iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

turns out the record store guys don’t like it when YOU infodump on THEM

Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In a solemn, sacred-feeling moment under the rain and trees at the Big Thief concert as the distortion from Adrianne Lenker’s guitar settled I turned to my friend and said “what if they start playing Weezer?”

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The produce-shaped vibrators are battling it out in my targeted ads

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

being a writer is ridiculous. what do you mean I have to finish my poem about Nicole Kidman in time to perform it at the Gala tomorrow?

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Canada every farmer’s market is required by law to have a boomer man play Neil Young‘s “Harvest Moon” on an acoustic steel string guitar before anyone is allowed to purchase vegetables.

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

leave me to my red wolverine Nooworks jumpsuit like the elder millennial queer femme I am

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

one of your responsibilities is to learn you're not responsible for everything

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

repressing grief represses joy... and that is why whiteness is so humourless

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

this playlist sounds like it was made by your high school stoner boyfriend who is now a dad

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

everyone always talks about the dog but no one talks about how we've been watching yoga with adrienne's yoga compound lushly expand over the years

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

don’t forget there are pick me queers, too

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

watching that movie and then immediately reading that review was the exact cultural experience I vie for

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I really do just need the seaside cure

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

this is my exact journey this week from listening to Claire Danes' read Emily Wilson's translation to bussing out to Langley

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

in absolutely unrelated news I did acquire a pair of cahartt's camo cargo shorts that I actually had a dream about wearing the other night

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

As a millennial it’s been amusing to watch which of my peers have updated their style to incorporate Gen Z tastes and how and which have been like NOPE and stuck it out

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

James Murphy is Taylor Swift for aging Gen X white hipster men

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

fuck "which one of you is the boy and which one of you is the girl?" try "which one of you is the academic and which one of you is the healthcare worker?"

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I need to get a face tattoo so I remember to put sunscreen on my face

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This essay is a double-winner thanks to @thenewquarterly.bsky.social and @canadamediaawards.bsky.social. Thank you for honouring an essay about domestic violence--how mundane and complicated it is and the hard, strange questions it engenders

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA Personal Journalism / @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more about the 2026 NMA winners: zurl.co/PCuPn #NMA26 #CanadianLiterature

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here’s your morning (and forever) mood, courtesy of Ainsley Drew.

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🖊️ The 49th National Magazine Awards — Personal Journalism: Gold: "Perhaps a Wolf & a Lamb," @thenewquarterly.bsky.social Silver: "Paper Trail," @thewalrus.ca #NMA26

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Maybe if Vancouver Coastal Health rebranded it the FIFA Overdose Prevention Site the mayor would support it.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 07/05/2026

I don't even know what this means. I'm just stimming in my head

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David Ly @davidlywrites.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The dreamy counterpart to Queer Little Nightmares is coming and we want you to submit! @adelebarclay.bsky.social and I will be filling QUEER LITTLE DAYDREAMS with writing that purposefully plays with the strange and surreal. Full details: arsenalpulp.com/News/2026/Qu...

Poster with a soft gradient background in warm orange, yellow, and green tones. Large green text reads “QUEER LITTLE DAYDREAMS.” Below, smaller black text says “EDS. ADÈLE BARCLAY & DAVID LY.” Bold blue text reads “CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS,” followed by “(DEADLINE AUGUST 1, 2026)” in black.

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Nominee highlight for One-of-a-Kind Storytelling #NMA26 : How to build a mobile free store Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag.bsky.social See all the 2026 nominees: zurl.co/gb9A4

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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We're delighted to announce that The New Quarterly was nominated for 3 National Magazine Awards! 🎉 Special thanks to our editorial team for shepherding these outstanding works. Congratulations to all of the nominees!

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David Ly @davidlywrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

VANCOUVER: Not All Dragons will have its launch Iron Dog Books on MAY 27, generously hosted by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social with a reading by the always-magical @adelebarclay.bsky.social. ⚡️ RSVP 🔗: irondogbooks.com/events/49345... (not mandatory, but will help Iron Dog know how many to expect!)

A poster for the launch of Not All Dragons. There is an image of the book cover, along with headshots of David Ly, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Adèle Barclay. The details of the launch read: Wednesday, May 27, Doors at 6:30 PM, 261 E. Hastings St.

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Neil Surkan @neilsurkan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BOOK LAUNCH ALERT📣: Dear Vancouver Buds! I'll be launching Empties at Enabling Arts THIS WEDNESDAY (April 22) at 6:30PM with @adelebarclay.bsky.social, @davidlywrites.bsky.social, Sophie Crocker, and Karina Irvine. I adore these writers!!!!!!! Come join us! 💛🧜‍♂️

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m looking for insight into the legality of memoir writing in Canada. Can the people in your life demand a review of your work legally?

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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 13/01/2026

Vancouver School Board are planning to deploy Microsoft Copilot in classrooms. We are collecting signatures to show VSB how many parents and residents are against this. If you are concerned about AI being used in classrooms, please sign and share this petition. actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...

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Voice AI Concerns to Vancouver School Board

Vancouver School Board (VSB) are planning to collaborate with Microsoft to introduce Generative AI into classrooms. As parents and guardians of children at VSB schools, we do not consent to our child...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/12/2025

Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans. Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills. Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Still haunted by the time there was a Secrets-themed reading and every single reader got up and was like “here’s my poem about discovering my dad’s secret family”

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

There’s a bully in my workplace and every few years people file complaints and the higher ups just shrug their shoulders and say “she bullies us too”

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

THEY CAN PRY THE EM DASHES FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Can someone explain to me the phenomenon of straight men never posting photos of their wives

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

the university where I work axed their studio art program about a decade ago, which is sad for a number of reasons, chiefly there is now a severe lack of whimsy without random sculptural installations popping up around campus

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 25/11/2025

congratulations to the city of vancouver, who will now have one year of absurd austerity, overfunding of a useless police department, and likely several years more of undoing all the damage this shit is going to do

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valerie ✶ distant moons @distantmoons.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

this is going to harm so many people. vancouver is going to be recovering from this harmful budget for years.

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Kim Craig @kimcraig.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

R.I.P 🦋 Elissa Barclay 🦋 November 21 ⚔️ 1980-2019 missing my dear friend ellissa today listen to her 🎶 tunes www.elissabarclay.com check out the album her sister put out for her this year.. it is very cool to have some new material..she was the best🥀🥀🥀 🔗 elissabarclay.bandcamp.com/album/tales-...

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Georgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic reads: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life” Discovered in Turkey

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

bluesky is twitter on benzos and substack is twitter on coke

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Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I am dipping my toes into the newsletter genre... join me for some stray threads adelebarclay.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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Welcome to Lessons in Ferality

Stray threads from a feral femme

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