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Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

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Visual art, writing
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UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2

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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social · Jun 15

I’ve finally been able to get into Eaton Hamilton here after years shut out, so I’m going to use it for writing. Please join me at @hamiltonart.bsky.social for updates on my paintings.

I’ve lately finished writing two new books, a novel and a memoir. Three cheers!

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Mary Gillis

@marygillis.bsky.social

"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."

How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business

Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...

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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM

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The Beaverton

@thebeaverton.com

When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".

Photo of an Oct. 1 Time Magazine article that attributed a quote to US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, when it was actually made up for a Beaverton article.

November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

How sad.

Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 1d

Sad #CanLit news - the Hamilton Review of Books will cease publication at the end of this year. hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/11...

Goodbye and Deep Thanks from Hamilton Review of Books — Hamilton Review of Books

November 27, 2025 Hamilton Review of Books started as a labour of love. In the spring of 2016, I approached Noelle Allen at Wolsak & Wynn with an idea: what if we started an online book revi...

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November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM

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Lev Mirov

@thelionmachine.bsky.social

It's hard to describe how I feel every time this happens. I'm so overwhelmingly angry. We HAVE the ability to vaccinate virtually everyone who can take the vaccines so that herd immunity works in so many communities. A horrible way of dying was almost gone forever. It's not fair. It's not fair.

Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3d

A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

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Kentucky Public Health
KENTUCKY HEALTH ALERT
Increase in Pertussis in Kentucky
Recommendations for Identification and Prevention
November 21, 2025
Kentucky health officials are alerting providers that cases of pertussis ("whooping cough") have increased steadily across the Commonwealth in recent weeks. To date, 566 cases of pertussis have been reported in Kentucky in 2025, the highest number of cases in the Commonwealth since 2012. This follows a trend that was first announced in July 2024 when pertussis cases began increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. Health officials anticipate that pertussis will continue to increase during the winter months based on historic trends. Many U.S. states and other countries are also experiencing elevated levels of pertussis.
Many of the recent cases have occurred in young infants, and health officials also recently confirmed the third pertussis-related death in a Kentucky infant within the last year. This follows two other infant deaths that were announced in June. These are Kentucky's first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy. Health officials urge all Kentuckians to remain up to date on recommended pertussis immunizations and emphasize the importance of maternal immunization during pregnancy, and for all infants beginning promptly at two months of age. Health officials also encourage providers to consider pertussis as a diagnosis in addition to circulating seasonal respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID-19.
A significant number of cases have also occurred in school-aged children, many of whom were up to date on pertussis vaccination. Immunity from vaccination or natural infection wanes over time so infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated. However, the vaccine is known to reduce disease severity, and hospitalization among vaccinated individuals is rare.
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Kentucky Public Health
regularly in Kentucky, however an increase beyond the expected background rate has been reported in recent weeks. Though pertussis vaccination (DTaP or Tdap) is available and widely implemented, B. pertussis continues to spread in the U.S. due to lack of vaccination or timely boosters, the lack of lifelong immunity from vaccination or natural infection and the long duration of infectiousness in untreated cases.
Symptoms of pertussis usually begin with a runny or congested nose, a low-grade fever, and mild coughing; apnea/stopping breathing can also occur in infants. After one to two weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, violent (paroxysmal) coughing fits that can cause the "whooping" sound, vomiting or labored breathing. Young children are the most severely affected; most teens and adults will have mild symptoms. People with preexisting health conditions that may be worsened by whooping cough are at high risk for developing a severe infection.
Testing for Pertussis:
The preferred methods for pertussis testing include nasal pharyngeal (NP) swab or nasal wash via PCR testing or culture. PCR has optimal sensitivity during the first three weeks of cough, is widely available at commercial laboratories and has a fast turnaround time. Culture is considered the gold standard due to excellent specificity but may take longer to complete. Serology for antibodies to B. pertussis is available at many commercial laboratories, however, serologic assays are not generally recommended for primary diagnosis of pertussis due to variability and unknown clinical accuracy. The most promising serologic assays are those that measure IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin only and are collected two to eight weeks following cough onset.
Prevention of Pertussis:
Prevention of pertussis is primarily achieved through routine vaccination with DTaP (ages two months to six years) and Tdap (ages seven years and older), followed by appropriate booster doses. Vaccination of pr…

