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Halifax Regional Municipality @hfxgov.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Emergency Alert issued by the NS Dept of Emergency Management (Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 4:40 p.m.)

An all text graphic describing a wildfire alert in the Susie Lake Crescent area of Bayers Lake.

Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Sometimes I’m so tired I want to cry. Not adult-cry. Toddler-cry. With the vocalized whining and the gasping sobs. Sometimes I want to cry like I’m calling for someone else to fix it.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Since it’s still Disability Month, or whatever we call it… Hi! I have slept for three hours, and now my brain won’t stop talking to me and my body feels like a week-old surgery scar. Good thing I’m also worried about how to support myself and my husband, eh?

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London Price, author 🌈 @londonpriceauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I'm watching Great Pottery Throwdown and I can't watch without thinking of this scene with Glenn and Hillary and how this is where everything really starts for them and how much I love them.

“I don’t want pity grades,” I grit out. “Let me do it again. Let me do it right this time.”
“I grade you the same as everyone else,” Glenn growls. “Now pack up your stuff, and let’s go home.”
My heart is beating hard enough that I can feel it, and it’s not helping me rein in my anger.
“You’re right. This is pointless! I’m never going to pass! It won’t matter how many pots I put in there,” I cry, pointing to the kiln across the room behind them, “they’re all going to blow up! I’m never going to get the hang of this, no matter how many times I try! I’m just a fuck-up, and there’s nothing anyone can–”
“Can I hug you?”
“What?”

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

After two minutes of watching the Calgary stampede on a diner’s telly, I can confirm that rodeo is one of the stupidest, most vile “sports” out there. Leave that poor creature alone, you dicks, what the fuck?

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 24/06/2025

In our world, all particles fall into one of two types. Fermions must keep to themselves, while bosons can behave the same way in the same place. www.quantamagazine.org/matter-vs-fo...

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 23/06/2025

New Gaelic Project Building on previous projects, LEACAN 2 will provide more guidance on grammatical and spelling issues in Gaelic where there is uncertainty. We are seeking views on points of Gaelic grammar (or spelling) where there is a need for (more) guidance or explanation. (1/5)

Students at the University of Glasgow studying in the library

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Man, I’d forgotten how fantastic the writing of Disco Elysium is.

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The difficult thing with the current state of discussions around trans rights is you can say 'I think trans people are worthy of dignity and respect' and someone will reply 'So you're saying it's ok for John Cena to punch my grandma?!'

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Israel is a nuclear armed genocidal rogue state. It is allowed to commit every war crime under the sun - armed and facilitated by the West. Yet you hear so few people saying these truths on TV. Here's what I said this morning.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

There are few things in the writing world that grind my gears more than people referring to literature as “content”.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Happy Pride Month, Bluesky! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ How do you describe attraction? I’d love to see examples if you’d like to share. Here’s a brief one from The Old Love and the New. #amwriting #pridemonth #queerlit #writingcommunity

Simple text reads: “The tip of his sock rubs at a spot on the floor. I take him in, all of him, and find myself physically, viscerally pulled.”

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Saying to be against gen ai “is ableist” is actual ableism! You’re not only dismissing thousands of years of art and work done by disabled people, who have always been creating, but by supporting ai you also cutting off a big source of income for many disabled artists on top of stealing their work

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Summerfall Studios 🕯️Malys OUT NOW!🕯️ @summerfallstudios.com · 12/06/2025

Are you a content creator with a heart of darkness and a desire to root out evil AND/OR want to be one of the first to play our unholy roguelite Malys? 👀 Let us corrupt you! 🕯️ Fill in the form below and we may welcome you to the hunt 🔥

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Want access to a Steam Key for Malys, Summerfall Studios roguelite deckbuilder to stream or share with your audience? Sign up here!

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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Willie Brown Middle School is a San Francisco 6-8 in the Bayview District. For the entire ‘24-‘25 school year, I have been driving the 44 O’Shaughnessy bus that stops there right after school gets out. That trip has been the busiest and most challenging part of my working day.

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I left Goodreads last January, but sometimes I'm tempted to look at reviews. &it makes me realize how restrictive Goodreads is! GR trained maybe millions of readers to reduce all of world literature to 5-star ratings and the often uninteresting and irrelevant question of "how fun was this to read."

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Acey @aceyinajar.northsky.social · 03/06/2025

As a horror goblin and a trans woman, for Pride Month, I also must spotlight my own work a tiny bit! I create the show Echoes in a Jar, an audio horror anthology of dark tales, disgusting monsters, some jokes, and a slight dab of trauma. I'd love if you could check it out, completely for free!

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A few people took me up on this offer last year. I'd love to help even more this time around. Queer author? Shoot me an email, and I'll edit your first pages, a scene of your choice, or even your outline. Free of charge! I look forward to reading you! 🌈 📚 #pridemonth #amediting #amwriting

A group of protesters silhouetted against a multicolour background. The poster reads: Pride 2025, free book editing! free edit for LGBT+ authors, free authenticity check for allies, 5k words max, email info@alistairedits.com

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This year's business coaching scholarship is open for applications through June 20! If you're an editor from a background, culture, or community historically underrepresented in publishing, I hope you'll apply. More details ⬇ tanyagold.com/coaching-for... #AmEditing #Edibuddies #WritingCommunity

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 246: No one but you are responsible for what you write. Not your editor, not your readers, not your publicist. Your choices - including the decision to take advice - are yours, and yours alone. This is both a freedom, and a responsibility.

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frielf @goblin.fans · 22/05/2025

sorry, i’ve got to cancel our plans this evening. i’m encumbered again. no i will not drop any of my items

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Found this screenshot of a conversation we had a few years back. Never a dull moment in this household!

Me: “You know how you have different words for the animal and the meat of the animal?”
Husband: “Like steak?”
Me: “Well yeah, but… like when you eat the meat it’s called pork, but when you see the animal, it’s—“
Husband: “Bacon?”
Me: “Well. Okay.”

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Remarkable. Missed the mark in every single way possible. Not a voice actor, don’t speak a word of Mandarin or Cantonese, and if given the chance, would 100% sabotage your large language model and laugh about it with my friends.

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Voice Actors Wanted — Help Improve AI and Earn from Home!
Hi Alistair,
If you have strong voice acting skills in Chinese, we’re hiring for a remote role where you can help improve AI’s language understanding—no AI experience needed! All you need is strong proficiency in both Chinese and English.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Because I’m a complete nerd. (Yes, I already had the online version. I like books, ok?) #chicagomanualofstyle #editor #freelanceeditor #copyeditor #writersofinstagram

Hardback copy of The Chicago Manual of Style 18

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Sometimes I half-convince myself I’m a perfectly normal, capable adult. And then I have to make a phone call to book a couple of medical appointments and all of a sudden I’m shaking like mad and I’m repeating the sentence I’m going to say over and over in my head while staring out the window. 1/2

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I just saw someone refer to a real gay couple as “yaoi” and I’m pretty sure this is why we can’t have nice things.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Explaining to my husband why I feel more comfortable when there’s more people at the gym than when it’s just me and someone else. Me: “It’s okay at yoga because nobody expects you to talk at yoga.” Him: “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.”

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Singin’ in the Rain (1952) / The Artist (2011)

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

So basically I’m an awkward nerd. Gotcha.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Couple things. How the author chooses to describe (or not) the setting informs the reader of tone, backstory, even character development. It's not just there to make the word count. 1/

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Yo, #Halifax. Why is there construction work happening outside at 3:30 in the morning? Some people are trying to sleep over here.

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Summerfall Studios 🕯️Malys OUT NOW!🕯️ @summerfallstudios.com · 23/04/2025

Time to UNLEASH HELL because our Malys Kickstarter is OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🔥 Follow the link to join the hunt and and help our hellish roguelite deckbuilder reach its full infernal potential! www.kickstarter.com/projects/summer…

Floorboards are bathed in red light as if from a door, illuminating the front of a figure on their knees. The figure sits in the centre of a pentagram of candles, arms outstretched, mouth wide and face obscured. The flames from the candles billow in ribbons across the frame. The shadow cast by the figure is demonic with unholy limbs grasping painfully. Small singed cards float in the air around the figure. Text in the shadow reads ‘Malys’. A green banner reads 'Just launched Kickstarter'.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I had to dig pretty deep in old, dusty, somewhat repressed memories, but I found it. This is the story of a boy named Louis—a puppeteer—who comes to a village to show off his beautiful blue bird. He wants to make the bird fly, but a puppet can’t fly. A puppet doesn’t have life. 1/3

Front cover of a children’s book. “Le Bel Oiseau, une histoire de Jean-Pierre Idatte, illustrée par Michel Trublin.
The cover shows a beautiful mechanical blue bird soaring above a village.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Listen, Word. If I was done typing in this comment box, I would have clicked somewhere else. Did I click somewhere else? No? Then let me keep typing in the comment box!

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Market Date

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as adults holding hands as they walk down a street in their neighborhood with a small farmers market. Tao is excited by all the fresh produce. It’s a hot sunny summer morning and the pic is in warm colors 🦀🏀

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

For fuck's sake, Walmart. You can't substitute a zero sugar soda for its regular version. That is not equivalent. This isn't "oooh, I'm watching my weight so I'll get the diet version today". This is "diabetic person receives a drink they're going to have to pour down the sink if they want to live".

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Loving this blast from the past! ❤️ Hit me right in the childhood.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Having watched a YouTuber play the beginning of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I can say it’s not landing for me emotionally. I liked the premise, but found the execution lacking. The characters (so far) feel generic, and the big tragic emotional moments of the intro just don’t feel quite…earned?

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Why would I say Mrs. Doubtfire when Hook is right there.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Why is Split Fiction’s writing so bad? It’s a game about writers. Can’t you, like, hire a couple?

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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

New newsletter on its way! Sign up for Process & Product if you like writing-related joy, tips based in values of inclusion and self-kindness, and/or corgis. process-and-product.beehiiv.com/subscribe #WritingCommunity, #Writers, #Editing, #Romancelandia, #QueerWriters, #InclusiveLanguage 🌈💜

The words Process and Product encircling a pile of notebooks

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 01/05/2025

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

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Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Thank you for explaining. Now I can confidently say “fuck that”. Fuck that.

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I’m not going to stop being furious at Trudeau for not upholding his campaign promise for electoral reform. First Past The Post channels us into a 2-party system when we’d all benefit from the leverage of smaller special-focus parties.

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