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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 13h

does anyone know of a supplier of customized badge ribbons like these that is *not* a US company?

Three adhesive badge ribbons, meant to be affixed to a convention membership badge. These ones are for "Tampere 2032 - Another Finnish Worldcon," featuring a dolphin wearing a space helmet, "Spokane In 2015," and "Minneapolis in 2073 - The 131st Worldcon," featuring an airship with MPLS 2073 written on the side.

Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 15h

in light of MRM's ridiculousness: to demonstrate how much people accustomed to Hollywood do not understand how the short fiction industry works, please see this submissions agreement for The Last Dangerous Visions. you had to sign this *to submit*. that is unheard of. i've signed shorter contracts.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

it's the mallet what makes it 📷 Olympus FE-310 🗓️ May 23, 2008

A digital photograph of a person cosplaying the White Mage from Final Fantasy I at the 2008 Anime North. They are walking across a parking lot in a white robe made distinct by red triangles, and are carrying a large prop hammer. By large, the hammer's head is about two feet long. Their face is hidden by their hood.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

reposting with alt text because this is a great idea that I would be 100% behind. my only concern is that merely digging him up doesn't go far enough. put his skeleton on trial for his role in the genocide.

An article from the December 11, 1978 Toronto Star, headlined "Indians threaten to dig up Sir John A."

OTTAWA (CP) - An Indian leader has threatened to dig up the remains of Sir John Macdonald, one of the founders of Confederation, to protest the desecration of Indian burial grounds by archaeologists.

"Let's see how white people feel about that," Alex Akiwenzie of the Nations of Warriors said in a weekend interview. "We are trying to raise the level of consciousness among Indian and non-Indian alike."

Macdonald, the country's first prime minister, died in 1891 and is buried in Kingston.

At the Cataraqui cemetery where Sir John's remains lie marked by an undistinguished 3-foot headstone, cemetery manager John Howard was not unduly alarmed about the threat today.

Howard suggested that if the threat really was a serious one then police would be asked to post a guard, but he said: "I understand Sir John is buried in reinforced concrete. So that wouldn't be easy to get through."

He said the grave has never been desecrated.

Akiewenzie and fellow member Douglas Pine recently walked from Windsor to Toronto to protest highway construction that would cut through part of a 1,000-year-old burial site in Windsor.

"They're dealing with our spirits," he said. "Nothing is really sacred any more when they desecrate our burial grounds. We just want them left alone."

He wants legislation to protect Indian burial grounds but he said he was not well-received by provincial authorities in Toronto following a protest march.

"Now I want to speak to federal politicians but if I don't get satisfaction soon, I will dig up Sir John."

Although museum officials in Ontario last year promised Indians that no more burial grounds would be dug up without consultation with local bands, Akiwenzie said the Windsor dig has continued over protests.

"They were after us alive and now they're after us dead," he said. "We just can't seem to escape."

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

gasp! you mean chronic illness *isn't* your hobby?

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

pictured: the last thing the Nazi torpedo boat T29 saw, probably #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400

A photograph looking head-on at the bow of HMCS Haida, a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, and which is now a museum ship in Hamilton. From this angle the ship's hull looks narrow and ridiculously tall.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

reposting with alt text. hollering works. though I am a bit 🤨, because to my knowledge this didn't appear to be an issue with the previous Dell contracts

A Statement on Copyright Retention Instead of "Work-for-Hire" Cover Illustrations at MRM

We previously commissioned illustrators to create covers as work-for-hire when they were asked to adapt authors' original stories for elements such as cover art.

This will be changing.

The rights granted to MRM by authors are limited, and therefore we can't protect the intellectual property and rights of the original author of the story, if we at the same time grant the authors' rights to the illustrator so that the illustrator can then retain an adaptation copyright. We don't acquire rights from authors that allow us to grant illustrators broad unencumbered use of the worlds, characters, and other elements created by the author.

We're planning to pause cover contracts based on specific stories for the foreseeable future while we figure out the best way forward with those kinds of commissions.

