Ann Douglas
@anndouglas.bsky.social
Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice. http://anndouglas.ca
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Been traveling a little today. Want to guess where I saw the highest % of people w/masks? Airports? Flight? Bus from airport to city (most riders seemed to be working people, mostly people of color)? The conference I'm at?
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Been traveling a little today. Want to guess where I saw the highest % of people w/masks? Airports? Flight? Bus from airport to city (most riders seemed to be working people, mostly people of color)? The conference I'm at?
Hermit mode: ON
Duration: 120 days
Options selected:
✅ Tea
✅ Books
✅ Warm sweaters
✅ Fuzzy blankets
Duration: 120 days
Options selected:
✅ Tea
✅ Books
✅ Warm sweaters
✅ Fuzzy blankets
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hermit mode: ON
Duration: 120 days
Options selected:
✅ Tea
✅ Books
✅ Warm sweaters
✅ Fuzzy blankets
Duration: 120 days
Options selected:
✅ Tea
✅ Books
✅ Warm sweaters
✅ Fuzzy blankets
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I shared this essay by my mentor Donella Meadows with some young friends today. Maybe you'll find it clarifying too!
donellameadows.org/archives/a-l...
donellameadows.org/archives/a-l...
A Letter, Anguish, and a Rubber Band
donellameadows.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I shared this essay by my mentor Donella Meadows with some young friends today. Maybe you'll find it clarifying too!
donellameadows.org/archives/a-l...
donellameadows.org/archives/a-l...
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It got much colder but remained a nice autumn day. I took a leaf-appreciation walk that led to the sea and the sunset. Well-spent afternoon.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It got much colder but remained a nice autumn day. I took a leaf-appreciation walk that led to the sea and the sunset. Well-spent afternoon.
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It's that time of year. For me this week's remembrance serves as a reminder of how imperialism is quick to sacrifice the working class to protect and preserve power.
I'm not reverent about today but I see value in pausing to remember how the working class is exploited by imperialists, both then and now. And to that end, I remain grateful to the prof of a uni humanities class I took years ago that had me read 'Generals Die In Bed'; it started me down a path.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's that time of year. For me this week's remembrance serves as a reminder of how imperialism is quick to sacrifice the working class to protect and preserve power.
An eye-catching intermingling of the seasons in Oakville, Ontario.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
An eye-catching intermingling of the seasons in Oakville, Ontario.
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The political class must be taught the lesson that they actually work for us and not corporations and lobbyists. And they learn nothing when we complain and keep voting for them. If you can’t see that at this point, I don’t know what to tell you. The evidence is clear.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The political class must be taught the lesson that they actually work for us and not corporations and lobbyists. And they learn nothing when we complain and keep voting for them. If you can’t see that at this point, I don’t know what to tell you. The evidence is clear.
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Forest puddles have been few and far between on my walks these last few months. But today I got to admire and capture this beauty.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Forest puddles have been few and far between on my walks these last few months. But today I got to admire and capture this beauty.
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If you were a visitor from a distant land and had to understand the purpose of the democratic party elite from only their actions not their words, what would you say their function is? I think this is an important question to understand our situation clearly.
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you were a visitor from a distant land and had to understand the purpose of the democratic party elite from only their actions not their words, what would you say their function is? I think this is an important question to understand our situation clearly.
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I remember where I was standing when Citizens United came down and the feeling of dread that swept over me and I was right to dread.
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I remember where I was standing when Citizens United came down and the feeling of dread that swept over me and I was right to dread.
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I think the headline doesn't do the best job of selling this column from Tim Wu. The column is worth a read.
We're living in an era of wealth and power concentration, and the people and firms in charge are very good at defending their dominance. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
We're living in an era of wealth and power concentration, and the people and firms in charge are very good at defending their dominance. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think the headline doesn't do the best job of selling this column from Tim Wu. The column is worth a read.
