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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I can tell you right now the worst linguistic trend of 2026 will be nounmaxxing.
February 19, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I can tell you right now the worst linguistic trend of 2026 will be nounmaxxing.
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Let Cuba live.
February 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Let Cuba live.
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Surreal sentence: THE LAST KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD is a @nytimes.com best-seller 😮
Plenty of great books don't sell, plenty of bad books do, so my gratitude and congratulations go mostly to @celadonbooks.bsky.social for getting mine to its people
www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...
Plenty of great books don't sell, plenty of bad books do, so my gratitude and congratulations go mostly to @celadonbooks.bsky.social for getting mine to its people
www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, chil...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Surreal sentence: THE LAST KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD is a @nytimes.com best-seller 😮
Plenty of great books don't sell, plenty of bad books do, so my gratitude and congratulations go mostly to @celadonbooks.bsky.social for getting mine to its people
www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...
Plenty of great books don't sell, plenty of bad books do, so my gratitude and congratulations go mostly to @celadonbooks.bsky.social for getting mine to its people
www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...
The Covid test is now just showing a very faint positive, so I think this thing is headed in the right direction. Two days ago, it looked like a dark red magic marker streak. Now, on day ten, you can barely see the line. (I know it's a "yes/no" kind of test, but at least this feels encouraging.) 🤷🏻♀️
February 19, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The Covid test is now just showing a very faint positive, so I think this thing is headed in the right direction. Two days ago, it looked like a dark red magic marker streak. Now, on day ten, you can barely see the line. (I know it's a "yes/no" kind of test, but at least this feels encouraging.) 🤷🏻♀️
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Moving paragraphs around like I’ve just knocked into my story with a pool ball. What if this story was inside out. What if it started where it ended & vice versa. What if I wrote the same story in 40 different ways & called it a collection. An exercise. A dare.
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Moving paragraphs around like I’ve just knocked into my story with a pool ball. What if this story was inside out. What if it started where it ended & vice versa. What if I wrote the same story in 40 different ways & called it a collection. An exercise. A dare.
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Blessed to be sitting on the train next to a worker playing the blues on his guitar
The sun is shining and we’ve got the clearest post-rain view of the mountains out the window
Absolutely immaculate vibes
The sun is shining and we’ve got the clearest post-rain view of the mountains out the window
Absolutely immaculate vibes
February 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Blessed to be sitting on the train next to a worker playing the blues on his guitar
The sun is shining and we’ve got the clearest post-rain view of the mountains out the window
Absolutely immaculate vibes
The sun is shining and we’ve got the clearest post-rain view of the mountains out the window
Absolutely immaculate vibes
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Feeling sick with a respiratory illness like COVID or the flu?
Do you live in #Toronto #Lethbridge #RedDeer or Greater #Vancouver?
See if you’re eligible to receive a free at-home test kit & get rapid test results for COVID (in ON) or COVID & Influenza A and B (in AB & BC): preparedcanada.org
Do you live in #Toronto #Lethbridge #RedDeer or Greater #Vancouver?
See if you’re eligible to receive a free at-home test kit & get rapid test results for COVID (in ON) or COVID & Influenza A and B (in AB & BC): preparedcanada.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Feeling sick with a respiratory illness like COVID or the flu?
Do you live in #Toronto #Lethbridge #RedDeer or Greater #Vancouver?
See if you’re eligible to receive a free at-home test kit & get rapid test results for COVID (in ON) or COVID & Influenza A and B (in AB & BC): preparedcanada.org
Do you live in #Toronto #Lethbridge #RedDeer or Greater #Vancouver?
See if you’re eligible to receive a free at-home test kit & get rapid test results for COVID (in ON) or COVID & Influenza A and B (in AB & BC): preparedcanada.org
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A key life lesson is that you should not piss off librarians...
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A key life lesson is that you should not piss off librarians...
#AltText for graphic below: University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health - Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact 2026-27: Apply now. Shape the public discussion of your field through seven months of journalism training and mentorship. Join us part-time + from anywhere in the world.
Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact 2026-27: APPLY NOW
Shape the public discussion of your field, through seven-months of journalism training and mentorship.
Joint us, part-time and from anywhere in the world.
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Shape the public discussion of your field, through seven-months of journalism training and mentorship.
Joint us, part-time and from anywhere in the world.
🌐 Learn more & apply: lnkd.in/gTn4N6i3
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
#AltText for graphic below: University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health - Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact 2026-27: Apply now. Shape the public discussion of your field through seven months of journalism training and mentorship. Join us part-time + from anywhere in the world.
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Attention poets! The deadline for our annual Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest has been extended to March 10, 2026! Submit today: tnq.ca/contests/
#poetsofbluesky #writingcontest #submit #litmags&publishers #writingcommunity
#poetsofbluesky #writingcontest #submit #litmags&publishers #writingcommunity
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Attention poets! The deadline for our annual Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest has been extended to March 10, 2026! Submit today: tnq.ca/contests/
#poetsofbluesky #writingcontest #submit #litmags&publishers #writingcommunity
#poetsofbluesky #writingcontest #submit #litmags&publishers #writingcommunity
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Thank you to Ottawa @acorncanada.bsky.social members for coming to Planning Committee today, to tell your stories of landlord intimidation and renovation-related evictions. A renoviction bylaw will come back to council this spring for a final vote. It makes a difference when citizens speak out.
