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@alexplatt.bsky.social
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Reader, cat lover, she/her. Canadian.

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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 21m
I went grocery shopping and washed my hair. That was a lot. I also got my aunt a really nice pot of mums. It’s really getting dark early. I’m about to sit in front of my SAD light for a little bit.
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[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Go bog witch or go crone
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words...
For me, the subject of AI detection is an ouroboros. I’ll speak only for myself, here is my opinion. I didn’t ask for artificial intelligence. It’s not something I need, it is not something I desire. And yet, it barged its way into my life and stole all of my books. All of them. Stole them. Trained off of them. Did not compensate me for this theft. So now, AI can write a book like me, because it stole my own work and learned my breed of humor and satire. So if someone runs an AI text detector on my creative output, it will probably “test positive” why? Because AI is a contaminant that has embedded itself into my work by stealing it and using my own work to perpetuate itself. It will test for itself and find AI there because it AI is a virus that has contaminated the DNA of my current and future writing—a form of intellectual rape. A kind of colonization. A raging plague that some gatekeepers are opening the door for.

If you ask me what I’m currently working on, the answer is nothing book-length. I’m not going to publish a new book in this current landscape. That’s a stance of privilege, I recognize that. And I can’t hold this stance forever, I can hold it as long as I have savings from my last book.

This current literary climate isn’t acceptable. It is not acceptable to have a thing thrust upon us that takes absolutely everything, and then be forced to prove that we are not the thieves.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What are your best and worst halloween candies? Best: Reese’s pumpkins Worst: chocolate-covered raisins
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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The police are defunding you.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Erin Ekins (she/her)
@QueerlyAutistic

Whenever a celebrity is able to 'overcome' a disability, isn't it curious that the chosen narrative is always 'wow look what disabled people can do if they try hard enough' rather than 'wow look what disabled people can do if they get first class treatment and support'.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today has already been A LOT and my cat just spit all over my face. 🥴
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If Toronto votes in that horrible Brad guy…idek….
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New books.
Wrong Norma by Anne Carson Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones with red sprayed edges
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Hey GUYS GUYS GUYS, WE'VE TAKEN THE BASTILLE" Followed by the roar of the crowd. (can't tell you how moving this is) via @LucAuffret
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I tore apart my room looking for my copies of Glass, Irony & God and The Beauty of the Husband but couldn’t find them LOL. But here are some of my other Anne Carson books:
Decreation, Float and Nox by Anne Carson
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Chris Power @chrispower.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anne Carson, newly minted Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, once published the greatest ever author bio
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
a nobel prize is cool i guess but Anne Carson also received a Sappho finger puppet from yours truly and just look at that smile
anne carson with a Sappho finger puppet next to a bearded bookseller
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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 08/10/2026
omg Anne Carson finally
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Been limiting social media use because all the stories about women being raped and/or killed are triggering me badly and giving me nightmares. Why do we have to live like this? We’re all tired.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026
Protests are continuing in France, a day after more than 250,000 people took to the streets across the country to demand education reforms. to.pbs.org/3UgCFPI
to.pbs.org
Why French students are leading massive protests across the country
Protests are continuing in France, a day after more than 250,000 people took to the streets across the country to demand education reforms. Demonstrations began in mid-September, fueled by frustration...
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I loved the stack of books Carrie took out from the library. Also OMG I hate the mother.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Currently watching
Carrie series poster
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I loved Crone and Coffin Moon so much. When I found out Keith Rosson had written a short story collection I immediately ordered it.
Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons: Stories by Keith Rosson
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The “fastest growing Ebola outbreak in history” has spread to Kenya. This is devastating. Thousands have lost their lives at a time when the regime has just made massive cuts to USAID in Africa. It’s important we keep talking about Ebola and ensure those fighting it have the support they need:
apnews.com
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi
Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said on Tuesday the patient, a Kenyan citizen, arrived in the country Saturday from...
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
when I took Luna for a walk this afternoon, the forest out back looked enchanting. I’m ever in awe of forest stands and their magical communication networks.
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✧𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
who up imagining things?
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026
sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love the new Tinashe album and these are the best tasting gummies I’ve ever had. I recommend both together.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is beautiful!
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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
remember how we’d Halloween-ify our Twitter handles, back when there was joy and groceries
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pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
youtu.be/Zh4t2TaeA38
youtu.be
Tinashe - Melatonin (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tinashe
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David Masnato 🔜 PAX U @davidmasnato.com · 06/10/2026
"Popstar" by Tinashe has been on repeat for the last two weeks. Easily one of the best albums out this year. Mandatory listening for fans of 90's club music, hyperpop, and R&B.
The album art for "Popstar" by Tinashe.

