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To answer a question I have unfortunately gotten: If you bring AI-generated "writing samples" of any kind, I'm not going to read them because you didn't take the time to write them. Full stop. And if you think this stellar group of professionals won't identify an AI-written sample, you are wrong.

EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...

Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...

A poster with a green and white background (art by Calcifer Poolar) reads "Fabulist Art Wanted" with the call for applications in black text.

Artist wanted! In conjunction with @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this May, we're looking to exhibit a Nova Scotia artist who works with fabulist, speculative, or otherwise fanciful themes!

If you are interested, please email tridenthalifax@eastlink.ca with an introduction & link to your work.

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it's just books

Power out for hundreds of thousands, roadways snarled with ice and snow from dangerous winter storm Power outages were reported in numerous states as a monster storm swept across much of the country.

If you've lost power and are using candles for light, make sure to keep them away from anything flammable. If you still have power and are using a space heater for extra heat, make sure it's at least 3ft away from anything flammable.

www.cbsnews.com/news/power-o...

A fishing trawler sits wedged atop a tall iceberg, gulls swirl overhead.

The Plight (another painting from yesteryear)

Oil and acrylic on canvas

(miserable grimace) everyone dunking on this because album out and very unlikely he personally wrote this. but also....... the guy basically gets turned into a lolcow by the vultures feeding off him during his very obviously real manic episodes and ive always just found it really sad

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm

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I'll never be a real Californian because you'll never catch me in the In-N-Out line when ⭐Carl's Jr is right there

How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…

I've found this resource helpful.

naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:

1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account

Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

I love when you go to a bar or brewery and it is no place special, definitely not a place known for its food, and pick the most random item off the menu and it's the best thing you've eaten in years

my unpopular lotr opinion is that the theatrical cut is better than the extended cut

SKETCHBOOK IS TOILET

It's already demoralizing to be a federal thug, a barely sentient ogre. Nobody likes or respects you. But then you go to work in -19 weather thinking surely today you'll get a break from people yelling at you. But no there they are. They're not even cold

if you need art to tell you that you're a good person and that everything will be okay, you don't like art. you probably like self-help seminars and/or religion.

I don't believe that the goal of writing (or reading) is to point to a book and say "I wrote/read this, so I'm a good person." It's 2026. Get a grip

A blue card reading "Imaro Book Club" features the cover of the novel Imaro in a circle, captioned by a description of the book club event.

A stack of "Imaro" by Charles Saunders is displayed on a dark wood bookshelf.

Welcome to the Imaro Book Club, reading Charles Saunder's iconic epic, Imaro!

Read alone or join the TriCon Discord to chat as you go. Then, during the con, come to a live book club session w/ Jon Tattrie to discuss the work.

Be part of upholding Saunders' legacy as a black Nova Scotian writer!

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There’s always next time.

finally found my dream desk chair on craigslist after a month of using a camp chair... and five years with a piece of shit from wayfair that went in the trash when I moved. just wagecuck things

*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*

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