Omg my novel is coming true!!
In #HopeStreet they drain lake Ontario to build an AI data centre.
Omg my novel is coming true!!
In #HopeStreet they drain lake Ontario to build an AI data centre.
@robyndansereau.bsky.social omg it's HopeStreet
06.03.2026 21:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βBut it makes no sense that we should be afraid of places where people can get most of what we need, closer by. Maybe our kids can even walk to the store! No walls, no guardsβ¦Itβs just a normal, βcommon senseβ place to live β as most cities used to be, before we mandated car dependency.β #UrbanTruth
05.03.2026 20:54 β π 62 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0
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Support indie art. It is (almost literally) the only art that remainsπ€β οΈ
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Also: HopeStreet by Bel Terrill (speculative fic)
23.02.2026 05:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Penguin Archives edition of The Veiled Woman by Anais Nin. Cover is a pale teal colour with black text in the most annoying angular font you can imagine.
(though I hate the cover font)
23.02.2026 05:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today I applied to renew my British passport from Canada, read a short story by Anais Nin, made an enormous pile of pancakes and unintentionally had to walk my daughter home in a -30 windchill.
None of these things are related and that's what makes a good weekend.
A lot of talking about Bluesky going on around here tonight, so Iβll share this again β this platform has the best community and conversation relating to city-building/urbanism. And itβs the platform that I like the best, thatβs closest to the old Twitter than I loved. I hope it keeps growing.
23.02.2026 03:32 β π 450 π 49 π¬ 12 π 2Clearly not. Delusional.
22.02.2026 23:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What?? You cannot support Ukraine and defend Israeli genocide!
22.02.2026 19:54 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0An open A4 notebook with a drafted essay handwritten in black biro. The biro pen lays on the right page. There are many words crossed out. Bubble font text reads "call for submissions"
Last CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Pete's Press is curating a new nonfiction anthology, on the theme of Hope and Failure.
We're in need of four more short pieces of original nonfic, on any interpretation of that theme. 1500-3000 words please.
Deets: petespress.ca/work-with-us...
#booksky #writersky ππ
Hi! Is this open to folks outside the UK?
18.02.2026 15:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Absolutely right!!
16.02.2026 16:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This hits home.
15.02.2026 23:02 β π 92 π 3 π¬ 8 π 1This is the sort of internet content I live for.
16.02.2026 05:08 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Photo of Daniel Grassl
Photo of Daniel Grassl
Photo of Daniel Grassl
Photo of Daniel Grassl
My favorite photos from the Olympics are of this Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl. He looks absolutely insane in so many of them. It's great.
15.02.2026 02:22 β π 4818 π 730 π¬ 80 π 145
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Ban cars
I really want an egg mayonnaise sammich.
12.02.2026 02:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Proud that I own three of these already!
12.02.2026 01:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Queen City Urbanist Book Club has a spicy reading list that I've just updated going through February 2027!
Reading the book is never required and we hope you join! To sign up, please visit the Cathedral Community Centre website: cathedralvillage.org/adult-progra...
#YQR
Early Jean Rhys!!
03.02.2026 05:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Merry birthday mad person!!
28.01.2026 22:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Such a fab review, thank you!!!
#booksky
In the UK,.rarely more than 25. Graduated grade 12 (called 13 there) in 2000 - I think it's got progressive more crowded since!
28.01.2026 22:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ink sketch of Seaton House in Toronto with people lining up outside it.
Got commissioned to sketch the cover of a new @petespress.bsky.social book!!
28.01.2026 17:19 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, new boiler is all installed, should have Warmth in about an hour.
23.01.2026 15:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's -36 and of course our hot water boiler has died.
It is getting replaced by a mighty duo lugging large tanks about in this cold, but they are hindered by the idiotic kitten determined to leap through their legs and out the door at any given opportunity.
Does she not possess survival instincts?
Well, I did my thing... Not exactly crowds, but enough to keep me happy!
#booklaunch
Toronto!! I have had THE BEST night.
Thank you.