Iryn Tushabe (she/her)

Thank you, Nancy 💕

I spy with my little eye…an intervention in your future!

I like the sound of the big 24” energy. That’s more my speed. I ain’t trying to do too much!

Maybe I’m just jealous of that bursting energy. I want some.

That dog sure is a show off

Thank you 💕

Same! The struggle continues.

I still have the apps on my phone but I log in only in the weekend. I forgot my Bluesky password though and I’m always here when I don’t need to be. Hang in there. The need for hits is for real!

A collection of books on a wooden table includes EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe, AS THE EARTH DREAMS by Terese Mason Pierre, THE CREATION OF HALF-BROKEN PEOPLE by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, THE HAND OF IMAN by Ryad Assani-Razaki, FRYING PLANTAIN by Zalika Reid-Benta, BROUGHTUPSY by Christina Cooke, MYTH by Terese Mason Pierre, and WHAT I MEAN TO SAY by Ian Williams.

Celebrating the incredible work of these Black authors all #BlackHistoryMonth long. Which of these books are on your TBR list?

🔗 Learn more about these books on HouseofAnansi.com #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Hear hear

Ahh I feel validated in my decision to NEVER visit that site. Sometimes friends send me screenshots of good reviews but I know that for every good one there are about five that would make me want to drive a pencil through my eyeballs, so, no.

Food & Water x The Sameer Project Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

The Sameer Project has had to cut their water distributions by 50% due to a drop in donations. Can you spare $10 or $20 today? chuffed.org/project/help...

Love it!

Use it in a sentence please

Absolutely baffling that we have to talk about this now with everything else that’s going on.

It’s always property over people. Kick a car and break a light? You deserve to die.

The Canadian made mystery thriller Wayward is an okay show, I guess. The best part is how Mae Martin keeps taking off their shirt for no apparent reason sometimes, and I’m here for that. Oh there the shirt goes!

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

Isn’t it spectacular? I watched it twice during its theater run and went to see it again recently when the local IMAX brought it back for one week only. That sound track!

And then the Sask Party axed our film tax credit so that cool shows can’t be made in Saskatchewan anymore!

I love these insights into Anna Karenina. I own the book but have yet to read it. Maybe I’ll reach for it when I get to the bottom of my ever-growing TBR pile!

On the left: A black-and-white illustration of a black bear in a forest. On the left: text that reads “What a standoff with a black bear taught me about life in northern Alberta. Working as a fire tower lookout meant regularly confronting wildlife.”

Environmental journalist Trina Moyles recalls the upwelling of wonder she felt when she first touched a bear cub as a child. Years later, face-to-face with a much bigger bear in the Alberta bush, that wonder turned into a primal battle over space: https://ow.ly/NNhY50XYhyP

Two side by side photos of a potted plant with medium sized heart shaped green leaves. The plant sits in a green planter on a small plate with water on it.

For the first time since I started volunteering at my local floral conservatory, I’ve brought a plant home to try and rehabilitate. I have a soft spot for cyclamens and this one has a healthy tuber so fingers crossed.

Congratulations,Trina 💕

Thank you for that wonderful lecture you just delivered to my MFA program, @alexanderchee.bsky.social. How to be a writer in this world? What to make, how to make.

Yay! Fingers crossed for you 💐

Finally! How are you, new friend?

I know! A lot of this shit can’t be undone!

Every time I update my computer or phone seems like a trick for Apple to force AI on me. All these “smart” things I then have to spend forever figuring out how to deactivate. Let me live!