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James Alan Gardner

@jagardner.bsky.social
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Writer: mostly fantasy and science fiction. Currently working on a Big Fat Fantasy, tentatively titled SIX GODDESSES AND A CAT. Also learning Japanese.

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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Proposal for the U.S.: The "Let Us Never Speak Of This Again" Act of 2029. Basically reverses every action of the federal government 2025-2028. Clean slate—those years never happened. The details will be tricky, but I think it's a winning political platform.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice!
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for
Emma Frost: "Emma Frost, darling. I'm a telepath. May I read your mind to ascertain if you're telling the truth?"

Miss Piggy: "But of course, darling I am an open book, a tell-all memoir."Emma Frost telepathically witnessing the entirety of Miss Piggy's life.Wolverine: "Frost? She legit?"
Emma Frost: "She's..She's... She's everything. And I would die for her."
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 19/09/2026
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 05/09/2026
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We don't live in "the worst timeline" or "the stupidest timeline", we live in "the deliberately sabotaged for somebody else's profit timeline".
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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Congratulations to James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social on induction to the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Hall of Fame! I have very much enjoyed your writing over the years, and look forward to whatever is next! www.csffa.ca/the-csffa-ha...
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The CSFFA Hall of Fame – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 6 copies of All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault by @jagardner.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read* and *did enjoy* and there is a sequel but alas no further than that. This is a super-hero universe, and it's weird, perhaps even a pastiche? I liked it.
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
LLM AI seems like Minecraft for people who think text is more respectable than visuals. It's a toy you can use as a time-sink while pretending you're achieving something special.
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When did everyone decide proofreading is for saps?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'm sure I'm not the first to have this idea, but wouldn't it be useful if you could set up multiple avatar photos and choose which one you wanted to use for a particular post? That way you could avoid putting a big smiling picture of your face on something that is sad or grim.
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
ChatGLP: When you use it, you lose your appetite
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
And when there was only one set of footprints in the sand, o my child, that was when I blocked you.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
When you slow down and think about it you realize it's ten times worse than it seems. Sure it's farcical, but it's also a brutal legal attack on a man they knew to be innocent, done to distract from their own thievery and incompetence and as a flex to terrify anyone who might make them look bad.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Tweet from KING RAINHEAD (@KingRainhead):

i always wear this epi pen its rly special. my friend gave it to me literally as he was dying it seemed very important to him that i have it
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@thenatewolf

Life is like soccer because my mom signed me up for it and expects me to try my best even though I hate fucking soccer.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@ImStevan
(image of Philomena Cunk saying:)

@i_zzzzzz
Feels a little too convenient that an odyssey would happen to a guy named Odysseus
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Who could have seen this coming? Nobody.
@quendergeer

The expedition set out in 1853 aboard 3 ships: the HMS Hubris, the HMS. Foolhardy and the HMS Fuck You Poseidon. Almost immediately,
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New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @esedia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Your food processor has a chute that fits your dick. Should you?
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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My son, just now: “Well, at least the US went the farthest of any team that calls it ‘soccer.’”
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
the side-eye sent me
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Montreal WorldCon 2027 @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Montréal WorldCon 2027 would like to honor Kelley Armstrong (@kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social), James Alan Gardner, and the late Mike Glicksohn as inductees for the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association's Hall of Fame! www.csffa.ca/the-csffa-ha...
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CSFFA Hall of Fame – Latest Inductees – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day
A drawing of Patience and Fortitude, the  stone lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library. Between them is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."
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Peaches 🥱 @mrsalswearengen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Little Milo says please don't explode fireworks tonight, he's sensitive to loud noises.
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Jac ✨🧜‍♀️ @mirrorthestars.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Meet 12 week old Daisy! A rare moment of stillness. 💘 #dogoftheday #puppy
12 week old Golden Retriever “Daisy”.
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hey folks, I was just named to the Canadian Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Woohoo! www.csffa.ca/the-csffa-ha...
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CSFFA Hall of Fame – Latest Inductees – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Copy Cat 😺
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/06/2026
This is Vinnie. He just got a new splish splash pad and literally can't contain his excitement. Thinks this is going to be the best summer ever. 13/10 (FB: Claudia Carr)
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is Jumbo. She just got her very first bath. Doggy paddle officially activated. IG: dog_lovers_1
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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dear Santa, This year for Prime Day I want the breakup of Amazon as a corporate conglomerate monopoly, with Kindle and Audible being nationalized into a sort of publicly owned internet library funded by a progressive tax on the hyper-rich and an annual stipend for authors.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Technically, they’re Remains now.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a beautiful thing. These shelter dogs get to pick their own toys.
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Uhm, I have a new favorite GIF.
static.klipy.com
Dog Golden Retriever
ALT: Dog Golden Retriever
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Cute little otter 🦦 with a fish 🐟 Toy
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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We’re really gonna regret wasting the name “Watergate,” huh
NYT Breaking News notification: “Officials knew the $16.4 million Reflecting Pool renovation was peeling and turning green earlier than they acknowledged.”
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber
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James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
And then Utena turned into a sports car. (Guess what I saw today)
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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The world may be a dystopian nightmare, but I got to share some oatmeal with this cute green gecko this morning, so I’m gonna let that be my happy place for a while.
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The older I get, the more I understand why cats just walk away mid-conversation
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Otterly 🦦 Cute 🥰
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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I had no idea men played soccer, too! Good for them! Go boy soccer!! ⚽️
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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nature is amazing
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
LOL
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.
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