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Canadian author of 3 award-winning, trad-published books of fiction, nominated for international and national prizes. Writing a magic realism series that needs to get out there before the world ends. Witches & writers against fascism sort of stuff.

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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executedโ€”in a country where Russians were starving.

23.10.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10293    ๐Ÿ” 3549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 778    ๐Ÿ“Œ 432
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Motherfucking wind farmsโ€ฆ

30.07.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47063    ๐Ÿ” 17696    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1150    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2377

Hulk Hogan being dead means one less MAGA in the world, and thatโ€™s how I be thinking from now on. Death doesnโ€™t exonerate Nazis.

24.07.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Burn Baby Burn

22.07.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 578    ๐Ÿ” 145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge ๐Ÿงช

18.07.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22707    ๐Ÿ” 6752    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 123

Cancel CBS.

18.07.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still space for this Saturday morning creative writing workshop in St. John's, Newfoundland on August 16.

Visit www.gerardcollins.ca for details and to register.

15.07.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm a purist, so I'd probably watch for free, regardless.

14.07.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the tip! I'm just an amateur, but I can dream.

14.07.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Instead of watching MLB's homerun derby this evening, I might check out HGTV to see if there's a paint-drying competition on the go.

14.07.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œFatal Attractionโ€ starring Musk and Trump

01.07.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe that, soon, Trump will present the citizenry with a newly-written version of the Constitution to replace the current one. That way, nothing they ever do, going forward, can be considered unconstitutional. Project 2025 is a guide book that will give birth to a new Constitution.

27.06.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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How the godforsaken fuck do we live on a planet teetering on WW3 because a bunch of citizens in one fucked-up country couldnโ€™t muster the sense

twice

to just vote for a damn woman?

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23.06.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 312    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Love to see Trump erect a huge statue of himself on the WH lawn so it becomes a focal point for protest and, ultimately, the country's liberators can have the symbolic satisfaction of destroying it. Trump likely has dreamed of such a monument but worries about being able to get it up and keep it up.

20.06.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All those people in the U.S. who, for decades, have hoarded their guns as a constitution- and God-given right in case the government came after its citizensโ€ฆ Hello? You awake?

10.06.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.

It doesnโ€™t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men

04.06.2025 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30703    ๐Ÿ” 6228    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1029    ๐Ÿ“Œ 357

You can't just wait for the pendulum to swing back and forth; sometimes you need to give it a good hard, violent push.

10.05.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear America, we do like you, just not in that way.

07.05.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile, in Canadaโ€ฆ

02.05.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34542    ๐Ÿ” 7154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 921    ๐Ÿ“Œ 681
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They better be careful what they ask for

24.04.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19937    ๐Ÿ” 4225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 916    ๐Ÿ“Œ 310

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The resistance to women like AOC becoming president has nothing to do with policy.

Itโ€™s about power, and who weโ€™ve been conditioned to believe deserves to hold it.

Letโ€™s challenge that.

Loudly.

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18.04.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 711    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Iโ€™m done talking to conservatives. They canโ€™t see what they canโ€™t see. From now on, Iโ€™m talking over them, around them, and through them. Itโ€™s all thatโ€™s left.

14.04.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the date! #resist #democracyDefender
#04/19/25

07.04.2025 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1421    ๐Ÿ” 439    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Whereโ€™s the coverage on mainstream? What good is 24-hour โ€œnewsโ€ if you wonโ€™t cover actual news when it happensโ€”and itโ€™s happening all day. Thatโ€™s literally why CNN, MSNBC, and CBC Newsworld were created. And yet they capitulate to despotism.

05.04.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Being right about where things were going all along and where they're going has no reward.

03.04.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is what happens when people speak up.

03.04.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41066    ๐Ÿ” 8029    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1361    ๐Ÿ“Œ 444

Itโ€™s so ridiculous. Iโ€™m sorry for the state of your nation right now and truly hope things can be righted sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, I hope you get to make that journey north, there and back again.

03.04.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear CTV: Go fuck yourself. We literally "don't have the bandwidth" to deal with you right now. Go find yourself another country to corrupt. Oh, wait. Forget I said that.

02.04.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree with you that the whole thing is stupidly dumb right now.

02.04.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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