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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

THE QUARTERED SEA( bk 4 in the Quarters Quadrology) is a Kindle Daily Deal for $1.99 in the US and Canada today. I love the world building in this, she said modestly. www.amazon.com/Quartered-Se...

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's word is TREAT. Today's #BookQW is from Direct Descendant (DAW Books 2025) a contemporary fantasy taking place just west of Timmins, ON, where small town values are subject to variable definitions but all the dogs are still good dogs. Available in pb, audio, & digital. Shop indie if you can.

Lower left the cover of Direct Descendant, yellow and green and black with a bakery, a woman eating a cup cake, framing silver birch, and tentacles. Because it's always better with tentacles.

They tolerated the bloodlines and Daffodil had a somewhat- threatening version of begging for treats. Dexter had come embarrassingly close to eating a train engineer who'd strayed a little too far from the station. Oh, and they were terrified of Alyx's corgis, and it was hysterically funny watching the corgis lording it over a pair of hellhounds. Well, it was funny as long as Uncle Stu didn't catch you calling them hellhounds. Having hand-raised them, he was a bit over-protective.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm drying catnip in the oven. The house smells like a kitty opium den.

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Chris Szego @chrisszego.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Get your read on, Toronto friends! This weekend is ALL ABOUT THE BOOKS. Word on the Street, the giant book-themed street party, returns to David Pecault Square (by Roy Thompson Hall). We'll be selling books at the Love & Shadows Stage: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-direct...

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2026 Festival Programming – The Word On The Street Toronto

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Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦 @jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Conservative politicians like to talk about the importance of having "skin in the game"– having something tangible at stake. Ford cabinet ministers should show they have real skin in the game by cycling 5 to 10 km a day in central Toronto. #ONpoli #cycling toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/c...

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'Bike lanes save lives': Cyclists rally against the removal of downtown bike lanes

Dozens of cycling advocates filled the streets of downtown Toronto as part of a ride organized in response to a recent court ruling allowing the Ford government to rip out 19 km of protected bike lane...

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Miss Elle 🇨🇦 @misselle1212.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Calling a $13B deficit “better than projected” is not much of a victory. Ontario went from a $1.1B deficit in 2024–25 to a $13B deficit in 2025–26. So why did your government’s spending rise so sharply, Doug? #onpoli #NeverVoteConservative www.cp24.com/politics/que...

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Ontario deficit in 2025-26 better than projected at $13 billion, province says

Ontario says its deficit is slightly better than initially projected.

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Amy McNally @infamousfiddler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 24/09/2026

Baba Yaga, the plains of Wyoming, and the perils of growing up--RATTLESNAKE WIND is a Kindle Monthly Deal, $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook until 9/30. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHKVR3YR

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Amy McNally @infamousfiddler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you are wondering, for some reason, why it is I am so fucking excited to see 5 strapping singers from Cornwall come over here to little ol' Wisconsin, it's not just because they can sing. And BOY CAN THEY SING: www.thecountrymen.co.uk/music/cornis...

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Cornish Lads Are Fishermen (R.Bryant)

Lyrics A well known acapella anthem from Roger Bryant of Cornish folk group Rum & Shrub, protesting about the lack of fishing, the demise of tin mining and the abundance of second home owners.&…

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'knew' #BookQW #BookSky Dan Mackmain has no idea what made the noise he's just heard. He'd never have guessed the challenges he'll face, way beyond his skills and experience. Did you know The Green Man's Holiday ebook is a Kindle 99p offer now, price-matched elsewhere?

Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those.

Book extract reads: As well as a folder of information about the cottage for visitors, I saw a shallow wicker basket filled with leaflets. Fin started sorting through them.
‘There’s a lot of ancient stuff around here. A couple of hillforts. A Roman villa. This one has a couple of circular walks we could do, if we fancied looking at standing stones.’
She tossed leaflets for Wookey Hole and the Cheddar caves back in the basket. She knew I wouldn’t be interested in those. I’m too tall to be comfortable in dark, cramped spaces underground.
‘Right.’ I closed my eyes and wondered why it’s so hard to find furniture with a back tall enough for someone like me. I shifted sideways and slid down the cushions until I could rest my head properly. That made drinking my tea awkward, but I felt my headache easing.
I listened to the soft rustle of paper and Fin making faint noises of surprise and approval as she found something interesting. Then I heard something else. I opened my eyes.
Fin was staring at me, concerned. ‘Was that a cat?’