February 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Thank you to Ottawa @acorncanada.bsky.social members for coming to Planning Committee today, to tell your stories of landlord intimidation and renovation-related evictions. A renoviction bylaw will come back to council this spring for a final vote. It makes a difference when citizens speak out.
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Watched snow cascading like gentle waterfalls from the treetops over the long weekend as the golden hour approached.
Magical moments that I couldn’t possibly capture in their full forest glory, but I tried!
Magical moments that I couldn’t possibly capture in their full forest glory, but I tried!
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Watched snow cascading like gentle waterfalls from the treetops over the long weekend as the golden hour approached.
Magical moments that I couldn’t possibly capture in their full forest glory, but I tried!
Magical moments that I couldn’t possibly capture in their full forest glory, but I tried!
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Join Rise Up on Saturday, March 7, at Bluebird Bar for a feminist trivia night in celebration of International Women's Day and Rise Up's 10th anniversary!✨
February 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Join Rise Up on Saturday, March 7, at Bluebird Bar for a feminist trivia night in celebration of International Women's Day and Rise Up's 10th anniversary!✨
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Hey politicians: do this
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Hey politicians: do this
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🇨🇦 Please consider signing this House of Commons e-Petition e-7076 calling for stronger federal action on #LongCOVID — including national standards for care, research, and meaningful disability support.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7076 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
🇨🇦 Please consider signing this House of Commons e-Petition e-7076 calling for stronger federal action on #LongCOVID — including national standards for care, research, and meaningful disability support.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Trump calls Cuba a 'failed nation' 😅 No, Donald, despite decades of oppression by the United States, Cubans have thrived, and would not be in dire straits now if you hadn't worsened your unconscionable and unjust blockade by cutting off their oil imports.
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Trump calls Cuba a 'failed nation' 😅 No, Donald, despite decades of oppression by the United States, Cubans have thrived, and would not be in dire straits now if you hadn't worsened your unconscionable and unjust blockade by cutting off their oil imports.
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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ICE is now in the small Kansas college town where I live, rolling up in unmarked cars, conducting armed, masked kidnappings of people on sidewalks & in the parking lots of chain stores and fast food restaurants
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
ICE is now in the small Kansas college town where I live, rolling up in unmarked cars, conducting armed, masked kidnappings of people on sidewalks & in the parking lots of chain stores and fast food restaurants
Apparently, someone forgot to tell Tuesday that this is not a Monday. So many Monday-ish things happening all at once. 🤦🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Apparently, someone forgot to tell Tuesday that this is not a Monday. So many Monday-ish things happening all at once. 🤦🏻♀️
Art in Changing Times - Collage and Assemblage Workshop Series
Presented by Ottawa Valley Community Arts
Sat. Feb. 28 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Eganville, Ontario
FREE (registration required)
ottawavalleycommunityarts.ca/our-projects...
Presented by Ottawa Valley Community Arts
Sat. Feb. 28 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Eganville, Ontario
FREE (registration required)
ottawavalleycommunityarts.ca/our-projects...
February 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Art in Changing Times - Collage and Assemblage Workshop Series
Presented by Ottawa Valley Community Arts
Sat. Feb. 28 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Eganville, Ontario
FREE (registration required)
ottawavalleycommunityarts.ca/our-projects...
Presented by Ottawa Valley Community Arts
Sat. Feb. 28 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Eganville, Ontario
FREE (registration required)
ottawavalleycommunityarts.ca/our-projects...
The sunshine was glorious but the snowshoeing conditions in the forest were terrible. (When the snow starts building up on the bottom of the snowshoes like this, it feels like you’re wearing platform shoes.)
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The sunshine was glorious but the snowshoeing conditions in the forest were terrible. (When the snow starts building up on the bottom of the snowshoes like this, it feels like you’re wearing platform shoes.)
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with February 1 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with February 1 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
“Broken down by demographic, the age group w/ the highest level of concern is Canadians aged 55 and older, while women are also more likely to be concerned than men — 69.3 per cent compared to 57.9 per cent — and people in Atlantic Canada are more likely to be concerned than those in the Prairies.”
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“Broken down by demographic, the age group w/ the highest level of concern is Canadians aged 55 and older, while women are also more likely to be concerned than men — 69.3 per cent compared to 57.9 per cent — and people in Atlantic Canada are more likely to be concerned than those in the Prairies.”
“The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada….Even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports.”
#GiftArticle 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
#GiftArticle 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
The vast majority of our fresh produce goes through the United States, a vulnerability that Canada must correct swiftly
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
“The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada….Even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports.”
#GiftArticle 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
#GiftArticle 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
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I am gathering my supplies to mend a pair of pants during a community meeting this evening and let me count the ways that this is a tiny disruption to patterns that would have you believe they are the natural, unstoppable order of things....
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I am gathering my supplies to mend a pair of pants during a community meeting this evening and let me count the ways that this is a tiny disruption to patterns that would have you believe they are the natural, unstoppable order of things....