Mary-Alice Thompson (she/her)

Happy Thanksgiving. Alice's Restaurant is almost 60 years old but the message about resisting authority en masse is just as relevant today. 😘

A Wealth of Reading · Blog Post · 49th Shelf A recommended reading list by the author of the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press). 

in which i offer recommendations for 49th Shelf: new/recent titles by Anna Swanson, Qurat Dar, Isabella Wang, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Gillian Sze, Jumoke Verissimo, Hajer Mirwali + Sadiqa de Meijer, / @49thshelf.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social ;
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...

The sweatshirt is Fabulous! I already bought the Book for all the family, but can I but the sweater?

Thank you for this-- such thoughtful answers. And your son plays beautifully, btw.

YouTube video by Greg Floyd HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER IDEAL MAN

In our recent documentary, we asked people from different communities to define the ideal man.

The answers are enlightening... 👇

HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER - THE IDEAL MAN youtu.be/5I2RH02vHEk?...

PS, my son, Adam, playing cello.

Backlist Mondays: The Western Alienation Merit Badge by Nancy Jo Cullen. Shortlisted for the ReLit Award for novels, A smart book dripping in Calgarian history, Merit Badge is dramatic queer coming of age set against the backdrop of the National Energy Program.

This is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks!

Ok, I work for small charity and all I’m hearing these days is how AI is unavoidable; get on board or get run over. I believe in meaningful work for humans. Is it possible to resist adoption of AI at your company? Anybody doing it? How?

Strangely, Friends by @kdubin.bsky.social is on @mcnallyrobinson.com's Best Sellers list this week! Learn more about the book: btlbooks.com/book/a-histo...

Painting of a busy bouquet of flowers on a surface with different blossoms one above the other against a black background

Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt

Malta: In Memory of Daphne. Media reform public consultations must lead to National Action Plan  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide 15 October 2025: On the eve of the anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, press freedom and journalists’ groups are calling on the national authorities...

#Malta: In memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, press freedom and journalists’ groups call on authorities to adopt a National Action Plan on Media Freedom and Journalist Safety.

Read more ⬇️

www.pen-international.org/news/malta-i...

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

CC: @penmena.bsky.social

Two words.
Alex Navalny.
Eventually this is where we'll find out whether SCOTUS is completely corrupted or not.

Women, if your body’s changed after childbirth…

… you made a whole person. Possibly more than one. You MADE A WHOLE HUMAN BEING.

That’s amazing. That’s astonishing. Of course you’ve been changed by that. It’s RIGHT that you’ve been changed by that. Ignore anyone who says otherwise.

'Vicious compliance': Alberta premier decries Edmonton Public Schools' banned book list | CBC News Alberta Premier Danielle Smith slammed the Edmonton Public School Board Friday morning for its banned book list, which features more than 200 titles.

What is happening in #Alberta the first — and largest — book ban of its kind in Canada.

"What the government of Alberta is doing here is book banning. It is literary censorship and we should use those words," Ira Wells told CBC.

Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

CBC headline of a story by Cat Tunney reads: Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting PMO says Heritage Foundation president knows the Trump administration's playbook

HAHAHAHA UHHHH WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK??????

Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe". Sunflowers in background.

Hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Endling, written by Maria Reva, is an unforgettable novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine.

Find out more about this #BookerPrize2025 longlisted book: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/93wbixn0qe

“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.

Prosecutorial Independence and the Rule of Law - Ontario Crown Attorneys Association Please find below an open letter from OCAA President, Donna Kellway, regarding recent attacks on prosecutorial independence and the rule of law: July 29, 2025 Prosecutorial Independence and the Rule.....

www.ocaa.ca/prosecutoria...

A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.

-Credits: NASA

Susan Wismer shares her poem ‘On Distance’ with us today, along with some of her favourite poets, the other art forms that inspire her, and some of the best advice she’s received as a writer. Thanks Susan!

pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.

If this is true then it is treason.
High treason.
Canada must investigate whether Trump' dangled $500 million to support the break up our country.
Danielle Smith needs to come clean with Alberta and Canada on any backroom negotiations to aid the destruction of Canada.
www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...

Print of a stylised red sun with smiling face and chin tribal tattoo, the sun has rays like petals of a flower, all against a cream background

The Woman Who Lives in the Sun' (1960) by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Cloth model aids for midwifery

Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray was a famous 18th century French midwife who designed various teaching aids to train midwives about anatomy and obstetrics. Her work saved many lives in the age #WomensArt

The dog needs to be fed and walked. 😉

Apparently we are not allowed to question anything the PM does. This is what Trumpworld is like: let's not let that kind of insidious blind sycophancy spread to Canada.
It is perfectly legitimate to ask why Carney said during the campaign that he would fund CBC and now wants them to cut spending.

#booksky