Annabel
@annabelt.bsky.social
Further attempts to be social.
Writer of many things. Former bookshop owner and lapsed academic. Knows far too much about coffee.
Annabeltownsend.ca SK, 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Writer of many things. Former bookshop owner and lapsed academic. Knows far too much about coffee.
Annabeltownsend.ca SK, 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
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#Regina city council budget deliberations threaten cultural legacies,needed initiatives for the city’s most vulnerable,bus services and other public cutbacks.
They have no problem throwing $7 million to Costco.
WTF?
Am I wrong?
#skpoli #cityhall #Saskatchewan
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They have no problem throwing $7 million to Costco.
WTF?
Am I wrong?
#skpoli #cityhall #Saskatchewan
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Auditor warns Sask. may not meet target for child-care spaces, recommends GTH changes after Costco dispute | CBC News
Saskatchewan's provincial auditor Tara Clemett released the second volume of her 2025 Report on Tuesday. Clemett's team analyzed the delivery of child-care spaces, inspections of special care homes an...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#Regina city council budget deliberations threaten cultural legacies,needed initiatives for the city’s most vulnerable,bus services and other public cutbacks.
They have no problem throwing $7 million to Costco.
WTF?
Am I wrong?
#skpoli #cityhall #Saskatchewan
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They have no problem throwing $7 million to Costco.
WTF?
Am I wrong?
#skpoli #cityhall #Saskatchewan
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It's here it's here it's here and I'm so excited!!!!
HopeStreet is out now: petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
Or a.co/d/2jkpZtw
#booksky
HopeStreet is out now: petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
Or a.co/d/2jkpZtw
#booksky
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's here it's here it's here and I'm so excited!!!!
HopeStreet is out now: petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
Or a.co/d/2jkpZtw
#booksky
HopeStreet is out now: petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
Or a.co/d/2jkpZtw
#booksky
@keroan.bsky.social hey, my alter ego wrote another book. It's fiction and art in 2065, and all about what happens if you leave AI in charge of urban planning. Thought you might like it!
Happy Pub day to @bel-scifi.bsky.social for HopeStreet!
Our first speculative fiction novel is available here:
petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
#booksky 💙📚
Our first speculative fiction novel is available here:
petes-press.square.site/product/pre-...
#booksky 💙📚
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@keroan.bsky.social hey, my alter ego wrote another book. It's fiction and art in 2065, and all about what happens if you leave AI in charge of urban planning. Thought you might like it!
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New poster, new style 😎#YQR
September 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
New poster, new style 😎#YQR
First Christmas season with three cats two rabbits and three ferrets. It's already leaning...
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
First Christmas season with three cats two rabbits and three ferrets. It's already leaning...
At the beginning of November, I began the "November writing challenge" shall we say. I did not complete it, but I did manage a huge amount of very creative work and I'm quite proud. #publishing
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
At the beginning of November, I began the "November writing challenge" shall we say. I did not complete it, but I did manage a huge amount of very creative work and I'm quite proud. #publishing
I am absolutely hopping mad about the council's proposed budget cuts. I know it's only proposed and not decided yet, but the fact that they were even suggested is infuriating.
Also many thanks to @pdcityhall.bsky.social for bringing this nonsense to public attention.
Also many thanks to @pdcityhall.bsky.social for bringing this nonsense to public attention.
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I am absolutely hopping mad about the council's proposed budget cuts. I know it's only proposed and not decided yet, but the fact that they were even suggested is infuriating.
Also many thanks to @pdcityhall.bsky.social for bringing this nonsense to public attention.
Also many thanks to @pdcityhall.bsky.social for bringing this nonsense to public attention.
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Right now is a very good time NOT to buy from Amazon. Remember when Amazon was a bookstore? If you'd like the Y2K nostalgia of online bookshop without supporting the bald billionaire, may we suggest browsing the Pete's Press Christmas Cat-alogue?
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#booksky
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#booksky
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Right now is a very good time NOT to buy from Amazon. Remember when Amazon was a bookstore? If you'd like the Y2K nostalgia of online bookshop without supporting the bald billionaire, may we suggest browsing the Pete's Press Christmas Cat-alogue?
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#booksky
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#booksky
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Fiction not your thing? How about memoirs?
Remember When? By Joe Ralko
Trouble Brewing by @annabelt.bsky.social
One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
Remember When? By Joe Ralko
Trouble Brewing by @annabelt.bsky.social
One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Fiction not your thing? How about memoirs?
