Sherry D. Ramsey - Author 🇨🇦
@sdramsey.bsky.social
SF/F author, sometime teacher, book lover, gamer, creativity addict, ally 🏳️🌈. She/her. I also garden and love dogs, so you know what to expect. Canadian and not sorry - Unama'ki/Cape Breton. Find everything at https://linktr.ee/sherrydramsey
Pinned
Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment:
Hair scrunchie
Fountain pen(s)
Notebook
Lip balm
Tide stain stick
Hair scrunchie
Fountain pen(s)
Notebook
Lip balm
Tide stain stick
Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment:
1: encrypted flash drive with My Docs backed up
2: 2 days worth of meds
3: tissues
4: reading glasses (I'm allergic to retinox)
5: 2 spare K95 masks
1: encrypted flash drive with My Docs backed up
2: 2 days worth of meds
3: tissues
4: reading glasses (I'm allergic to retinox)
5: 2 spare K95 masks
Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment:
More pens than necessary
Lip Balm
Tim Hortons rewards card
Phone
Bandaids
More pens than necessary
Lip Balm
Tim Hortons rewards card
Phone
Bandaids
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That moment when you finally, finally, figure out how this story is supposed to end. 🎉🎈🥳🍺 #writing #stories #writinglife
October 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
That moment when you finally, finally, figure out how this story is supposed to end. 🎉🎈🥳🍺 #writing #stories #writinglife
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Why oh why do I not live in Montreal?! 😩😩😩😑
Anyone who is able to foster please keep the rest of us apprised, cute little videos and pictures squirrels are so awesome!
Anyone who is able to foster please keep the rest of us apprised, cute little videos and pictures squirrels are so awesome!
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Why oh why do I not live in Montreal?! 😩😩😩😑
Anyone who is able to foster please keep the rest of us apprised, cute little videos and pictures squirrels are so awesome!
Anyone who is able to foster please keep the rest of us apprised, cute little videos and pictures squirrels are so awesome!
2/2 I got a response almost immediately. I just looked at it now and at the bottom it says this response was generated using AI. 🤦♀️
It also says how valuable my feedback is, but that’s obviously a stone-cold lie. How embarrassing for them.
It also says how valuable my feedback is, but that’s obviously a stone-cold lie. How embarrassing for them.
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
2/2 I got a response almost immediately. I just looked at it now and at the bottom it says this response was generated using AI. 🤦♀️
It also says how valuable my feedback is, but that’s obviously a stone-cold lie. How embarrassing for them.
It also says how valuable my feedback is, but that’s obviously a stone-cold lie. How embarrassing for them.
I emailed @notion.com support last night to ask about how to hide AI stuff in the interface. I explained that as an author whose work had been illegally used to train AI I really don’t want to see those “features” or have them pushed on me. 1/2
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I emailed @notion.com support last night to ask about how to hide AI stuff in the interface. I explained that as an author whose work had been illegally used to train AI I really don’t want to see those “features” or have them pushed on me. 1/2
Drop by and say hello if you're at the Sydney ComicCon this weekend! Friday through Sunday at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre.
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drop by and say hello if you're at the Sydney ComicCon this weekend! Friday through Sunday at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre.
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this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
August 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
ALL my class prep for the semester is done! All lectures updated and printed if necessary, handouts printed, PowerPoints updated and loaded on my USB, attendance and assignment tracking sheets done, midterms and final exam DONE. It took me three days but wow does it feel good! #teaching #university
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
ALL my class prep for the semester is done! All lectures updated and printed if necessary, handouts printed, PowerPoints updated and loaded on my USB, attendance and assignment tracking sheets done, midterms and final exam DONE. It took me three days but wow does it feel good! #teaching #university
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Here’s Atwood dragging Smith:
August 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here’s Atwood dragging Smith:
We’ve never had such a prolific crop of blackberries as this summer. I’ve made blackberry muffins, blackberry jam, blackberry crisp, and frozen bags of them. Still many more to pick. What else should I make?
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We’ve never had such a prolific crop of blackberries as this summer. I’ve made blackberry muffins, blackberry jam, blackberry crisp, and frozen bags of them. Still many more to pick. What else should I make?
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Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
August 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Keep buying Canadian. Keep reading labels. Keep exploring new Canadian brands to find your favourites. Keep asking shops/stores if they stock Canadian goods.
It is all worth it. Not a waste of time. Benefits you and your community.
And, importantly, sticks it to the fascists down South.
It is all worth it. Not a waste of time. Benefits you and your community.
And, importantly, sticks it to the fascists down South.
“Canada’s Retail Sales year-over-year surged to 6.60%, beating the 5.30% estimate and rising sharply from June’s 4.90%. This strong expansion signals robust consumer demand”
Retail Sales Yoy - CA Economic Data | Sigmanomics
Detailed analysis of Retail Sales Yoy for CA, including historical data, forecasts, and market impact.
www.sigmanomics.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Keep buying Canadian. Keep reading labels. Keep exploring new Canadian brands to find your favourites. Keep asking shops/stores if they stock Canadian goods.
It is all worth it. Not a waste of time. Benefits you and your community.
And, importantly, sticks it to the fascists down South.
