BD Ferguson
@bdfwrites.bsky.social
Educator, writer, reader in southern ON. PhD in 19thC British literature & culture, especially science & spooky stuff. My book, Next Episode, was released in 2016 (nextepisode.ca)
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Just an utter ignorant waste of skin in a suit who became Premier thanks to voter apathy (aka disillusionment with provincial politics)
Also, Bill 60 is a disgrace and DoFo's cronies' spinning of it as in any way useful to the public is infuriating.
Also, Bill 60 is a disgrace and DoFo's cronies' spinning of it as in any way useful to the public is infuriating.
I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News
Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Just an utter ignorant waste of skin in a suit who became Premier thanks to voter apathy (aka disillusionment with provincial politics)
Also, Bill 60 is a disgrace and DoFo's cronies' spinning of it as in any way useful to the public is infuriating.
Also, Bill 60 is a disgrace and DoFo's cronies' spinning of it as in any way useful to the public is infuriating.
First holiday party of the season today.
People showed up in Christmas sweaters + novelty hats + I rolled up with a hair pin inspired by ancient Celtic-Norse knotwork, a recycled glass pendant inspired by eco-friendliness, & socks inspired by passive-aggressive introvert-ism.
I regret nothing
People showed up in Christmas sweaters + novelty hats + I rolled up with a hair pin inspired by ancient Celtic-Norse knotwork, a recycled glass pendant inspired by eco-friendliness, & socks inspired by passive-aggressive introvert-ism.
I regret nothing
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
First holiday party of the season today.
People showed up in Christmas sweaters + novelty hats + I rolled up with a hair pin inspired by ancient Celtic-Norse knotwork, a recycled glass pendant inspired by eco-friendliness, & socks inspired by passive-aggressive introvert-ism.
I regret nothing
People showed up in Christmas sweaters + novelty hats + I rolled up with a hair pin inspired by ancient Celtic-Norse knotwork, a recycled glass pendant inspired by eco-friendliness, & socks inspired by passive-aggressive introvert-ism.
I regret nothing
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Just when I think I can't love this book and all us 19thC scholar nerds who love it *even more*...
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In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just when I think I can't love this book and all us 19thC scholar nerds who love it *even more*...
🎙️💸
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My apartment building never sees trick or treaters, and my place is too high up to see any costumes in the neighborhood.
But I took some Halloween-y pics near my brother's place last week...
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But I took some Halloween-y pics near my brother's place last week...
🎃
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
My apartment building never sees trick or treaters, and my place is too high up to see any costumes in the neighborhood.
But I took some Halloween-y pics near my brother's place last week...
🎃
But I took some Halloween-y pics near my brother's place last week...
🎃
Lol
This framing of DoFo is so far off course, even the imaginary "Captain Canada" (never heard anyone call him that, ever) wouldn't be able to spot the truth.
He's a thug, a bully, friend only to rich developers, and his 2025 re-election? Had 45% voter turnout. 😑
This framing of DoFo is so far off course, even the imaginary "Captain Canada" (never heard anyone call him that, ever) wouldn't be able to spot the truth.
He's a thug, a bully, friend only to rich developers, and his 2025 re-election? Had 45% voter turnout. 😑
In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side. n.pr/47pwo6T
Who is Doug Ford, the Canadian politician pushing Trump's buttons?
In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Lol
This framing of DoFo is so far off course, even the imaginary "Captain Canada" (never heard anyone call him that, ever) wouldn't be able to spot the truth.
He's a thug, a bully, friend only to rich developers, and his 2025 re-election? Had 45% voter turnout. 😑
This framing of DoFo is so far off course, even the imaginary "Captain Canada" (never heard anyone call him that, ever) wouldn't be able to spot the truth.
He's a thug, a bully, friend only to rich developers, and his 2025 re-election? Had 45% voter turnout. 😑
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Ontarians: please mr ford we need healthcare, housing, and groceries
Ford: best I can do is election fuckery
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford: best I can do is election fuckery
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford to raise campaign donation limits by 47% and end fixed election dates
Attorney General Doug Downey is boosting maximum donations from the current $3,400 to $5,000 in January and tying future increases to inflation.
www.thestar.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ontarians: please mr ford we need healthcare, housing, and groceries
Ford: best I can do is election fuckery
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford: best I can do is election fuckery
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Well, I bet this 1848 Wuthering Heights reviewer feels like a wally now
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well, I bet this 1848 Wuthering Heights reviewer feels like a wally now
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
These days we should find comfort where we can, so I just pre-ordered @marthawells.com's next installment of the Murderbot Diaries, due May 2026.
It seems like ages away, but tbh I care far more about Murderbot than I do about 97% of any person making headlines today, so...
An investment in joy.
It seems like ages away, but tbh I care far more about Murderbot than I do about 97% of any person making headlines today, so...
