Shantell Powell
@shanmonster.c.im.ap.brid.gy
Elder goth/swamp hag in Kitchener. Aurora finalist. Brave New Weird winner. Work in Augur, The Deadlands, On Spec, Prairie Fire, ALOCASIA, Nighmare, Feminist Studies […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://c.im/@Shanmonster, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://c.im/@Shanmonster, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by Shantell Powell
Avian flu detected at commercial poultry farm in southwest Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/avian-flu-detected-at-commercial-poultry-farm-in-strathroy-caradoc-9.6985002
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Avian flu detected at commercial poultry farm in southwest Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/avian-flu-detected-at-commercial-poultry-farm-in-strathroy-caradoc-9.6985002
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
And then there was the time I had possibly the most unflattering photo of me in existence taken with Henry Rollins.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And then there was the time I had possibly the most unflattering photo of me in existence taken with Henry Rollins.
Reposted by Shantell Powell
Looking for an elder 2SLGBTQI+ person to join my volunteer non-profit board at https://ODLAN.ca. Must be based in Canada, since we serve Canadian non-profits in our community.
We're doing some really neat work and are growing our reach and impact every year. Help our 2SLGBTQI+ communities exist […]
We're doing some really neat work and are growing our reach and impact every year. Help our 2SLGBTQI+ communities exist […]
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beige.party
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Looking for an elder 2SLGBTQI+ person to join my volunteer non-profit board at https://ODLAN.ca. Must be based in Canada, since we serve Canadian non-profits in our community.
We're doing some really neat work and are growing our reach and impact every year. Help our 2SLGBTQI+ communities exist […]
We're doing some really neat work and are growing our reach and impact every year. Help our 2SLGBTQI+ communities exist […]
Happy International Men's Day to all the dudes in my life. You rock.
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy International Men's Day to all the dudes in my life. You rock.
If you read a story or poem and like it, let the author know. For many of us, publishing feels like throwing our souls into the void. Sometimes it seems like no one is reading our work but our editors. Throw us a bone and make our days. #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bookstodon
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you read a story or poem and like it, let the author know. For many of us, publishing feels like throwing our souls into the void. Sometimes it seems like no one is reading our work but our editors. Throw us a bone and make our days. #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bookstodon
In the mid-90s, my favourite magazines were Skeptic and The Fortean Times.
I think this explains a lot about me. Or raises more questions.
I think this explains a lot about me. Or raises more questions.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In the mid-90s, my favourite magazines were Skeptic and The Fortean Times.
I think this explains a lot about me. Or raises more questions.
I think this explains a lot about me. Or raises more questions.
I have been having gut issues for the past few days causing painful bloat. Went and bought some fat pants to accommodate my swollen belly, but even the XL pants are too tight. Argh. Just gonna have to live in muumuus and forget I own pants. Chronic illness is some bullshit. #chronicillness […]
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c.im
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I have been having gut issues for the past few days causing painful bloat. Went and bought some fat pants to accommodate my swollen belly, but even the XL pants are too tight. Argh. Just gonna have to live in muumuus and forget I own pants. Chronic illness is some bullshit. #chronicillness […]
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I have another public reading coming up next month, and you can come check it out online! Https://womenwhosubmitlit.org
#writingcommunity #reading #readingcommunity
#writingcommunity #reading #readingcommunity
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I have another public reading coming up next month, and you can come check it out online! Https://womenwhosubmitlit.org
#writingcommunity #reading #readingcommunity
#writingcommunity #reading #readingcommunity
I left the Jehovah's Witnesses around '91, but kept all my JW books as reference materials & because I love the bizarre art. In the early 00s, I lent most of them to a prof, & never got them back. I wish I still had them. I'm writing stories based on that art. Seeing it online isn't the same. #exjw
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I left the Jehovah's Witnesses around '91, but kept all my JW books as reference materials & because I love the bizarre art. In the early 00s, I lent most of them to a prof, & never got them back. I wish I still had them. I'm writing stories based on that art. Seeing it online isn't the same. #exjw
One day in the mid-90s, my phone rang, and when I answered, the voice on the other end said, "Hello. This is the information superhighway calling."
I held the receiver out in front of me and stared at it, wondering if I was dreaming. #earlyinternet #90s #informationsuperhighway
I held the receiver out in front of me and stared at it, wondering if I was dreaming. #earlyinternet #90s #informationsuperhighway
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One day in the mid-90s, my phone rang, and when I answered, the voice on the other end said, "Hello. This is the information superhighway calling."
I held the receiver out in front of me and stared at it, wondering if I was dreaming. #earlyinternet #90s #informationsuperhighway
I held the receiver out in front of me and stared at it, wondering if I was dreaming. #earlyinternet #90s #informationsuperhighway
A brilliant, catchy song sung in fake English. https://youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si=gYb6nS4XavpauVvt
#musicvideo #music
#musicvideo #music
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A brilliant, catchy song sung in fake English. https://youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si=gYb6nS4XavpauVvt
#musicvideo #music
#musicvideo #music
Jingle Bells, Inuit gothic style. https://piqsiq.bandcamp.com/track/jingle-bells
#goth #throatsinging #Inuit #music #bandcamp
#goth #throatsinging #Inuit #music #bandcamp
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jingle Bells, Inuit gothic style. https://piqsiq.bandcamp.com/track/jingle-bells
#goth #throatsinging #Inuit #music #bandcamp
#goth #throatsinging #Inuit #music #bandcamp
I broke my new laptop yesterday when I accidentally closed it on its power cord. Argh.
