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Father, Author, #sff, #yalit, #canlit, Transit Enthusiast, Communications Officer (he/him) Learn more about me at https://bowjamesbow.ca/

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5 comments | Enjoy this unboxing of my new edition of “The Night Girl”, now with Canadian spelling! And join me at Words Worth Books in Waterloo at 2pm on Saturday August 30 for cake! #bookbirthday W... Enjoy this unboxing of my new edition of “The Night Girl”, now with Canadian spelling! And join me at Words Worth Books in Waterloo at 2pm on Saturday August 30 for cake! #bookbirthday Words Worth...

Happy Book Re-Birthday to "The Night Girl". Enjoy this unboxing video and hopefully we'll meet at When Words Collide in Calgary, or Words Worth Books in Waterloo.

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06.08.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WELKER: Does the administration have any evidence that the jobs numbers were rigged?

HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions

WELKER: But hard evidence?

HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence


(They are not "hard evidence")

03.08.2025 14:09 — 👍 11129    🔁 2323    💬 1486    📌 465
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Support African Translation Project African Translation Project; Current Goal: $2500 by the end of August - to begin translation of: The Crocodile Doesn’t Hunt / Zvinobvinza by Pauline Chirata-Mukondiwa, translated from Shona by Zukiswa...

Here is the link: ko-fi.com/africantrans...

01.08.2025 13:36 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

GEN CON! Writers! Gamers! Friends!

If you're on a panel or event, please pitch the project. Just a quick mention - "I hope you'll check out the 'African Translation Project' on Ko-Fi; it's got a cool art shop" would mean so much to me, and the human editors and translators this is paying.

01.08.2025 12:47 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIMES FOR THE UNITED STATES/U.S.:

30.07.2025 02:23 — 👍 325    🔁 191    💬 10    📌 32
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Tsunami advisory issued for several parts of the B.C. coast after major earthquake near Russia | CBC News A tsunami watch has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon.

Please share as wide as possible, don’t just ‘like’ this message. Lives depend on making sure as many get this as possible. #Tsunami #Pacific #Earthquake #DemVoice1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

30.07.2025 01:57 — 👍 1065    🔁 1582    💬 17    📌 42

This is blatant corruption, and the people involved in this should be thrown in jail.

30.07.2025 02:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The biggest-name influencers are directly attacking efforts to eliminate coal, oil and gas bc "you don't need to do anything to change your life" is a popular message among the TEDxSydney resin jewellry set (none of whom will be selling their Lexus SUV after listening to Wilson)

archive.md/Cgwbe

29.07.2025 23:30 — 👍 68    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 2

Friends, we have work to do.

www.edmontonin2030.org/support-the-...

29.07.2025 03:47 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

21.07.2025 17:20 — 👍 69474    🔁 21297    💬 1613    📌 766

Elon Musk saw the list, saw Trump was on it, WAS OKAY WITH IT and ONLY posted about it, because he didn't get what he wanted in destroying & robbing the country & was throwing a shitfit mantrum about it. Seeing too many posts making him out like he's an innocent witness in this, instead of complicit

25.07.2025 00:23 — 👍 72    🔁 16    💬 1    📌 2

It’s like Five Guys Burger and Fries. Me and my two kids order burgers each, and then get one small fry for the table. It’s usually enough.

25.07.2025 00:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’d split mine with you. :-)

25.07.2025 00:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This IS an international incident. It is also contemptible.

24.07.2025 21:28 — 👍 76    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 2

IT'S LIVE

24.07.2025 23:08 — 👍 1803    🔁 530    💬 68    📌 68

New Blog Post: In which, while praising the work done on the Kitchener GO Train line, I decry its many missed opportunities, especially UP Express: bowjamesbow.ca/2025/07/22/s...

22.07.2025 20:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Short story:

"Look, I WARNED you not to pull that prank. It's called 'fight OR flight' for a reason. Not everybody chooses the second option."

16.07.2025 20:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨MAJOR LIE: Trump claims that Obama & Comey “made up” the Epstein files.

FACT CHECK: The first federal Epstein probe was under George W. Bush.
The second was July 2019 UNDER TRUMP.

Obama had ZERO to do with it. Share to expose Trump’s lies!

15.07.2025 20:40 — 👍 1616    🔁 1004    💬 117    📌 50
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Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of Apple TV+’s Murderbot

Remember tonight: reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...

10.07.2025 23:07 — 👍 532    🔁 149    💬 17    📌 0

Just got in the UPX at Bloor, airport bound. Loads of regular commuters got off & train still crowded. Travellers & commuters. You see the potential for more. The unambition of Metrolinx is such a profound shame. All Ford’s watch.

10.07.2025 21:26 — 👍 123    🔁 12    💬 10    📌 0

It's time to replace the equipment, I think. The ones they have are mechanically unreliable, and there's barely enough to schedule 15 minute service with 3 car trains. They'd need about 24-27 to ensure ten minute service, which would significantly improve capacity.

10.07.2025 22:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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“I want to go get my mom”

HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of farm workers grabbed by Trump’s Gestapo in California

Who is this Stephen Miller cruelty porn helping? D

10.07.2025 21:28 — 👍 1504    🔁 710    💬 183    📌 82

That sounds like an amazing event! 🎉🍰 Urban fantasy is such a vibrant genre. Wishing you a fantastic launch for "The Night Girl"! Can't wait to hear all about it! #SFF #BookLaunch

07.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Texas Floods Were Made Worse by Climate Denialism Elected officials must be held accountable, now and in the future, for the lives lost in disasters brought on by increasingly extreme weather.

BLOOMBERG: ".. Not every life can be spared from climate change, unfortunately, but many more could be saved if elected officials stopped pretending that they’re powerless to do anything about it."

@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

08.07.2025 10:58 — 👍 3046    🔁 994    💬 101    📌 50

(Almost) every fantasy novel has a fantasy map. Here's mine: bowjamesbow.ca/2025/07/07/m...

07.07.2025 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So, Toronto area #SFF lovers! Doing anything on the evening of Thu Sep 18?

We're gathering at Bakka Phoenix (@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social) on Harbord St to celebrate the relaunch of my Toronto urban fantasy novel "The Night Girl"! Come mingle and eat snacks and cake!

www.facebook.com/share/19zrKf...

07.07.2025 12:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE.

This openly QUEER WOMAN FROM THE ACTUAL RIDING as per a Yahoo news article, "says she also objects to right-wing points of view on trans issues" is running against Pierre Poilievre folks.

ca.news.yahoo.com/meet-militar...

04.07.2025 01:47 — 👍 172    🔁 73    💬 5    📌 13

Amplifying, because responsibility in activism, branding and resistance to evil more generally...

02.07.2025 15:33 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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My story The Muskhole King just dropped in the new sci-fi anthology Tales from the Silence!

It’s set in the “Muskholes”—slums on Mars built from the ruins of Elon Musk’s legacy.

🛰️ Earth is gone. Mars is alone.

Read more here: shadowpawpress.com/product/tale...
#SciFi, #CanadianAuthor

12.04.2025 04:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0