Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 17hThis is absolutely the warning shot from the invading worldship. 5284
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 05/10/2026Bumping for the start-of-the-week crowd! 😀 03721
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382879565
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodMari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...marikness.wordpress.comWorldcon 2026: Yes. Again.Worldcon San Antonio 2013: I am on the floor, on a panel about poetry and fiction, unable to join my fellow panelists up on stage, because I am using a wheelchair, and the stage does not have a ram… 13216115
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodCorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 02/10/2026🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed 521046495
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/10/2026In July, we released Courtney 50.0. It may not be the fastest writing machine, but it has been honed fifty years of intensive language training. Based on the benchmarks demonstrated by this chart, Courtney 50.0 crushes the competition so significantly that we should have used a log axis. 630516
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 01/10/2026Available now at #Ebooks Direct as part of our #Autumn #Reading #Sale: Our Whole Store package, including all non-new release works in our inventory—37 award-winning novels and shorter works. Grab this fabulous bargain before the price changes! 🙂 ebooks.direct/products/ebo... #ebookskyebooks.directEbooks Direct Whole Store BundleThis ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement g... 09150
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew 2539954
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara Elrodmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187864714
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodRyan @sweetcainmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and the conclusion I think I’ve come to is that even if it’s not God, we won’t win if we don’t sustain this fight with the faith that what we are saving and the future we are building are righteous. You have to believe in something bigger than yourself. 65511
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodSeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i fucking cried for like fifteen minutes in the parking lot, I was so fucking relieved to be known. to be able to access meds for the first time ever. i have been rawdogging perimenopause & this political landscape, Janice, yes it will fucking help. 2316
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth full-length October Daye adventure, releases in paperback tomorrow. This was my first Toby book with Tor; I was very fortunate both to find a new home for such a long-running series, and to be able to retain my cover artist. 1032939
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Narnia books as Isekai Manga 2235661284
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodGwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...drgwenmarshall.itch.ioHigh Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen MarshallA satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG! 492200770
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 19/09/2026Oh, sorry, I was trying to save space. Details: www.youngwizards.com/so-you-want-... ...The issue on this book was that the 1983 hardcover first edition was (maybe?) only 1500 copies, most of which went to libraries. They're quite rare in good condition & w/the original David Wiesner cover/jacket. 78913
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodGuy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The fall book fair in Kyiv, due to happen this weekend, has been cancelled due to danger from Russian attacks — too many people gathered in one place. I had recorded a video at the request of my Ukrainian publishers, Apriori, as TIGANA is (still) being published there this week, bless them all. 59621
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara Elrod🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026I’m gonna keep saying it. It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump. It’s cishet white guys. you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise. 672700522
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor. 992991851
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18/09/2026Trump says Canada having more friends is bullyingthebeaverton.comTrump says Canada having more friends is bullyingWASHINGTON, D.C. - United States President Donald Trump has blasted Canada’s recent cozying up to the European Union, going as far as to say that forging the new partnership is tantamount to picking o... 13477102
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Happy Constitution Day, everybody. Hey, remember when this was a joke?theonion.comSupreme Court Upholds Bill Of Rights In 5-4 DecisionWASHINGTON—In a landmark decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled to uphold the Bill of Rights, the very tenets upon which American society is based. "After carefully considering the rel... 228968
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026House Speaker Johnson calls an early recess to avoid a Sec. Hegseth impeachment vote, AI regulation, the Epstein files, Trump’s criminal behavior, and pretty much everything else. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/squeaker-m...anntelnaes.substack.comSqueaker Mike Johnsonmakes a run for it 31713222
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Re-upping this at a more reasonable hour. I am not asking you to simply give me your clothes: I will pay money for your clothes if you have what I'm looking for. 215662
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodGuy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have a joke about Einstein’s work, but it is relatively obscure. 4371
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodJeff Milchen @jmilchen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is a big sacrifice and risk for a young artist. Don't just applaud--support him by buying his music or streaming on Tidal tidal.com/artist/8551355 (pays higher royalties to artists), Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/1wskV..., Apple...tidal.comAaron RoweSee the releases of Aaron Rowe on TIDAL 530182
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026I just saw someone admonishing someone trans to shut up about trans rights because there are concentration camps in the US, and you know who I see overwhelmingly and disproportionately on the front lines standing up against concentration camps? Trans people. 143878802
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026If the only thing you have to note about the rising tide of fascism is that we have to let it rise far enough to be over someone else's head in order to stop it, I don't think your strategy is particularly good. 31926326
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodMat 🇨🇦 Role Play Chat @roleplaychat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hey fellow Canadian Ttrpg creators, I want to make the next season of my ttrpg interview & advice show, Role Play Chat, maple flavoured. If you are an canadian AP performer, game designer, streamer, artist, or any kind of TTRPG creative. Say hello below & let’s see if we can make it happen 🍁🎲🇨🇦 356634
