Candas Jane Dorsey

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Good thread!

Trump cabinet member weighs in on Alberta separatism | CBC News U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented Thursday on the separatist movement in Alberta — making him the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to weigh in on the province's politic...

Here comes Trump's vindictiveness and interventionism. Canadians everywhere and Albertans in particular should have no illusions about the Alberta separation movement. It is funded and supported from abroad in order to destroy Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yes! And that Aurora Award Book Club of @csffa.bsky.social is a fabulous idea!

Now is the time to register or renew for your CSFFA membership -- it's only ten bucks. :)

This book club (covering every Aurora Best Novel winner) is ambitious and cool!

This is going to be just so great. Phyllis was a goddess...

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

Please find an announcement from us on the tragic passing of our friend and fellow board member, Jean-Louis Trudel.

mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...

Gonna be fun to talk about Phyllis and her work at the inaugural Aurora Book Club January 22 2026!

Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."

billmoyers.com/story/poetry...

But that's sad. We like you!

This only happens to you once

Get a hobby. (joke)(in case I had to say that)

It does not escape me that those of us who have been saying it was a genocide, since early days, are also the ones who correctly called what is happening here fascism, since early days.

Things are pretty obvious if you are willing to look.

Can confirm @cjlavigne.com is the kindest human.

It was great fun!

BEST TITLE AT #yegfringe: Tonight I saw Celia Taylor’s play “Cult of the Clitoris” - great fun, great cast, and I learned some #Lgbtq History!

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Good question...kinda obvious tho...

One Book. One Day. Thirteen Cities. Thirty-Six Authors. Come and celebrate the global launch of THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND at one of our many events across the US, Canada, and UK. Authors will discuss their stories and contributions and sign copies of the book. Get your tickets to one of the events today! ALL EVENTS HAPPENING ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 in the following cities: Houston, TX Joe R. Lansdale and Bev Vincent 6:30 PM CT @ MURDER BY THE BOOK  CLICK FOR MORE INFO  Brooklyn, NY Alex Segura, Nat Cassidy, Wayne Brady, & Maurice Broaddus  7:00 PM ET @ BOOKS ARE MAGIC  CLICK FOR MORE INFO Columbia, PA Brian Keene, Alma Katsu, Somer Canon, Chuck Wendig, Richard Chizmar, Ronald Malfi, & Bryan Smith  5:00 PM ET @ VORTEX BOOKS & COMICS   CLICK FOR MORE INFO Los Angeles, CA Caroline Kepnes, Catriona Ward, Sarah Langan, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, & David J. Schow  7:00 PM PT @ SKYLIGHT BOOKS  CLICK FOR MORE INFO Austin, TX Gabino Iglesias, Wrath James White, Meg Gardiner, & C. Robert Cargill  7:00 PM CT @ BOOKPEOPLE  CLICK FOR MORE INFO Beverly, MA Christopher Golden, Paul Tremblay, & Rio Youers  7:00 PM ET @ COPPER DOG BOOKS  Frederick, MD Hailey Piper in conversation with Jessica McHugh  6:00 PM ET @ CURIOUS IGUANA   CLICK FOR MORE INFO Detroit, MI Josh Malerman & Jonathan Janz  TIME TBA @ LOCATION TBA via THE BOOK BEAT  Bismarck, ND Usman T. Malik 6:30 PM CT @ BARNES & NOBLE CLICK FOR MORE INFO Bangor, ME Michael Koryta & Catherynne M. Valente 6:00 PM ET @ THE BRIAR PATCH  CLICK FOR MORE INFO Chicago, IL  Cynthia Pelayo 7:00 PM CT @ BUCKET O'BLOOD BOOKS AND RECORDS  CLICK FOR MORE INFO Edmonton, Canada Premee Mohamed in conversation with Candas Jane Dorsey 7:00 MT @ AUDREYS BOOKS  CLICK FOR MORE INFO London, UK Tim Lebbon & V. Castro 5:30 BST @ FORBIDDEN PLANET 

By the way I hope I will see my fellow Edmontonian horror fans at the signing for THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT -- please note our illustrious city of CANADA 😂

I will be in conversation with @cjdwriter.bsky.social at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social 7 pm Aug 19!

It is INDEED PROPHESIZED and actually our event (in conversation with the illustrious @cjdwriter.bsky.social ) is already up on the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social site! 😍

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About On Spec / Contact Us In 1989, a small group of Edmonton writers formed The Copper Pig Writers Society in order to fill a niche in Canada–a paying market for English SF. SF with a uniquely Canadian Perspective. Of…

Let’s talk about an Edmonton science fiction institution -- On Spec, Canada’s most prominent English-language science fiction magazine.

onspec.ca/about-on-spec

We are at this place. Appalling.

If you are part of the #Edmonton community please take and share this survey from #BoyleStreet: di.legeropinion.com/survey/selfs...

In 5 1/2 hours Edmonton Magpie Morris will be dancing the sun up in the Old Strathcona gazebo.

This conversation with the one-and-only @premeemohamed.com is gonna be great!!

This will be grand!

Obvs spending more than 60 years deprogramming and appreciating the role of all the scary crawlies, not just worms, which is why I'm looking with interest at a rethinking of their role. Fascinating convo, thanks!