Andrea Zanin
@andreazanin.bsky.social
Enby Leatherqueer (they). Author, Post-Nonmonogamy & Beyond; co-author, More Than Two, 2nd ed. Translator & editor. Cyclist 🚲 Taster 🫖🍫🧀🍷 Night 🦇. Lapsed spoonie & PhD student. Tkaronto/Toronto. sexgeek.wordpress.com. 💚: 📚👠💅📽 🧠
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Andrea Zanin
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Andrea Zanin
Andrea Zanin, MA, is a white, nonbinary, middle-aged queer writer who lives in Tkaronto (Toronto, Ontario), on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa...
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When annexation threats started, 🇨🇦ns wondered if 🇺🇸ns would stand up to prevent it.
Our friends/neighbours in MN standing boldly in the cold & directly confronting threats to their communities is the most hope-inspiring thing in this dark time.
YWG to MSP group road trip when this is over, right?
Our friends/neighbours in MN standing boldly in the cold & directly confronting threats to their communities is the most hope-inspiring thing in this dark time.
YWG to MSP group road trip when this is over, right?
Lang's boys are vastly outnumbered by folks in opposition across the road here. People chanting, "go home Nazis" and "Nazis fuck off!"
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When annexation threats started, 🇨🇦ns wondered if 🇺🇸ns would stand up to prevent it.
Our friends/neighbours in MN standing boldly in the cold & directly confronting threats to their communities is the most hope-inspiring thing in this dark time.
YWG to MSP group road trip when this is over, right?
Our friends/neighbours in MN standing boldly in the cold & directly confronting threats to their communities is the most hope-inspiring thing in this dark time.
YWG to MSP group road trip when this is over, right?
Hey @toronto.ca your bike lane snow removal is so bad that a handful of cyclists had to do it for you on their own time. Shame on you for neglecting the absolute basics of managing a major Canadian city in winter! And many thanks to them for their efforts. 🚲💚❄🌨
jnyyz.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/b...
jnyyz.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/b...
Bike lane snow clearing party
Albert organized a bike lane clearing party this morning. The goal was to start at Royal York and Bloor, and to work our way east. First step for me: figuring out how to carry a snow shovel on the …
jnyyz.wordpress.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Hey @toronto.ca your bike lane snow removal is so bad that a handful of cyclists had to do it for you on their own time. Shame on you for neglecting the absolute basics of managing a major Canadian city in winter! And many thanks to them for their efforts. 🚲💚❄🌨
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It's not mysterious. Like... at all. Canada wants to expand its international trade network to offset the loss of reliable businesses relations with the USA and is therefore actively pursuing partnerships elsewhere in the world. Who would want to bargain with a maniac who threatens to invade? 🙄
Peter Navarro: "I was tempted to put something up on X and Gettr to the effect of, was Carney looking for a discount on fentanyl while he was over? I don't know what their strategy is. If Canada thinks they can use China as a bargaining chip, that doesn't end well."
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It's not mysterious. Like... at all. Canada wants to expand its international trade network to offset the loss of reliable businesses relations with the USA and is therefore actively pursuing partnerships elsewhere in the world. Who would want to bargain with a maniac who threatens to invade? 🙄
#manicure #extremityfetish The longer I do this, the more I understand that indie polish brands are all basically playing with the same ingredients. They do different things with them, and quality of formula certainly varies, but some of the same features pop up across different makers' creations.
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
#manicure #extremityfetish The longer I do this, the more I understand that indie polish brands are all basically playing with the same ingredients. They do different things with them, and quality of formula certainly varies, but some of the same features pop up across different makers' creations.
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Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson, who was told by the university to remove readings by Plato & others from his moral problems course, is replacing them with a news article about the university's censorship and violation of academic freedom. See Update 3 at dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates) - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson, who was told by the university to remove readings by Plato & others from his moral problems course, is replacing them with a news article about the university's censorship and violation of academic freedom. See Update 3 at dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?” This is such a good read. AI takeover is *not* inevitable.
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?” This is such a good read. AI takeover is *not* inevitable.
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"ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval w ppl loudly expressing their disapproval. The noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon" it.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval w ppl loudly expressing their disapproval. The noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon" it.
I avoid plastic as much as possible, and that's not gonna change, but it's interesting to learn how the science isn't yet settled on microplastics in human bodies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I avoid plastic as much as possible, and that's not gonna change, but it's interesting to learn how the science isn't yet settled on microplastics in human bodies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Now this is art.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Now this is art.
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Hopefully more former X people will join us here on Bluesky.
X down: Twitter not working in another major outage
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Hopefully more former X people will join us here on Bluesky.
Yeah, I heard that phrase come out of his mouth and I was like... wow. OK. We're not even bothering to pretend otherwise anymore, I see.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
Prime Minister Carney states that the progress made on Canada's partnership with China "sets us up well for the new world order."
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Yeah, I heard that phrase come out of his mouth and I was like... wow. OK. We're not even bothering to pretend otherwise anymore, I see.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.
Brilliant. (Assuming it's @deathbybadger.bsky.social but from the Bad Place sometime way back when?)
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Brilliant. (Assuming it's @deathbybadger.bsky.social but from the Bad Place sometime way back when?)
#CurrentlyReading, or rather, just finished and enjoyed very much! Unexpectedly full of nonmonogamy.
