TR Bridge
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Fiction, essays and other durable ephemera from the shores of the mighty Lower Fraser.
Fellow Canuckistanis, if you think the Golden Dome is a bootlicking boondoggle, go here to sign you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
No Golden Dome for Canada
The Golden Dome purports to defend North America against incoming missiles by placing interceptors in space, but the technical challenges are enormous, the costs astronomical, and the strategic risks ...
you.leadnow.ca
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fellow Canuckistanis, if you think the Golden Dome is a bootlicking boondoggle, go here to sign you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
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On this #Caturday my furry friend Bella says, "Please check out my human's books!" Free samples chapters are here: www.imagochronicles.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On this #Caturday my furry friend Bella says, "Please check out my human's books!" Free samples chapters are here: www.imagochronicles.com
Love this
The use of short lines and couplets does something very clever to the pace of this poem, and the metaphor of the bridge is wonderful.
'We've learnt that falling is inevitable'
'After Closing Time' by Mark Pajak, from 'Slide'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
'We've learnt that falling is inevitable'
'After Closing Time' by Mark Pajak, from 'Slide'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Love this
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The world is not great but here is Sully the Dog in a tight little ball.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The world is not great but here is Sully the Dog in a tight little ball.
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The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups
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Stories that have Something to Say
Some stories are just entertaining, and there's nothing wrong with that. But some stories have something to say about the world and how it could be better. Here are stories that make a statement. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “Whalesong” — L. Chan “Showtime” —…
Some stories are just entertaining, and there's nothing wrong with that. But some stories have something to say about the world and how it could be better. Here are stories that make a statement. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “Whalesong” — L. Chan “Showtime” —…
Stories that have Something to Say
Some stories are just entertaining, and there's nothing wrong with that. But some stories have something to say about the world and how it could be better. Here are stories that make a statement. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “Whalesong” — L. Chan “Showtime” — Jamie Brindle “Business as Usual” — N.R. Lambert…
magazine.metaphorosis.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Stories that have Something to Say
Some stories are just entertaining, and there's nothing wrong with that. But some stories have something to say about the world and how it could be better. Here are stories that make a statement. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “Whalesong” — L. Chan “Showtime” —…
Some stories are just entertaining, and there's nothing wrong with that. But some stories have something to say about the world and how it could be better. Here are stories that make a statement. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “Whalesong” — L. Chan “Showtime” —…
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At bedtime lately, my sweetheart of an 8yo has started saying to me, “I hope you have a good writing night, Mommy.”
I can’t begin to express how much that means to me.💖
#WritingCommunity #MG #Writing
I can’t begin to express how much that means to me.💖
#WritingCommunity #MG #Writing
October 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
At bedtime lately, my sweetheart of an 8yo has started saying to me, “I hope you have a good writing night, Mommy.”
I can’t begin to express how much that means to me.💖
#WritingCommunity #MG #Writing
I can’t begin to express how much that means to me.💖
#WritingCommunity #MG #Writing
Great thread
When I worked on #TheOffice, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a 🧵 on them…
🧵1
#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Great thread
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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
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Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
Help us gain our following back
Follow
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Join the park side
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December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
Repeat
Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
Repeat
Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
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Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
This is a story I wrote last year, The High Mire, with tips of the hat to Lord Dunsany, Karen Russell, and Liz Williams. Putting it out as a serial over the holiday season.... about 16 pages in all.
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a story I wrote last year, The High Mire, with tips of the hat to Lord Dunsany, Karen Russell, and Liz Williams. Putting it out as a serial over the holiday season.... about 16 pages in all.
Working on a short story and doing some research on the Apache-Sitgreaves national forest. This is what the Republicans have posted on the Forest Service website.
#Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterLife #YouCan'tMakeThisShitUp #Dystopia
#Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterLife #YouCan'tMakeThisShitUp #Dystopia
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Working on a short story and doing some research on the Apache-Sitgreaves national forest. This is what the Republicans have posted on the Forest Service website.
#Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterLife #YouCan'tMakeThisShitUp #Dystopia
#Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterLife #YouCan'tMakeThisShitUp #Dystopia
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Jesus in the bottom of my espresso cup. Or Javier Bardem
July 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Jesus in the bottom of my espresso cup. Or Javier Bardem
I love this one; a wee grace note. "Optimistic Little Poem" by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929-2022), from the great anthology 'New Poems on the Underground'.
June 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I love this one; a wee grace note. "Optimistic Little Poem" by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929-2022), from the great anthology 'New Poems on the Underground'.
CPP dropped its commitment to net-zero this week, burying it in an opaque comment on page 23 of its annual report. Thankfully, the watchdog group Shift Action was watching.
(That text adapted from a National Observer email by @chrishatch.bsky.social.. thanks Chris)
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...
(That text adapted from a National Observer email by @chrishatch.bsky.social.. thanks Chris)
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...
Don’t let the Canada Pension Plan abandon its net-zero commitment
The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over ...
you.leadnow.ca
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
CPP dropped its commitment to net-zero this week, burying it in an opaque comment on page 23 of its annual report. Thankfully, the watchdog group Shift Action was watching.
(That text adapted from a National Observer email by @chrishatch.bsky.social.. thanks Chris)
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...
(That text adapted from a National Observer email by @chrishatch.bsky.social.. thanks Chris)
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...
My son's school in highly industrialized New Westminster is in lockdown right now.... because of a bear
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/p...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/p...
May 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My son's school in highly industrialized New Westminster is in lockdown right now.... because of a bear
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/p...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/p...
May 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Want to go to this with awesome pals @zoegrams.bsky.social & @johnvaillant.bsky.social ... but I can't make it! Take my spot and gloat. Hollyhock is stunning and redolent with outer coast mojo. Seaside hot tub, organic garden, & mucho positive peripateia
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Climate Readers’ Retreat with Guest Author John Vaillant: Renewing Our Energy for Change
Our world needs scalable, systemic change, and now. But most of us don’t have the time and space in our daily lives to deeply reflect on what our contribution to solving the climate crisis might be. P...
hollyhock.ca
April 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Want to go to this with awesome pals @zoegrams.bsky.social & @johnvaillant.bsky.social ... but I can't make it! Take my spot and gloat. Hollyhock is stunning and redolent with outer coast mojo. Seaside hot tub, organic garden, & mucho positive peripateia
hollyhock.ca/programs/728...
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Great Strunk & White epigraph to this chapter in Noah Lukeman's 'The First Five Pages.'
April 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Great Strunk & White epigraph to this chapter in Noah Lukeman's 'The First Five Pages.'
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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.
We can't. We need answers.
We can't. We need answers.
April 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.
We can't. We need answers.
We can't. We need answers.
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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.