Lynn Coady
@lynncoady.bsky.social
Giller Prize winning fictioneer and screenwriter. Irony-poisoned. lynncoady.com/fiction
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“Canada lost its status last week, ending a 27-year run, after failing to control an outbreak that began at a Mennonite gathering in October 2024. (Thank Alberta for selling out healthcare to antivax privatization fiends, then Ontario) -pre-embarrassed in CA.
Tommy Douglas spinning in his grave
Tommy Douglas spinning in his grave
"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Canada lost its status last week, ending a 27-year run, after failing to control an outbreak that began at a Mennonite gathering in October 2024. (Thank Alberta for selling out healthcare to antivax privatization fiends, then Ontario) -pre-embarrassed in CA.
Tommy Douglas spinning in his grave
Tommy Douglas spinning in his grave
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“What these pundits are nudging us to do… is accept that women are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be.” Blowing up the ‘man crisis’ rhetoric www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“What these pundits are nudging us to do… is accept that women are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be.” Blowing up the ‘man crisis’ rhetoric www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
Fun and playful to imagine barring an entire population from public life if it’s just ladies, cuz who wants to see all that pink and hear about periods all day at their job?
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fun and playful to imagine barring an entire population from public life if it’s just ladies, cuz who wants to see all that pink and hear about periods all day at their job?
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cc all members and industry allies of @inkcanada.bsky.social
ART IS HUMAN. The development of generative AI in the cultural sector must be done with artists, for artists. Our governments must put in place a clear and ethical framework for the development of AI. Add your voice to ours by signing the manifesto.
lartesthumain.com/en/
lartesthumain.com/en/
Art is Human - Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation
The development of AI in culture must be done with the community, for the community, and in a careful, reasonable, and well-thought-out manner, because art is Human!
lartesthumain.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
cc all members and industry allies of @inkcanada.bsky.social
Bluesky is kinda shit for Canadian news. I opened TikTok and immediately got live updates on the budget from actual news orgs
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Bluesky is kinda shit for Canadian news. I opened TikTok and immediately got live updates on the budget from actual news orgs
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
“I hope… readers will keep going back to her original works. They were written by the light of her darkness.” Wow this memoir of living with Patricia Highsmith near the end of her life is gripping. yalereview.org/article/work...
My Harrowing Months as Patricia Highsmith’s Assistant
Elena Gosalvez Blanco recalls her time as Patricia Highsmith's assistant in the novelist's final months.
yalereview.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“I hope… readers will keep going back to her original works. They were written by the light of her darkness.” Wow this memoir of living with Patricia Highsmith near the end of her life is gripping. yalereview.org/article/work...
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microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
*whilst stabbing you to death* Don’t be discouraged! Our indestructible robot bodies will be here any day now!
Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'
Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...
tech.yahoo.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
*whilst stabbing you to death* Don’t be discouraged! Our indestructible robot bodies will be here any day now!
Yeah wtf was that about anyway
Canadians deserve clarity and transparency. That’s why I’m calling on the government to fully explain the basis for the reported entry ban on @kneecapceol.bsky.social — no one should face arbitrary or politicized immigration decisions. The public needs answers. 🇨🇦
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NDP MP calls for probe into statement banning Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap
The NDP wants to probe what led a parliamentary secretary to announce that an Irish hip-hop group had been banned from entering Canada.
nationalpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yeah wtf was that about anyway
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Think it’s probably time for the leaders of each political party to be asked exactly what steps they’ll be taking to protect Canadians from MAGA ideology and the utter carnage it inflicts on society
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Think it’s probably time for the leaders of each political party to be asked exactly what steps they’ll be taking to protect Canadians from MAGA ideology and the utter carnage it inflicts on society
Also a great way to crap on people who’re willing to do more work and take more risks than you are
“Virtue signaling” has been an all-purpose tool to invalidate any form of advocacy which isn’t centered around selfishness.
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Also a great way to crap on people who’re willing to do more work and take more risks than you are
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
“I still think back to the moment when those plants were discovered. It was joyful. This whole project has becone a celebration.” Consider this story of renewal your Friday timeline cleanse www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“I still think back to the moment when those plants were discovered. It was joyful. This whole project has becone a celebration.” Consider this story of renewal your Friday timeline cleanse www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
I’m old enough to remember when you could travel across this country easily, efficiently and comfortably by train. Mulroney tore up the tracks to make sure we’d never have that again.
It’s absolutely right that workers walk off the job in response to the government taking a chainsaw to Canada Post.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government announcing major reforms to Canada Post.
www.cbc.ca
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m old enough to remember when you could travel across this country easily, efficiently and comfortably by train. Mulroney tore up the tracks to make sure we’d never have that again.
Noticing a lot of user-first platforms popping up in response to this kind of BS. There’s the Nebula video platform, the music one I can’t remember the name of, & Gander, a social media platform, founded by a non-billionaire dude, just for Canadians, and MODERATED ACCORDING TO OUR CHARTER OF RIGHTS
“My biggest issue is the fact that Substack insists on actively supporting leading far-right activists and propagandists like Christopher Rufo, Curtis Yarvin, and Richard Hanania – not only platforming, but actively promoting them as important thinkers.”
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Some major personal news:
steady.page/en/democracy...
I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Some major personal news:
steady.page/en/democracy...
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Noticing a lot of user-first platforms popping up in response to this kind of BS. There’s the Nebula video platform, the music one I can’t remember the name of, & Gander, a social media platform, founded by a non-billionaire dude, just for Canadians, and MODERATED ACCORDING TO OUR CHARTER OF RIGHTS
Really ingenious. Attract doctors into family medicine by making them municipal employees so they can just provide care & don’t have to deal with the admin burden of running a practice. We need more of this kind of outside the box thinking to fix healthcare in Canada www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
'I'm a problem solver': Meet the mayor whose plan to attract family doctors is turning heads across Canada | CBC News
A clinic in a small city outside Victoria is making family doctors municipal employees. By offering them pensions, benefits and administrative support, they are giving doctors a lifestyle many say the...
www.cbc.ca
September 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Really ingenious. Attract doctors into family medicine by making them municipal employees so they can just provide care & don’t have to deal with the admin burden of running a practice. We need more of this kind of outside the box thinking to fix healthcare in Canada www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Can’t wait to give this a listen
One of the many things Sean and I get into is the recent mini-controversy around an Ontario literary festival booking, then cancelling, an appearance by an "AI author."
That's almost exactly what Sean's most recent novel was about... AND he was at that festival.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
That's almost exactly what Sean's most recent novel was about... AND he was at that festival.
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
Music writing that is actually good! Complicated feelings about AI! The weather in YA novels!
My conversation with @swanmichaels.bsky.social
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
My conversation with @swanmichaels.bsky.social
thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...
September 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Can’t wait to give this a listen
I feel like waiting around for billionaire tech men to decide how our culture is going to work based on their various products launches has not worked out and we should turn away from them and their companies now
September 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I feel like waiting around for billionaire tech men to decide how our culture is going to work based on their various products launches has not worked out and we should turn away from them and their companies now