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#CurrentlyReading, or rather, just finished and enjoyed very much! Unexpectedly full of nonmonogamy.
Snow day? Fine, I'm making a fancy breakfast. (Good thing I did my groceries yesterday, just before the snow.) Eggs with seasoned zucchini, pine nuts, Amazing Grey hard goat cheese, fresh ground pepper and hemp hearts; seven-grain rye with avocado; fresh sweet raspberries; a nice malty oolong. 😋
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Snow day? Fine, I'm making a fancy breakfast. (Good thing I did my groceries yesterday, just before the snow.) Eggs with seasoned zucchini, pine nuts, Amazing Grey hard goat cheese, fresh ground pepper and hemp hearts; seven-grain rye with avocado; fresh sweet raspberries; a nice malty oolong. 😋
#CurrentlyReading and I'll give some backstory. I have amassed a large book collection over the last 30 years and I have not read all of it. I have a whole (small) bookcase devoted to what I call "purge" books—books I do want to read, but that I'm fairly sure I'll let go of once I'm done. ...
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
#CurrentlyReading and I'll give some backstory. I have amassed a large book collection over the last 30 years and I have not read all of it. I have a whole (small) bookcase devoted to what I call "purge" books—books I do want to read, but that I'm fairly sure I'll let go of once I'm done. ...
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From MN poet and my dear friend, Bao Phi: “When we stand together, the distance between us closes.”
Why Minnesotans Fear ICE
The weight of state violence isn’t abstract, it’s personal, argues Minneapolis poet Bao Phi.
time.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
From MN poet and my dear friend, Bao Phi: “When we stand together, the distance between us closes.”
Just a thought. As Twitter (yes I'm deadnaming it) is on the verge of total collapse, now would be a great time to start routinely asking your favourite companies, organizations, news outlets etc. if they've joined BlueSky yet. I love it here and I'd love to see all the "missing" groups show up!
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Just a thought. As Twitter (yes I'm deadnaming it) is on the verge of total collapse, now would be a great time to start routinely asking your favourite companies, organizations, news outlets etc. if they've joined BlueSky yet. I love it here and I'd love to see all the "missing" groups show up!
Audio editor for the book I just finished narrating sent along another compliment today: "I've worked with lots of narrators by the way, and this person is really talented." I don't really listen to audiobooks so I have no basis for comparison, but it's awfully nice to hear I'm doing a good job! ...
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Audio editor for the book I just finished narrating sent along another compliment today: "I've worked with lots of narrators by the way, and this person is really talented." I don't really listen to audiobooks so I have no basis for comparison, but it's awfully nice to hear I'm doing a good job! ...
I just saw the film Chronology of Water, starring Imogen Poots and directed by Kristen Stewart, based on the memoir of the same title by Lidia Yuknavitch. That memoir, when I read it in 2012, was a kind of brain explosion moment for me—it opened up a whole new understanding of what memoir could be.
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I just saw the film Chronology of Water, starring Imogen Poots and directed by Kristen Stewart, based on the memoir of the same title by Lidia Yuknavitch. That memoir, when I read it in 2012, was a kind of brain explosion moment for me—it opened up a whole new understanding of what memoir could be.
#manicure #extremityfetish (because small joys are keeping me steady right now). This week I went for a neutral metallics skittle. Thumb to pinky: Gleam Supreme (Sally Hansen), Pearl Clutcher (Mooncat), Gilty Party (Sally Hansen), Outlaw Country and Firewall (both Mooncat). I'm enjoying the vibe!
January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
#manicure #extremityfetish (because small joys are keeping me steady right now). This week I went for a neutral metallics skittle. Thumb to pinky: Gleam Supreme (Sally Hansen), Pearl Clutcher (Mooncat), Gilty Party (Sally Hansen), Outlaw Country and Firewall (both Mooncat). I'm enjoying the vibe!
Well this is... a grim kind of good news? Doesn't explain why they followed orders on Venezuela, which also wasn't authorized by Congress, but it does reassure us somewhat about Greenland, and by extension, Canada. Except it's bananas that we even have to talk about this at all. Also exhausting.
January 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Well this is... a grim kind of good news? Doesn't explain why they followed orders on Venezuela, which also wasn't authorized by Congress, but it does reassure us somewhat about Greenland, and by extension, Canada. Except it's bananas that we even have to talk about this at all. Also exhausting.
I got a Nexus card when I was doing a book tour in 2024. It made me twitchy to be giving so much info to the US government, but I didn't realize it was also the only option for a verified traveler program if you're traveling within Canada! This really needs to change, wow. Cc @equitableeducation.ca
If Canadians, travelling domestically, want to use the "good" security line at the airport, they need a NEXUS card, even if they aren't going to the US. And they need the blessing of Donald Trump's Homeland Security apparatus to get one. I'm calling on Canada to end this absurdity. #Canada #NEXUS
Why we need a Made-In-Canada Verified Traveller Program
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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January 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I got a Nexus card when I was doing a book tour in 2024. It made me twitchy to be giving so much info to the US government, but I didn't realize it was also the only option for a verified traveler program if you're traveling within Canada! This really needs to change, wow. Cc @equitableeducation.ca
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Lace fence by Rotterdam-based artist collective Demakersvan at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park in North York, Toronto.
January 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Lace fence by Rotterdam-based artist collective Demakersvan at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park in North York, Toronto.