We're living in an era of wealth and power concentration, and the people and firms in charge are very good at defending their dominance. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
We're living in an era of wealth and power concentration, and the people and firms in charge are very good at defending their dominance. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The UN estimates that hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in scam centres worldwide
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The UN estimates that hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in scam centres worldwide
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I could go on forever about this, but my point is that the hardship of work, the struggle, the messiness, the *humanity* of it, if you will, is what's most valuable about it. It's how we learn, it's how we grow.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I could go on forever about this, but my point is that the hardship of work, the struggle, the messiness, the *humanity* of it, if you will, is what's most valuable about it. It's how we learn, it's how we grow.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
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Every writer knows what it's like to struggle to find the right words, the best argument and voice to express something. And often, perhaps always, doing that work leads to creative insight, a better argument, a more persuasive voice.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every writer knows what it's like to struggle to find the right words, the best argument and voice to express something. And often, perhaps always, doing that work leads to creative insight, a better argument, a more persuasive voice.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
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Society expects schools to fill in the gaps where our social safety net is failing families.
Food. Clothing. Health, Vision, and Dental Care. Mental health. Transportation. Trauma recovery.
The holes in the safety net keep getting bigger, and our resources are dwindling.
Food. Clothing. Health, Vision, and Dental Care. Mental health. Transportation. Trauma recovery.
The holes in the safety net keep getting bigger, and our resources are dwindling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Society expects schools to fill in the gaps where our social safety net is failing families.
Food. Clothing. Health, Vision, and Dental Care. Mental health. Transportation. Trauma recovery.
The holes in the safety net keep getting bigger, and our resources are dwindling.
Food. Clothing. Health, Vision, and Dental Care. Mental health. Transportation. Trauma recovery.
The holes in the safety net keep getting bigger, and our resources are dwindling.
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November 21 an 22 - Fall of Freedom - www.falloffreedom.com
"an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."
"an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
November 21 an 22 - Fall of Freedom - www.falloffreedom.com
"an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."
"an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
I'm constantly recommending this training because it's designed for ordinary people who want to do the right thing in iffy situations but who are also worried they might not be brave enough. Good news: You don't have to be brave! There are so many different ways to show up for other people.
Nov 25 is the UN's Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
Dec 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women in commemoration of the Montreal Massacre.
Want to do something tangible to mark the dates? Let me teach you bystander intervention!
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Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I'm constantly recommending this training because it's designed for ordinary people who want to do the right thing in iffy situations but who are also worried they might not be brave enough. Good news: You don't have to be brave! There are so many different ways to show up for other people.
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Congratulations to @clairecameron.bsky.social for winning the Governor General’s award for nonfiction! #GGBooks2025
I am extremely proud to say, my new book, HOW TO SURVIVE A BEAR ATTACK, is published today.
A memoir, an investigation, nature writing, plus a dash of fiction, it's a blend because I started writing with a question -- if I'm attacked by a bear, will I survive?
#booksky #naturewriting #bearsky
A memoir, an investigation, nature writing, plus a dash of fiction, it's a blend because I started writing with a question -- if I'm attacked by a bear, will I survive?
#booksky #naturewriting #bearsky
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Congratulations to @clairecameron.bsky.social for winning the Governor General’s award for nonfiction! #GGBooks2025
“Canadians are prepared to step up to set Canada on a secure and independent footing. But meeting those needs cannot come at the cost of dismantling the very programs that make our society equitable and our economy resilient.”
- @kjscott.bsky.social
- @kjscott.bsky.social
In the hunt for billions in defence dollars, the federal government has chosen to follow the neoliberal playbook—shrinking government, cutting taxes and leaving more to the private sector. This leads to greater inequality. @kjscott.bsky.social #budget2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind - CCPA
The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Canadians are prepared to step up to set Canada on a secure and independent footing. But meeting those needs cannot come at the cost of dismantling the very programs that make our society equitable and our economy resilient.”
- @kjscott.bsky.social
- @kjscott.bsky.social