Bordetella parapertussis
B. parapertussis is a bacterium that is similar to B. pertussis and can cause pertussis-like illness but does not produce pertussis toxin. Symptoms of parapertussis are typically milder and infection may be asymptomatic.
There is no vaccine for B. parapertussis and post-exposure prophylaxis is not recommended, however treatment recommendations for symptomatic patients are the same as those for B. pertussis. B. parapertussis is not reportable in Kentucky.
Thank you for your attention to this alert and guidance. The KDPH pertussis website includes supplemental resources, including a pertussis quicksheet with additional information that providers may find useful. If you have questions regarding reporting, testing, or prevention of pertussis or other infectious diseases, please contact the Kentucky Immunization Branch at (502) 564-4478 or after hours by calling the KDPH Epidemiology on-call line at 888-9-REPORT (888-973-7678).
Our Mission: To improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through Prevention, Promotion, and Protection

November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

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The New York Times Shares Their 100 Notable Books of 2025

From literary fiction to nonfiction to "dazzlingly weird fiction," here are the 100 notable books of 2025, according to The New York Times.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

I was just saying yesterday that in the 80s I could support myself and two kids on what I earned from writing, and I can’t even begin to support only myself from it these days. Most writers support selves on courses, editing, or teaching. I can’t do any of that bc disabled, alas.

Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 4d

I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.

November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

Had a good writing day yesterday, unexpectedly, following on a trail of hard ones where I worked into the late evening. I surpassed page 100 in this editing of this rough draft. And that’s got to be something.

How are things with your writing?

November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

I enjoyed Girl, Woman, Other!

Nick M @plodinnotts.bsky.social · 5d

#booksky #books 21095 Penguin 108499 Girl. Woman, Other / Baernardine Evaristo (30th post-2020, charity shop 50p) those 30 editions show the continuing power of winning the Booker Prize - but then I've loved her writing for some time, blending great warmth and smart, astringent perspectives

November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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eReadersForum

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Twenty Standout Books from the 2025 National Book Awards
#ereadersforum #ereader #ebook #kindle #kobo #pocketbook #boox #remarkable

Twenty Standout Books from the 2025 National Book Awards - eReadersForum.com | Blog

The 2025 National Book Awards delivered an especially far-reaching collection of fiction, nonfiction, translation, and young people’s literature. This curated

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November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

I mean, do we discuss the Ryan Lizza thing here? He’s a writer and (allegedly) JFK Jr is a poet? The turgid missive I read on Substack was bad enough, but the fantasized violence makes me heave!

November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

Narrative magazine just sent me news they’re having another contest. But if you are considering submitting, remember this:

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Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?

"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."

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November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM

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Merriam-Webster

@merriam-webster.com

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

Congrats!

November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood

@rollwithheather.bsky.social

Vancouver poet Jordan Redekop-Jones wins 2025 CBC Poetry Prize #CanLit #CanPo
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Vancouver poet Jordan Redekop-Jones wins 2025 CBC Poetry Prize | CBC Books

Vancouver poet Jordan Redekop-Jones has won the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize for her poem Mixed Girl as Cosmogonic Myth.

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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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Sophie Gilbert

@sophiegilbert.bsky.social

Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM

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Molotovsky

@grifftheimpaler.bsky.social

Is the Booker Prize inherently a masculine prize? For and by men?

Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social · 13d

Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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River Street

@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

ICYMI: Kamloop’s author Katie Welch was featured in BC Living’s fall reading list!

Check out full list below.

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#britishcolumbia #bcliving #canlit #CanLit

November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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long con magazine + Collusion Books

@longconmagazine.bsky.social

Don't be shy: submit your art-replying-to-other-art for a place in issue 2.4!

Deadline Jan 31. longconmag.com/submit/

(🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝑺𝒉𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚, 2013-2015)

November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Eaton Hamilton

@eatonhamilton.bsky.social

Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self Preservation, Jen Percy. A great article by Sarah Viren and I’ll bet a great book:

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Jen Percy on Self-Preservation, Playing Dead, and Writing About Gendered Violence

The first time I encountered Jen Percy’s work she was reading it herself, in Iowa City, in a subterranean venue at a graduate students reading series called Anthology. The essay involved a guinea p…

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November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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rob mclennan

@robmclennan.bsky.social

hey! i got podcast interviewed by Dennis Rimmer at Talking Books & Stuff for the book of sentences (UCalgary Press) over the summer + apparently it is online! you should take a listen, / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ;
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