It is all worth it. Not a waste of time. Benefits you and your community.
And, importantly, sticks it to the fascists down South.
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River bathing is making a vibrant comeback across Europe. Cities are launching wild-swim-friendly waterfronts. These projects combine improved water quality with public design, turning rivers into lifelines for recreation, community, and cooler city lives. buff.ly/9bLjqjL
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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August 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
River bathing is making a vibrant comeback across Europe. Cities are launching wild-swim-friendly waterfronts. These projects combine improved water quality with public design, turning rivers into lifelines for recreation, community, and cooler city lives. buff.ly/9bLjqjL
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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A robot bends over, vomiting up slimy chunks of books that it devoured earlier.
Botlicking technoslopper: "See that? That's my novel. I told the robot to vomit. I pressed the vomit button. I wrote that novel."
Botlicking technoslopper: "See that? That's my novel. I told the robot to vomit. I pressed the vomit button. I wrote that novel."
August 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A robot bends over, vomiting up slimy chunks of books that it devoured earlier.
Botlicking technoslopper: "See that? That's my novel. I told the robot to vomit. I pressed the vomit button. I wrote that novel."
Botlicking technoslopper: "See that? That's my novel. I told the robot to vomit. I pressed the vomit button. I wrote that novel."
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Attention stargazers!
It's time for one of the best meteor showers of the year — the Perseids, it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13. On this night, under ideal conditions — dark, cloud-free, smoke-free, clear skies — the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
It's time for one of the best meteor showers of the year — the Perseids, it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13. On this night, under ideal conditions — dark, cloud-free, smoke-free, clear skies — the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Attention stargazers! It's time for one of the best meteor showers of the year — the Perseids | CBC News
This year, the Perseid meteor shower runs from July 17 to Aug. 23, but it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13 when, under ideal conditions, the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour. However,...
www.cbc.ca
August 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Attention stargazers!
It's time for one of the best meteor showers of the year — the Perseids, it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13. On this night, under ideal conditions — dark, cloud-free, smoke-free, clear skies — the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
It's time for one of the best meteor showers of the year — the Perseids, it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13. On this night, under ideal conditions — dark, cloud-free, smoke-free, clear skies — the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Wild to hear this coming from a conservative candidate, strange times when all parties are actually on the same page. That said, it’s something I’ve wanted changed for a while, food origin labelling needs a serious revamp. Good petition, worth signing. #BuyCanadian #FoodTransparency
Petition e-6641 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
August 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Wild to hear this coming from a conservative candidate, strange times when all parties are actually on the same page. That said, it’s something I’ve wanted changed for a while, food origin labelling needs a serious revamp. Good petition, worth signing. #BuyCanadian #FoodTransparency
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One of the many significant differences between the USA and Canada is that in the 🇺🇸, electoral districts can be reshaped for political aims (gerrymandering), while in Canada, changes to electoral districts ate overseen by an independent body and reflect population distribution changes.
August 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
One of the many significant differences between the USA and Canada is that in the 🇺🇸, electoral districts can be reshaped for political aims (gerrymandering), while in Canada, changes to electoral districts ate overseen by an independent body and reflect population distribution changes.
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Pay attention, Canadians!
The changes actually make the new version of the censorship law much, much worse than the version that died in the house last year
Here's a proper breakdown
Parliament isn't in session, which gives us all time to write our scripts to yell at our MPs with
Here's a proper breakdown
Parliament isn't in session, which gives us all time to write our scripts to yell at our MPs with
August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Pay attention, Canadians!
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We are liabilities to these billionaire oligarchs who plan to use AI to replace much of our labor. Think it through. Do you see their plans for all the newly unemployed by DOGE’s firings of thousands? What are their ideas? Their thoughts about us? We are in their way.
substack.com/@democraticw...
substack.com/@democraticw...
Michele (@democraticwarrior)
Unfortunately, I ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY agree with this guy!!
Please listen! 👇🏼
substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are liabilities to these billionaire oligarchs who plan to use AI to replace much of our labor. Think it through. Do you see their plans for all the newly unemployed by DOGE’s firings of thousands? What are their ideas? Their thoughts about us? We are in their way.
substack.com/@democraticw...
substack.com/@democraticw...
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Yeah, I will continue to use em-dashes, semicolons, and whatever other punctuation I want as a writer. Here, want an interrobang‽
Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.
August 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah, I will continue to use em-dashes, semicolons, and whatever other punctuation I want as a writer. Here, want an interrobang‽
Tom Lehrer was an absolutely formative part of my life and my sense of humour.
Tom Lehrer outlived Kissinger, and I think that is evidence that there are at least some good forces in the universe.
“I do have a cause, though. It is obscenity. I’m for it.”
-from the intro to “Smut”
“I do have a cause, though. It is obscenity. I’m for it.”
-from the intro to “Smut”
"It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."
—Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
—Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tom Lehrer was an absolutely formative part of my life and my sense of humour.
My Dorothy Perkins rose and I both survived some cleanup and she’s looking good. #roses #gardens #bloomscrolling #summer
July 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My Dorothy Perkins rose and I both survived some cleanup and she’s looking good. #roses #gardens #bloomscrolling #summer