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Margaret Hanson

@mahanson.bsky.social
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Reformed chemist, writer, editor, not even sure what my day job is

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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I got purple first on today's Connections and I have to live with that
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you!
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Underrated reasons to read to your child: a toddler running around saying "Dragons dread GO BACK TO BED!" is hilarious
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
flashfictiononline.com/issues/septe... my story about the unscientific ways we all keep complicated tech running is now online!
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September 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My toddler started sobbing at daycare drop off because he wanted to fistbump and I didn't notice and left him hanging
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Things I learned taking a toddler to a convention: everyone just wants someone to put them in a backpack and carry them through the crowd
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cover letters are both so much easier and so much harder when I actually want that specific job rather than to not starve
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I miss when ice cream came in plastic tubs. They were the perfect size for when you needed a disposable plastic bucket. Brought to you by plaster work.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Wow Jane Austen really just goes on a two page tirade about how her heroine reads novels because novels are awesome in the middle of Northanger Abbey
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you place multiple ebook holds they WILL all become available at once
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It would be nice if job searching required only the skills needed to be good at the job and not a second completely unrelated set of skills
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
One of the frustrating things about publisher discourse is that authors get hurt in the process. If you'd like to support Emma Burnett (who has a new book out), she has a patreon page. There's also "buy a post" options if you want to do a one time financial support. www.patreon.com/cw/sadtale
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Emma Burnett — creating science fiction and fantasy stories and feeding cats
Get more from Emma Burnett on Patreon. creating science fiction and fantasy stories and feeding cats. Support Emma Burnett and get exclusive access to their work.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There are very few upsides to getting laid off, but realizing all the upcoming nonsense that is no longer your problem is pretty nice
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The world would have been a better place without Jack Welch
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I don't know what cat needs to hear this, but if you're trying to snuggle a human while they take a nap you need to put the claws away
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
But when will we invent a TWO D printer that works
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
On the walk home my toddler said "I have pockets. Mommy have pockets?" He has no idea how loaded that question is.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Yep feeling like an astronaut because Outlook isn't working and IT isn't helping
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Protip for people running for office: have some sort of place online so voters can read why they should pick you over the other candidates. Ideally with something specific. Note: Facebook is in fact terrible for finding this information
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
My toddler is pushing his Sulu and Spock Little People around in his doll stroller and this feels like an actual episode of Star Trek
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My favourite thing about the Artemis II mission is that every time my Outlook misbehaves I get to feel like an astronaut
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
We keep getting snow and freezing rain but the Leafs are out so it must be spring after all
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
They need to invent a kind of REM sleep that doesn't make you groggy if you wake up in the middle of it
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
To the person who invented Daylight Savings, my very particular set of skills do not really apply here but I will nonetheless find you and put you in charge of my toddler's bedtime
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
First person is such a TINY minority of fanfiction. Readers tend to be wary of it because it depends on being able to recreate an existing character voice to a much greater degree than third person limited
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Why are the only hits when I google how to make emergency alerts RESPECT MY VOLUME SETTINGS people who want them to IGNORE their volume settings? Alternately, the Canadian government could just USE THE RIGHT ALERT LEVEL
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Because it's a GOOD BOOK
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My favourite thing about the Winter Olympics is listening to people be very serious while using the word "twizzle"
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It is EXTREMELY rude of a book to end the chapter I was planning to go to bed after with a character in mortal peril
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I'm reading one of the Bridgerton books and it is the most romance novel romance novel I've ever read
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Today my toddler had a tantrum because I only had time to read ONE book to him before breakfast. At least he likes books?
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Now see this? This makes me want to read the book
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Why can my phone's keyboard learn the word Legendsectomy and yet can't figure out when I'm trying to write GAVIN? I use one of these considerably more.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I would like to have a little CHAT with children's book designers who think it's a good idea to put lift the flap flaps at an angle in board books....
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Have the confidence of a toddler handing every adult in the room a coffee can and insisting they join the drumline
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My tea Advent calendar had the AUDACITY to have chamomile this morning after my sick toddler has me up for hours in the middle of the night
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
It's remarkable how often I have to clarify "He's not shy, he's just not very VERBAL yet." He wouldn't be smiling and waving if he was shy.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Daycare pyjama Day is some real early WFH vibes. "Let's get you out of your night pyjamas and into your day pyjamas!"
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The DMV makes a nice opportunity to read with no one climbing on me
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I got a new phone in August and Google keyboard STILL hasn't learned my child's name. It used to be faster at this!
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It's bad enough that my toddler was up for hours in the middle of the night, was it truly necessary for the DREAM version of him to then refuse to sleep?
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I had dozens of data points at least! They just had nothing to do with each other
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Did you know it's possible for the R squared value of a trendline to be 3x10^-5? Fortunately the point I was making was the two series AREN'T correlated but I think I made Excel cry...
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Everyone says what a shame it is that no one wears hats anymore so I'm being the change I want to see and also avoiding migraines
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
After the last episode of Print Run I feel the need to inform @lzats.bsky.social that you can just wear hats. I do it daily. Passersby often tell me how good the hats look.
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Turns out the size difference between a skinny toddler and a chonky cat is... Well my toddler just went through the cat flap on the baby gate
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The thing about getting a new phone is now I have to teach it to swear and all the fandom words
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
When I am forced to actually call a company to do something I would appreciate not IMMEDIATELY hearing a recording helpfully informing me I can do many things online
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We have a new analysis tool at work and I'm just clicking through data going "Ooh, I have BUTTONS!"
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Margaret Hanson @mahanson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Can someone please explain why toddler hats you can't tie to said toddler exist?
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