Finishing the Goddamn Novel
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Law/marcomms intersections at https://shep.ca. Big ol' lefty. Dumb jokes.
Thanks to a missing letter I just spent ten minutes imagining a local motorsports store owner called SNOWMOB LES
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thanks to a missing letter I just spent ten minutes imagining a local motorsports store owner called SNOWMOB LES
How about YOU SNOOZE YOU WINZ because you had a nice snooze
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How about YOU SNOOZE YOU WINZ because you had a nice snooze
The final Shocktober 2025, after some things got shifted around in the last week. Lots of winners (stars), one noped-out-early (Calvaire), some blahs (Ninth Configuration, Spider Baby, a segment of VHS Halloween). MetaFilter's DirtyOldTown and @evandorkin.bsky.social inspired many selections!
November 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The final Shocktober 2025, after some things got shifted around in the last week. Lots of winners (stars), one noped-out-early (Calvaire), some blahs (Ninth Configuration, Spider Baby, a segment of VHS Halloween). MetaFilter's DirtyOldTown and @evandorkin.bsky.social inspired many selections!
Local artists (lartists?) in #ygk - the Union Gallery's call for art for this year's SIDE BY SIDE fundraiser is now open:
www.uniongallery.ca/posts/call-f...
www.uniongallery.ca/posts/call-f...
Call For Artwork: Side By Side — Union Gallery
Open to: All artist Deadline: November 10, 2025
www.uniongallery.ca
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Local artists (lartists?) in #ygk - the Union Gallery's call for art for this year's SIDE BY SIDE fundraiser is now open:
www.uniongallery.ca/posts/call-f...
www.uniongallery.ca/posts/call-f...
the movie was greenlit but you need to start shooting in the next 45 minutes so who are you absolutely, positively sure is completely free RIGHT NOW:
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
the movie was greenlit but you need to start shooting in the next 45 minutes so who are you absolutely, positively sure is completely free RIGHT NOW:
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One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
For #KingstonOntario folks -- a nice mini-doc for the 10th annversary of the Tett Centre, including the Music Mill and Modern Fuel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-rB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-rB...
Tett Centre Story: Celebrating a Decade of Creativity
YouTube video by Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
For #KingstonOntario folks -- a nice mini-doc for the 10th annversary of the Tett Centre, including the Music Mill and Modern Fuel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-rB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-rB...
Wastrels and slugabeds
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Wastrels and slugabeds
Hey Ontarians, it's a small thing, so take 15 seconds out of your day: acorncanada.org/take_action/...
URGENT Message to Doug Ford: Don’t End Rent Control! - ACORN Canada
acorncanada.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hey Ontarians, it's a small thing, so take 15 seconds out of your day: acorncanada.org/take_action/...
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Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
ITCHING is a sensation. SCRATCHING is the action you take to address the itch. YOU CANNOT “ITCH” YOURSELF
god dammit
god dammit
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
ITCHING is a sensation. SCRATCHING is the action you take to address the itch. YOU CANNOT “ITCH” YOURSELF
god dammit
god dammit
A friend gave me this tiny cast iron pan, and it is the perfect single egg omelet pan, I use it almost every morning and it makes me happy. Some days it’s the small things.
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A friend gave me this tiny cast iron pan, and it is the perfect single egg omelet pan, I use it almost every morning and it makes me happy. Some days it’s the small things.
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This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
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On opening night of the Vancouver Writer’s FestivaI, I was with seven other authors where we were given the prompt to talk about being a Canadian now under this new pressure from tariffs and talks of annexation by the US. Everyone spoke powerfully. (Cont’d)
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On opening night of the Vancouver Writer’s FestivaI, I was with seven other authors where we were given the prompt to talk about being a Canadian now under this new pressure from tariffs and talks of annexation by the US. Everyone spoke powerfully. (Cont’d)
Sisters (who are also best friends) having a snuggle n’ clean
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sisters (who are also best friends) having a snuggle n’ clean
I have a specific form of face blindness where I can’t distinguish between what I call “mooshy white guys” — one of them could shoot me in the leg and I couldn’t tell ‘90s Jeff Daniels, Bill Pullman or Greg Kinnear apart in a police lineup.
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have a specific form of face blindness where I can’t distinguish between what I call “mooshy white guys” — one of them could shoot me in the leg and I couldn’t tell ‘90s Jeff Daniels, Bill Pullman or Greg Kinnear apart in a police lineup.
WHEN TITANS CLASH
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
WHEN TITANS CLASH
A short piece on how AI slop isn't just garbage on its face, it is providing an easy out for lazy writers/editors that further strips writing of what was once a metaphorical layer where intelligent art could reside. shep.ca/2025/10/16/i...
Images, slop, and the metaphor layer in storytelling – shep.ca
shep.ca
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A short piece on how AI slop isn't just garbage on its face, it is providing an easy out for lazy writers/editors that further strips writing of what was once a metaphorical layer where intelligent art could reside. shep.ca/2025/10/16/i...
Shocktober'25 has taken its final terrible form! Fresh from Tales from the Hood, which is astonishingly (and sadly) relevant today; plunging into the back third of the month with a lot of international movies, some gems, a time-shifted cinema viewing of Frankenstein this weekend, and more.
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Shocktober'25 has taken its final terrible form! Fresh from Tales from the Hood, which is astonishingly (and sadly) relevant today; plunging into the back third of the month with a lot of international movies, some gems, a time-shifted cinema viewing of Frankenstein this weekend, and more.
they have no idea the horrors that await them via my wholehearted embrace of the word "attempt" #theatre #davidboreanazschoolofacting #angelus #ohyoureaprettytingarentcha
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
they have no idea the horrors that await them via my wholehearted embrace of the word "attempt" #theatre #davidboreanazschoolofacting #angelus #ohyoureaprettytingarentcha
Stumbling through #Shocktober as we continue to populate the list, with #horror movies from every decade (and I haven't talked to @marisasandlin.bsky.social about the last few, so... subject to change). Some @evandorkin.bsky.social indirect suggestions in here, some from MetaFilter's DirtyOldTown.
October 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stumbling through #Shocktober as we continue to populate the list, with #horror movies from every decade (and I haven't talked to @marisasandlin.bsky.social about the last few, so... subject to change). Some @evandorkin.bsky.social indirect suggestions in here, some from MetaFilter's DirtyOldTown.
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A sign at No Kings protest in Chicago.🤘
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A sign at No Kings protest in Chicago.🤘
Lasagna day! Fresh noodles, tofu ricotta, garden tomato sauce, Brother Sprout “salt beefy” and onion.
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lasagna day! Fresh noodles, tofu ricotta, garden tomato sauce, Brother Sprout “salt beefy” and onion.
Let’s remember what’s important as we approach this most hallowed of eves
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Let’s remember what’s important as we approach this most hallowed of eves