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Evan May

@gianttourtiere.bsky.social
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Tiny writer. I wrote 'Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood' and some other stuff. Can*Con bridge crew, still. Avatar art by Jay Odjick. Only a fool would complain. He/Him.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20h
Also, fwiw, I find ancient Greek individuality easy to overstate: only for adult citizen males, of course, but also even citizens really didn't have any rights the community was bound to respect. It's an individualistic society by pre-modern standards, but I wouldn't say fiercely so.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21h
From time to time I wonder if techbros are a recently generated phenomenon and then I remember that there were people who were like 'we should totally put radium in chocolate'.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21h
Well, now I know what these guys that were hanging out on my milkweeds are called. Love a name that is more or less exactly what the thing is.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21h
"It's the reverse of the process the TRC advocated for" is obviously exactly what you want to hear. FFS.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Do you want good tortoise news? I thought so. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Starting to run out of light. Not out of run. Hup.
Me outside after a run. I am wearing a purple and orange running jersey and a purple bandana
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again I have successfully put off a task long enough for it to become A Thing and upon finally tackling it, it took about 5 minutes. My brain is a non stop adventure.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meanwhile, in Canada... We have a mammoth struggle coming and it's important not to 'both sides' this. We got racists. What now? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Only the beginning': Anti-immigration group says Ottawans should 'brace themselves' | CBC News
For weeks, posters and stickers across Ottawa advertising the anti-immigration group Dominion Society of Canada — which is calling for mass deportations of millions of people — have been generating co...
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not consuming any Harry Potter media should be the easiest decision in the world, at this point. It's not like you even 'need to know how it ends' by now.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CBC and Rad-Can are probably not going to make a call on the extremely niche 'Is Evan's job about to disappear' issue this evening It's fine I can fall back on my many other marketable skills such as sinking into the bog
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Lanterns' was a good bit bleaker than I would ideally prefer but the story itself was solid. I hope they let Aaron Pierre be a little less dour in season 2. He and Kyle Chandler worked up to a really good 'endlessly roasting each other' dynamic the last couple eps that I hope continues.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trans friends, I love you.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Things are a battle. Not time to stop. Hup.
Me outside after a run. I am wearing a black sweatshirt and a red bandana
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Anyone have 'literal plague' in the 'what the fuck next?' pool? Anyone?
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ach this is sad. When I worked summers for the parks department there was one house we cut grass near that was supposed to belong to Sass Jordan. Naturally we all tried to do an extra good job just in case it would score points with Ms. Jordan somehow. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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Juno-award-winning singer Sass Jordan dies at 63 | CBC News
A post on Jordan's social media page on Saturday says she died the day before, "surrounded by her loving family" and calls her an "inimitable force of nature" and "irreplaceable being of light and joy...
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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Enorme and almost certainly not haunted congratulations to our friend David Demchuk, whose 'The Butcher's Daughter' is shortlisted for the Killick Capital Fiction Prize!
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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you're a woman who plays EA Sports CFB or Madden, I wanna talk to you! And if you're a woman who loves football and don't play those games, I also wanna hear from you! Working on a piece on football, the sports video games, and well, US! RESHARES APPRECIATED
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So in my current events class we talked about the Cornell 7 thing and had a fairly wide-ranging discussion on how sexual assault is treated in society and rape culture. After class a couple of students were talking to me some more and one said to the other 'Did you notice how ...
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well now I need to go stop several of my friends from fighting Joyce Carol Oates I already have a full day tomorrow
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The yarrow is finished but these galliarda still look nice.
Yellow and orange galliarda flowers among some brown yarrow that has gone to seed
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I could not be less interested in something 'created' by nobody. The whole point of art is human expression. The whole point of experiencing art is connecting with another human's ideas. I don't know what killed the souls of these people but it's really fucking grim.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Meaningful steps towards reconciliation with Indigenous people harmed by cultural genocide have been taken during my lifetime. Much more is needed. Acknowledgement is step one. Actions must follow.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am at home on a mental health day today. Stupid brain. I'm fortunate to be able to do this when I need to. Everyone should be able to.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don’t care if it’s not actually October yet. Time for the spooky pants.