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I was just thinking about how much I enjoyed North of North and then had a realization that if Canada really wanted to hit the US back hard for Trump’s stupid evil bullshit tariffs, they could find a way to block us from getting any Canadian TV 4877581
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara Elrodalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here. 5949491462
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/09/2026You know who was at 9/11? Within an hour of the tower strike, Canadian firefighters were loading up gear to get to New York to help. In this photo: Ottawa crew - Brian Foley, Steve Carmichael, Gordie Thorpe and John Hamilton. You know who didn't show up? Donald Trump. 341024333
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Only Charlie Kirk is a father. Only Charlie Kirk is a husband. Only Charlie Kirk's death is a tragedy and totally unacceptable. The rest of us are potentially, if we are unlucky enough, simply the sacrifice the second amendment demands and Charlie Kirk demanded." www.the-reframe.com/acceptable-l...the-reframe.comAcceptable LossesWhose deaths get to be deemed unacceptable in supremacist America, and whose are deemed necessary? And who does the deeming? 7559126
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodTanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Barnes and Noble is running a pre-order special on SAVED BY THE SPELL (contemporary/AU fantasy standalone) over the 9th to the 11th of September. (Because I have a tenuous grasp on the date, I totally forgot to mention this yesterday.) 01910
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodSean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#HeadsUp: Valor's Choice, by @tanyahuff.bsky.social, is on US Kindle sale for $2. So is The Book of Koli (The Rampart Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Chen. I got some for random giveaway. Hopefully they'll still be on amazon when they randomly come up. 3198
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just have concerns about girls sports 116038
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodAlina Pete- NYCCon-ish @alinapete.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Danielle Smith's wannabe Republicans: we won't let anyone have gender affirming care because we wanna please our right wing funders Saddle Lake First Nation: if you won't we WILL. Health care is a treaty right, and we got you two-spirit folks. Y'all sacred www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...aptnnews.caGender affirming care to be set up by First Nation in AlbertaSaddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta says it is setting up gender affirming care on reserve because access to health care is a treaty right. 225176
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodThe Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 10/09/2026In “The Dust, the Dirt, the Soil,” Carleigh Heckel reflects on care, interdependence, and the sacred work of helping life grow. We’re honored to share her reflection and prayer here: www.uua.org/braverwiser/... #UnitarianUniversalist #UU #BraverWiser #Prayer 185
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026here's what "let's give a little ground to fascists instead of standing on principle" looks like: 313815
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodTwice-On-Belmont @belmontx2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Legitimate voting resources: - Your county registrar of voters' website - Vote411 dot org (League of Women Voters) - Vote dot org - Ballotpedia dot org (who & what is on your ballot) - VoteRiders dot org (help getting ID) - Election Protection Hotline 866-OUR-VOTEvote411.orgVOTE411Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund. 14022
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodBOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 09/09/2026(steepling fingers, gazing deep into my scrying disco ball) yesssss, white boy, yesss. play that funky music. play it ... until you DIE 8672138
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I wrote this before the AfD’s victory. It is even more relevant now – especially since early reactions indicate that Germany’s democratic politicians are hellbent on doubling down on these mistakes. Warnings from the Struggle Against Trumpism. Some thoughts from the piece, on the day after: 🧵steady.pageWarnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against TrumpismGermany is facing the prospect of rightwing extremism in power. Time to push back hard against the narratives that have undermined the democratic response in the U.S. 6429182
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 06/09/2026And if you're ever wondering "Hey, how did Premee The Giant Bug become a writer?" the answer is: I picked up a book entitled SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD in St. Albert Library and was like that's it this is me I want to be a wizard AND a writer 1238671
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodEric Dyck @ericdyck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Must-read speculative fiction from @premeemohamed.com in this week’s @forwardcanada.bsky.social Alberta newsletter. Illustrations by me. Devastatingly good. Go read it now. forwardweekly.ca/leave-or-rem...forwardweekly.caLeave or Remain | By Premee Mohamed | Forward WeeklyForward Weekly feature for September 6, 2026. 34525
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara Elrod@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Romancelandia, we are at war. Please send all vampires, monsters, and shape shifters to the front lines. Dragon riders prepare to take to the air. All witches and spell casters report to your genre generals. This is our first major Blue Sky call to arms. Grab your weapons. Time to kick some ass. 832860
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodK. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Maybe it’s time to repost the entire run of these to set the stage: @kenlowery.bsky.social was just doing his thing of being casually hilarious with his I Hate It When skeets, and my cartoonist brain kept wanting to illustrate them. Asked him if it was ok, he was enthusiastically for it 17726
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 05/09/2026I just got a leaked video of the MAGA GOP playbook to win midterm elections. Pay close attention. This is serious. 28655184
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodKrista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Get caught up! My entire back catalogue is on sale for 20% off at my Buy Direct Store for just another 24 hours payhip.com/kristadball 11720
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Cara ElrodJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It’s official: Cathedral Grove is British Columbia’s best roadside attraction www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCathedral Grove winner of The Search for B.C.'s Best Roadside Attraction | CBC NewsA controversial parking lot, adjacent logging and more than 100 years of interest make Cathedral Grove a site of competing values. 718233