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I broke my new laptop yesterday when I accidentally closed it on its power cord. Argh.
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It’s been a few years and sometimes I think of how these hitmen in China tried to outsource the job to 5 different people and they all got caught
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
Hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination in China
Five hitmen who tried to subcontract a job to one another see their cunning plan fall apart.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It’s been a few years and sometimes I think of how these hitmen in China tried to outsource the job to 5 different people and they all got caught
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
There's a snoot in my shirt. #chinchilla
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There's a snoot in my shirt. #chinchilla
I dreamt Harrison Ford and I were running through upside-down Toronto. I was lagging, and he asked what was wrong.
"Running upside down is hard," I said.
"No, it isn't."
I pointed to the big orange and white cat I was holding. "Yes, it is. Especially when you're carrying a cat."
He took the […]
"Running upside down is hard," I said.
"No, it isn't."
I pointed to the big orange and white cat I was holding. "Yes, it is. Especially when you're carrying a cat."
He took the […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I dreamt Harrison Ford and I were running through upside-down Toronto. I was lagging, and he asked what was wrong.
"Running upside down is hard," I said.
"No, it isn't."
I pointed to the big orange and white cat I was holding. "Yes, it is. Especially when you're carrying a cat."
He took the […]
"Running upside down is hard," I said.
"No, it isn't."
I pointed to the big orange and white cat I was holding. "Yes, it is. Especially when you're carrying a cat."
He took the […]
Patton Oswalt has been kicked off BlueSky for saying mean things about child-molester apologists.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Patton Oswalt has been kicked off BlueSky for saying mean things about child-molester apologists.
Know what warms the cockles of my heart? Being invited by an editor to submit a story to an anthology, and being told there's a space saved especially for me. Looks like I need to write a bespoke new story. #writing #writingcommunity
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Know what warms the cockles of my heart? Being invited by an editor to submit a story to an anthology, and being told there's a space saved especially for me. Looks like I need to write a bespoke new story. #writing #writingcommunity
Murmurations are magical.
From: @brettezeleliquide
https://h4.io/@brettezeleliquide/115535661993644594
From: @brettezeleliquide
https://h4.io/@brettezeleliquide/115535661993644594
brettezeleliquide (@brettezeleliquide@h4.io)
Attaché : 1 vidéo les murmurations d'autoroute Sam Youkilis, photographe et vidéaste né à New York et installé en Italie #birds #car #mobility #ecology
h4.io
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Murmurations are magical.
From: @brettezeleliquide
https://h4.io/@brettezeleliquide/115535661993644594
From: @brettezeleliquide
https://h4.io/@brettezeleliquide/115535661993644594
My poem "Removed" appears in this collection.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bloodlettermag/p/trans-voices-in-horror-published
#poetry #trans #TwoSpirit #poetrycommunity #horror
https://open.substack.com/pub/bloodlettermag/p/trans-voices-in-horror-published
#poetry #trans #TwoSpirit #poetrycommunity #horror
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My poem "Removed" appears in this collection.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bloodlettermag/p/trans-voices-in-horror-published
#poetry #trans #TwoSpirit #poetrycommunity #horror
https://open.substack.com/pub/bloodlettermag/p/trans-voices-in-horror-published
#poetry #trans #TwoSpirit #poetrycommunity #horror
I was a radio dj from the early 90s to the early 00s. There was a woman who did a techno show before my industrial show, and we often chatted while she was wrapping up and I was setting up.
One time, she told me how awful it was that cops kept showing up at the raves looking for a drug called […]
One time, she told me how awful it was that cops kept showing up at the raves looking for a drug called […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I was a radio dj from the early 90s to the early 00s. There was a woman who did a techno show before my industrial show, and we often chatted while she was wrapping up and I was setting up.
One time, she told me how awful it was that cops kept showing up at the raves looking for a drug called […]
One time, she told me how awful it was that cops kept showing up at the raves looking for a drug called […]
I remember when this was a trend. My grandmother knitted dresses for individual toilet paper roll to wear, contributing to the festiveness.
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I remember when this was a trend. My grandmother knitted dresses for individual toilet paper roll to wear, contributing to the festiveness.
When I was an undergrad in the early 90s, I took creative writing classes. There was one person in the class who had it in for me. One time, while critiquing my work, they said I had "failed to achieve aesthetic transcendence."
No one knew exactly what this was supposed to mean, but when a guy […]
No one knew exactly what this was supposed to mean, but when a guy […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When I was an undergrad in the early 90s, I took creative writing classes. There was one person in the class who had it in for me. One time, while critiquing my work, they said I had "failed to achieve aesthetic transcendence."
No one knew exactly what this was supposed to mean, but when a guy […]
No one knew exactly what this was supposed to mean, but when a guy […]