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today's word is KNEW. Today's #BookQW from INTO THE BROKEN LANDS (@dawbooks.bsky.social 2022) a created world fantasy with six POVs, two timelines, & a long hard look at what it means to be human. Kick-ass women & witty repartee included. Available in pb, digital, and audio. Shop indie if you can.

In the upper half, against a background of tentacles, are the digital cover (tentacles and a broken tower) and the original DAW cover (a broken tower and circling crows). In the upper half, the quote.

If it was the story of the flying pig from the Captain's Chronicle and how many flying pigs could there be -Lyelee suspected None had
not told these children the ending. The pig had exploded. On the other hand, they didn't seem too upset about the loss of the sheep, so maybe she had. Lyelee made a mental note to find this Nonee and see if she knew why the pig had exploded. Neither the chronicles nor the Archives had included what was inarguably an important detail.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just snapped a fingernail off, down into the quick. Not really worth complaining about on a scale of one to the situation(s) in the Middle East, but still...ow.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

School Budget 2025: $90,000 School Budget 2026: $51,000 Please remember this when Doug Ford and Paul Calandra try to tell you about the historic and unprecedented investments their government has made in education and how greedy teachers are always asking for more. #OntEd

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026

Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 22/09/2026

Baba Yaga, the plains of Wyoming, and the perils of growing up--RATTLESNAKE WIND is a Kindle Monthly Deal, $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook until 9/30. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHKVR3YR

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Adam Knight @outlawak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#FREE this Weekennd! Book 1 of OVERDRIVE- Cowboy Ending. Read the #CanLit #UrbanFantasy that @tanyahuff.bsky.social called "surprisingly fun!" *apologies to Ms Huff for the tag* #reading #writing

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today's word is TREE. Today's #BookQW from Summon the Keeper (DAW Books, Inc. 1998) a contemporary fantasy set in Kingston, Ontario where even though the cat never shuts up, Hell still gets all the best lines. Available wherever you buy ebooks. Shop indie if you can.

The digital cover is in the upper right: a spooky house with things happening in every window (werewolf, bat, fire tentacles) and caution tape over the door. A black and white cat lounges disdainfully on the roof. The background is the house and the quote is in a yellow/orange rectangle.

Thunder cracked, lightning lit up the sky, and it started to rain harder. Down the center of the street, where the reaching leaves of the huge, old trees didn't quite touch, grape-sized drops of water hit the pavement so hard they bounced. On the sidewalk, under the trees, it was ...
..not significantly drier.

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2

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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee

The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I write for a living and I do everything I can to avoid using “lay / lie.” It’s just too much pressure.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 10/09/2026

Loiks like the ebook of my latest novel, Mercutio is on sale, at least in the US and Canada. A good chance to pick it up if you have been wanting to give it a try.

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Catherine McNair @cathylenair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"In the recording of the meeting before the act was finalized, staff are told clearly that they “can’t review” proponent-led plans. They can’t ask questions or ask for more information." #OnPoli

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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

King Dug's Captain Canada act exposed as total performative bullshit as He transfers millions of public money to his pals at Staples, the American retailer already favoured with Service Ontario outlets. What dirty liar the King is. #onpoli bsky.app/profile/chan...

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#HeadsUp: Valor's Choice, by @tanyahuff.bsky.social, is on US Kindle sale for $2. So is The Book of Koli (The Rampart Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Chen. I got some for random giveaway. Hopefully they'll still be on amazon when they randomly come up.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Barnes and Noble is running a pre-order special on SAVED BY THE SPELL (contemporary/AU fantasy standalone) over the 9th to the 11th of September. (Because I have a tenuous grasp on the date, I totally forgot to mention this yesterday.)

