Robyn Thomas 🇨🇦

Changing borders by force is a horrific post-second world war precedent. Fuck Trump, Vance and Putin. And Netanyahu. Stop dreaming about and stealing land you absolute scum.

"I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief.
I come into the presence of still water."
- Wendell Berry

US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!” OTTAWA - Following months of declining Canadian travel to the USA, Americans have launched a tourism campaign inviting Canadians to visit locations like New York, Austin, and possibly even take an all...

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The river cuts
its meat from the sky.
"Step back!" we say, in hard-packed snow

New poem out in the latest Pinhole Poetry Issue!

Canada Thwarts Trump-Backed Team USA in Hockey Final Team USA came close to giving the President and his supporters a sort of first MAGA world title, but ultimately fell short in overtime.

Thank god.

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First foray into poetry! Reading in Edinburgh at the wonderful Alcove poetry night at the Strath. www.facebook.com/events/38230...

Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S. In response to President Donald Trump’s continued musing about the U.S. acquiring Greenland from Denmark, Danish citizens have launched their own effort to purchase America’s most econo…

Love it.

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

A Safe Place 3:14am: *First warning beep this month*  Feel fine but Father’s breath is jagged and wheezing. That can’t be it. Father’s condition is unsurprising and doesn’t affect my day-to-day. Can’t tell if I…

I've got a short story published in the excellent @whiskeytit.com journal. In this world, mental stability is an obligation not a choice. When Jackson's father dies, will he let himself feel forbidden grief?
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Well, it's clear the billionaire class are ruining the world. Trump/Elon are trying to expand their empire into Canada, Panama, Greenland, now the Gaza Strip? So the question is, what do we do to stop these land grabbing, profit gorging lunatics? The big and little things that add up?

For those interested in Mad Studies, or understanding madness as strategic and purposeful in its own way rather than as a defect or dysfunction, highly recommend Madness: A Philosophical Exploration by Justin Garson.

Well that was quite the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Saw an incredible puppet show- The Life and Times of Michael K, a brilliant stand up comedy about chronic illness, a murder mystery musical, orchestral jazz, and more. Congrats to the performers who've earned a much needed hermit.