Shantu
@shantuellis.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇹🇹 Dad of two daughters. Writer of many things, real and imagined. Displaced but searching.
Volunteer | Music Nerd | Radio Host
📚📝🏕️🎮🐶🎧🥁🔮
Volunteer | Music Nerd | Radio Host
📚📝🏕️🎮🐶🎧🥁🔮
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Tuesday evening reminder: Write the book. Make the zine. Pack the shelves. Fill the world with so many stories they'll never be able to silence us all.
May 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tuesday evening reminder: Write the book. Make the zine. Pack the shelves. Fill the world with so many stories they'll never be able to silence us all.
A bill has been introduced to the Texas Legislature that could result in bookstores facing fines and legal costs if they place material deemed "obscene" within access of a minor. #Books
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A bill has been introduced to the Texas Legislature that could result in bookstores facing fines and legal costs if they place material deemed "obscene" within access of a minor. #Books
There haven’t been many artists who could blend soulful harmonies with political insights quite like Marvin Gaye. #BlackSky #Music
Marvin Gaye’s You’re the Man—A Buried Political Anthem
Marvin Gaye's You’re the Man is a timeless reminder of Gaye's ability to blend soulful music with powerful social commentary.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The other day, my oldest daughter asked me if there are any celebrated Black Canadians, like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm X … #BlackSky #BHM #CanadianHistory #BlackHistory
Uncovering Black Canadian History: The Story of Mathieu de Costa
The First Recorded Black Man in Canada and the Fight for Recognition
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February 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The other day, my oldest daughter asked me if there are any celebrated Black Canadians, like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm X … #BlackSky #BHM #CanadianHistory #BlackHistory
⛸️ 🎧 I’m bringing the roller rink vibe to the ice this Friday (Jan 17) — Churchill Square in #yeg from 6-9 pm 📅
Swing by for your recommended dose of funk, soul, disco, house & hip-hop. #edmonton #yegdj #yegdt #gooutside
Swing by for your recommended dose of funk, soul, disco, house & hip-hop. #edmonton #yegdj #yegdt #gooutside
January 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
⛸️ 🎧 I’m bringing the roller rink vibe to the ice this Friday (Jan 17) — Churchill Square in #yeg from 6-9 pm 📅
Swing by for your recommended dose of funk, soul, disco, house & hip-hop. #edmonton #yegdj #yegdt #gooutside
Swing by for your recommended dose of funk, soul, disco, house & hip-hop. #edmonton #yegdj #yegdt #gooutside
Diggin’ deep for this week’s Purple Room! 🎶 A soulful journey through the African diaspora—Sonya Spence, Leroy Hutson, Ebo Taylor Jnr, and more. No genres, just vibes. 🟣
Catch it Saturday at 2 PM MT on CJSR 88.5 FM or stream at CJSR.com. Playlist at PurpleRoomRadio.com. #CommunityRadio #BlackSky
Catch it Saturday at 2 PM MT on CJSR 88.5 FM or stream at CJSR.com. Playlist at PurpleRoomRadio.com. #CommunityRadio #BlackSky
January 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Diggin’ deep for this week’s Purple Room! 🎶 A soulful journey through the African diaspora—Sonya Spence, Leroy Hutson, Ebo Taylor Jnr, and more. No genres, just vibes. 🟣
Catch it Saturday at 2 PM MT on CJSR 88.5 FM or stream at CJSR.com. Playlist at PurpleRoomRadio.com. #CommunityRadio #BlackSky
Catch it Saturday at 2 PM MT on CJSR 88.5 FM or stream at CJSR.com. Playlist at PurpleRoomRadio.com. #CommunityRadio #BlackSky
Anishinaabe artist Luke Swinton created this logo for the #Raptors, which you might have seen during the team's annual Indigenous heritage game tonight. #nba
Indigenous logo by Ontario artist Luke Swinson to be featured at Toronto Raptors game tonight | CBC News
Kitchener, Ont., resident Luke Swinson, a visual artist with Anishinaabe roots and a member of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, created a logo the Toronto Raptors will use during their ...
www.cbc.ca
January 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don’t rock with ppl who read the rules before they play Uno.
