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Catherine Buckie @plaineagle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For Canadians, there’s always CBC Gem. Cheapest streaming service available. Excellent programming.

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Kamiten, Cursed Feral Clown @kamitenz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Buns with Guns

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

COVID-19 shots won't be available to the general Ontario public until October 26. That is far, far too late. The major spread from back-to-school and Thanksgiving will have already happened.

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The lack of consent with AI integration is truly something. My choices are "yes" or "maybe later". Where is the option to launch the AI assistant into the sun? I'll come to AI when I need something done sloppily and feel like spending my time and expertise correcting it instead of doing it myself.

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 08/10/2026

If you're celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, here are some ideas for jazzing up your leftovers!

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There's A TTRPG For That @mint-rabbit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This Saturday I'll be hosting Fae Games On Demand at Avalon Expo, in St. John's NL. If you live in St. John's and you love indie games, stop by!

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's definitely fall, which is the best time to get native seeds in the ground. Many of them need a cold period in order to germinate, so use the winter to your advantage! This is also a good time to pull out invasive so any returning shoots are more vulnerable to the winter cold. #NativePlants

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It takes special knowledge, time, & resources to produce the many native plants needed for conservation. That is why a key part of our work here at Xerces focuses on making more plants of more species available! ⤵️ xerces.org/news/organiz...

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How Xerces is Improving the Supply of Native Plants for Pollinators

Getting more native plants growing is the foundation for many kinds of conservation work. That is why a key part of our work here at the Xerces Society focuses on increasing the supply of native…

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James M Hewitt @jamesmakesgames.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

TTRPG people - what are three games you'd get someone to play if you wanted them to understand the hobby?

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you see this, post some cats 🐱

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I feel like I'm leaning over the fence to eavesdrop on my neighbours' argument. I've no idea what's going on, but it sounds dramatic.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ugh, that sucks. Needing to use a middle company allows payment processors to behave so much worse. I've heard people say good things about Wise; are they available where you are?

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I love my neighbourhood in this time of year. The poplars are so beautiful.

Looking down gravel road that bends to the left. All along the right side of the road are brilliant golden poplars that shine in the sun and contrast sharply against the bright, blue sky.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An irksome thing about working with big companies is that when projects go up the chain for review, they come back with additions that aren't in the estimate. A good company will ask for a revised estimate. A bad company will assume you can do the new stuff for the same fee.

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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OMG both of my stories placed first in my group. Wish me luck in the final round!!!!!!!!!

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So excited that this book is out today! I have two pieces in here, tiny stories about Brian Froud’s Green Women. They are among work by an incredible line up of brilliant women. An honor to be part of this magical thing.

The cover of Brian Froud’s Green Women, a green book featuring a mischievous looking fairy woman. The book is on a mossy green background.

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Leon Barillaro is UNIONIZING @barilleon.com · 07/10/2026

If you want to support our efforts at United Wizards of the Coast, the absolute best thing you can do is sign and share our petition asking the company to voluntarily recognize us! Together we can change the games industry for the better! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm basic and use a Word template I made myself (which I PDF before sending to customers). Then I just watch for the e-transfer to arrive. (Though not all countries have direct e-transfers.) I keep a spreadsheet to track who has and hasn't paid me, along with other project details.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Amazon and the contractor's company should pay for the entire cost of repairing the damage, instead of a superficial PR amount.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 06/10/2026

Oh this is a BIG DEAL

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Eric Lazure @ericlazure.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're already in October! Vesper, a Daggerheart compatible setting, is coming soon! www.rascal.news/vesper-an-ar...

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VESPER, AN ART-FIRST FANTASY WORLD SETTING FOR DAGGEHEART, OPENS ITS KICKSTARTER FOLLOW PAGE

The world begins with drawings, and the stories follow.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 05/10/2026

A weird thing I've started doing while writing editorial letters to authors is finalizing one section, then highlighting it black, like a blackout poem. This forces me to not keep fiddling with it and focus on the in-progress sections of the letter. Unusual but effective #amediting #fictionediting

An editorial letter that has its lines blacked out, like a blackout poem.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t think teaching a canon is bad, and studying intellectual traditions as historical phenomena is important to understanding culture, past and present. What’s bad is teaching a specific canon as if it’s above history and somehow universal. The frame matters, as does what’s available beyond it.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026

Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.

