J. Marshall Freeman
@jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, musician, queer aesthete, Toronto biker, older and only marginally wiser.
jmarshallfreeman.com My new short story collection, "To Wrap Yourself in Light," is now available on Amazon.
jmarshallfreeman.com My new short story collection, "To Wrap Yourself in Light," is now available on Amazon.
Look at this white man broadcasting that he thinks being marginalized is enough justification for mistreatment and murder. Most peoples' brains don't work that way, dude.
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Look at this white man broadcasting that he thinks being marginalized is enough justification for mistreatment and murder. Most peoples' brains don't work that way, dude.
Didn’t she also have a wife?
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Didn’t she also have a wife?
I have known rich assholes who call their full-on summer house a “cottage,” but I agree with your dimension. The show doesn’t really touch on the surreal and mind-bending experience of getting so rich and famous so young. But I still love it.
January 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I have known rich assholes who call their full-on summer house a “cottage,” but I agree with your dimension. The show doesn’t really touch on the surreal and mind-bending experience of getting so rich and famous so young. But I still love it.
A 15-minute bike commute is also lovely and raises the quality of life.
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
A 15-minute bike commute is also lovely and raises the quality of life.
We had bad Liberal leadership in what was then Trinity-Spadina, for instance under Tony Ianno, but no one was more absent than Freeland when we became University Rosedale. I think we were just supposed to feel grateful we had a Federal “star” as our MP.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
We had bad Liberal leadership in what was then Trinity-Spadina, for instance under Tony Ianno, but no one was more absent than Freeland when we became University Rosedale. I think we were just supposed to feel grateful we had a Federal “star” as our MP.
Confession to a friend. I love it.
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Confession to a friend. I love it.
Stephen Miller just had a press conference and said that the US can do whatever it wants in Venezuela because in this world “strength” and “force” and “might” gives it the right “and it’s been that way since the start of the world.” That is the new prevailing wisdom. Physical power is the only law.
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Stephen Miller just had a press conference and said that the US can do whatever it wants in Venezuela because in this world “strength” and “force” and “might” gives it the right “and it’s been that way since the start of the world.” That is the new prevailing wisdom. Physical power is the only law.
Haha, how young do you think I am? When I moved to this area in the mid-80s, the late Dan Heap was my MP. So get confused with the recent milk toast version of the NDP. Anyway, not sure you’re real anyway, Mr. No-posts.
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Haha, how young do you think I am? When I moved to this area in the mid-80s, the late Dan Heap was my MP. So get confused with the recent milk toast version of the NDP. Anyway, not sure you’re real anyway, Mr. No-posts.
Who's making random graphics jokes instead of getting down to work? THIS BOY HERE! #derrygirls #welcometoderry
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Who's making random graphics jokes instead of getting down to work? THIS BOY HERE! #derrygirls #welcometoderry
“An error of the SSL occur’d.
And now no whisp’r from the server’s heard.”
And now no whisp’r from the server’s heard.”
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
“An error of the SSL occur’d.
And now no whisp’r from the server’s heard.”
And now no whisp’r from the server’s heard.”
This is a series I adore, though I sometimes like to play with the order of the books in my head. I think I’d rather see Every Heart a Doorway follow a couple of the individual adventures so that we are glad to see the individual MCs land in this place of comfort and compassion after their traumas.
January 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is a series I adore, though I sometimes like to play with the order of the books in my head. I think I’d rather see Every Heart a Doorway follow a couple of the individual adventures so that we are glad to see the individual MCs land in this place of comfort and compassion after their traumas.
A lot of creative friends are going through a hard time. Maybe it’s just January, the cold and low light. I myself have little interest in writing or taking pictures, but I’m really glad to have a couple of interesting design projects and a big editing job. Having clear, doable goals is a good balm.
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
A lot of creative friends are going through a hard time. Maybe it’s just January, the cold and low light. I myself have little interest in writing or taking pictures, but I’m really glad to have a couple of interesting design projects and a big editing job. Having clear, doable goals is a good balm.
Burner laptop? Sounds like they have money to burn, too.
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Burner laptop? Sounds like they have money to burn, too.
She's not the only useless Liberal MP our riding has had, but she's uniquely useless to her constituents. Her twice-yearly MP reports mentioned NOTHING local and were only about doings on the Federal level, in a blandly party-line manner. Can we be an NDP riding again?
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
She's not the only useless Liberal MP our riding has had, but she's uniquely useless to her constituents. Her twice-yearly MP reports mentioned NOTHING local and were only about doings on the Federal level, in a blandly party-line manner. Can we be an NDP riding again?
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
A new list of companies who still advertise on X dropped today. HarperCollins was one of them.
January 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
A new list of companies who still advertise on X dropped today. HarperCollins was one of them.
”Hey, cutey, what time do you get off?“
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
”Hey, cutey, what time do you get off?“
New “Wayward Children” book dropping tomorrow! This stunning series of short children’s fantasy novels are sad and sweet and inspiring, and understand how hard we are willing to fight to find the place in the world (or worlds) where we belong.
GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD comes out tomorrow, and takes us back to the story of Nancy Whitman and her days in the Halls of the Dead. As this is an odd-numbered book, it takes place *after* EVERY HEART A DOORWAY: she's already been sure. She's gone home. So why are we seeing her again?
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
New “Wayward Children” book dropping tomorrow! This stunning series of short children’s fantasy novels are sad and sweet and inspiring, and understand how hard we are willing to fight to find the place in the world (or worlds) where we belong.
I’m so excited, Seanan! I love these books dearly.
January 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I’m so excited, Seanan! I love these books dearly.
Wow. Powerful.
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Wow. Powerful.
It just… fell apart. It’s going through a rough time in its relationship with the window sash.
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
It just… fell apart. It’s going through a rough time in its relationship with the window sash.
Thank you. I’m embarrassed I was so petty. When I got home the door lock fell apart! But it wasn’t hard to fix.
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Thank you. I’m embarrassed I was so petty. When I got home the door lock fell apart! But it wasn’t hard to fix.
Well-spotted, yes.
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Well-spotted, yes.