On the right, the cover of SAVED BY THE SPELL, a classroom with an eye looking out of the blackboard and a bunch of swirly magiky stuff. Some of the desks are warped. There's an apple on the teacher's desk. No one actually gives her an apple in the book, but...visual shorthand. The text across the bottom of the book reads, author of Direct Descendant.

Text reads: Barnes and Noble preorder sale. Discounts starting at 25% off. for B&N Premium and Reward members. With code PREORDER25 some exclusions may apply.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today's word is DRIP. Today's #BookQW from DIRECT DESCENDANT (DAW Books, Inc. 2025), a standalone contemporary fantasy (or cozy horror, depending on if you're talking to me or marketing) takeing place in Northern Ontario, land of the silver birch, home of the...not quite moose. Shop indie if you can

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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Max Fawcett: "She consistently has told Albertans that 'you have a right to be angry...with British Columbians, you have a right to be angry with Ontarions, you have a right to be angry with anyone in *this* country, but you don't have a right to be angry at Trump or the Americans."

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today is our 40th, 36th, and 23rd anniversary. Forty years since we got together. Thirty-six years since our MCC marriage. Twenty-three years since the legal paperwork. Only the 36th is today, but the others are grouped close. We're going out for burgers tomorrow because we're classy like that.

Me, on the left, wearing an Irish linen blouse and a brocade skirt. Fiona, on the right, in a black shirt and a dark green frock coat. It's the you may kiss the bride kiss. Technically, we should have kissed twice.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 08/09/2026

In just a few days, I will be in Seattle with Dr. Sian Proctor and K Wilson (The Astro Stud) for our Clarion West Deep Dive event: Post-Dystopia Space Exploration. Register (in-person/virtual) here: www.clarionwest.org/event/post-d...

Deep Dives Author Conversation Series: A Program of Clarion West. Post-Dystopia Space Exploration: A Conversation with Mary Robinette Kowal and Dr. Sian Proctor, moderated by K Wilson (The Astro Stud). September 12, 2026. V.I.P. Reception 6 P.M. Conversation and signing 7 to 8:30 P.M. Town Hall Seattle. 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Get tickets at Clarion West dot org.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And the warranty is crap. Especially Section 3, paragraph 1: "Not responsible for acts of gravity."

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Still need to catch up with The Green Man's Holiday, before The Green Man's Debt is published later this week? Good news! The ebook is a UK Kindle 99p deal throughout September and price-matched elsewhere. So you could buy both titles for £5.98... just saying... 😁 www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-H...

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Chris Szego @chrisszego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A reminder that Doug Ford is still a corrupt liar who will sell Ontarians out for a dollar even if he did say Trump could kiss his ass.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Doug Ford government has so underfunded Ontario hospitals that St. Catharines is currently asking for linen donations for their NICU. Ford spent $25,000 of taxpayers' money for a stupid sign but no blankets for babies. www.niagarahealth.on.ca/site/neonata... #DougFordIsCorrupt #onhealth #onpoli

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you see The Green Man's Debt will be published on 10th September and realise you planned on catching up with The Green Man's Holiday? Good news! The ebook is a UK Kindle 99p deal throughout September and price-matched on other websites. www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-H...

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today's word is APPEAR. Today's #BookQW from the story NOT THAT KIND OF WAR in the eCollection Shorter Parts of Valor which includes a Torin Kerr/Confederation story original to the collection. Available where you buy your digital reading. Shop indie if you can.

Digital cover upper left with the image of a woman in uniform holding a really big gun that makes the centre piece of the cover expanded on the upper right. Under it, the quote.

Every now and then, she could see the desire to do great things rise in his eyes.
"You want to live on after you die, Staff." He danced his fingers over his touchpad, drawing out a martial melody. "Having done
something that makes it into a song."
Torin didn't so much want Lieutenant Franks to live on after he died as to live on for a good long time, so she smacked that desire down every time she saw it and worried about what would happen should it make an appearance when she wasn't around. The enemy smacked down with considerably more force. And what little she'd heard of their music, sucked.

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today is the very last day to submit to Slapshots in Space & Magical Marathons!

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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Tell Ford to stop allowing Ontario's money to go to American companies. Doug Ford talks about “Buy Ontario” when there’s a camera in his face. Pulling American liquor off LCBO shelves & wrapping himself in the Canadian flag is not standing up to Donald Trump. canceluscontracts.ca?source=20260...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!

Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black.

Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The last time the Americans tried to claim Lake Ontario in 1813, we intentionally lured them into Fort York and then blew up our entire gunpowder magazine to kill as many Americans as possible. A foundation part of Toronto history is "blowing our own fort to smithereens rather than being American"

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.

Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

JFC, Death! What did I just say about taking away the light? RIP Tim Curry. 💔

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today's word is QUESTION. Today's #BookQW from OH GLORIOUS SIGHT, a short story in the e-collection Nights of the Round Table. This story originally started about 3,500 words earlier with a vast array of historical & political details that sank it before the Mathew ever left the dock. 1/3

A medieval structure, probably a cathedral, floats on a cloud with my name across the clear blue sky at the top and the title NIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE & OTHER STORIES across the cloud.

The tenders rowed The Matthew down the channel and left her at King's Road, riding at anchor with half a dozen other ships waiting for an east wind to fill the sail.
"Where's the boy?"
"Now that's a right good question, Mister Hennet." Rennie pulled the ratline tight and tested his knot. "Off somewhere dark and safe's my guess."
The mate snorted. "We've ballast enough. Master Cabot wants him taught."
"It'd be like teachin' one of the wee folk. He's here, but he's no a part of us. It's like of the the only other livin' thing he sees is Master
Cabot."
"It's right like havin' a stray dog around, "offered another of the crew. "The kind what runs off with his tail 'tween his legs when ya
tries ta make friends."

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

US readers only. Sorry. Direct Descendant and an advance copy of Saved by the Spell are part of the @dawbooks.bsky.social Summerween Sweepstakes! Now until September 9th. mailchi.mp/455c52a8d5f1...

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DAW - SUMMERWEEN SWEEPSTAKES - AUG 26

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Welcome to Craft Beer Summer. Our 6th contestant is Hockley Dark from the Hockley Valley Brewing Co. I'm not fond of dark beer, I'm an amber fan - but I like this. The Beloved, who's all about Guiness, also liked it. It has the flavour you get from a stout without the bitterness. 10/10

On the left, a dark can almost covered by a vertical yellow oval. On the oval: a crest, the name of the beer and the brewing company, the information that this is an award winning beer - well deserved btw - and a red maple leaf. On the left, a dark beer in a Burger King Uhura glass.

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dear Death: Seriously? You couldn't rail against the darkness? You had to put out another light? RIP Dolly Parton. 💔

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Anglo Canadians being forced to conjugate être in the fourth grade: god I hate Quebec, French is the worst Anglo Canadians when an American insults Quebec:

Blurry screenshot of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien choking out a journalist on live TV

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Something is ticking in my office. Nothing is supposed to be ticking in my office... (To be on the safe side, I have plugged my ears in order to rule out possible ticking inside my head.)

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DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Do you prefer light academia or dark academia? For us, it's both! Check out these two recs to preorder during this academic season that will transport you to a unique magical school.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 24/08/2026

Once again: anyone in the northeast, or willing to drive there - two bonded cats have lost their owner to cancer, and desperately need a new home. (If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Have expanded my tofu repertoire from stir fry (it's a very limited repertoire) to baked tofu with General Tau's sauce. I loved it, but it was a little spicy for the Beloved (in that it was spicier than oatmeal). Next time, will make sauce from scratch.

A grey bowl with a darker Grey trim half full of baked tofu, General Tau's sauce, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Trust me, it tastes a lot better than it looks.

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