We prefer a process that will both feel fair to illustrators and protect the story authors' copyright.

To that end, we can license existing art or license new original art for our covers (not based on a story) with contracts for illustrators where the artist clearly retains the copyright in the underlying image, since there are no underlying rights owned by authors of the stories that are a part of these kinds of original works.

Regarding retention of "moral rights" in illustrations: our licensing agreements for original art and original fiction use language prepared by an international IP attorney based on notes we received from SFWA's contracts committee. These kinds of agreements no longer include a waiver of moral rights.

We always appreciate when contributors to the magazines express their concerns.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

now that's what I call contrast of shadow and not-shadow #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Reflx Lab Zarya 400

A black and white photo of Hamilton's Gage Park, focused on a tree that's a bit removed from the rest of the park's canopy. Two people are sitting in its shadow.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the squirrel really stands out when there's no colour to worry about #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Reflx Lab Zarya 400

A black and white photograph of a shadowed tree in Hamilton's Gage Park, against a background of well-lit trees. In the centre of the image, silhouetted against the illuminated trees, a squirrel is perched on a branch.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i mean, i didn't even know about this when i had my header commissioned by @shargrave.bsky.social

A drawing of the poster as a several-hundred-foot-tall woman wearing a black and white support suit, carrying a keyboard and putting what appears to be a Soyuz-2 rocket in half-shadow.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

can you believe it's been seventy-three years since they made Marilyn Monroe a thousand feet tall and had her pose on top of Niagara Falls for a movie poster

A theatrical release poster for the 1953 film Niagara. It depicts Marilyn Monroe in a sheer blue dress, reclining at the edge of Niagara Falls (Horseshoe Falls, specifically) with one arm extended over her head. It kind of looks like my own banner, really. The tagline: "Marilyn Monroe and 'Niagara' - a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!"

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

it's like the opposite of a square dance. because it's a circle dance, and because modern square dancing was promoted by infamous racist Henry Ford for white supremacist reasons. seriously, look it up. #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Reflx Lab Zarya 400

A black-and-white photograph of an Indigenous circle dance being held in front of Gage Park's bandshell in Hamilton, Ontario. A man in Indigenous regalia is leading a group of people, some of whom are dressed far less impressively, in a steady circle with a metal refuse drum in the centre. Taken on Reflx Lab Zarya 400 film.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i am happy to report that my photos of the wrestlemen at Open Streets Hamilton turned out #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lomography Berlin Kino

A black and white photograph of a temporary square wrestling ring set up by Hamilton Pro Wrestling. A referee in the leftmost corner watches the wrestlers go at it. The face, Robbie Hollywood, is leaping from one of the posts toward the bearded heel, Scott Free, who is taking a step back in what might be surprise.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

in retrospect, seeing this movie on CBC at the age of 14, taping it, and rewatching it multiple times was good preparation for the "fuck the United States" attitude that the modern day requires

A screencap from the ending of the 1997 TV movie "The Arrow" on CBC, depicting the Avro CF-105 Arrow RL 206 flying into the sunrise. Superimposed text reads "There is no hard evidence that one Arrow escaped the torches and the saws, but there are many people who swear it is true. The creators of this film have chosen to believe there is still one out there..."

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

even pigeons need to clean their filthy, disgusting bodies every once in a while #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lucky C200

A film photograph of six pigeons gathered in extremely shallow water in an artificial urban pool. Shallow enough that it only goes up to about the top of a pigeon's legs. Most of them are loafing with waterlogged feathers. One of the six is on the edge, observing, as if deciding whether to join them. One of them has extremely floofy feathers.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have no idea how this partial double exposure happened, especially since the rest of the roll was fine, but I learned from Bob Ross to treasure happy accidents. #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400

A film photograph, the left two-thirds of which are a clear image of people lining up for a small food stand under thick green foliage in Stoney Creek's Battlefield Park. In the right third of the photo the stand is still visible, but the cladding of the historical Nash-Jackson House is superimposed on top of it. There are trees in both photos, and it looks like a coherent whole while being only vaguely weird. Taken on Kodak Ultramax 400 film.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

not many people get outpourings like this #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lucky C400

