Heather J. "No New Year's Resolutions" Wood
@rollwithheather.bsky.social
Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
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January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Canadian Authors Dominate the Latest Booksellers' List! Check out the second instalment of the CIBA's Booksellers' List highlights some of the most exciting books readers will be picking up this season. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit
Canadian Authors Dominate the Latest Booksellers' List · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
The second instalment of the CIBA's Booksellers' List highlights some of the most exciting books readers will be picking up this season.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Canadian Authors Dominate the Latest Booksellers' List! Check out the second instalment of the CIBA's Booksellers' List highlights some of the most exciting books readers will be picking up this season. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01... #CanLit
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Thrilled to see this! Thank you for choosing my poem for your series, Vicki. As well, my thanks to the editors of The Night Heron Barks, who obtained permission to reproduce the Georgia O'Keeffe work. A dream journal.
"My gorgeous dead.
Your abject pimp, I apologize.
Wish I had the courage to talk about the bees."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Dear Fleurs by @KateriLanthier.bsky.social (2021 The Night Heron Barks)
Your abject pimp, I apologize.
Wish I had the courage to talk about the bees."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Dear Fleurs by @KateriLanthier.bsky.social (2021 The Night Heron Barks)
Kateri Lanthier
Georgia O’Keeffe, Series 1, No. 8, 1919 Dear Fleurs I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move. -Georgia O’Keeffe Sorry for being your pornogra…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Thrilled to see this! Thank you for choosing my poem for your series, Vicki. As well, my thanks to the editors of The Night Heron Barks, who obtained permission to reproduce the Georgia O'Keeffe work. A dream journal.
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Fiction submissions are open now!
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January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fiction submissions are open now!
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Quebec’s fourth femicide and it’s only Jan. 19th.
A 40-year-old woman is dead after an argument with a man that reportedly escalated in Rougemont, in Quebec’s Montérégie region.
Woman dies after argument escalates in Rougemont, Que.
A 40-year-old woman is dead after an argument with a man that reportedly escalated in Rougemont, in Quebec’s Montérégie region.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Quebec’s fourth femicide and it’s only Jan. 19th.
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I'm glad that the media is finally going mask off about this. Because this is absolutely who people are talking about when they think of the "working class." Some white dude without a college degree. Not a minority. Certainly not a single POC woman with children. Or a queer person.
So CNN is telling us the socioeconomic demographic known as the "working class" is defined by just two factors—and one of them is that you have to be white? And the other has to do with educational attainment, not salary?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I'm glad that the media is finally going mask off about this. Because this is absolutely who people are talking about when they think of the "working class." Some white dude without a college degree. Not a minority. Certainly not a single POC woman with children. Or a queer person.
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Conveniently unnamed.
An Ontario provincial constable with 17 years of service is facing criminal impaired driving charges while on duty.
globalnews.ca/news/1161873...
globalnews.ca/news/1161873...
OPP officer facing impaired driving charges while on duty | Globalnews.ca
The OPP says the officer has been suspended with pay and that its Professional Standards Unit is conducting an internal investigation.
globalnews.ca
January 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Conveniently unnamed.
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My profile of AI Minister Evan Solomon in The Walrus
As minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, Evan Solomon is trying his hardest to get Canadians to trust in the government’s tech vision. Will it work?
Writer Kate Lunau unpacks Solomon's strategy—and what's at stake if it fails. https://thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon-ai/
Writer Kate Lunau unpacks Solomon's strategy—and what's at stake if it fails. https://thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon-ai/
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
My profile of AI Minister Evan Solomon in The Walrus
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On August 29, 2024 a motorist rammed into a group of cyclists. Police arrived & despite video evidence, charged 2 people on bikes for allegedly uttering threats. The motorist was not charged & was the only one who claimed she was threatened. She did not admit to striking cyclists w her vehicle 1/3
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
On August 29, 2024 a motorist rammed into a group of cyclists. Police arrived & despite video evidence, charged 2 people on bikes for allegedly uttering threats. The motorist was not charged & was the only one who claimed she was threatened. She did not admit to striking cyclists w her vehicle 1/3
Well, I managed to spill coffee all over my kitchen in an excellent start to my Monday.
a cup of coffee is spilled on a counter
Alt: a cup of coffee is spilled on a counter
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January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Well, I managed to spill coffee all over my kitchen in an excellent start to my Monday.