A closeup photo of Tinashe's face. She's wearing cool glasses, contact lenses with little stars on them, and over ear headphones. She looks like she knows she's about to drop an album of the year contender.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 07/10/2026
Tinashe is plagued by constant comparisons. It's time for that to stop. xtramagazine.com/culture/pops...
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On ‘Popstar,’ Tinashe proves just how singular she is | Xtra Magazine
For much of her career, Tinashe has been dogged by comparisons to other artists. She’s fighting back the best way she can: by making great music
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The Licorice Kid @thelicoricekid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bad about keeping up with newer music but the new Tinashe rules
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AdorkaBows @adorkabows.com · 06/10/2026
Fancy a little masquerade party? Pin by @anadiachan.bsky.social
Pink and black bow with black lace and floral ribbon accents featuring a black cat masquerade pin in the center.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 06/10/2026
legitimately fantastic impression holy shit
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of my most anticipated books of the year. #canlit
A New Kind of Clean by Iain Reid and Ellie Foumbi
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, I didn’t like Nuclear War either but wanted to at least give this one a shot. We’ll see!
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Women are enraged because too many men can’t grasp simple lessons like “women are human beings” and “rape is bad.”
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Me: maybe it’s time to wash your hair… My brain: NO. FUCK YOU. NO. Me: okay, maybe tomorrow…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character was despicable but he was also very sick. An incredible performance. Renate Reinsve was also completely mesmerizing.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This feels like such a perfectly Swiftian song. As others have said, it could easily slide into any one of her albums and feel at home.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Also if you liked this movie I’d recommend Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix which I read yeeeaaars ago and had a lot of fun with.
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Peter Crock @aperturesplit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📽️ NW: BACKROOMS (2026) Dir: Kane Parsons A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. #filmsky #moviesky #horror #liminalspaces #spooktober
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, portraying furniture store owner Clark.  

In a brightly lit yellowed liminal space, he’s facing the wall, confused as to how to get out.Actress Renate Reinsve, portraying therapist Mary.

Facing a yellow wall with the outline of a door in blue marker, she is also lit from behind with her shadow looming above her.Inside the Backrooms, four figures wearing hazmat suits and carrying equipment for scientific purposes.Stuck in a very narrow passage between two walls, Mary panics trying to escape.
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Catherine Gogerty @catherinegogerty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Day 3 Cooneen ghost house, this remote cottage in county Fermanagh was the scene of a poltergeist haunting in the early 1900s. The family experienced banging, footsteps and items flying around. A man waiting outside saw three silhouette figures coming from the house.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses.
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Finally watched Backrooms and I fucking loved it as a metaphor for treatment resistant mental illness (specifically depression). Kane Parsons is only 21 (!) and has already produced such an accomplished vision. I look forward to all his upcoming movies. #horror
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☢️ Captain Antagonist ☢️ @captantagonist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every month is spooky month when you journal with forbidden incantations
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Exorcist (book) is extremely creepy and unexpectedly beautiful so far. Also my copy of the book glows in the dark which I thought was a nice touch.
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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 04/10/2026
venus is in retrograde starting today so now you can blame all your problems on the planets instead of it being something fundamentally and unshiftably wrong with you
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you see this, recommend a short book. Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada
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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ontario students: Doug Ford and his ilk are completely fucking you. They’re fucking up your education, they’ve slashed OSAP, and they don’t give a shit about you or your futures.
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