The Book Shepherd
@thebookshepherd.bsky.social
Canadian Librarian, basket of feelings, east coast ennui. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🫐
One of the funniest things about watching him on WWE is that he so obviously wants people to like him. He wants to be taken seriously so badly.
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
One of the funniest things about watching him on WWE is that he so obviously wants people to like him. He wants to be taken seriously so badly.
It was an extra little indignity.
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
It was an extra little indignity.
I’ve aged myself with the Lost reference but that was peak time to be a television viewer. I went to a Lost watch party with a group of my friends for the finale. Social media barely existed. What a time to be alive.
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I’ve aged myself with the Lost reference but that was peak time to be a television viewer. I went to a Lost watch party with a group of my friends for the finale. Social media barely existed. What a time to be alive.
I knew how time zones worked, it just never occurred to me that 9:30pm was a late start time for Lost or whatever anywhere else.
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I knew how time zones worked, it just never occurred to me that 9:30pm was a late start time for Lost or whatever anywhere else.
The Newfoundland time zone is so weird, because I didn’t even know prime time television came on earlier than 9:30pm until I moved away.
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The Newfoundland time zone is so weird, because I didn’t even know prime time television came on earlier than 9:30pm until I moved away.
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It's a once in a lifetime chance. They've spent, in most cases, dozens of years training for this, dedicating their lives to this moment, because the difference between gold and nothing may be a 1% difference.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It's a once in a lifetime chance. They've spent, in most cases, dozens of years training for this, dedicating their lives to this moment, because the difference between gold and nothing may be a 1% difference.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from narrating romance books in the past couple years, it’s that romance fans are loyal, particular, and far smarter than anyone thinks. This is going to feel like they’re being condescended to, because it is. I don’t think they’ll take it well! And they shouldn’t!
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from narrating romance books in the past couple years, it’s that romance fans are loyal, particular, and far smarter than anyone thinks. This is going to feel like they’re being condescended to, because it is. I don’t think they’ll take it well! And they shouldn’t!
Sorry sweetie, Mommy needs to escape the horrors by playing too much Elder Scrolls online today.
February 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Sorry sweetie, Mommy needs to escape the horrors by playing too much Elder Scrolls online today.
Exactly my experience with it.
February 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Exactly my experience with it.
Fallout 4 is one of my most played games of all time. I loved it so much and spent literally hundreds of hours over the years playing it. Starfield felt hollow in comparison. Was not nearly as fun. Weird how they had all of space to play with and the game felt so much smaller.
February 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Fallout 4 is one of my most played games of all time. I loved it so much and spent literally hundreds of hours over the years playing it. Starfield felt hollow in comparison. Was not nearly as fun. Weird how they had all of space to play with and the game felt so much smaller.
There are many things that are hard to bear, but the fact that the things in the Epstein files will go unanswered for and many people are helping them stay unanswered for is particularly hard to bear.
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
There are many things that are hard to bear, but the fact that the things in the Epstein files will go unanswered for and many people are helping them stay unanswered for is particularly hard to bear.
Thank you! Newfoundland is lovely but the winters are long! I have an early June birthday and it’s equally likely that it will snow as it will be 20 degrees (it’s usually ten and raining haha).
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Thank you! Newfoundland is lovely but the winters are long! I have an early June birthday and it’s equally likely that it will snow as it will be 20 degrees (it’s usually ten and raining haha).
A very different winter than last here in NL! The cold snap was brutal and we aren’t used to that here on the east coast!
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
A very different winter than last here in NL! The cold snap was brutal and we aren’t used to that here on the east coast!
It doesn’t bode well that it’s the first week of February and I’m sick of winter in a place where winter often lasts well into April (and sometimes May).
February 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
It doesn’t bode well that it’s the first week of February and I’m sick of winter in a place where winter often lasts well into April (and sometimes May).
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Amazing finds!
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Amazing finds!
A huge dick!
January 30, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A huge dick!
Why is the last week of January 12 days long?
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Why is the last week of January 12 days long?
My husband: “Why? What’s wrong with the Dewey Decimal system?”
Me, about to talk for ten straight minutes, while becoming increasingly agitated: “We don’t even have enough time to get into this right now.”
Me, about to talk for ten straight minutes, while becoming increasingly agitated: “We don’t even have enough time to get into this right now.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
My husband: “Why? What’s wrong with the Dewey Decimal system?”
Me, about to talk for ten straight minutes, while becoming increasingly agitated: “We don’t even have enough time to get into this right now.”
Me, about to talk for ten straight minutes, while becoming increasingly agitated: “We don’t even have enough time to get into this right now.”
Devastating news. What will the university look like in the future?
MUN to sell Signal Hill campus, Johnson Geo Centre and Harlow amid financial strain ntv.ca/news/mun-to-...
MUN to sell Signal Hill campus, Johnson Geo Centre and Harlow amid financial strain - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source
Memorial University will be selling the Signal Hill Campus, the Johnson Geo Centre, the Ingstad building in St. John’s, as well as Harlow Campus in the U.K. as the university faces financial hardship....
ntv.ca
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Devastating news. What will the university look like in the future?
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Me, naive child: When I’m older we’ll have flying cars.
European countries including U.K. lose measles elimination status
U.K. and several other European countries lose measles elimination status
Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Me, naive child: When I’m older we’ll have flying cars.
This January has been 100 years long.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
This January has been 100 years long.
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GOING WELL UP HERE
"Are you concerned that the United States might militarily invade Canada in 2026?"
Concerned: 46%
Somewhat Concerned: 21%
Not Concerned: 33%
Narrative / Jan 15, 2026
Concerned: 46%
Somewhat Concerned: 21%
Not Concerned: 33%
Narrative / Jan 15, 2026
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
GOING WELL UP HERE
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NEW: This is a REAL story in The Globe and Mail today.
Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
NEW: This is a REAL story in The Globe and Mail today.
Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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Canadian Armed Forces are modelling responses to a US military invasion from the south.
They expect Canadian forces to be overrun in a fortnight, so the plan centres on Afghanistan-style insurgencies to inflict mass casualties on US troops
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They definitely have so many! I still watch here and there (I have wrestlers I love and I want to see every so often) and the use of AI to make renders is so obvious that it is funny. And depressing.
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
They definitely have so many! I still watch here and there (I have wrestlers I love and I want to see every so often) and the use of AI to make renders is so obvious that it is funny. And depressing.