An investment in joy.
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
These days we should find comfort where we can, so I just pre-ordered @marthawells.com's next installment of the Murderbot Diaries, due May 2026.
It seems like ages away, but tbh I care far more about Murderbot than I do about 97% of any person making headlines today, so...
An investment in joy.
It seems like ages away, but tbh I care far more about Murderbot than I do about 97% of any person making headlines today, so...
An investment in joy.
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Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
OTTAWA - As employees continue to express their desire to work from home, owners of downtown office buildings aren't sure what they will do with all this unused space. Also in unrelated news Canada ha...
thebeaverton.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
Being forced to listen to other people's full-volume, no-headphones phone calls on transit will be the thing that starts my Villain Era.
(It blows my mind that this is such a common thing. Long calls, short calls, sharing personally identifying info calls, casual obnoxious chitchat calls...)
(It blows my mind that this is such a common thing. Long calls, short calls, sharing personally identifying info calls, casual obnoxious chitchat calls...)
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Being forced to listen to other people's full-volume, no-headphones phone calls on transit will be the thing that starts my Villain Era.
(It blows my mind that this is such a common thing. Long calls, short calls, sharing personally identifying info calls, casual obnoxious chitchat calls...)
(It blows my mind that this is such a common thing. Long calls, short calls, sharing personally identifying info calls, casual obnoxious chitchat calls...)
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Memorizing this
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Memorizing this
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The Little Ghosts Festival is coming up this weekend, October 4th & 5th, 12pm-5pm, at the Tranzac Club at 292 Brunswick Ave in Toronto.
We'll have old and new spooky books including Rebecca Campbell's new collection THE OTHER SHORE. Plus drop by the eco-horror panel on Sunday!
We'll have old and new spooky books including Rebecca Campbell's new collection THE OTHER SHORE. Plus drop by the eco-horror panel on Sunday!
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Little Ghosts Festival is coming up this weekend, October 4th & 5th, 12pm-5pm, at the Tranzac Club at 292 Brunswick Ave in Toronto.
We'll have old and new spooky books including Rebecca Campbell's new collection THE OTHER SHORE. Plus drop by the eco-horror panel on Sunday!
We'll have old and new spooky books including Rebecca Campbell's new collection THE OTHER SHORE. Plus drop by the eco-horror panel on Sunday!
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Please check out (and share!) this CFP for the 2026 conference of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada: VICTORIAN TRADE! #VISAWUS #VSAWC #Solidarity
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Please check out (and share!) this CFP for the 2026 conference of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada: VICTORIAN TRADE! #VISAWUS #VSAWC #Solidarity
Watching Avengers: Endgame with Mom, who has seen perhaps 23min of maybe 5 Marvel movies, in no order. Her comments: "Who's that? Why did they do that? Who's this... robot?"
Makes me remember how this movie stitches a truly ludicrous number of studio properties into an already timey-wimey plot.
Makes me remember how this movie stitches a truly ludicrous number of studio properties into an already timey-wimey plot.
September 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Watching Avengers: Endgame with Mom, who has seen perhaps 23min of maybe 5 Marvel movies, in no order. Her comments: "Who's that? Why did they do that? Who's this... robot?"
Makes me remember how this movie stitches a truly ludicrous number of studio properties into an already timey-wimey plot.
Makes me remember how this movie stitches a truly ludicrous number of studio properties into an already timey-wimey plot.
Relatable
How is it possible that feeling bad makes me want a little treat but also feeling good makes me want a little treat this is rigged
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Relatable
And wait'll you hear how they assign blouse sizes
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And wait'll you hear how they assign blouse sizes
My "Teaching in the Humanities in the Age of AI" webinar last week recommended we be very clear with students about their use of AI in our course. S'pose this will do? 🙃 It's part of my Day 1 slideshow.
And I put shorter but similar lang on every single assignment description.
Yeah, I know... /2
And I put shorter but similar lang on every single assignment description.
Yeah, I know... /2
![Image of a PowerPoint slide that begins "I strongly discourage the use of AI for our assignments" and provides points about excessive energy use, stolen copyrighted material, and the [redacted] school's authorized AI tools as last resorts, recommending the Writing Centre instead.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pvqbpysi3elb2ekrdz4sj5s2/bafkreia6k26lif7snb27e2cpubdmjqk2mwe6fvln4ajcghpj4ypcuvi4dq@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My "Teaching in the Humanities in the Age of AI" webinar last week recommended we be very clear with students about their use of AI in our course. S'pose this will do? 🙃 It's part of my Day 1 slideshow.
And I put shorter but similar lang on every single assignment description.
Yeah, I know... /2
And I put shorter but similar lang on every single assignment description.
Yeah, I know... /2
Adam Parrish is extremely disappointed that you are already behind on reading for the semester.
August 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM