Julian Day
@julianday.ca
Poet, gamedev (Shadow of the Wyrm), pixel artist, composer. Editor/publisher, null pointer press. Chapbooks: Late Summer Flowers (Anstruther Press), Orbits (Model Press). he/him
Website: julianday.ca
Fedi: @juliancday@writing.exchange
Website: julianday.ca
Fedi: @juliancday@writing.exchange
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Julian Day
@julianday.ca
· May 21
Delighted to have my micro poem "Last Request" up today at @identitytheory.bsky.social - thanks so much @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for selecting it.
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[loss] scrying
it is a fundamental principle of magic that energy cannot be destroyed, it can only change forms. energy bound to a part of the world, when "spent", will reappear in another location.
[loss] scrying is a strange form of scrying in which the caster creates a small pyre which consumes some amount of crystallized magical energy. this is not actually a spell: the magic energy does not do anything, it is merely burned away. however as the energy cycles, there is a short window in which the caster's attunement to the energy persists. this creates a glimmer of perception at whatever location the magical energy reenters physical space.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/bafkreiav6mjqbjrcnucnaonki2yjyqtiaba235cuaywsg7r3isjawakpiy@jpeg)
Just emailed the minister, in addition to emailing my own MP yesterday. Pebbles, ripples, etc.
In Canada, call or email Evan Solomon and demand he do his job as “Minister of AI and Digital innovation” to stop the CSAM and non-consensual porn. X should be banned in this country.
📞 416-972-2030
📧 evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca
📞 416-972-2030
📧 evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca
Here is a template letter, with alt text for copy-pasting, to send to your state AG, or tweak to send to your reps, etc. It will take two minutes. Find their contact here: www.naag.org/find-my-ag/
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Just emailed the minister, in addition to emailing my own MP yesterday. Pebbles, ripples, etc.
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In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
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This is how they played The First of Us
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is how they played The First of Us
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do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
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January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you!! 🌱🧡
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you!! 🌱🧡
One of the lessons I learned from Rwanda as a kid is that all people need is to hear something over and over (via the radio then, the internet now), and you can make people believe and do anything. Anything.
this is absolutely a violent political threat, but also, I hope people remember/pay attention to the normalization of this kind of talk--allowing it to slide unremarked leads to dangerous places in the US, India, etc.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
One of the lessons I learned from Rwanda as a kid is that all people need is to hear something over and over (via the radio then, the internet now), and you can make people believe and do anything. Anything.
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> It is too strategically important for the US to leave it vulnerable
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
> It is too strategically important for the US to leave it vulnerable
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
Mid-forties and I finally got my first credit card fraud? A charge to my old card that should've already been frozen, according to my bank. Good shit!
(a large charge posted from a vacation rental company that isn't VRBO, shall we say)
(a large charge posted from a vacation rental company that isn't VRBO, shall we say)
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Mid-forties and I finally got my first credit card fraud? A charge to my old card that should've already been frozen, according to my bank. Good shit!
(a large charge posted from a vacation rental company that isn't VRBO, shall we say)
(a large charge posted from a vacation rental company that isn't VRBO, shall we say)
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It's the 40th anniversary of Labyrinth, and my book on Labyrinth and queer childhood is available for pre-order from @ecwpress.bsky.social! #labyrinth #80s #davidbowie
ecwpress.com/products/its...
ecwpress.com/products/its...
It’s Only Forever: Labyrinth
Labyrinth has captivated audiences for nearly 40 years. From David Bowie’s iconic goblin king to groundbreaking puppetry and music, it evolved from a box office flop to a beloved cult classic. In It’s...
ecwpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
It's the 40th anniversary of Labyrinth, and my book on Labyrinth and queer childhood is available for pre-order from @ecwpress.bsky.social! #labyrinth #80s #davidbowie
ecwpress.com/products/its...
ecwpress.com/products/its...
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new all time reaction image just dropped
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
new all time reaction image just dropped
Seeing more and more about passkeys and after a quick search, oh, okay, they're just per-site private-public key pairs, okay.
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Seeing more and more about passkeys and after a quick search, oh, okay, they're just per-site private-public key pairs, okay.
Can't make this up, but I ordered a book on The Replacements but it arrived damaged so now I'm getting, naturally, a replacement.
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Can't make this up, but I ordered a book on The Replacements but it arrived damaged so now I'm getting, naturally, a replacement.
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Cinnamon Scrote Crunch
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Cinnamon Scrote Crunch
It's a small thing, a nothing, but I wrote my MP last night, asking her to reconsider the use of Twitter/X given this, and how the platform doesn't align with Canadian values.
I don't expect a reply, but it's something.
I don't expect a reply, but it's something.
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
It's a small thing, a nothing, but I wrote my MP last night, asking her to reconsider the use of Twitter/X given this, and how the platform doesn't align with Canadian values.
I don't expect a reply, but it's something.
I don't expect a reply, but it's something.
This is the sort of technology I get excited about now: a Google Maps-overlaid catalog of the city's tree inventory.
data.winnipeg.ca/Parks/Tree-I...
data.winnipeg.ca/Parks/Tree-I...
Tree Inventory Map using New Visual Experience | Open Data | City of Winnipeg
Detailed list and map of all public trees located in the City of Winnipeg, including botanical name, common name and precise location.
data.winnipeg.ca
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This is the sort of technology I get excited about now: a Google Maps-overlaid catalog of the city's tree inventory.
data.winnipeg.ca/Parks/Tree-I...
data.winnipeg.ca/Parks/Tree-I...
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Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
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Daily bunny no.3194 makes a perfect pancake
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Daily bunny no.3194 makes a perfect pancake
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You're telling me these pills release time?
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
You're telling me these pills release time?
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he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he sings the songs that remind him of whisky
he really only cares about whisky
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he sings the songs that remind him of whisky
he really only cares about whisky
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he sings the songs that remind him of whisky
he really only cares about whisky
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he drinks a whisky drink
he sings the songs that remind him of whisky
he really only cares about whisky
up up down down left right left right B A start
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
up up down down left right left right B A start
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the world you live in in 20 years is built today
January 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM
the world you live in in 20 years is built today