Linda Svendsen (she/her)
@lindasvendsen.bsky.social
lindasvendsen.ca
Want to write a half-hour TV series titled Therapy Dog Hotel and then go live in it 🐶
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Want to write a half-hour TV series titled Therapy Dog Hotel and then go live in it 🐶
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PLUR1BUS is something we haven't seen in some time on TV: dangerous science fiction. A real think piece. Takes the question played around with in Asmov's GREEN PATCHES, ANNIHILATION, and even SEA OF RUST, to its most interesting conclusion: What if individualism is the biggest threat to world peace?
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
PLUR1BUS is something we haven't seen in some time on TV: dangerous science fiction. A real think piece. Takes the question played around with in Asmov's GREEN PATCHES, ANNIHILATION, and even SEA OF RUST, to its most interesting conclusion: What if individualism is the biggest threat to world peace?
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This is awesome!!! deadline.com/2025/10/park...
Vancouver’s Historic Park Theatre To Reopen With New Owners & High-Profile Financial Investors Including Sean Baker, Finn Wolfhard, Osgood Perkins & Mike Flanagan
Sean Baker, Finn Wolfhard, Osgood Perkins, and Mike Flanagan are among the financial backers.
deadline.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is awesome!!! deadline.com/2025/10/park...
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A monthly movie gathering at UBC curated by Nalo Hopkinson and Whitney French launches its first film “Slash/Back” on OCT 31 at 2 PM. 🎬🍿Free popcorn & drinks. All are welcome.
🗓 Friday, October 31
⏰ 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍Buchanan Tower, Room 225
🎟 Free
RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event...
🗓 Friday, October 31
⏰ 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍Buchanan Tower, Room 225
🎟 Free
RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event...
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A monthly movie gathering at UBC curated by Nalo Hopkinson and Whitney French launches its first film “Slash/Back” on OCT 31 at 2 PM. 🎬🍿Free popcorn & drinks. All are welcome.
🗓 Friday, October 31
⏰ 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍Buchanan Tower, Room 225
🎟 Free
RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event...
🗓 Friday, October 31
⏰ 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
📍Buchanan Tower, Room 225
🎟 Free
RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event...
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Andry & the 252 other men sent, without due process, to a torture prison in El Salvador feels like the epitome—the soul, moral center, & quintessence—of this administration. I will never forget it or him.
Also, if you don’t know the definition of grace, now you do.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Also, if you don’t know the definition of grace, now you do.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Venezuelan makeup artist returns home, describes torture during El Salvador detention
A makeup artist who became the face of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador's most notorious prison arrived home to his family on Wednesday after what he described as "an encounter with torture and death."
www.reuters.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Andry & the 252 other men sent, without due process, to a torture prison in El Salvador feels like the epitome—the soul, moral center, & quintessence—of this administration. I will never forget it or him.
Also, if you don’t know the definition of grace, now you do.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Also, if you don’t know the definition of grace, now you do.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Thank you to the corporations who support Vancouver Pride ❤️
July 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Thank you to the corporations who support Vancouver Pride ❤️
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The Toronto Star has a superb and complex article by Linda Svendsen reflecting on Alice Monro reacting to her fiction. It's fascinating reading but, alas, behind a pay wall. If you already subscribe to the Star, or don't mind subscribing, you might look it up.
July 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Toronto Star has a superb and complex article by Linda Svendsen reflecting on Alice Monro reacting to her fiction. It's fascinating reading but, alas, behind a pay wall. If you already subscribe to the Star, or don't mind subscribing, you might look it up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/my-f... Thank you Andrea Robin Skinner and siblings for your candour.Thank you @debdundas.bsky.social and the Star team for your guidance. And @sydhegele.bsky.social let’s talk
My fiction left Alice Munro shaking. Her daughter’s reality did the same to me
I wasn't able to confront my abusers — until now.
www.thestar.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
www.thestar.com/opinion/my-f... Thank you Andrea Robin Skinner and siblings for your candour.Thank you @debdundas.bsky.social and the Star team for your guidance. And @sydhegele.bsky.social let’s talk
Thank you, Sydney and Andrea www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Andrea Skinner’s story helped me transform shame into solidarity
I have witnessed the power of storytelling to save lives
www.thestar.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thank you, Sydney and Andrea www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The UBC School of Creative Writing invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position in Writing for Screen, with a likely start date of September 1, 2025. Apply by July 15, 2025. Read the full job description: creativewriting.ubc.ca/about/job-op...
June 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The UBC School of Creative Writing invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position in Writing for Screen, with a likely start date of September 1, 2025. Apply by July 15, 2025. Read the full job description: creativewriting.ubc.ca/about/job-op...
Andry Hernãndez Romero. Proof of life. Due process www.advocate.com/news/hundred...
Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero
They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.
www.advocate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Andry Hernãndez Romero. Proof of life. Due process www.advocate.com/news/hundred...
My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications
June 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications
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The lawsuit now includes a declaration from Andry Hernandez Romero's mother, who lives in Venezuela, who denies he was part of a gang.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The lawsuit now includes a declaration from Andry Hernandez Romero's mother, who lives in Venezuela, who denies he was part of a gang.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social thank you for your column on Andry Hernández Romero, the gay artist in El Salvador, with the “mom” tattoo on one wrist, “dad” on the other. Proof of life, please, now. Due process
April 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social thank you for your column on Andry Hernández Romero, the gay artist in El Salvador, with the “mom” tattoo on one wrist, “dad” on the other. Proof of life, please, now. Due process
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April 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
April 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
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Also of importance from @caroloff.bsky.social "These are people who don’t usually talk to reporters and they probably hang up on pollsters. We may be in for a big surprise on April 28th."
Is the Poilievre vote underrepresented in polls? Are we in for a repeat of Trump 2016? I hope not.
Is the Poilievre vote underrepresented in polls? Are we in for a repeat of Trump 2016? I hope not.
Pierre Poilievre says he's dedicated to "free speech" while the pseudo "news" groups- his cheerleaders-- attempt to shut down legitimate media.
My latest substack -- Part 2.
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Why we need more news reporting open.substack.com/pub/caroloff...
My latest substack -- Part 2.
You don't need to subscribe to read.
Why we need more news reporting open.substack.com/pub/caroloff...
Why we need more news reporting
Part 2
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Also of importance from @caroloff.bsky.social "These are people who don’t usually talk to reporters and they probably hang up on pollsters. We may be in for a big surprise on April 28th."
Is the Poilievre vote underrepresented in polls? Are we in for a repeat of Trump 2016? I hope not.
Is the Poilievre vote underrepresented in polls? Are we in for a repeat of Trump 2016? I hope not.
Heeds up www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States | CBC News
The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration and reports of some Canadians encounte...
www.cbc.ca
April 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Heeds up www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
March 31, lots of love❤️❤️❤️
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
March 31, lots of love❤️❤️❤️