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Zvesta @artbyzvesta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A collection of frogs for you in these trying times.

Five digital drawings of "frogs". One is inspired by an Ouroboros, another seems to have a carved turnip for a head, one is a somewhat scrungly witch, another wears a flowery shirt while drinking from a coconut, and finally one of them is "Bimble". Bimble looks like if a rock tried very hard to be a frog and almost succeeded.

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're an editor who chooses not to work on AI-written texts, tomorrow's webinar with Paula John is for you. Sign up to learn how to draft an #AI policy that aligns with your personal values and how to find and attract clients who share those values: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...

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parker parrella @parkparr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Passing Moons 🌒🌓🌔🌕

A rectangular print against a purple background with teal stars. Print depicts a blue and purple sky covered in dark foliage while five moons in different phases peek out from between the leaves.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Had an incredibly busy and fun weekend. Bedded in my plants for the winter, saw a production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and went to a friend's birthday party. I am socialed-out, but happy.

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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, it shouldn't matter that every young woman or woman is a daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, etc. to some man. What matters is that young women and women are human beings. Their importance and right to decent treatment is not determined by what man they are related to.

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Jola (Close Reading) @closereadingie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My job involves important decisions, but I make the tough calls. I am leaving in the index, as the final entry, this gem: Zoom: unmuting for farts. #IndexSky

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These rhubarb and custard chews are going to get me through the last pieces of this project. #AmEditing

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sunrise over Weenipagamiksaguygun on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Reflecting, as a settler, on how much better things would be if more people adopted an Indigenous World View and treated the lake and all around us as our relatives.

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do you articulate your worth to clients who are seduced by AI? What does informed consent and disclosure look like when clients present you with AI-generated text? In our Oct. 8 webinar with Emily Faubert, get answers to these questions and more. Sign up now: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The invisible labor (often performed by women and marginalized folks) that keeps organizations afloat remains hidden and uncompensated. But those musing about AI's "transformation" of work have probably always benefited from this kind of labor in all parts of their life and don't see it as work.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Hexed Electron is flinging raccoons into a haunted house @hecticelectron.com · 29/09/2026

Raccoon Sky Pirates launches in under 3 days! Back on Day 1 to get the haunted house map. The basement alone has a vampire crypt, the Pumpkin Patch of Souls, the Angel of Death's studio apt. & a shark tank. Imagine raccoons running all over that stuff. Sign up at www.kickstarter.com/projects/hec...

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Coming soon: Raccoon Sky Pirates Classic

A raucous game of chaos and trash. Play raccoons raiding the suburbs in a janky flying ship forever on the verge of exploding.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Walking around in the bush with my head down again this morning. I’m absolutely in love with the gills on this mushroom. I think it might be a type of oysterling. 🍄🌿

Looking at the underside of a frilly oyster mushroom. The different lobes overlap, each other kind of like a nudibranch, it’s tan gills form, beautiful, ripping patterns.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ohhh, I love these!! They're so charming.

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London Public Library @lpl.ca · 30/09/2026

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the children who never returned home and the Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. 🧡 Learn and explore Indigenous stories today and everyday: buff.ly/9cej10O

Four Indigenous-themed book covers on a navy background with an orange feather graphic: Carry Your Heart — Louis Busch; The Inbetween Leader — Jody Wilson‑Raybould & Roshan Danesh; The Savage Mind — David Treuer; We Are Still Here — Phyllis Webstad.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shout out to @starvingsoubrette.bsky.social and their husband for trusting me enough to buy a house together, and for putting so much effort and care into this venture. I genuinely could not have done it without them.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woke up in my very own house for the first time, went to a meeting, then stood in the back door and had a cry. I can't believe I made this happen. It took two years of hard work and there's plenty left to do, but I'm so proud of myself.

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Kienna is making Erstwild @kiennas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Love to "make Canada strong" by investing in the technology that will devastate Canadian ecology, steal from Canadian labour, take up Canadian work opportunities, and undermine the cognition skills of the upcoming Canadian workforce 🙄

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 28/09/2026

Imagine being a person teaching people how to use AI for writing or editing. Morally reprehensible imo!

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