Remember When? By Joe Ralko
Trouble Brewing by @annabelt.bsky.social
One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
Remember When? By Joe Ralko
Trouble Brewing by @annabelt.bsky.social
One Woman's Century by Kay Parley
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Our nonfiction cat-agory can be roughly described as 'People, Places and Ideas"
Write The Neighbourhood by various authors
Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart
Books and the City by @annabelt.bsky.social
Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
/6
Write The Neighbourhood by various authors
Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart
Books and the City by @annabelt.bsky.social
Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
/6
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our nonfiction cat-agory can be roughly described as 'People, Places and Ideas"
Write The Neighbourhood by various authors
Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart
Books and the City by @annabelt.bsky.social
Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
/6
Write The Neighbourhood by various authors
Selected Writings, 6 years of Philosophy by Leighton Peart
Books and the City by @annabelt.bsky.social
Mapping an Understanding by Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
/6
If anything, this just shows how *underfunded* all these amazing organizations are.
Further to this thread, I now have an more complete list of organizations receiving Community Investment Grant Program Funding. It's 146 names long & it doesn't even include community associations.
I'm going to post the list I have so far to bsky right now. Hold on to your hats. It's enormous… /1
I'm going to post the list I have so far to bsky right now. Hold on to your hats. It's enormous… /1
Sorry to harp on about this, but item 60 in budget Appendix M13 contemplates ending the Community Investment Grant Program. That this is being considered, however remotely, is crazy. I'm struggling to find a list of all the groups the CIGP funds b/c if you saw it, it'd blow your mind. #yqrcc /1
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If anything, this just shows how *underfunded* all these amazing organizations are.
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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I truly believe the sight of children riding bikes, in neighbourhoods, terrifies elected municipal representatives.
I mean if children didn't terrify them, wouldn't they bend over backwards to priortize their safety?
- "Why can't they all just drive cars? That's who is voting for me!"
#TOpoli
I mean if children didn't terrify them, wouldn't they bend over backwards to priortize their safety?
- "Why can't they all just drive cars? That's who is voting for me!"
#TOpoli
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I truly believe the sight of children riding bikes, in neighbourhoods, terrifies elected municipal representatives.
I mean if children didn't terrify them, wouldn't they bend over backwards to priortize their safety?
- "Why can't they all just drive cars? That's who is voting for me!"
#TOpoli
I mean if children didn't terrify them, wouldn't they bend over backwards to priortize their safety?
- "Why can't they all just drive cars? That's who is voting for me!"
#TOpoli
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Very proud to announce that our 2025 Fiction Anthology, Strays, is off to print! Featuring new short stories from ten Saskatchewan writers.
Pre order here: petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...
#booksky
Pre order here: petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...
#booksky
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Very proud to announce that our 2025 Fiction Anthology, Strays, is off to print! Featuring new short stories from ten Saskatchewan writers.
Pre order here: petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...
#booksky
Pre order here: petes-press.square.site/shop/pre-ord...
#booksky
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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For August, added a bold for poetry. I always intend to read more poetry and almost never do. Sad that it took Andrea Gibson's death to move me from following their work online (mostly through Button Poetry on FB) to actually ordering a book.
Also *cough* hi Annabel! Your book was such a fun read ❤
Also *cough* hi Annabel! Your book was such a fun read ❤
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For August, added a bold for poetry. I always intend to read more poetry and almost never do. Sad that it took Andrea Gibson's death to move me from following their work online (mostly through Button Poetry on FB) to actually ordering a book.
Also *cough* hi Annabel! Your book was such a fun read ❤
Also *cough* hi Annabel! Your book was such a fun read ❤
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Irony of ironies: a bot just repostes my book...about bots.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Irony of ironies: a bot just repostes my book...about bots.
Due to technical incompetency, the cover reveal is actually underneath...
But either way I'm excited!! HopeStreet is coming out soon with @petespress.bsky.social !
#booksky #amwriting 📚💙
But either way I'm excited!! HopeStreet is coming out soon with @petespress.bsky.social !
#booksky #amwriting 📚💙
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Due to technical incompetency, the cover reveal is actually underneath...
But either way I'm excited!! HopeStreet is coming out soon with @petespress.bsky.social !
#booksky #amwriting 📚💙
But either way I'm excited!! HopeStreet is coming out soon with @petespress.bsky.social !
#booksky #amwriting 📚💙
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Everyone outside the US should ditch Microsoft Office. It's not safe and it's a disrespectful beast when it comes to worker frustration.
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Everyone outside the US should ditch Microsoft Office. It's not safe and it's a disrespectful beast when it comes to worker frustration.
Ponderings of the morning:
Do I apply for a postdoc in Finland?
Do I apply for a postdoc in Finland?
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ponderings of the morning:
Do I apply for a postdoc in Finland?
Do I apply for a postdoc in Finland?
The bright scarlet aurora right over our house was a bit unnerving tonight until I noticed it was heart shaped!
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The bright scarlet aurora right over our house was a bit unnerving tonight until I noticed it was heart shaped!
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band