K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦
@krwbooks.bsky.social
The wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of Canadian Literature. www.krwilson.ca No A.I.
Stan On Guard coming Mar 2026.
Stan On Guard coming Mar 2026.
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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦
@krwbooks.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Stan On Guard book trailer
Teaser trailer for the 2026 novel Stan On Guard by K. R. Wilson.
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TEASER BOOK TRAILER
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
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Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 10.1
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 583,200-806,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 10.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.2X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreigcayvfpw3riiwc5ff4taetmai2egkpb4dyvp7ghhtvqirbpzm2vu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
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Every single one of these pictures is if transit or a waiting room, EXACTLY THE PLACES WHERE READING SIMPLY HELPS PASS TIME
Jesus Christ. It’s just reading, not jerking off. It doesn’t need to be hidden behind closed doors.
Jesus Christ. It’s just reading, not jerking off. It doesn’t need to be hidden behind closed doors.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Every single one of these pictures is if transit or a waiting room, EXACTLY THE PLACES WHERE READING SIMPLY HELPS PASS TIME
Jesus Christ. It’s just reading, not jerking off. It doesn’t need to be hidden behind closed doors.
Jesus Christ. It’s just reading, not jerking off. It doesn’t need to be hidden behind closed doors.
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A new @ca.theconversation.com article, co-authored by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), explores how updated CSA standards for respirator use can better protect health-care workers and patients — and why adopting evidence-based safety measures is vital for all Canadians. #RSCVoices
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
The CSA Group — a not-for-profit standards organization — released for review a new draft standard on the “Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators” (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically includin...
rsc-src.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new @ca.theconversation.com article, co-authored by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), explores how updated CSA standards for respirator use can better protect health-care workers and patients — and why adopting evidence-based safety measures is vital for all Canadians. #RSCVoices
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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Never undervalue the importance of faffing during any artistic pursuit.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Never undervalue the importance of faffing during any artistic pursuit.
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"with 1 trillion dollars, Elon Musk could-"
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"with 1 trillion dollars, Elon Musk could-"
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
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I've never once looked at ChatGPT because I can come up with words myself out of my own brain.
Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I've never once looked at ChatGPT because I can come up with words myself out of my own brain.
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Learning that a lot of people genuinely hate reading in general and not just when it’s assigned or boring was shocking to me when I was younger. This species continues to confound me in the ways it will avoid doing one of our greatest societal accomplishments.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Learning that a lot of people genuinely hate reading in general and not just when it’s assigned or boring was shocking to me when I was younger. This species continues to confound me in the ways it will avoid doing one of our greatest societal accomplishments.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Unlike the child porn mandatory minimum sentence hysterics (eg Robyn Urback), Mr. Coyne has actually read and understood the Supreme Court’s recent Charter decision affecting same.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Unlike the child porn mandatory minimum sentence hysterics (eg Robyn Urback), Mr. Coyne has actually read and understood the Supreme Court’s recent Charter decision affecting same.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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The Trump regime is not only withdrawing the US from climate efforts, it's threatening other countries that try to make climate deals. This is one of the greatest crimes of the Trump administration:
U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals
The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Trump regime is not only withdrawing the US from climate efforts, it's threatening other countries that try to make climate deals. This is one of the greatest crimes of the Trump administration:
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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Sitting there like Jeremy Bentham
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sitting there like Jeremy Bentham
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We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
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Did you know that today is I Read Canadian Day? To celebrate, we're sharing this great list by CBC Books from World Refugee Day:
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
12 Canadian books to read for World Refugee Day | CBC Books
June 20 is World Refugee Day. CBC Books has curated this list of books by Canadian writers (including Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien and more) that explore global diversity and the lived experience of...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did you know that today is I Read Canadian Day? To celebrate, we're sharing this great list by CBC Books from World Refugee Day:
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
"If you're looking for a book to help you understand what the refugee experience is like, check out one of these titles by Canadian writers."
www.cbc.ca/books/12-can...
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PM Carney minces no words.
Trump-imposed uncertainty is estimated to cost 🇨🇦Canada 1.8% of GDP.
We have to buckle up, knuckle down, grit our teeth, and carry on while shunning dependence on a neofascist 🇺🇸USA.
Can’t conceive of being stuck with a high school debater like Poilievre in times like these.
Trump-imposed uncertainty is estimated to cost 🇨🇦Canada 1.8% of GDP.
We have to buckle up, knuckle down, grit our teeth, and carry on while shunning dependence on a neofascist 🇺🇸USA.
Can’t conceive of being stuck with a high school debater like Poilievre in times like these.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
PM Carney minces no words.
Trump-imposed uncertainty is estimated to cost 🇨🇦Canada 1.8% of GDP.
We have to buckle up, knuckle down, grit our teeth, and carry on while shunning dependence on a neofascist 🇺🇸USA.
Can’t conceive of being stuck with a high school debater like Poilievre in times like these.
Trump-imposed uncertainty is estimated to cost 🇨🇦Canada 1.8% of GDP.
We have to buckle up, knuckle down, grit our teeth, and carry on while shunning dependence on a neofascist 🇺🇸USA.
Can’t conceive of being stuck with a high school debater like Poilievre in times like these.
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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We can't let rage win! 💪
Research shows anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs source.washu.edu/2025/10/rese...
"...the researchers found that anger — not fear — was the primary emotion tied to a shift toward conservative views."
Research shows anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs source.washu.edu/2025/10/rese...
"...the researchers found that anger — not fear — was the primary emotion tied to a shift toward conservative views."
Research shows anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs
Research from a psychologist at Washington University in St. Louis has found that anger is the emotion that can drive abrupt shifts in political attitudes.
source.washu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We can't let rage win! 💪
Research shows anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs source.washu.edu/2025/10/rese...
"...the researchers found that anger — not fear — was the primary emotion tied to a shift toward conservative views."
Research shows anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs source.washu.edu/2025/10/rese...
"...the researchers found that anger — not fear — was the primary emotion tied to a shift toward conservative views."
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Everyone who is upset about the recent Supreme Court ruling should read this post for a clear understanding of what it actually means.
NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...
No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Everyone who is upset about the recent Supreme Court ruling should read this post for a clear understanding of what it actually means.