Alex

I feel this.

it would feel upsetting if we didn’t know how to build a better world. but we DO know, and choose not to, which is infinitely more infuriating

the threat of homelessness or ill health is a boon for the capitalists because it makes people easier to control

Authors will keep writing. If big publishing wants AI books, we will run our own presses and publish ourselves and each other. They want so desperately to outmode humans, but let's promise each other we won't give in.

Cat in the woods.

Cat in the woods wearing a chunky tracking collar

Evening stroll. Encountered a forest goblin sporting some kind of enchanted amulet...

Still from Universal Language; wide shot of a man crossing an otherwise empty concrete bridge or highway, with a windowless building lit in golden dusky light in the background, with Arabic lettering on it.

Still from Universal Language; a woman takes frozen clothes off a clothesline in nocturnal moonlight.

Still from Universal Language; a man stands silhouetted in a doorway to a dark room with a patch of moonlight webbed with shadow on the blue and green wall, a nightlight glowing in the centre of the frame like a lamp.

Still from Universal Language; a woman in a glittering spangled dress ice skates in a spotlight; in the foreground, two men surrounded by soft yellow lamps on the ice play instruments.

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (2024); my kind of movie, conveying with heartwarming tactility the feeling of exploring, or returning to, a dream city, a city you have dreamed (here, a Winnipeg that isn't), where nation states, borders, time break down into the emotional truth of our communal fluidity, longing.

next up on the jim acosta show, we're interviewing ai versions of the dead sandy hook children, who would be in college now. let's hear what they think about free speech on campus

A reddish rabbit runs into the side of a grey-brown rabbig it was chasing

The grey-brown rabbit turns on the red one

the grey-brown rabbit lands a bite on the side of the reddish rabbit!

Something you might now know about Vancouver Island is that it is covered in feral cottontail rabbits. they are *everywhere*. and this morning i was witness to BUNNY VIOLENCE

THE haunted house film. Literally one of the most unsettling quiet ghost movies ever made, that many others (especially Mike Flanagan) try desperately to mimic.

The Book of Records & Other Worlds

I’ve read a lot of really great books this year but when I think of the writers who have made a profound impact on me, these two were the ones I immediately thought of. Can’t recommend them highly enough. #midyearfreakout #canlit

NOROI: THE CURSE (dir. Kōji Shiraishi)

#WITmonth

I talk about this book as frequently and obnoxiously as I do Robert Aickman. A totally singular work that has shaped my reading trajectory and has found new life among readers.

#WITmonth

Oh, do read it when you get the chance, it’s such a treat. I’ve had another one of her novels, Katalin Street, for a few years now but haven’t gotten around to it!

#WITmonth

A masterpiece, an all-timer. I didn’t know there was a film!

Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram and Yellow Barks Spider by Harman Burns

Here are two very creepy novellas by trans writers you should read #canlit #horror

The Girls by John Bowen + a cat

This was a quick, funny, satisfyingly weird read! It’s like something a more demented Barbara Pym would write. Loved it.

I just think of all the very bright ND women born from 1975-1990 in particular who got the shit end of the stick via all the bullying people did of smart girls and for girls with personality quirks and how no one was offering them dot com cash or ANYTHING like it.

THE GIRLS by John Bowen was super good. Underrated, classic British black comedy where two lesbians living their best cottagecore life go to drastic measures when the father of their baby comes back.

AKA we support lesbian rights and lesbian wrongs.

Out with a writer pal last night and they recommended My Death by Lisa Tuttle and The Girls by John Bowen. Have googled both and they're definitely being added to my wish list! (Which usually consists of stalking them on eBay for best priced used.)

I can think of a couple of people in my field who I consider genius level, and that's entirely because of their work. I have no idea how they did on tests, or on grades, or in school. As a bonus, they don't use the incredible level of their work as an excuse to be raging fucknuckles, either.

One thing I feel like I fundamentally misunderstood is how many people see social progress as threatening, especially if it’s driven by young people.

I genuinely thought that they meant it when they said they wanted a better society for the next generation. And it’s so clear that isn’t really true.

A blue bag with different dog breed faces on it. Some of them are wearing sunglasses.

I got this bag for $1.50 at Winners and I love it so much.

Read Make Me Famous by Maud Ventura (translated by Gretchen Schmid). This was gruelling! The protagonist was so deeply unlikeable! But much like with My Husband, sticking around till the end makes it worth it—it’s just a long, hard journey to get there. TW: self-harm. #witmonth

My local library is doing a summer adult reading challenge and the grand prize is an iPad but one of the other prizes is a Lego flower bouquet set that looks like it’d be really fun to put together.

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Honestly, looking back, I was pretty stable before I started interacting heavily with people.