I am wearing orange and white stripe pyjama pants with black spiders, skeletons, bats, and ghosts on them
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm still enjoying Lanterns even though it's bleaker than I would ideally like. For people who've been saying the show is too negative about Hal Jordan, the flashback stuff from the last ep (and really, the ep overall) gives him some kind of energy, man.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The heavenly host must be colour coordinated!!
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fantastic to have had a visit from @kmcbridewrites.bsky.social to our college this afternoon. Really interesting interview.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok I'm finally going in on the 2025 Superman movie.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alien bananas? Alien bananas. (Cool on several levels to see native species being reinvigorated by Indigenous people) www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
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Behold the pawpaw, the tropical ‘alien banana’ that grows right here in Canada | CBC Radio
The pawpaw fruit tastes of banana, mango and pineapple and was once abundant across parts of North America, but it can still be found growing wild and in some orchards.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another beautiful day to run, during which I made the decision to scale back from a half marathon to a 10k for next month’s race. Adding distance onto an already grumpy Achilles seems like it could take a turn for the tragic. Limits. Gotta respect em. Hup.
Me outside after a run. I am wearing a black jersey with blue and green pictures of swimmers and runners on it, and a green bandana
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I mean first, obviously not, but this does also start to raise 'if it bleeds, we can kill it' possibilities
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Angsty TV detective: "I can't use Tarot cards to steer an investigation" This show is fantastic. They have also been discussing whether a Black Dog has or has not been released in their jurisdiction.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok I take it back maybe we have reached the end of civilization. drinksollys.com/products/kd-...
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KD Cream Soda
PERFECT FOR KD FANS & FLAVOUR ADVENTURERS! Enjoy chilled on its own or paired with a bowl of KD. A conversation-starting soda designed for those who love nostalgic flavours and unexpected food exp...
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow according to this text Amazon came across my background and thinks I would be great for a job in remote sales. I cannot imagine any way someone could gather information about me and come to that conclusion.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are being gifted with gorgeous weather the last while. Let’s fucking go.
Me outside after a run. I am wearing a light blue and orange jersey and a red bandana
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Historians would of course immediately insist that cap-H history is more than summary and includes analysis of meaning as its most important aspect. But of course slop 'analysis' is one of the things AI claims to do, so the question still remains, especially if...
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today in stupid brain tricks, my not-quite-awake mind started pondering how to arrange things on Saturday before eventually coming to the realization that it was in fact Thursday. Not cool, brain. Not cool.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn monkshood is out.
A cluster of purple autumn monkshood flowers.  They do indeed look like little monk cowls
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I keep getting updates on the cover art for the new edition of Easter Pinkerton and they just keep getting cooler
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I bought two catnip fruits in the vain hope that the cats wouldn't feel the need to fight over them. Of course this means they are concentrating on fighting on one at a time.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think I would be prepared to Vote Crab over our current PM and perhaps over the current slate of Ottawa mayoral candidates. (Leiper may be fine in the way that something from Generic Franchise Restaurant (tm) is fine as regards a meal option)
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hot damn. We Anthropeum-ed today. Anthropeum.com · Sep 21 2026 🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦 91,629 · top 2% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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ALT: Darth Vader Alter The Deal
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This morning’s workout included 3 sets of 5 pull ups and I am perhaps unjustifiably pleased with it
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What theeeeeeeeeee fuck
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If that Converse ad wasn't deliberate then they are smart like a bag of gravel and careless besides. If it was deliberate they're unbelievably racist. In neither case to they deserve anyone's support.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Beautiful day to go run. Did 10k without too many complaints. Maybe this is ok.
Me outside after a run. I am wearing a purple jersey and a purple bandana
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not going anywhere for a while
My grey tabby cat Francis is asleep on my feet.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So, uh, what conduct can we identify in these officers who allegedly received death threats? Law enforcement should always wear their name, and always be unmasked. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Halifax lawyer has misgivings about new RCMP policy change | CBC News
A Halifax lawyer says an RCMP policy change that means officers are no longer required to wear name tags on their uniforms while on duty poses a threat to police accountability and transparency.
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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Any official emails from the team will be from an @/can-con.org domain Anyone else is an imposter 👀 Please do always feel free to reach out if you're concerned about the validity of an email!
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