December 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I don’t rock with ppl who read the rules before they play Uno.
A manager once asked me, “now that your girls are older, are you interested in coming to the office more often?”
It was the hardest I’d ever laughed without making a sound.
#SelfControl #Parenting #GirlDad
It was the hardest I’d ever laughed without making a sound.
#SelfControl #Parenting #GirlDad
December 21, 2024 at 6:29 PM
A manager once asked me, “now that your girls are older, are you interested in coming to the office more often?”
It was the hardest I’d ever laughed without making a sound.
#SelfControl #Parenting #GirlDad
It was the hardest I’d ever laughed without making a sound.
#SelfControl #Parenting #GirlDad
Young me would kick my ass if he saw old me happily filling my pill organizer at 11 pm.
December 17, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Young me would kick my ass if he saw old me happily filling my pill organizer at 11 pm.
Here’s the playlist from this week’s Purple Room, celebrating a true icon of modern soul: Raphael Saadiq.
#Radio #YEG #SoulMusic
#Radio #YEG #SoulMusic
The Soul of Raphael Saadiq
This week in The Purple Room, we celebrated the genius of Raphael Saadiq, a true icon of modern soul.
From his time with Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl to his remarkable solo career, Saadiq’s music...
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December 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Here’s the playlist from this week’s Purple Room, celebrating a true icon of modern soul: Raphael Saadiq.
#Radio #YEG #SoulMusic
#Radio #YEG #SoulMusic
Lawrence Hill’s “Book of Negroes” banned.
"How are we to equip them to understand how difficult and painful a word can be … if we don't actually discuss the context in which these words are used?"
#BookSky #BlackSky #canada
"How are we to equip them to understand how difficult and painful a word can be … if we don't actually discuss the context in which these words are used?"
#BookSky #BlackSky #canada
'It's sort of burying our heads in the sand': Lawrence Hill criticizes Ont. board's teaching ban of his book | CBC News
A prominent Canadian novelist is speaking out after a London, Ont., high school teacher was ordered to stop using one of his award-winning novels in class because of its use of the N-word.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 AM
My youngest daughter asked me, “if two mind readers were reading each other’s minds at the same time, whose mind would they be reading?” and I think I’m gonna need a minute.
#questions #DadSky #GirlDad #parenting
#questions #DadSky #GirlDad #parenting
December 8, 2024 at 4:20 PM
My youngest daughter asked me, “if two mind readers were reading each other’s minds at the same time, whose mind would they be reading?” and I think I’m gonna need a minute.
#questions #DadSky #GirlDad #parenting
#questions #DadSky #GirlDad #parenting
Everything I want to know about my neighbours, I learn on recycling day.
December 8, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Everything I want to know about my neighbours, I learn on recycling day.
Is “you should write a book about your life” just a nice way of saying, “stop talking to me”?
#Questions #AuthorSky #WriterSky
#Questions #AuthorSky #WriterSky
December 8, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Is “you should write a book about your life” just a nice way of saying, “stop talking to me”?
#Questions #AuthorSky #WriterSky
#Questions #AuthorSky #WriterSky
Now reading: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower graphic novel edition (2020) #BookSky #GraphicNovels
December 5, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Now reading: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower graphic novel edition (2020) #BookSky #GraphicNovels
December 4, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Downside: the spacebar on my keyboard sticks.
Upside: just figured out how to increase my page count.
#writer #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
Upside: just figured out how to increase my page count.
#writer #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Downside: the spacebar on my keyboard sticks.
Upside: just figured out how to increase my page count.
#writer #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
Upside: just figured out how to increase my page count.
#writer #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
My daughters share the greatest books with me.
The Golden Hour by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social from the Edmonton Public Library 📚 💕
The Golden Hour by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social from the Edmonton Public Library 📚 💕
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
My daughters share the greatest books with me.
The Golden Hour by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social from the Edmonton Public Library 📚 💕
The Golden Hour by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social from the Edmonton Public Library 📚 💕