.com/video/albert...

if you use AI secretly in your writing, which a lot of people seem to be doing? why are you a writer? The only two pleasures in writing are writing and having written, neither of which you will have done, so what pleasure will you have? The pleasure of being self-published and read by no one?

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

they're defunding the arts because the arts are a threat. make more art.

every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

Hello all!! I am raising money to go home and visit my stepdad with terminal cancer. I'd like to visit a few times while I still can. I have pins and bracelets in my ko-fi store, plus a few copies of TFOTS on hand. Can also send ebooks to ppl upon request 💖 ko-fi.com/lormaggot

supports & resources for anyone impacted by the terrible events at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, please share: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site

Filipino emergency response resources for anyone in need of support (Google doc): docs.google.com/document/u/0...

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

If I were a parent I'd want the people who drive my child's school bus or help them in class to have a living wage so they aren't stressed or forced to take a 2nd job that exhausts them just to pay for Vancouver's sky-high rents. But I guess having slightly lower property taxes is good for kids too.

“I never see you at the club” OK? I never see you on the voting lineup for the vancouver byelection

The cure to male loneliness is to join up with Barrett’s Privateers

“Nature takes it back. We humans transform landscapes and leave our unmistakable marks on the world. But these marks are not always indelible, because when we move out, nature quickly moves in to stake its claim once more.”

We have never been post-colonial.

Looking to interview B.C. parents & youth (preferably in Grades 11 & 12; must have been enrolled during the 2020 -2022 COVID lockdown & protocol yrs) about how they're doing academically, mentally & socially five years later. For a @thetyee.ca series on this subject. Pls DM if this is you, & share!

I hate these stickers because Elon isn't "crazy." he's racist. corrupt. power-hungry. misogynist. transphobic. selfish. "crazy" isn't just vague and ableist. it lets him off the hook.

All I want is for the tattoo artist to tell me I sat well

For those who may have missed my recent “fuck the law, be gay do crime” lecture at UBC, you can now watch it online at the link below!

So thrilled to have raised $125 in one day on campus for my fundraiser. These pins are individually hand drawn and designed by me. All proceeds from them will be donated to support for #transgender folks in the #USA. If you are interested in a pin, feel free to DM me or message me below.

This could be Canada next. Disaster.

😐 "How each legacy media organization responds to events like this will tell us how accommodating they will be to the rise of fascism in the United States." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Hi! For CBC News, I'm looking to speak with trans Americans on their feelings about life under Trump — particularly given yesterday's executive orders. Scared? Defiant? Angry? Resigned? I want to hear from you. My DMs are open. Some of my prev work ↓

“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”

Final grades submitted! Time to celebrate and unwind with this...

a horror movie but it’s someone chasing you through the woods saying your short story should be a novel

I’m so exhausted by decision-makers in education refusing to invest in long-term solutions. If you don’t have the resources to do it right, you don’t have the resources to do it at all.

This whole thread is both funny and terrifying

As public funding has declined, post-secondaries have increasingly relied on tuition, especially from international students. Following the international student cap, schools—like Langara—are facing stark choices. @kehyslop.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

1000% this. (PS. hit me up if you've got some weird queer art that needs amplifying!)

If you're going to spend money today, spend it on queer books! A recent favorite I reviewed for Plenitude Magazine: Jade Wallace's brilliant ANOMIA plenitudemagazine.ca/connection-c...

We can stop doing experiments on this now! We know the outcome! It's always the same outcome! Just give people money!