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Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
QUEEN'S PARK - As Prime Minister Mark Carney inks a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to integrate their countries' electric vehicle sectors, possibly impacting Ontario's car manufacturing, Premi...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
Sexual assault survivor calls for accountability after police comments left her feeling humiliated
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Sexual assault survivor calls for accountability after police comments left her feeling ‘humiliated’ | CBC News
An Ontario woman who regularly shared her experiences as a sexual assault survivor at police training courses says she’s ending her relationship with the Ontario Police College and is raising concerns...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Sexual assault survivor calls for accountability after police comments left her feeling humiliated
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New on this.org! "When I sang, I felt whole, unashamed, unburdened. Music kept my heart alive." This brilliant memoir piece by Mieke De Vries explores queerness, music, creativity, and empowerment.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:47 PM
New on this.org! "When I sang, I felt whole, unashamed, unburdened. Music kept my heart alive." This brilliant memoir piece by Mieke De Vries explores queerness, music, creativity, and empowerment.
this.org/2026/01/19/n...
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"What a way to discover a new poet
What a way to meet a mother
What a way to realize hatred
Already holds so many taken pieces"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
It’s Your Move by George Murray (@bookninja.bsky.social) (2026 Grain of Salt) georgemurray.substack.com/p/its-your-m...
What a way to meet a mother
What a way to realize hatred
Already holds so many taken pieces"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
It’s Your Move by George Murray (@bookninja.bsky.social) (2026 Grain of Salt) georgemurray.substack.com/p/its-your-m...
It's Your Move
A poem
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January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"What a way to discover a new poet
What a way to meet a mother
What a way to realize hatred
Already holds so many taken pieces"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
It’s Your Move by George Murray (@bookninja.bsky.social) (2026 Grain of Salt) georgemurray.substack.com/p/its-your-m...
What a way to meet a mother
What a way to realize hatred
Already holds so many taken pieces"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
It’s Your Move by George Murray (@bookninja.bsky.social) (2026 Grain of Salt) georgemurray.substack.com/p/its-your-m...
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Fun CBC story about the live-karaoke band I started with @tpshea.bsky.social (and a few others, not on here) a few years ago, and which is easily one of the most fun things I do with my time.
This Hamilton band wants to make your 'rockstar dreams' come true | CBC News
At The Approximators’ live-band karaoke shows, audience members sign up to sing songs from a list of over 200 the band knows. When the emcee calls on them, singers come up on stage and front the band....
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January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Fun CBC story about the live-karaoke band I started with @tpshea.bsky.social (and a few others, not on here) a few years ago, and which is easily one of the most fun things I do with my time.
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“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
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—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
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January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
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🙏🏾
If able, please consider supporting Rochelle, a beloved local Black nonbinary disabled friend, artist, and dedicated community member, who is desperately trying to move forward after the end of an abusive relationship, with limited family support, health challenges, debt, etc! 🙏🏾 gofund.me/71a5933e2
Donate to Invisibly Disabled Black Non-Binary Artist Needing Support, organized by Rochelle Richardson
I am an Invisibly Disabled, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary Black … Rochelle Richardson needs your support for Invisibly Disabled Black Non-Binary Artist Needing Support
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January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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<nods in Toronto> 👍🏼
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
<nods in Toronto> 👍🏼
Blue Monday greetings Bluesky 💙 youtu.be/9GMjH1nR0ds
New Order - Blue Monday 88 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by New Order
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January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Blue Monday greetings Bluesky 💙 youtu.be/9GMjH1nR0ds
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#OtD 19 Jan 1955 315 writers at The Brooklyn Eagle went on strike to protest owner Frank D. Schroth's refusal to raise wages. The strike lasted until March, when the paper was folded stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1250...
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 AM
#OtD 19 Jan 1955 315 writers at The Brooklyn Eagle went on strike to protest owner Frank D. Schroth's refusal to raise wages. The strike lasted until March, when the paper was folded stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1250...
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“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
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January 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
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