Photographed on September 5, 2026, a public memorial for Dolly Parton on the sidewalk in front of Dolly's Country Bar on the Esplanade in Toronto. Flowers are potted around and laid on the ground in front of a framed photo of Dolly Parton smiling. The flowers still have their colour.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

topless bottomless vixens: a part of our heritage 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lucky C200

A photograph of one of the last remnants of the old Yonge Street, Toronto's Club Zanzibar. It's a three-storey building in the shadow of a much larger glassy structure, with its front done up in golden bricks. Multiple neon signs stars are attached to the frontage, as well as one of a bikini-clad dancing woman with a top hat. The building's sign reads "Club Zanzibar - The Girls Never Stop - 75 Topless Bottomless Vixens 5PM to 2AM - X!X! - Jays Back In It Come Score A Run - X!X"

There's no sign of damage from the fire a few months ago, because that all happened on the roof and in the back.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

when I took this photo I didn't expect the lion to look so plaintive #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lucky C200

A film photograph of the face of a lion dance costume on Toronto's Spadina Avenue. The lion is mostly white with flairs of red, particularly in the eyes. It looks somehow sad. Taken on Lucky C200 film.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i am completely and mentally stable 📷 Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 🗓️ July 2, 2011

A Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) emplacement aboard HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283), against the calm water of Burrard Inlet. The gun itself is covered, which should help it suppress its intrusive thoughts of shooting down a civilian airliner... but for how long?????

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hamilton: a city of factories but also trees #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400

A film photograph of the lower city of Hamilton, taken from Sam Lawrence Park on the edge of the Mountain. The apartment buildings and detached houses surrounded by trees eventually give way to the treeless waste of the lakeshore industrial sectors dominated by smokestacks. Taken on Kodak Ultramax 400 film.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

maybe it's a meditation on the loss of innocence. maybe it's garbage. either way it's a photograph #filmphotography 📷 Pentax KM 🎞️ Lucky C400

A film photograph of an abandoned Squishmallow on a metal railing. Specifically, it is the Waverly McDonald's Happy Meal FIFA World Cup 2026 Squishmallow. Waverly is a blue butterfly wearing a yellow jersey with the number 5. It looks dirty and has been wet recently. In the background, a field of small white flowers are out of focus. Taken on Lucky C400 film.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

there's something powerful about a sunrise. it probably has to do with me rarely seeing them outside the context of "i don't want to go to work, i want to go back to bed" 📷 Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 🗓️ November 6, 2011

A photograph of the Toronto skyline at 6:30 AM, as captured from an aircraft descending into Toronto Pearson International Airport. Lake Ontario is dark enough to look almost purple, while the sky is layered in red, orange, and yellow with wispy clouds atop. The CN Tower pierces the sky, while the rest of the city is dark but for artificial lights.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

quoth the crow, "eef freef" 📷 Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 🗓️ January 15, 2012

On snowy ground in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, a crow pokes around discarded food wrappers looking for food.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

behold: birds! 📷 Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 🗓️ January 15, 2012

Two crows and a seagull perch on a snowy railing overlooking the Fraser River on the New Westminster waterfront. The seagull and one of the crows are looking intently off to the left. The river is not frozen, and beyond them a light snow has fallen on Surrey's industrial zones.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

they've been known to come in pink bottles on occasion

A very tall bottle of Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale next to a full tankard of beer. The beer is the colour of a typical beer, but the bottle is pink.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Alaska cruises: they're why I have so many photos of cruise ships 📷 Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

A photo of Carnival Spirit, a Spirit-class cruise ship in Carnival Cruise Line's fleet, at port at Canada Place in Vancouver on May 1, 2012. The sky is cloudy and grey, but its Y-shaped red funnel is distinct. There are what appear to be waterslides visible toward the stern of the ship on its top deck.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

we'll never see its like again. unless we go to Vancouver, or Detroit, or the five other cities that operate this technology. Hamilton could've had this too, and yet. 📷 Canon PowerShot A1100 IS