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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦
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The wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of Canadian Literature. www.krwilson.ca No A.I.
Stan On Guard coming Mar 2026.

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Richard Middlewood Wilson was an English philologist.

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1
TEASER BOOK TRAILER
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.

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Stan On Guard book trailer
Teaser trailer for the 2026 novel Stan On Guard by K. R. Wilson.
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 8h
All the finer details have been confirmed for the book launch!
RSVP in the link (please).
Grateful to @anotherstoryto.bsky.social & #TorontoLitUp #torontoartscouncil for their support.

Book Launch: Thursday March 5 — Society Clubhouse
Doors: 6:00pm
Start: 6:30pm

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Another Story Bookshop
Another Story Bookshop is an independent bookshop committed to equality & diversity featuring a wide selection for kids & adults.
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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 8h
Great thread.
badtoss.bsky.social Catherine Prendergast🇺🇦🪬 @badtoss.bsky.social · 1d
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.

A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
A year-end special from me:

The 25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin, in ranking order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin
The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.
open.substack.com

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 11h
In undergrad I told one of my professors that I liked a particular turn of phrase I’d recently heard, and he responded “Of course you do. It’s trite.”
thereal3ccentric.bsky.social 3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 4d
What's an insult you'll never forget?

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 15h
Isn’t that the defining characteristic of MAGA?

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 15h
🎯
chrisgardiner.bsky.social Chris Gardiner @chrisgardiner.bsky.social · 3d
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.

But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
samuelhorti.bsky.social Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 15h
The list of my 3 favourite reads of the year (which for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social’s purposes means from Oct 2024 through Sept 2025) is now up. track.pstmrk.it/3s/shepherd....
Want to know K.R. Wilson's Top 3 Books of 2025?
K.R.'s top 3 reads of 2025 include Dayspring and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
track.pstmrk.it

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 17h
Again, AI people fundamentally misunderstand creativity AND economics. They think ideas are everything (it’s execution) and that their ideas are intrinsically worth $$$ (ideas are a dime a dozen) and therefore their mass produced slop spat out by a publicly available tool is worth $$$$

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h
He has no idea what he's talking about.
MAGA Podcaster Gets Blistering History Lesson After Trying To Criticize Australia's Gun Laws
www.comicsands.com

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Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social · 1d
An (embarrassing) mastery of the passive voice, here.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.

Almost.

Reposted by John McLaren, R. M. Wilson, Stuart Shapiro

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Catherine Prendergast🇺🇦🪬 @badtoss.bsky.social · 1d
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.

A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...

Reposted by R. M. Wilson, Michael Larkin

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 1d
Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have:

- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.

Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 3d
of course bari weiss can be both stupid and evil! that is the point of transphobia, it is evil that you can do even if you are too stupid for other forms of evil, because you can just say the same 2-5 transphobic things over and over again and you get an automatic audience of rich credulous freaks

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Nosferatu @realnosferatu.bsky.social · 3d
With the high rate of severe influenza we are seeing do NOT take part in family gatherings if you are unwell especially if you are going to be with very young, elderly, or immunocompromised folks.
JUST DON’T DO IT.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d
“Why didn’t the media report” usually turns out to be “why didn’t I read/watch.”

People have lives and the algorithms blind us, but still, have less certainty in that critique!

Reposted by Anna O. Law, R. M. Wilson, Larry W. Hunter

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 3d
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
a red original Mini Cooper parked between two Tesla Cybertrucks

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Chris Gardiner @chrisgardiner.bsky.social · 3d
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.

But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Smells of desperation.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d
The first teaser for “Avengers: Doomsday” is out:

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d
The first teaser for “Avengers: Doomsday” is out:

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Der Fisher @blackholefun.bsky.social · 3d
Does it have an option for "I will never buy a book which was written by an LLM because that is not what books are for. Stop trying to fuck over artists more than you already have"?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
U.S. Department of Justice @TheJusticeDept The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already. Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 3d
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get more involved in fighting creeping Christofascism, clear your schedule on January 10.

The last time these ding dongs tried to march at Christie Pits they were outnumbered 10-1.

I bet we can do better than that this time.

#Toronto
#CounterProtest
A poster by a Christofascist group called Canada First Movement shows a Canadian flag beside a large white cross and an airplane flying towards the right side of the poster. They’re hosting a racist rally called Stop Mass Immigration at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on January 10 at 1 pm. The words at the bottom of the poster say START MASS DEPORTATIONS • CLOSE OUR BORDERS.

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 3d
“Countries
that still hold to liberal values absolutely do not respect Trump’s 🇺🇸US. They treat it like an angry, incoherent drunk with a bazooka. You say whatever you hope might calm them down, but you certainly don’t respect them.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 3d
There are too many variables affecting food prices to predict whether cancelling the carbon tax would bring down grocery prices but I am now certain my new talking points about the costly Liberals are definitely the only things affecting food prices. Also, Trudeau. That's Conservative common sense.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. n.pr/4pNYnVN
U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.
n.pr

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TorontoBikeMama @mamatoronto.bsky.social · 3d
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial

No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm

Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca

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3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 4d
What's an insult you'll never forget?